Tuesday, October 21, 2008

James Anthony Nielsen of Senses Fail



James Anthony “Buddy” Nielsen was born on February 18, 1984 and is currently the lead singer of the rock band Senses Fail

Buddy grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey. His parents are Tom Nielsen and Lisa Brown who are both actors of the soap opera Guiding Lights and As the World Turns. He has two step brothers and one sister, Victoria. Buddy had a role as and infant playing “Anthony James Chamberlain” in the soap opera “Guiding Light” for a short time. During high school, buddy played defense on the Ridgewood maroons lacrosse team.

At age 18, Buddy formed the band Senses Fail in 2002. After posting an advertisement about the band a year earlier, Dan Trapp (the current drummer) Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki who were brought by Dan joined the band. Bassist, Mike Glita, joined the band later forming Senses Fail.

Senses Fail first entered the studios in 2002 with producer John Naclerio. Later they released their first album known as “The Depths of Dreams” They collection sold well and they soon started touring. After they finished touring, they got together with ‘Save the Day’ producer, Steve Evetts to record their next album “Let It Enfold You”. For Buddy, it was painstaking work trying to say everything they wanted to say in all the right ways. Buddy explains, “We killed ourselves over and over trying to say what we wanted, and make the record the best it could be. I just feel like we got lucky to be where we are now, and now we have to prove ourselves and really earn it."

Senses Fail continues to rock the stage and show people they’re worth listening to. Nielsen says, “We just love making music and writing good songs. I feel like I've got a lot more to say and we've got a lot more to contribute. But even if things ended tomorrow, we've gotten 10 times further than we ever expected to get and that makes us feel like we've succeeded regardless of what happens from here on."

Buddy has various tattoos on his left hand, neck, and shoulders. The most famous tattoo Buddy has are the words “Follow Your Bliss” across his chest. These words are mentioned in a couple of Senses Fail songs including “Can’t Be Saved” and “The Irony of Dying on Your Birthday”. ‘Follow Your Bliss’ is what Joseph Campbell approved as to live the life you ought to be, enjoying it as it should.

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