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The Faint is a dance-punk
Dance-punk

Dance-punk is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and no wave movements....
/new wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River....
, the band consists of Todd Fink
Todd Fink

Todd Fink from Omaha, Nebraska is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.Baechle was also one of four members of the band Commander Venus, which was started by Conor Oberst in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 under Saddle Creek Records....
, Jacob Thiele
Jacob Thiele

Jacob Thiele is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He currently plays synthesizers in the band, The Faint. He is married to Alexia Thiele....
, Dapose
Dapose

Dapose is the guitarist for the band The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He attended Westside High School along with bandmate, Jacob Thiele and was involved in a death metal band....
, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle
Clark Baechle

Clark Alan Baechle is the drummer in the band, The Faint. He also played in another Nebraskan band, Park Ave., alongside Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Neely Jenkins and Jamie Williams of Tilly and the Wall....
. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American songwriter, singer and poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes . He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos , Norman Bailer, Commander Venus, Park Ave., and his newest project Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band....
, of Bright Eyes, with whom the Faint toured in 2005. He quit shortly after the band was formed, though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an United States record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. The label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 in music and later helmed by Robb Nansel and Mike Mogis, who then stepped aside to focus on recording and production....
.

Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free-time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music.






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The Faint is a dance-punk
Dance-punk

Dance-punk is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and no wave movements....
/new wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
 band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River....
, the band consists of Todd Fink
Todd Fink

Todd Fink from Omaha, Nebraska is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.Baechle was also one of four members of the band Commander Venus, which was started by Conor Oberst in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 under Saddle Creek Records....
, Jacob Thiele
Jacob Thiele

Jacob Thiele is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He currently plays synthesizers in the band, The Faint. He is married to Alexia Thiele....
, Dapose
Dapose

Dapose is the guitarist for the band The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He attended Westside High School along with bandmate, Jacob Thiele and was involved in a death metal band....
, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle
Clark Baechle

Clark Alan Baechle is the drummer in the band, The Faint. He also played in another Nebraskan band, Park Ave., alongside Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Neely Jenkins and Jamie Williams of Tilly and the Wall....
. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American songwriter, singer and poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes . He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos , Norman Bailer, Commander Venus, Park Ave., and his newest project Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band....
, of Bright Eyes, with whom the Faint toured in 2005. He quit shortly after the band was formed, though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an United States record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. The label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 in music and later helmed by Robb Nansel and Mike Mogis, who then stepped aside to focus on recording and production....
.

Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free-time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music. The band originally consisted of Clark Baechle
Clark Baechle

Clark Alan Baechle is the drummer in the band, The Faint. He also played in another Nebraskan band, Park Ave., alongside Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Neely Jenkins and Jamie Williams of Tilly and the Wall....
, Todd Fink
Todd Fink

Todd Fink from Omaha, Nebraska is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.Baechle was also one of four members of the band Commander Venus, which was started by Conor Oberst in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 under Saddle Creek Records....
 (formerly Todd Baechle), and Joel Petersen. They signed to Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an United States record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. The label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 in music and later helmed by Robb Nansel and Mike Mogis, who then stepped aside to focus on recording and production....
 and released a few singles, but were unable to establish widespread sales. After adding Matt Bowen, the Faint released Media
Media (album)

Media is the first studio album by New Wave music revivalists, The Faint. It was released on March 24, 1998. A clear style change can be seen after this album's release, moving from a more Post-hardcore influenced style to New Wave music....
. While touring, Bowen left and was replaced by Jacob Thiele
Jacob Thiele

Jacob Thiele is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He currently plays synthesizers in the band, The Faint. He is married to Alexia Thiele....
. The next album, Blank-Wave Arcade
Blank-Wave Arcade

Blank-Wave Arcade is the second studio album by the New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on November 1, 1999.This album is the 28th release of Saddle Creek Records....
, had a more dance and techno influenced sound. The album was an underground hit. Partway through the creation of the Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre (album)

Danse Macabre is the third studio album by the Omaha based New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on August 21, 2001 in the U.S. and roughly a year later in the UK, where it has enjoyed similar popularity....
, the Faint added Dapose
Dapose

Dapose is the guitarist for the band The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He attended Westside High School along with bandmate, Jacob Thiele and was involved in a death metal band....
, a death metal
Death metal

Death metal is an extreme metal subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep death growl vocals, morbid lyrics, blast beat drumming, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
 guitarist formerly of LEAD. Their next album, released in 2004, is called Wet from Birth
Wet from Birth

Wet from Birth is the fourth studio album by the New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on September 14, 2004....
.

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
Fasciinatiion

Fasciinatiion is the fifth full-length studio album from Nebraska act The Faint. The album was released in US on August 5 2008.The album is the first full-length album released outside of Saddle Creek and on the new label blank.wav....
 was released on August 5th 2008 in the U.S. The first single from the album is The Geeks Were Right which was released on Boys Noize
Boys Noize

Boys Noize is the moniker of Alexander Ridha, a German electro -tech producer and DJ. It is also the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he set up in 2005....
 Records. The next album from Broken Spindles
Broken Spindles

Broken Spindles is Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska. Joel also plays bass and guitar in The Faint and at one time played bass in Beep Beep . The music of Broken Spindles ranges from instrumental electronic, sparse piano pieces to rocking riffage pop songs....
, entitled Kiss/Kick, will be released on blank.wav in February of 2009. It was also announced that the band would tour North America with British electronic group Ladytron
Ladytron

Ladytron are an electronic pop band originally formed in Liverpool, UK....
 during the spring.

Band members

  • Todd Fink
    Todd Fink

    Todd Fink from Omaha, Nebraska is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska.Baechle was also one of four members of the band Commander Venus, which was started by Conor Oberst in Omaha, Nebraska in 1994 under Saddle Creek Records....
     — vocals, keyboards (1995 - present)
  • Jacob Thiele
    Jacob Thiele

    Jacob Thiele is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He currently plays synthesizers in the band, The Faint. He is married to Alexia Thiele....
     — keyboards, backup vocals (1999 - present)
  • Dapose
    Dapose

    Dapose is the guitarist for the band The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He attended Westside High School along with bandmate, Jacob Thiele and was involved in a death metal band....
     (Michael Dappen) — guitars (2001 - present)
  • Joel Petersen — bass (1995 - present)
  • Clark Baechle
    Clark Baechle

    Clark Alan Baechle is the drummer in the band, The Faint. He also played in another Nebraskan band, Park Ave., alongside Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and Neely Jenkins and Jamie Williams of Tilly and the Wall....
     — drums, percussion (1995 - present)
  • Will McCutcheon — technological supervisor


Former members

  • Conor Oberst
    Conor Oberst

    Conor Mullen Oberst is an American songwriter, singer and poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes . He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos , Norman Bailer, Commander Venus, Park Ave., and his newest project Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band....
     - guitars (1995)
  • Matt Bowen - keyboards (1995 - 1998)


Discography


Albums

  • Sine Sierra
    Sine Sierra

    The Faint's 1995 album, released on Lumberjack Records. Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes, was in the band at this time. He played guitar and sang back-up vocals, yet also was the sole singer for them on certain songs, "Willow Wood" being the most significant and commonly known example....
     (Norman Bailer) (1995 · Lumberjack)
  • Media
    Media (album)

    Media is the first studio album by New Wave music revivalists, The Faint. It was released on March 24, 1998. A clear style change can be seen after this album's release, moving from a more Post-hardcore influenced style to New Wave music....
     (1998 · Saddle Creek)
  • Blank-Wave Arcade
    Blank-Wave Arcade

    Blank-Wave Arcade is the second studio album by the New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on November 1, 1999.This album is the 28th release of Saddle Creek Records....
     (1999 · Saddle Creek)
  • Danse Macabre
    Danse Macabre (album)

    Danse Macabre is the third studio album by the Omaha based New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on August 21, 2001 in the U.S. and roughly a year later in the UK, where it has enjoyed similar popularity....
     (2001 · Saddle Creek)
  • Danse Macabre Remixes
    Danse Macabre Remixes

    Danse Macabre Remixes is the second remix album by the indie rock band The Faint, with remixes from their 2001 album Danse Macabre . It was released on April 1, 2003....
     (2003 · Astralwerks
    Astralwerks

    Astralwerks is a New York based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI, distributed by Caroline Distribution in the US....
    )
  • Wet from Birth
    Wet from Birth

    Wet from Birth is the fourth studio album by the New Wave music band The Faint. It was released on September 14, 2004....
     (2004 · Saddle Creek) #99 US
  • Fasciinatiion
    Fasciinatiion

    Fasciinatiion is the fifth full-length studio album from Nebraska act The Faint. The album was released in US on August 5 2008.The album is the first full-length album released outside of Saddle Creek and on the new label blank.wav....
     (2008 · blank.wav) #46 US


Singles and EPs

  • Mote EP
    Mote EP

    Mote EP is a synthpop EP by The Faint, released in 2001 on Gold Standard Laboratories. It was released only on Gramophone record....
     (2001 · Gold Standard Laboratories
    Gold Standard Laboratories

    Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in music in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2001 in music, it was moved to San Diego, California, USA....
    )
  • Agenda Suicide
    Agenda Suicide

    "Agenda Suicide" is the first single released from the album, Danse Macabre by The Faint. It was released only in the UK, February 26, 2002 on City Slang....
     (2002 · City Slang)
  • I Disappear
    I Disappear (single)

    "I Disappear" is the first single from the album Wet From Birth by The Faint, released October 12, 2004 on Saddle Creek Records. Its beats, screeching guitars, and lyrical exploration encompass the unity of these varied elements....
     (2004 · Saddle Creek)
  • Desperate Guys (2004 · Saddle Creek)
  • The Geeks Were Right (2008 · blank.wav)


Splits

  • Music Me All Over (Split 7") (Norman Bailer) (Rolling Hill Records and Lumberjack Records)
  • The Faint/Ex-Action Figures (Split 7") (1999 · Saddle Creek)


Remixes

  • Radio 4
    Radio 4 (band)

    Radio 4 is a band from Brooklyn who formed in 1999. They claim that their sound, which has been described as "dance-punk," is "made in New York, is about New York, and sounds like New York"....
     - Dance to the Underground (2002 · City Slang)
  • Joy Electric
    Joy Electric

    Joy Electric is a one-man electropop/synth pop group consisting of Ronnie Martin. The group started out in 1994 in music, after the demise of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brother Jason Martin of Starflyer 59....
     - We Are Rock (2002 · BEC Recordings
    BEC Recordings

    BEC Recordings is a Christian rock record label that is a subsidiary of Tooth and Nail Records.The label is home to many bands that, while falling under the Christian rock/Contemporary umbrella, that also have a more adult sound to the music, as opposed to Tooth and Nail Records or its other subsidiaries Solid State Records and Uprok Record...
    )
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a New York City-based alternative rock band. The band consists of lead singer Karen O, drummer Brian Chase, and guitarist Nick Zinner....
     - Y Control
    Y Control

    "Y Control" is a single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from their first album Fever to Tell. The name of the song refers to the act of controlling a female in some way either emotionally or physically, referring to the male Y chromosome....
     (2004 · Interscope Records
    Interscope Records

    Interscope Records is an United States record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
     / Polydor Records
    Polydor Records

    Polydor Records is a record label currently headquartered in the United Kingdom, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group....
    )
  • Nine Inch Nails
    Nine Inch Nails

    Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock music group, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. As its main Producer , singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction....
     - Meet Your Master
    Year Zero Remixed

    Year Zero Remixed is the Anglicization title of a Nine Inch Nails remix album, published in a leetspeak rendering as Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D and was released on November 20, 2007....
     (2007)


Compilations

  • Nothing Left Fanzine #8 CD Sampler (1998) (features "Acting; On-Campus TV")
  • Saddle Creek 50
    Saddle Creek 50

    Saddle Creek 50 is a compilation by Saddle Creek Records in honor of being the label's 50th album release. It was released in 2003 and features one album track and one non-album track by each of the bands then recording for the label....
     (2002 · Saddle Creek)
    • Songs: "Worked Up So Sexual", "Take Me to the Hospital"
  • Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA
    Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA

    Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA is a compilation album released on the Fat Wreck Chords record label in 2003. As the title implies, it is a Charity record for the animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals....
     (2003 · Fat Wreck Chords
    Fat Wreck Chords

    Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his wife, Erin, in 1990 in music....
    )
    • Song: "Agenda Suicide"
  • Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina
    Lagniappe (album)

    Lagniappe is a compilation album put together by Omaha record label Saddle Creek Records, after the events of Hurricane Katrina. It is a benefit album, and all profits from its sale are donated to the American Red Cross' relief efforts in New Orleans....
     (2005 · Saddle Creek)
    • Song: "Hypnotised"


See also

  • Broken Spindles
    Broken Spindles

    Broken Spindles is Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska. Joel also plays bass and guitar in The Faint and at one time played bass in Beep Beep . The music of Broken Spindles ranges from instrumental electronic, sparse piano pieces to rocking riffage pop songs....
  • Vverevvolf Grehv
    Vverevvolf Grehv

    Vverevvolf Grehv is the brainchild of Dapose, guitarist/bassist/keyboardist of The Faint. The music of Vverevvolf Grehv combines the brutality of death metal, the tempos of speed metal and the sonic decimation of noise with the complexities of electronic music genres such as snare rush and Intelligent dance music....


External links

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