Anyone still care about John Nolan (ex Taking Back Sunday)?

[Contortionist]

I personally love the dude, so it was disappointing to see him play in front of a crowd of about twenty people at Maxwell's Monday. Even with it being Monday, that show would've sold out a couple years back.

Either way it was a good show. Photos and videos from it are here, John Nolan @ Maxwell's 7.27.09 (http://thenjunderground.com/blog/2009/7/29/john-nolan-maxwells-72709.html)

[deFobbed14yrs]

well were the 20 people really into it b/c i'd rather play to a small crowd that loved me than a 100 who aren't paying attention

[TheOtherAndrew]

The fact that people are asking this question makes me a sad panda.

[SSLYBY]

This community still worships him pretty good.

[Contortionist]

well were the 20 people really into it b/c i'd rather play to a small crowd that loved me than a 100 who aren't paying attention
like 10 of them. I think the others were in the opening bands.

[deFobbed14yrs]

like 10 of them. I think the others were in the opening bands.


:-(

[Jason Tate]

Jesse should take him on tour.

[thespearkid]

well were the 20 people really into it b/c i'd rather play to a small crowd that loved me than a 100 who aren't paying attention
this.

[Losing Streak]

I liked TBS a lot less after the split.

That sentence makes me sound old. I guess I am.

[deFobbed14yrs]

this.

:) hi dion! if you ever played a show by me i would be one of the twenty!

[thespearkid]

:) hi dion! if you ever played a show by me i would be one of the twenty!
haha thanks. have we met before? forgive me if we have and it's just slipping my mind.

[new_arbiter]

Jesse should take him on tour.

I've wondered why this hasn't happened sooner(with stripped down Straylight songs).

[KingJohn_654]

i love the guy. when i saw SR in 2007, there were only like 15-20 people at the show. sad day. he's a really nice guy.

[Indoor Living]

Sad that this needs to be asked.

[deFobbed14yrs]

haha thanks. have we met before? forgive me if we have and it's just slipping my mind.


zac efron

lol on my old name

[thespearkid]

zac efron

lol on my old name
ooooooooooooooooh. i looked at your profile and i was like, "asian hindu? that sounds like Ro."

[FullCollaspe]

I do, I love the first Straylight Run record

[deFobbed14yrs]

ooooooooooooooooh. i looked at your profile and i was like, "asian hindu? that sounds like Ro."


haha i though i'd revisit my old name, i've had it forever. i only realised after that i should have told you who i was lol

[JimmyIymmiJ]

I liked TBS a lot less after the split.

That sentence makes me sound old. I guess I am.

I'm right there with you (and on both accounts, too).

Honestly, though, I wouldn't expect his solo tour to pack out a place, but 20 people is definitely disappointing. When someone goes on a solo tour it seems a lot of people who follow their bands either don't know it's them or don't really care. Anthony Raneri did a couple of solo shows in FL last month and there were a lot fewer people there than would have been at a Bayside show. Ace Enders is nowhere near as popular as The Early November were, and he still plays some of those songs. I would say that few people means not as many people care as once did, but I don't think a bad showing at a solo show (on basically his first tour) is a sign that nobody cares about him anymore.

[CollectiveConfusion]

i love me some john nolan, i hope he blows up with his solo record... i doubt it will happen though

[fly_guy]

I really like what John is doing. In the present: John > TBS

[CollectiveConfusion]

^^^agreed... everything john has done since tbs has been 1000x better than anything that tbs has done

[fly_guy]

Yeah, pretty much! I guess I'll change that. Since TAYF: What John has done > What TBS has done

[denissuxx]

I care.

[wewascontenders]

i like a few straylight songs, but not many. probly won't check out his solo stuff.

[Aether]

Yes.

[murrich]

I liked The Needle The Space, that's about it.

[Broclee]

God, that question makes me sad inside.

[bowl of oranges]

Straylight's first EP was really good.

[iam_theculprit]

I was going to go see him tonight in VA but I didn't get to go. So bummed. I love all of his music.

[KingJohn_654]

Prepare To Be Wrong is epic.

[RetardedInLove]

I have actually liked everything he has done. It sucks that this question has to be asked though, there was so much buzz around the first Straylight album when it first came out.

[MyWorldEntire]

Never been a big fan of Straylight Run, but this is pretty sad for a musician of his stature.

[SSLYBY]

Someone Still loves you John Nolan.

[joshvlansing]

saw a pretty good John Nolan interview where he discusses his new solo album at www.myearsbleed.com

[KingJohn_654]

saw a pretty good John Nolan interview where he discusses his new solo album at www.myearsbleed.com

thanks for this

[mybreakingpoint]

the man is one of my heroes. him playing in front of just 20 people is sad. i remember seeing him with straylight at a sold show 5 years ago.

i played with mark rose of spitalfield 2 weeks ago, and his crowd was no more than a dozen people. it made me really sad. :-(

[KingJohn_654]

the man is one of my heroes. him playing in front of just 20 people is sad. i remember seeing him with straylight at a sold show 5 years ago.

i played with mark rose of spitalfield 2 weeks ago, and his crowd was no more than a dozen people. it made me really sad. :-(

that sucks. i love me some spitalfield.

[mybreakingpoint]

that sucks. i love me some spitalfield.
me too, man. i went out of my way to make sure we got to play with him, and then by the end of the show, there weren't even a dozen people there. i got him to play "the only thing that matters" as an encore though & it was pretty much the coolest thing ever haha. we also got to talk to him for an hour about spitalfield, victory, and being in a band in general, and then we helped him carry all his shit inside. it was so much fun. /fanboymoment

[valencourt]

I played a show with Nightmare of You in RI once...and aside from the 10 or so people that came for me, there were 2 or 3 people there for NOY. And then the people who came for me left after I played, leaving aboout 5 people left there. This is why Rhode Island sucks.

[The Personist]

Stupid question is stupid.

John is the man. He's one of those musicians who you can tell genuinely means it when he thanks you or shows his appreciation for having fans that care.

[Paulb-182]

I still love John, although I don't care for Straylight Run

[fadedmemories]

Hoping for the best, just hoping nothing happens, a thousand clever lines unread on clever napkins

x

[Rodeo]

Just as bad as seeing Jim Ward play for 15 people in his own town.

[squared82]

I saw Straylight headline a show up at State College with Paramore and Plain White T's opening my freshman year (2005). I'm pretty sure it was sold out. I just saw them on their tour with Lovedrug at a smaller club at State College and there were maybe 30 people there.

No good.

[mattplayscheap]

I personally love the dude, so it was disappointing to see him play in front of a crowd of about twenty people at Maxwell's Monday. Even with it being Monday, that show would've sold out a couple years back.

Either way it was a good show. Photos and videos from it are here, John Nolan @ Maxwell's 7.27.09 (http://thenjunderground.com/blog/2009/7/29/john-nolan-maxwells-72709.html)

Yes, I do care about him.. Mainly cos Im from Long Island and I know him. The Long Island solo show last week was sold out. He can still sell... AND BUT because of his time w/ TBS.. in my opinion I think the fact he was in TBS isnt even important after all he has done. I still love Straylight Run... New songs are awesome.. I still need to check out his solo stuff.

[mattplayscheap]

I personally love the dude, so it was disappointing to see him play in front of a crowd of about twenty people at Maxwell's Monday. Even with it being Monday, that show would've sold out a couple years back.

Either way it was a good show. Photos and videos from it are here, John Nolan @ Maxwell's 7.27.09 (http://thenjunderground.com/blog/2009/7/29/john-nolan-maxwells-72709.html)

you know at an NY show back in May, I got Straylight to play 'play crack the sky' w/ some dude from the audience.. Ive got videos and pics.. but John actually told me that them doing that song was the best response they had all tour.

[michelle182]

I saw SLR at a small club with about 50 people on their tour with Lovedrug or whoever. They put on my favorite show ever. And him and Will and Shaun were all nice as fuck to everyone after as well.

[Rodeo]

Yeah, Straylight Run was amazing on the SLR, Hot Rod Circuit, Say Anything, Northstar tour in '04.

[TheMisanthrope]

you know at an NY show back in May, I got Straylight to play 'play crack the sky' w/ some dude from the audience.. Ive got videos and pics.. but John actually told me that them doing that song was the best response they had all tour.

thats awesome

[joeag1985]

Are Straylight done? I heard their last ep a little while ago. It sounded amazing.

[ihaveblink]

I saw John Nolan with Mansions last night and it was around 15-20 people. I think the hometown bands that opened had a significantly bigger crowd. Some girls between his songs were saying goodbye to thier friends and John said "Let them say goodbye to each other, then I can start the song." It was kinda rude.

It just seems strange that this guy isn't getting a following. I thanked him for playing Richmond and bought his shirt. It's really nice for 10 bucks too. I really hope he gets some more exposure with his solo stuff. I mean, it's fucking JOHN NOLAN.

Speaking of Nightmare Of You, I went to thier show this week too and they had a very small 10-20 crowd. I know it was a Tuesday night, but damn. They make some pretty awesome music.

[michelle182]

Are Straylight done? I heard their last ep a little while ago. It sounded amazing.
Uhh no. I just talked to Will like, literally 2 days ago about another tour. And yesss their EP is great.

[iam_theculprit]

I saw John Nolan with Mansions last night and it was around 15-20 people. I think the hometown bands that opened had a significantly bigger crowd. Some girls between his songs were saying goodbye to thier friends and John said "Let them say goodbye to each other, then I can start the song." It was kinda rude.

It just seems strange that this guy isn't getting a following. I thanked him for playing Richmond and bought his shirt. It's really nice for 10 bucks too. I really hope he gets some more exposure with his solo stuff. I mean, it's fucking JOHN NOLAN.

Speaking of Nightmare Of You, I went to thier show this week too and they had a very small 10-20 crowd. I know it was a Tuesday night, but damn. They make some pretty awesome music.

Damnit man. I really wanted to make it to that show. I hope he comes back to VA soon either solo or with Straylight.

[mattplayscheap]

Are Straylight done? I heard their last ep a little while ago. It sounded amazing.

taking a break... Shaun is with Destry which has michelle in it.. and she has even said she will go back to SR soon, Will is tour managing, & John has this solo stuff... SR will be back.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

Probably has been said but more music fans appreciate John over TBS.

[xxemo_kittyxx]

Is he doing a solo career? God, where have I been? lol

[paidtomakegirls]

I liked TBS a lot less after the split.

That sentence makes me sound old. I guess I am.

yeah it probably didnt make you a die-hard john nolan fan tho

[Losing Streak]

yeah it probably didnt make you a die-hard john nolan fan tho

Yeah I was just kinda blah on all of them after 2003. I went to a couple of Straylight shows, including the tour with the New Amsterdams (Matt Pryor FTW) the fall after the split, and tried to like them but never really did.

That show did produce one of my favorite memories though. It was Halloween, and one of the guys in the band was dressed up as a giant tampon and had a bunch of tampons attached to him. Midway though the set, Nolan reaches down and pulls one off of the sole of his shoe and exclaimed: "Can't I at least play one show without getting a tampon stuck to the bottom of my shoe?" One of the classic show moments of my life.

[Raiden]

the man is one of my heroes. him playing in front of just 20 people is sad. i remember seeing him with straylight at a sold show 5 years ago.

i played with mark rose of spitalfield 2 weeks ago, and his crowd was no more than a dozen people. it made me really sad. :-(
What! That's outrageous man Mark Rose's solo cd is amazing. Wish I could see him live.

[KingJohn_654]

John Nolan is still the man

[GamabuntaSS]

I still love him!!!

[pennie]

taking a break... Shaun is with Destry which has michelle in it.. and she has even said she will go back to SR soon, Will is tour managing, & John has this solo stuff... SR will be back.
where did you hear that about michelle?

And yes,I do care,very much so aswell. One of the best shows Ive been to was Straylight Run with MCS. John Nolan is the man.

[CollectiveConfusion]

^^ i've got some of the destry demoes, haven't listened to them much. honestly, the solo stuff john is putting out right now makes me not want a straylight reunion

[pennie]

^^ i've got some of the destry demoes, haven't listened to them much. honestly, the solo stuff john is putting out right now makes me not want a straylight reunion
They haven't broken up. fall tour is in the plans.Plus,the reason for John going solo was to do something which doesnt fit with SLR.New SLR will sound completely different to Johns solo stuff.

[CollectiveConfusion]

They haven't broken up. fall tour is in the plans.Plus,the reason for John going solo was to do something which doesnt fit with SLR.New SLR will sound completely different to Johns solo stuff.

wrong wording but the thought is the same, the straylight sound was moving more towards john's solo stuff anyways

[pennie]

wrong wording but the thought is the same, the straylight sound was moving more towards john's solo stuff anyways
my wording was perfect good sir?

[CollectiveConfusion]

my wording was perfect good sir?

no, i meant my wording of "straylight reunion"

[michelle182]

I love how people make it seem like they're broken up. Just because a band isn't touring at the moment or writing a record doesn't mean they're like on hiatus or anything of that sort. They're doing things between records because they feel like it. Everything they do doesn't have to be with SLR.

[pennie]

no, i meant my wording of "straylight reunion"
ah I see.the mystery has been solved.

[mattplayscheap]

where did you hear that about michelle?

And yes,I do care,very much so aswell. One of the best shows Ive been to was Straylight Run with MCS. John Nolan is the man.

i read this in a magazine from Long Island... I have it somewhere but i just moved so when I find it Ill post it on here. She said that after doing Destry for a bit she plans to return to SR

[CollectiveConfusion]

ah I see.the mystery has been solved.

yes. by the way, i'm into your picture.. no one i know likes futurama.

[pennie]

i read this in a magazine from Long Island... I have it somewhere but i just moved so when I find it Ill post it on here. She said that after doing Destry for a bit she plans to return to SR
Oh ok.I'd love if Michelle went back to SLR.I never realised I'd miss her in the band til she was gone.

I have been listening to the Straylight Run discog as a reslt of this thread."The Teansion and The Terror" is sch a good song,aswell as the whole first ep.

[mattplayscheap]

Oh ok.I'd love if Michelle went back to SLR.I never realised I'd miss her in the band til she was gone.

I have been listening to the Straylight Run discog as a reslt of this thread."The Teansion and The Terror" is sch a good song,aswell as the whole first ep.

haha thats the one song John hates the most

[pennie]

haha thats the one song John hates the most
haha I know,he still wont play it live.But it's so good thogh.The man can write a good song

[christopher™]

whens his solo work going to be out

[summer skin]

To answer the original question...
No.

[JimmyIymmiJ]

His show in Tampa brought out 17 people, so unfortunately I'd say the answer is no as well.

[nashiscash1324]

saw a pretty good John Nolan interview where he discusses his new solo album at www.myearsbleed.com (http://www.myearsbleed.com)


thanks for posting this, ive been out of the loop on what he's been up to lately

[oohlala43]

I appreciate the guy's talent. I'm listening to Straylight Run right now actually, for the first time in over a year. I miss him. I'm glad to hear he's working on solo stuff now, though.