FAILSAFE is:
Ryan Costello - vocals
Saleem Khan - guitar
Chris Pedersen - bass
Dave Henning - drums
Band Bio
Failsafe is hard as core. Thats the music we play, thats all there is to it. We are hard as core.
I'm going to attempt to write one now... (dave)
As much as I hate to say it I am pretty sure the band started at a Thursday show. I know I know, everyone who knows me is wondering why I would be at a Thursday show, being that I despise them. Well the truth be known, I went because I was extremely bored and there was an extra ticket.. Anyway, the whole band to be was there, (ryan, dave, scott, jay and saleem). So me wanting to desperately start a band started to talk to scott and then found out he played guitar and that we should all jam. so we brought all of our shitty ass borrowed instruments to jays house to begin playing. We played quite often, as often as possible, and got nowhere really. Eventually after some problems we had lost a bassist, then had a long summer full of set backs because of vacations, and then finally ending with Scott leaving the band. So at this point the band was left with just me ryan and saleem, still practicing but struggling to find motivation. But the flame was still there. Finally one day we got chris and since then we have been recovering from that summer. We have picked up where we left off in the beginning and are rolling again, the songs keep coming, and getting better and better. and that brings us to now...
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Birthday: 9/11/83 no joke!!!!!!!! Musical Influences: glassjaw, thursday, poison the well, strife, thrice, saves the day, nofx, rancid, op ivy, afi, from autumn to ashes, alkaline trio, anti flag, suicide machines (old), catch 22, taking back sunday, converge, boy sets fire, get up kids and dashboard (yah im emo), waterdown, endeavor, prevent falls, coheed and cambria, movielife, the used, fairweather, keepsake, on the might of princes, evergreen terrace, shai hulud, NORA, hopesfall, shadyview terrace, the stryder, at the drive in, grade, refused, in pieces Equipment: um my throat Current Favorite Bands: coheed and cambria, glassjaw always, taking back sunday Favorite Food: um i eat anything (everything) Shoes: i don't wear shoes but when i go into 7 11 and stuff shitty vans old schools Favorite Venue: your mamas house Fat Ride: i rock the 92 dodge shadow oooooooooh yah (aka. the grandma mobile) Taken?: taken where, where are we going Favorite Sex Position: the double dip Corrective Lenses?: what does that say i cant see it Boxers or Briefs: um what is a brief i go commando
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Birthday: 04/16/83
Musical Influences: Nirvana, The Used, Fairweather, Saves the Day, Shady View Terrace, Glassjaw, Jettared, Elliott, Vital Signs, The Get Up Kids (only four minute mile), Thursday…those are the bigger influences, I guessEquipment: a Gibson Epiphone (it looks like a Fender Strat) and a 80 watt Peavey shit amp…ill have a new amp head and cabinet in a few weeks
Current Favorite Bands: The Used, Fairweather, Glassjaw…but that’s just current…Nirvana’s got the forever spot Favorite Food: Fat Bitch!!!! and its gotta be from Mr. C’s Shoes: grey classic nike’s, low black chuckie t’s, navy classic saucony’s Favorite Venue: Krome Fat Ride: used to be this white ’89 honda accord… loved her more with every mile…she died a few months ago…so now I "borrow" my dad’s corolla Taken?: im a loner, dottie…a rebelFavorite Sex Position: alone
Corrective Lenses?: nope Boxers or Briefs: Boxersi was born in Rahway, NJ (not Pakistan)…i moved to Jackson (reprezent) when i was 4…umm…I go to rutgers right now…who knows what the majors gonna be… and i keep my gap denim low and my hemp tight …i think it was somwhere between fitted hats backwards and 2 pairs of jeans that i wanted to play guitar…which ive been doin for around 2 years now…my last and only other band was My Life So Far, which included Ryan too…we didn’t make it too far and the government broke us up after graduation (coast guard duties)…which was followed by several band possibilties, but just remained me playing alone in my room…until now………………free palestine
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Birthday: 6/20/85Musical Infulences: thrice, the used, taking back sunday, catch 22, bandits of the acoustic revolution, saves the day, one cool guy, mad caddies, finch, rx bandits, reel big fish, boxcar racer, thursday, keepsake, mustard plug, yellowcard, five iron frenzy, big d and the kids table, lwl, coheed and cambria, dashboard
Equipment: fender american p-bass, hartke 3500 head, hartke VX 4x10 cab, shure sm58 mic
Current Favorite Bands: thrice, tbs, the used, and always ska bands...ska bass inspires me
Favorite Food: white castle. or a fat cat, no dick juice
Shoes: dvs prophets or etnies low cuts right now, but the footgear is always getting ripped apart from skating and changes quite a lot
Favorite Venue: anywhere there's a good band playing
Fat Ride: '97 volkswagen gti vr6. fat ride indeed
Taken?: yeah. by saleem's sister. i'm serious
Favorite Sex Position: i don't know if i should answer this one- for saleem's sake
Corrective Lenses?: nope
Boxers or Briefs: boxers
i'm hungry too ryan. i don't know why my profile is above dave's...he was in the band before me. i also don't know if the band is called 'the failsafe' or just 'failsafe'? (nothing says dedication like not knowing the name of your band.) anyway, [the] failsafe rocks- tighter than your best friend's little sister. word. also check out my other, drummerless (atm), less emotional band at www.angelfire.com/rock3/circumvent. later kids.
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Birthday: 11/20/82
Musical Infulences: ok here we go... Rancid, Anti-Flag, Adicts, Against All Authority, Agnostic Front, Anti-heros, Anti-nowhere league, Aus Rotten, Bad Brains, B.O.T.A.R., Black Flag, Blanks 77, Blind Society, Blitz, Boils, Bruisers, Business, Casualties, Circle Jerks, Clash, Code, Cuffs, Dead Milkmen, Devil's Brigade, Disenchanted, Distillers, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Dropkick Murphys, US bombs, Ducky Boys, Exploited, F-Minus, Fear, GBH, GC5, Hudson Falcons, Dr. Dirty, Krays, Leftover Crack, Lower Class Brats, Misfits, NOFX, Oi! Scouts, OCG, Op Ivy, Oxymoron, Pennywise, Pogues, Pressure Point, Ramones, Sham 69, Showcase Showdown, Sick of it all, Snoop Dogg, Social D, Strike Anywhere, Suicide Machines, Swingin Utters, Thought Riot, Toasters, Total Chaos, TSOL, UK subs, Unseen, Vandals, Vitamin X, Survivors, Nothing Yet, Worthless. L.E.S. Stitches, Catch 22, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, forgotten, h20, insubordinates, Void Control, Whatever it takes, Prevents Falls, RBF, Riffs, Templars, Special Duties, Partisans, Virus, NY Relix, Boils, DK, Good enough for now. Equipment: Pearl Drums baby, export series.. twas love at first site. and a tama piccolo snare, and taye double bass pedal. and some fat ass sticks, thats about it Current Favorite Bands: Rancid Favorite Food: Eh Taco Bell Nachos i guess, MUCHO MACHO NACHO Shoes: Chuck T's baby Favorite Venue: CBGB's Fat Ride: yo yo yo rollin up in da '87 grand am, with rust and stickers da' beast Taken?: nah, but do have some hopefuls... brody (from the distillers) christina aguilera and briana banks. Favorite Sex Position: with you Corrective Lenses?: uh uh Boxers or Briefs: Boxers all da wayOk I made everyone write their own bio (including ryan, can ya tell?) cuz i dont feel like writing everyone elses. umm my name is dave henning, i am a scorpio i enjoy long walks on the beach.... nevermind. i was born in georgia, thats right, i am a redneck motherfuckers, you can all eat my ass, y'all. and now living in jackson dont make it any better. fuck that. umm i am the coolest mother fucker you will ever meet, ask anyone, I AM THE MAN. umm i really dont know what to write so this will have to do it for now. Go to www.unknownbastard.cjb.net (my shitty ass website about myself, sorta, whatever, that i cant update anymore, whatever... its gay anyway, maybe i should make a new one, but then again, why?)