Dads (band)

Last updated
Dads
Origin Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Years active2010–2015
Labels
  • 6131 Records
  • Flannel Gurl
  • Stiff Slack
  • Get Into It
  • Beach
  • Day By Day
  • Broken World
MembersJohn Bradley
Scott Scharinger
Past membersMichael Nazzaro
Ryan Azada

Dads was an American indie rock band from Piscataway, New Jersey, composed of guitarist/vocalist Scott Scharinger and drummer/vocalist John Bradley. The band relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2014. [1] In 2020, Vulture named their song "Shit Twins" as one of the 100 greatest emo songs of all time. [2]

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History

Formation and American Radass

Dads formed in the summer of 2010 as a trio consisting of guitarist/vocalist Scott Scharinger, drummer/vocalist John Bradley, and bassist Michael Nazzaro, all from various parts of the Central New Jersey area. The band quickly gained the attention of the emo revival scene. Dads soon decided to part ways with Nazzaro as they found it easier to connect as a two-piece and released The Essential John Denver EP the same year. In 2011, the band recorded and released the EPs Brush Your Teeth ;) and Brush Your Teeth, Again ;) respectively, with the latter being a repress that also included three new songs as well as a re-recorded song. [3] After developing an audience in the emo revival scene through extensive touring, the band released their debut LP, American Radass (This Is Important) , in 2012. The release brought the band minor commercial success along with critical acclaim. Through further touring, the band built a national audience and released an EP in 2013 entitled Pretty Good via 6131 Records, which led to the band charting on various Billboard charts for the first time. [4] [5] The following year, the band released a Record Store Day exclusive EP entitled Woman, which included covers of the songs "Good Woman" by Cat Power and "I Never" by Rilo Kiley.

I'll Be the Tornado and breakup

Sometime in early 2014, Bradley and Scharinger decided to move the band to Ann Arbor, Michigan. [6] In October 2014, Dads released their sophomore effort, I'll Be the Tornado which reached 17th on the Billboard Top Heatseekers album chart and received considerable critical praise. Around this time they added Ryan Azada to the band's lineup as a permanent bassist. [7] [8] [9] However, months after the album's release, Dads dropped off multiple tours in summer 2015 as a result of a speculated breakup, which was confirmed by Scott Scharinger in a post on the band's Facebook page in the fall of 2016.

When asked about the breakup of Dads, Bradley stated that the band's breakup was a matter of their personal friendships. He said that the project became increasingly stressful as the band continued to grow and started opening for larger acts, and was concerned that the band would not look professional while still trying to "have fun" playing music. The vocalist commented, "everything just kind of came to a head, and we all decided to just go away, like, 'let’s just part and do our own thing.'" [10]

Post-breakup

John Bradley was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016. He is currently in remission, and has since released new music as early as 2017. [11]

Discography

Studio albums
Extended plays

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  2. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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  10. ↑ Pearlman, Mischa (28 April 2017). "John Bradley on the End of Dads and Beating Cancer". CLRVYNT. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2021-10-31. With Dads, I think it was also a matter of our personal friendships. You start off and it's just, "Show up to this show at this time!" and you play 25 minutes and just have fun. Everyone's getting drunk. And then you go to a thing where you're opening for bands where it's very professional, and it was a very stressful thing for all of us because we didn't know the weight of what was going on. When, in reality, you look at great bands that do it, and they still keep having fun. My fear was that I wouldn't look professional to other people. And I think, no matter what, we needed that break. And that happened before the diagnosis. Everything just kind of came to a head, and we all decided to just go away, like, "Let's just part and do our own thing." We also had to cancel two tours — we cancelled the Lemuria U.K. tour the week before it was supposed to start, and the Appleseed Cast tour a month before.
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