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The Falcon is a Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms

The Lawrence Arms are an United States punk rock Band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999 in music and currently recording for Fat Wreck Chords....
 members Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly (musician)

Brendan Kelly is the bassist/vocalist of Chicago-based Punk rock band The Lawrence Arms, as well as guitarist/lead vocalist in The Falcon . Kelly's former bands include Slapstick and The Broadways....
 (guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 and vocals) and Neil Hennessy
Neil Hennessy

Neil Kevin Hennessy is a musician and music producer/engineer from Chicago, Illinois.Hennessy currently plays in The Lawrence Arms, Colossal , The Falcon , Smoking Popes and Demon Beach....
 on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, as well as Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
's Dan Andriano
Dan Andriano

Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist for the punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band Slapstick and singer/bassist for Tuesday , Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997....
 (vocals and bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
). Todd Mohney
Todd Mohney

Todd Mohney is an American guitarist, who formerly played guitar for the melodic hardcore band Rise Against. He is from Joliet, Illinois, Illinois and currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
, former member of Rise Against
Rise Against

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. Their current line-up consists of four members: Tim McIlrath , Joe Principe , Brandon Barnes , and Zach Blair ....
, played guitar on the 2004 EP but could not attend the recording session for the band's first full length Unicornography
Unicornography

Unicornography is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock supergroup The Falcon which was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States....
, and his spot was temporarily filled in by Kelly and Hennessy.

y, the creative force behind the band, has said in interviews that the line-up would almost definitely change in order to tour successfully.






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The Falcon is a Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms

The Lawrence Arms are an United States punk rock Band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999 in music and currently recording for Fat Wreck Chords....
 members Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly (musician)

Brendan Kelly is the bassist/vocalist of Chicago-based Punk rock band The Lawrence Arms, as well as guitarist/lead vocalist in The Falcon . Kelly's former bands include Slapstick and The Broadways....
 (guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 and vocals) and Neil Hennessy
Neil Hennessy

Neil Kevin Hennessy is a musician and music producer/engineer from Chicago, Illinois.Hennessy currently plays in The Lawrence Arms, Colossal , The Falcon , Smoking Popes and Demon Beach....
 on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, as well as Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
's Dan Andriano
Dan Andriano

Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist for the punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band Slapstick and singer/bassist for Tuesday , Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997....
 (vocals and bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
). Todd Mohney
Todd Mohney

Todd Mohney is an American guitarist, who formerly played guitar for the melodic hardcore band Rise Against. He is from Joliet, Illinois, Illinois and currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
, former member of Rise Against
Rise Against

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. Their current line-up consists of four members: Tim McIlrath , Joe Principe , Brandon Barnes , and Zach Blair ....
, played guitar on the 2004 EP but could not attend the recording session for the band's first full length Unicornography
Unicornography

Unicornography is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock supergroup The Falcon which was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States....
, and his spot was temporarily filled in by Kelly and Hennessy.

History

Kelly, the creative force behind the band, has said in interviews that the line-up would almost definitely change in order to tour successfully. Specifically, he cited Andriano's role in the Alkaline Trio as making the bass player's availability for touring limited. Kelly and Andriano previously played together from 1993-1996 in the ska/punk band Slapstick
Slapstick (band)

Slapstick was a punk-ska fusion band formed in Chicago by a group of friends from the Elgin area. The group took some cues from the seminal ska/punk outfit Operation Ivy and the gutturcoolal punk vocals of Crimpshrine, but developed their own unique style....
.

In December 2004, the band released the EP God Don't Make No Trash -or- Up Your Ass With Broken Glass. An interesting trait of the EP is that, like the name of the EP, each song has two different names in a style mimicking that of Rocky and Bullwinkle episode titles. The EP received a number of positive reviews.

On September 26th, 2006, the band released their first full-length album Unicornography
Unicornography

Unicornography is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock supergroup The Falcon which was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States....
. The album has a very fast paced, hard sound with strong raspy vocals, in comparison to The Lawrence Arms
The Lawrence Arms

The Lawrence Arms are an United States punk rock Band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999 in music and currently recording for Fat Wreck Chords....
 older works, and is more similar in tone and style to their 2006 album, Oh! Calcutta!. The album also features re-recorded versions of the songs "I'm So Happy I Could Just Cry Myself to Sleep -or- The Routes We Wander" and "Building the Perfect Asshole Parade -or- Scratching Off the Fleas", both of which were originally featured on the band's 2004 EP. In 2007 they made their first music video for the song "The La-Z-Boy 500".

Discography


Albums


  • God Don't Make No Trash -or- Up Your Ass With Broken Glass (EP)(2004
    2004 in music

    See also:* 2004 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 2004...
    ) Red Scare Industries
    Red Scare Industries

    Red Scare Industries is a punk rock record label started by former Fat Wreck Chords employee Toby Jeg. The label was originally based in San Francisco but is now being operated in Chicago....
  • Unicornography
    Unicornography

    Unicornography is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock supergroup The Falcon which was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States....
     (2006
    2006 in music

    This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006....
    ) Red Scare Industries
    Red Scare Industries

    Red Scare Industries is a punk rock record label started by former Fat Wreck Chords employee Toby Jeg. The label was originally based in San Francisco but is now being operated in Chicago....
  • "God Don't Make No Trash -or- Up Your Ass With Broken Glass (EP)(2008
    2008 in music

    Events...
    ) Vinyl Collective Co-Operative vinyl pressing


Music Videos

YearTitleAlbumOther information
2008"The La-Z-Boy 500"Unicornography
Unicornography

Unicornography is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock supergroup The Falcon which was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States....
 


Compilations


  • Protect: A Benefit For The National Association To Protect Children (2005
    2005 in music

    Events*In the course of the year 2005, 12 rock albums reached the number 1 spot in America. This was the first time even ten albums have reached the top spot since 1996....
    ) Fat Wreck Chords with the song "Building The Perfect Asshole Parade -or- Scratching Off The Fleas"


  • Protect: A Benefit For The National Association To Protect Children Vol. 2 (2007
    2007 in music

    This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007....
    ) Asian Man Records with the song "Blackout"


Uses in media

  • The song "Blackout" was featured in the 2007 EA Sports
    EA Sports

    EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports games, that tried to mimic real-life sports networks, calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John Madden , it soon grew up to become a su...
     skateboarding video game "Skate."


See also

Slapstick Family Tree
Slapstick Family Tree

Slapstick was a ska/punk rock band that was influential in the Elgin, Illinois/Chicago punk scene during their time. Their legacy lives on with the various members parting ways to create new music in new bands....


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