Saves the Day - The Story of 'Through Being Cool'

[@jay666er]

This album is incredible.

[@wide_awake]

Without a doubt

[@nickjackson2421]

The Colour and the Shape of Punk to Come.

[@caseyblais2358]

I just turned 42 and have been listening to this album since it came out. Time flies. I still love this album.

[@NESADDICT]

That album I bought on a whim because of the cover art and man I loved it! Holly Hox forgets me nots is my absolute favorite!!

[@SOBRANTE409]

This record changed my life and approach to pop punk; songwriting.

[@brianhoffman7068]

Hope you still writing! In reverie is probably my favorite album by them but this album is epic.

[@mikedevlin_bmx2446]

I started playing drums because of this album. I can play all their music now 20+ years later

[@mikedevlin_bmx2446]

@@brianhoffman7068yes 🙌

[@bl4841]

yeah right

[@soundshopvlogs]

Still an all time classic from that era. That album Influenced many bands that wound up being bigger mainstream wise but were never as good.

[@startervisions]

I would say taking back sunday made a good attempt at one-upping their predecessor

[@millennial_falcon2240]

You can tell a lot of Buddy Nielsen’s vocal influence comes from saves, particularly this album. Also hear some startling line on this record as well

[@brianmoore6233]

One of my favorite bands and favorite albums

[@robbievalentine8239]

Saves the day were certainly a huge part of my life for a longtime

[@mikedevlinbmx7208]

Still are to me. I listen to them daily

[@kh7955]

Can't Slow Down is still my favorite Saves the Day album but Through Being Cool is still fucking awesome

[@countaplay6749]

Great album. I get why Chris gets the credit for STD, but this band was never the same when Eben and Dave left (even Bryan was a great member). Those guys were every bit as much of the STD that I love as Chris.

[@chriswalter8092]

Oh yeah man! Their guitars palm muting was f****** legendary!

[@byronbranch4645]

Through being cool is the greatest power pop punk album of all time. Or whatever genre you label it as. It's the best. Not a skipable song on it. You start it you listen straight through

[@user-mo3tv1oo3o]

Probably may favorite album of all time... Sucks hearing about Chris.. Tough to swallow

[@jamalfromcollege2854]

@@user-mo3tv1oo3o what happened with Chris?

[@justinlansdale]

untouchable record.

[@jkajmo]

You've gotta be kidding me!! First Bayside & just a few hours later you treat me to a video of Saves The Day? Oh you guys must really like me. If you're trying to make me happy, you've succeeded, immensely! Thank you!

[@ShootYourRadio]

I played a show with Bayside and Punchline back in the day. I miss those days so much.

[@kh7955]

Same here bro

[@dahveed62]

Through being cool is GOATED.

[@alexanderbishop1200]

this album is the epitome of "put your windows down, and sing your heart out"

[@MasonTheDad]

This record got me through my freshman and sophomore years of college. It still sounds great today.

[@mikedevlinbmx7208]

Got me through high school lol

[@gregs3173]

I saw them at one of their first shows in Middlesex New Jersey. I still have the demo tape they made with the black and white photocopied insert. I think they were charging $3 for it. lol.

[@nickrandles1102]

The soundtrack of my adolescence and even still at 37. Dear to my heart.

[@eddielaguna3848]

Nice to hear Chris shout out The Stryder!

[@SkySplitterInk]

The Stryder are sooooo gooood!!!!

[@albertoramirez5977]

I remember the record release show in Worcester MA for the one good Stryder album

[@tomt5922]

@@albertoramirez5977 was that at the Palladium? I saw Stryder with River City High and Hot Rod Circuit there

[@ShootYourRadio]

@@tomt5922 haha damn River City High. I used to see them in high school. The Stryder as well.

[@ShootYourRadio]

River City High. Hell yeah.

[@user-te6wf1xs9f]

Through being cool is one of my favorite albums of all time. Loved this video

[@iorsteelers]

Didn't know these guys were loudwire level known lol! Through being cool 2nd fav album 5th fav band all time

[@socalfishingguy6038]

This is absolutely amazing!! Thank you and thank you Chris! Taking me back to highschool, epic.

[@joshjegel6550]

I love that album. Still after all these years I crank it up and jam! Good Times 🤘

[@jayloeffelman3874]

Holly hox is my favorite song from TBC! Idk y but the break down please please please Mr hox has always tickled my fancy

[@markbenjamin471]

Literally my favourite album of all time

[@Dan-cj9yg]

How did they not ask, "Who is Nick, and why is he such a prick?"

[@TheRealChiefBeef]

Why are you going to stick some needles in his face the next time you see him?

[@FellDestroyedMusic]

Wow what an awesome interview :)

[@Tasteless_87]

There will never be another Through Being Cool.

[@waitin4winter]

That album is lightning in a bottle

[@steelyburt]

Been a fan of your music for many years. Nice work. 😎

[@leightonmann]

Yes, Devo would like to know.

[@Alvinyokatori]

I heard about them from sparks the rescue like I’d heard a bit of the album but yeah I like this album I’ve listened 2 it like 10 times a day just found it yesterday

[@megacatsupreme466]

Check out Hello Bastards by Lifetime

[@SjAragon33]

I love this

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Chris was the best dancer

[@jevonshaw4786]

This album was the sound track to my senior year

[@coreyhippo.5666]

OMG YESSS FOO FIGHTERS I LOVE THAT BAND AND ALBUM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT!!

[@uttersaction]

Jawbreaker is king! You gained major points STD👊

[@donut_lyfe]

This is cool!

[@TheRealPapaChico]

Classic album from the late 90s

[@robertc7747]

Top 5 forever

[@dannyshap]

For sure there's a Sefler demo from before '97. Still have it hanging around somewhere. Think it has "Judy Pose" on the A-side.

[@ronaldchollins3541]

Awesomeness

[@pgee4342]

Why did Eben and Dave leave.

[@totalrobot]

Thank you. Nobody dares talk about it and it's weird.

[@mikeoxlong2278]

🐐

[@tomcat505]

I second this motion 👍

[@jtrechock]

After Can't Slow Down and Stay What you Are, their 3rd best album.

[@megacatsupreme466]

Pssshhh

[@ohohvalerie]

Hella.

[@jeff503pdx]

Funny. Hated this album and his voice at first but sure enough it became one of my favorites.

[@cicolasnage5684]

I was the same, I ragged on my little brother for a few years for liking them but I just sat down and listened to all their stuff at the time and just found myself really liking them. Sad they just kind of faded away after in reverie bombed. After stay what you are they were on the cusp of superstardom.

[@emoninjasucks]

Vocal health issues jeopardized Chris's career. He said the doctor told him if he didn't change the way he sang that he could lose his voice. Thus In Reverie. It bombed so hard (I own it) in spite of a decent push. It was not the album that many fans of Through Being Cool and Stay What You Are would want and it hurt their growth. While they never exploded they recovered and got at least one tune on Madden when that was still a big deal.

[@ShootYourRadio]

He mentioned Stryder.

[@1999tenorio]

loved stryder!

[@ShootYourRadio]

@@1999tenorio yeah. I got to see them at least twice. Once I saw them open up for a really early Coheed and Cambria right as their first album came out. And then I saw them open up for Thursday at the Side Bar in Baltimore. Good Times. Now that we're talking about it I think I'm actually going to listen to their first album haha.

[@1999tenorio]

@@ShootYourRadio omg ive seen all those bands you just mentioned in Cleveland! i too am going to listen to the 1st album and send it to my college buddies who used to listen to it with me. good times i have not felt that connected to a genre of music since then. it was an amazing time for concerts

[@ShootYourRadio]

@@1999tenorio haha that's awesome. Sounds like if we grew up together we'd have been friends. But yeah I graduated high school in 2001. All through school and years afterwards all I did was go to shows. I grew up here in Virginia near JMU(James Madison University). They had a festival called MACRock. I think it stood for Mid-Atlantic College radio conference. It used to be bumpin' with good bands. So when I saw The Stryder play with Coheed that was for that festival. But they had a crazy amount of awesome bands come through. UnderOath (with Dallas, I never saw them with the newer singer) Darkest Hour, Hopesfall, New Found Glory played one year, Further Seems Forever, Thursday, etc... I could go on and on. But yeah we definitely grew up in a time with good music.

[@1999tenorio]

@@ShootYourRadio hell yeah! i graduated 99 so very similar time frame. we would definitely had moshed together

[@Alvinyokatori]

I drove home at 2o’clock screaming the words to holly hox, you were the worst forget me nots That so makes sense what you said about songs not being real

[@bltvd]

Why not ask Mark Mothersbaugh?

[@janfram]

"Yeah, we graduated high school and went on your with bane"

[@1999tenorio]

shape of punk to come in my opinion changed the entire music scene. Refused are absolutely legendary

[@ShootYourRadio]

Refused played their last show ever in my hometown city of Harrisonburg, VA. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it.

[@1999tenorio]

@@ShootYourRadio damn

[@RK-rf8rc]

Really liked them up until about 2003. They got progressively worse after that, though Daybreak was a little better than the rest of their post-In Reverie albums

[@baf03]

Didn’t get into them until post in reverie, can’t bring myself to listen to the first two albums. All the songs sound the same

[@mikedevlinbmx7208]

I had to get myself into the later albums. As I got older I liked the newer shit. Not as much as TBC but I can see what he was tryna do at the time.

[@Technosphile]

Bryan Newman (actually named in this video) left just when they were “hitting it big” and it was straight downhill from there. Sound change, exodus in members, bad times.

[@gsmeck]

Mannnnn you don't even mention me

[@andrewr7982]

Fo-tography

[@mattcribbin1570]

Faux-tography

[@CMOYoung]

Thought it was gonna be DEVO

[@marcusp863]

I enjoy both bands, I clicked on this video to see if Devo had any influence on the naming of the album.

[@michaeljamrozy4299]

I absolutely hate that people need to defend themselves for listening to Morrissey. The songs are great. The lyrics, the music...fuck you if you don't like it... that's a spirit in music that can be lacking, but is necessary

[@mattcribbin1570]

Fauxtography?

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

Amazing album, shame what happened with Chris though.

[@LukeCameronMW]

Was gonna hit like button it’s at 666 so just couldn’t do it

[@benshapiro5039]

Woogie?

[@jgibbons86]

Lol

[@mikereplin4194]

Ever had a WHITE HEAD on your EYEBALL???

[@Veli822]

First

[@bradniblock]

Gerard way

[@Richlucch]

Holly hox forget me nots is a masterpiece

[@nataliewn]

Hands down the best album of the century