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Infobox musical artist| name = The Faint| image = TheFaintLive2008-01.jpg| caption = The Faint live on tour 2008| background = group_or_band| origin = Omaha, Nebraska | genre = Indie rock Post-punk revival Dance-punk New Wave music|New Wave | years_active = 1995& ndash;present| label = blank.wav , Saddle Creek | associated_acts = Vverevvolf Grehv Broken Spindles Depressed Buttons | website = http://www.thefaint.com/ www.thefaint.com| current_members = Todd Fink Jacob Thiele Dapose Joel Petersen Clark Baechle | past_members = Conor Oberst Matt Bowen The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska , the band consists of Todd Fink , Jacob Thiele , Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle . The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes , with whom the Faint toured in 2005). He quit shortly after the band was formed, http://www.thefaint.com/profile The Faint // Profile, The Faint , (2005-01-27)accessdate|2008-05-09 though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records .
Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle Skateboarding|skateboarded in their free time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LyycYQfIhjg The Faint // Youtube Interview, BeatLawrence Interviews the Faint , (2007-10-21)accessdate|2008-05-09 The band originally consisted of Clark Baechle , Todd Fink (formerly Todd Baechle), and Joel Petersen . They signed to Saddle Creek Records and released a few singles, but were unable to establish widespread sales. After adding Matt Bowen, the Faint released Media (album)|Media . At the end of 1998 Jacob Thiele joined the band, and shortly thereafter Matt Bowen was replaced by Ethan Jones. They toured the US playing what would become the songs that would comprise the next album, Blank-Wave Arcade which had a more dance and techno influenced sound and was an underground hit. http://www.timmcmahan.com/macabre.htm Lazy-i // Interview, The Faint: men in black , (2001-08-15)accessdate|2008-05-09 Before recording the album however, Jones left the band and was replaced on bass guitar by Joel Petersen, who played both bass and guitar on the album. Partway through the creation of Danse Macabre (album)|Danse Macabre , the Faint added Dapose, a death metal guitarist formerly of LEAD. Their next album, recorded with Mike Mogis and released in 2004, was called Wet from Birth .
In May 2008, the Faint announced that they had split from Saddle Creek and that their fifth studio album would be self released under their own blank.wav imprint. The album, entitled Fasciinatiion , was released on August 5, 2008 in the U.S. The first single from the album is "The Geeks Were Right" which was released on Boys Noize Records. It was also announced that the band would tour North America with British electronic group Ladytron during the spring.cite web|url= http://www.idiomag.com/peek/64480/ladytron|title=Ladytron and the Faint to Tour Together|accessdate=2009-02-13|date=2009-02-12|publisher= idiomag
Since the release of Fasciinatiion , three of the band members, Clark Baechle , Todd Fink and Jacob Thiele have been quietly, with little advertising, performing under the name Depressed Buttons , playing remixes of other artists, and DJing for various small clubs and venues.
Lagniappe (album)|Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005 · Saddle Creek )
*Song: "Hypnotised"
See also
Broken Spindles
Vverevvolf Grehv
Depressed Buttons
References
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External links
http://www.freeindie.com/2006/09/the_faint.html The Faint on FreeIndie
http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/domzig-172/the-faint-at-cargo-445/ The Faint at Cargo
http://www.dropkickthefaint.com/ Drop Kick The Faint
Interviews
http://www.shockhound.com/features/68-the-faint---keep-feeling--fasciinatiion Interview with The Faint on Shockhound.com
http://underthestarrynitez.blogspot.com/2008/09/faint.html Under The Starry Nitez!
http://wennsrockt.de/the-fai http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Button_redirect.pngnt Interview at wenn's rockt& #33; WebTV
http://www.timmcmahan.com/thefaint.htm Lazy-i Interview: November 1999
http://www.timmcmahan.com/macabre.htm Lazy-i Interview: August 2001
http://www.timmcmahan.com/faintwar.htm Lazy-i Interview: April 2003
http://www.timmcmahan.com/2006/03/column-69-faint-headed-to-american.html Lazy-i.com Column on American Recordings
http://www.beatlawrence.com/2007/04/interview-faint.html The Faint beatLawrence.com video interview
http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/2008/08/interview-faint.html Interview with The Faint at Short and Sweet NYC on 8/12/08
http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/10/14/exclusive-interview-with-the-faint/ Interview with The Faint: October 2008
http://www.bandega.com/band/view/the-faint#interview 2008 The Faint Interview at Bandega.com
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