The Faint

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United States (1995 – present)

The Faint is an indie rock/dance punk band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska in 1995 The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer, a reference to Norman Mailer. The band Norman Bailer also included Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes, with whom The Faint toured in 2005. He left shortly after joining and wasn’t let back into the band when he attempted to come back. They recently split from their longtime home Saddle Creek Records to record their latest album “Fasciinatiion” on their own label, “blank.wav”.

The band consists of Clark Baechle, Todd Fink (formerly known as Todd Baechle), and Joel Petersen. They signed to Saddle Creek Records and released a few singles, but were unable to establish widespread sales, though they were extremely popular in the Omaha-area. After adding Matt Bowen, The Faint released Media, which established them within a small, national community of fans. While touring, Bowen left and was replaced by Jacob Thiele who helped move the next album, Blank-Wave Arcade, towards a more dance and electronica influenced sound. The album was an underground hit. Partway through the creation of the morose Danse Macabre, The Faint added Dapose, a death metal guitarist formerly of Lead. Danse Macabre was also a critical and commercial success and has helped to establish a wider fanbase for the band. Their 4th album, released in 2004, is called Wet from Birth.

In 2002 bassist Joel Petersen released the first album from his solo project, Broken Spindles, and he has since released two subsequent albums and had a U.S. tour. Guitarist Dapose also has a side-project, Vverevvolf Grehv, releasing his first album in 2008.

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Top Tracks

1	The Geeks Were Right	1,817
2	I Disappear full track	1,377
3	Glass Danse	1,326
4	Agenda Suicide	1,218
5	Worked Up So Sexual	1,046
6	Desperate Guys	956
7	Get Seduced	924
8	How Could I Forget	869
9	Machine in the Ghost	812
10	Posed to Death	796
11	Psycho	795
12	Southern Belles in London Sing	794
13	Mirror Error	792
14	Paranoiattack	763
15	Forever Growing Centipedes	748

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jaylawl wrote:
yesterday evening

I can't find "Media" anywhere. :(

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Tabakdreher wrote:
Sunday afternoon

AWESOME!!!! Media is the BEST!!!

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Polytechnic wrote:
Sunday morning

There's now a Faint google theme! http://awesomestart.com/thefaint It's just like google.com, but it's got the faint on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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nateddog29 wrote:
Friday afternoon

check out the remix of your retro career melted*

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nateddog29 wrote:
Friday afternoon

if y'all like danse macare, check out the remix album. all of it's awesome, but the remix of "your retro career melted".

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toteslikewhoa wrote:
Friday morning

highly underrated.

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jjenniferr wrote:
Thursday afternoon

ah. I love the new album.

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Hulelam wrote:
Thursday morning

Lyrics-wise I think the new album is excellent. Maybe the music still needs to grow on me. I still think it's a solid release.

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Tygerr wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Winner music.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

What's the correct genre tag?
Tygerr wrote:
last month

uh lol, the conductor is 12.

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Twili91 wrote:
last month

Why isn't The Conductor in the top 15?! That is like their best song imo. : /

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ZoneZero wrote:
last month

for me its like Danse Macabre 10/10, Wet From Birth 8/10 and Fasciination 4/10

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Tygerr wrote:
last month

Fasciinatiion is just.. "alright". I was expecting it to be epic tbh. :/

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brightstraight wrote:
last month

so, no one else finds the new album to be total suckage?

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oprimus wrote:
last month

heres our review of Fascination! http://thefourohfive.com/2008/09/27/the-faint-fascination/

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nateddog29 wrote:
last month

best band of our time (for what my opinion's worth)

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conditionals wrote:
last month

Yeah the Sydney gig last night was pretty incredible.

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neester wrote:
last month

they are fucking great live!!! VERY impressed!

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contigation wrote:
last month

love mirror error

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