Adam Lazzara

Adam Lazzara (born September 22, 1981) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band Taking Back Sunday. Along with singing lead vocals, Lazzara plays guitar and occasionally the harmonica.

Early life Lazzara was born on September 22, 1981 in Sheffield, Alabama to an Italian family. His family moved to High Point, North Carolina when he was a young child and he attended Southwest Guilford Elementary School, Middle School and High School. Looking back at this time, Lazzara has described himself as a quiet, shy kid who had a stutter and wanted to be a dolphin trainer. At age 13, he was introduced to Nirvana for the first time and began to "live and breathe rock music."

"I heard Nirvana and my whole world changed forever. Later on, maybe when I was about 14 years old, an older friend of mine let me borrow Earth Crisis’ Destroy the Machines and Lifetime’s Hello Bastards. [...] that Lifetime record changed my whole world all over again. Even when I listen to it now, it gives me this feeling that I can’t describe. That lead me to searching out bands on labels like Jade Tree and so on." – Adam Lazzara, interviewed by Mischa Pearlman. They did two tours after that release and began selling out venues they opened for only a year before.

Breakout album In April of 2006, Taking Back Sunday put out their third album, "Louder Now". The album contained the hit song "Make Damn Sure" which is largely thought of as their breakout song and is their most successful song to date. It peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the Alternative charts, and ranked number 52 on Rolling Stones "The 100 Best Songs of 2006"

Taking Back Sunday today Today, the current members of Taking Back Sunday are: Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Shaun Cooper (bass guitar) accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar) for their live performances.

Personal life Lazzara was briefly engaged to Chauntelle Dupree, guitarist of Eisley, in 2007, but the pair split before marrying.

He went on to meet Misha Vaagen, a student, poet at UT Tyler and bartender at a local restaurant. They were married in June 2008 and had their first child in January 2009. They currently live in North Carolina with their three children. Misha is the author of Manmade Constellations.

In February 2015, Lazzara was arrested for a DWI while in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was released on a $2,500 bond.

DiscographyWith Taking Back SundayTell All Your Friends (2002) Where You Want To Be (2004) Louder Now (2006) New Again (2009) Taking Back Sunday (2011) Happiness Is (2014) Tidal Wave (2016) 152 (2023)Solo' "Because It Works" (2013)