Taking Back Sunday has announced their new guitar player, Matt Fazzi formaly of Facing New York. You can check out a video interview with him below.

Taking Back Sunday has posted an update on their writing process. Check it out below.

Hello Human Beings and various other life forms.

The current new song count is up to 12. Can you frickin believe it??? We’re still writing away and starting to figure out all the more advanced details of the forth (and 4th) coming Taking Back Sunday album. Details like who will produce it? Where will we record it? Just who exactly is playing the guitar? Am I wearing pants?

Fred Mascherino (ex. Taking Back Sunday) recently did an interview stating his reasons for leaving Taking Back Sunday. You can read a bit of the interview below.

Mascherino was happy to clarify when he sat down with the Daily Forty-Niner a few weeks ago before a show at the Glass House in Pomona. He is on tour with his new solo project, The Color Fred.

Taking Back Sunday is currently in New York working on new songs. You can read a message from the band below.  It is also being said that Andy Jackson of Hot Rod Circuit with be replacing Fred Mascherino who left the band to pursue his solo career in The Color Fred.

May I have your attention please, you can have it back after you read this.

We here at Taking Back Sunday just thought you might like to know what we’ve been up to.

Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

Copeland - Dressed Up & In Line
Anberlin - Lost Songs
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now: Part Two CD/DVD
NOFX - They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live
Dead Poetic - The Finest
Chase Pagan - Oh, Musica!
Tooth & Nail - Dominate, Volume One DVD

Taking Back Sunday is streaming their new DVD/CD Louder Now: Parttwo on their MySpace page. The DVD/CD is due in stores this Tuesday, November 20th.

Taking Back Sunday are helping raise money for cancer research by offering a $3 donation to the same cancer charities for each merchandise item purchased from their online store that has the fight cancer logo on it. Help TBS raise money till the end 2007 and help fight cancer.

Message from TBS about cancer research donations
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Halloween has come and gone so that means it must be time to put up the holiday decorations, right?

The Color Fred is lead by Fred Mascherino, who is known from being the lead guitarist, co-vocalist, and co-songwriter of the band Taking Back Sunday. The Color Fred has recently released Bend to Break on October 30th and is available to purchase now and will touring on the following tour dates below.

Current tour dates for The Color Fred
Tue 30-Oct South Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
Wed 31-Oct Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft @ The Chance
Fri 2-Nov State College, PA Sozo
Sat 3-Nov Towson, MD Record and Tape Traders (in-store)
Sat 3-Nov Baltimore, MD The Ottobar
Sun 4-Nov Philadelphia, PA FYE on South St. (in-store)
Sun 4-Nov Philadelphia, PA Northstar
Wed 7-Nov Lancaster, PA The Chameleon

Taking Back Sunday has posted a clip from their upcoming Louder Now: Part Two DVD due in stores November 20th. Included with the release will be a CD of live tracks and b-sides from their Louder Now release. Check out the video clip below.

Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’re picking up.

Saves The Day - Under The Boards
The Color Fred - Bend To Break
Armor For Sleep - Smile For Them
Avenged Sevenfold -Avenged Sevenfold
Thursday - Kill The House Lights CD/DVD
Taking Back Sunday - Notes From The Past
Autumn Offering - Fear Will Cast No Shadow
Say No More - What You Thought You Knew