Bayside

Formed in 2000 in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens, New York, Bayside sits in a punk rock lineage at the crossroads of emo, melodic hardcore and pop-punk, with direct songs, tense guitars and writing often marked by a tension between melody and roughness. The band first established itself on the American alternative scene of the early 2000s with the EP Long Stories Short in 2001, then the Bayside/Name Taken split in 2003, before releasing Sirens and Condolences in 2004 and the Bayside album in 2005. Its history is also marked by the death of drummer John Holohan in a road accident in 2005, an episode that deeply affected the band's history. Stabilized around Anthony Raneri, Jack O’Shea, Nick Ghanbarian and Chris Guglielmo, Bayside continued its evolution with The Walking Wounded (2007), Shudder (2008), Killing Time (2011), Cult (2014), Vacancy (2016), Interrobang (2019) and There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive (2024). Used to North American touring and punk and emo circuits, notably the Warped Tour, Bayside also developed an acoustic side with Acoustic (2006), Acoustic Volume 2 (2018) and Acoustic Volume 3 (2020), which highlights a leaner writing while staying true to its identity.