Their roots may be in the Chicago scene, but for the members in October Fall-vocalist/guitarist guitarist Pat D'Andrea Clark Harrison, pianist Owen Toomey bassist Greg Shanahan and drummer Nick Scalise-pop is their passion
As a child, there was always music playing in the D ' Andrea House Johnny Cash Tom Petty and Stevie Ray Vaughn all became trusted friends especially when D'Andrea is transferred from a public high school to a private Catholic high school made him the dreaded "New Kid" D'Andrea would sit in his bedroom playing guitar outlet and accidentally writing songs while attending one of his sister's musicals D'Andrea met a fellow maverick Clark Harrison and the two began jamming together as Silver Lining with high ambitions and a bud ding arsenal of songs, the duo snArt changed its name (to October Fall) and solidified a line-up of Chicago best and brightest players (Toomey Scalise and Shanahan)
After selling out shows to just open the band the whole town took notice and it was one of the scene's most beloved alumni, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who wrote the band to his Fueled By Ramen imprint Decaydance From there, the band prepared to record their debut album and soon hit the road with Ashlee Simpson
The inspiration for the title of October Fall's debut A Season in Hell "comes from a cult classic movie Eddie and the Cruisers actually premiered in theaters before any of the band members (all of which are still in their teens) were born even
In the summer of 2005 förbudetd migrated westward to record at The Green Room in Los Angeles, Californian with producer Mike Green (Yellowcard Rufio Paramore) But the songs they were traveling with were not the songs that ended up on a season in Hell a collection of 11 tracks all infused with equal parts pop and circumstance
"Walking" song set October Fall's sound movement is a piano-driven rocker about a girl who can not look himself in the mirror not satisfied with simply writing about Heartaches and Heart Breaker "Hey Hey" deals with the harsh tale of a turbulent friendship A Season in Hell "also features guest appearances by Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump (the "Second Chance") and Paramore's Hayley Williams (on "Keep Dreaming Upside Down")
