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Pencey Prep

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It was the summer of 2000 when Frank Iero had left his band Sector 12, his first real punk rock band and started Pencey Prep with John McGuire and Shaun Simon. Through friends at a party they found drummer Tim Hagevik and through previous hall shows together guitarist Neil Sabatino. All the pieces were in place as the band began to write their epic tale of teenage heartbreak, which would be aptly titled “Heartbreak In Stereo”. The band had just witnessed in a garage in Westwood New Jersey, the band Thursday in an electric performance to a crowd of 20 people as they began to mold their sound which was a mix of rock, metal, punk, hardcore, pop and indie. They didn’t realize only months later they would be joining them as label mates.

For the first time in years the album is available again on all streaming services and mp3 outlets worldwide. The band Pencey Prep for fans of the North Jersey scene were definitely a bridge between Thursday and My Chemical Romance and hopefully all these years later this emo epic of teenage hopelessness and sorrow with plenty of Catcher In The Rye references is still as potent as when it first came out.

Frank Iero: My Chemical Romance, Death Spells, Leathermouth, solo work

John McGuire: Brine & Bastards, Secret Country

Neil Sabatino: Fairmont, Please Be Careful, solo work

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