The Faint

The band originally consisted of Clark Baechle, Todd Fink (formerly Todd Baechle), and Joel Petersen. Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free time, until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyycYQfIhjg The Faint // Youtube Interview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520044638/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyycYQfIhjg |date=May 20, 2016 }}, BeatLawrence Interviews the Faint, (2007-10-21). Retrieved 2008-05-09. They signed to Saddle Creek Records and released a few singles, but were unable to establish widespread sales. After adding Matt Bowen, the Faint released Media. At the end of 1998, Jacob Thiele joined the band, and shortly thereafter, Matt Bowen was replaced by Ethan Jones. They toured the U.S., playing what would become the songs that would comprise the next album, Blank-Wave Arcade, which had a more dance and techno-influenced sound and was an underground hit.[http://www.timmcmahan.com/macabre.htm Lazy-i // Interview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915010806/http://www.timmcmahan.com/macabre.htm |date=September 15, 2015 }}, The Faint: men in black, (2001-08-15). Retrieved 2008-05-09. Before recording the album, however, Jones left the band and was replaced on bass guitar by Joel Petersen, who played both bass and guitar on the album. Partway through the creation of Danse Macabre, the Faint added Dapose, a death metal guitarist formerly of LEAD. Their next album, recorded with Mike Mogis and released in 2004, was called Wet from Birth. Conor Oberst claimed in an August 2020 interview with Pitchfork Magazine that The Faint were offered a major label record deal, but turned it down out of loyalty and commitment to Saddle Creek, which at the time was still a collaborative project between members of The Faint, Cursive and Bright Eyes.{{cite web |last1=Sodomsky |first1=Sam |title=The Music That Made Conor Oberst |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/the-music-that-made-bright-eyes-conor-oberst/|website=pitchfork.com|date=21 August 2020 |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=March 6, 2021}}

In May 2008, the Faint announced that they had split from Saddle Creek, and that their fifth studio album would be self-released under their own label, blank.wav. The album, entitled Fasciinatiion, was released on August 5, 2008, in the U.S. The first single from the album was "The Geeks Were Right", which was released on Boys Noize Records. It was also announced that the band would tour North America with British electronic group Ladytron during the spring.{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/64480/ladytron |title=Ladytron and the Faint to Tour Together |access-date=2009-02-13 |date=2009-02-12 |publisher=idiomag |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219171115/http://idiomag.com/peek/64480/ladytron |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}

Since the release of Fasciinatiion, two of the band members, Clark Baechle and Todd Fink have been quietly, with little advertising, performing under the name Depressed Buttons, playing remixes of other artists, and DJing for various small clubs and venues.

The band performed an original song "Teach Me Teacher" on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! in the third-season episode "School", which originally aired September 19, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8frUBgyoP4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/L8frUBgyoP4| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Teach Me - The Faint - Yo Gaba Gaba |website=YouTube|access-date=2021-03-06 |date=2010-09-10}}{{cbignore}}

On October 30, 2012, Saddle Creek Records released a deluxe edition of Danse Macabre with the original album remastered, bonus and unreleased tracks, and a DVD of archival footage, live projections from that era's tour dates, and live footage.{{cite web |url=http://saddle-creek.com/store/550 |title=The Faint Danse Macabre (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] |access-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825161638/http://saddle-creek.com/store/550 |archive-date=25 August 2012 }} The band announced that it would play Danse Macabre in its entirety along with fan favorites during a tour of 24 cities across North America.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefaint.com/ |title=The Faint website |access-date=15 September 2012}}

In 2016, Graham Ulicny (of Reptar) replaced Jacob Thiele on keyboards.{{cite web|url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2016/oct/19/interview-faint-frontman-todd-fink-gang-of-four/ |title=Frontman Todd Fink Talks 'Refuturizing' The Faint and Touring with Gang of Four' |date=19 October 2016 |access-date=21 August 2017}} Thiele died on February 13, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Coffey |first1=Kevin |title=Former member of The Faint, Jacob Thiele, has died. He helped Omaha music get recognized |url=https://www.omaha.com/entertainment/former-member-of-the-faint-jacob-thiele-has-died-he/article_1f9d1893-38d5-56d2-b437-5a890af269b5.html |website=Omaha.com |date=14 February 2020 |publisher=The Omaha World-Herald |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}

• Todd Fink – vocals, keyboards, guitar (1995–present)
• Clark Baechle – drums, percussion (1995–present)
• Dapose (Michael Dappen) – guitar (2001–present)
• Graham Ulicny – keyboards, vocals (2016–present)

• Conor Oberst – guitar, vocals (1995)
• Matt Bowen – bass, keyboards (1995–1998)
• Ethan Jones – bass (1998-1999)
• Jacob Thiele – keyboards, vocals (1998–2016, died 2020)
• Joel Petersen – guitar (1995–2008), bass, programming (1999-2008)

• Music Me All Over (split 7-inch) (as Norman Bailer) (Rolling Hill Records and Lumberjack)
• The Faint/Ex-Action Figures (split 7-inch) (1999, Saddle Creek)

• Radio 4 - Dance to the Underground (2002 · City Slang)
• Joy Electric - We Are Rock (2002 · BEC Recordings)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (2004 · Interscope Records / Polydor Records)
• Nine Inch Nails - Meet Your Master (2007)

• Nothing Left Fanzine No. 8 CD Sampler (1998)
• Song: "Acting: On Campus Television"
• Messages: Modern Synthpop Artists Cover OMD (2001 · Ninthwave)
• Song: "Enola Gay"
• Saddle Creek 50 (2002 · Saddle Creek)
• Songs: "Worked Up So Sexual", "Take Me to the Hospital"
• Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA (2003 · Fat Wreck Chords)
• Song: "Agenda Suicide"
• Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005 · Saddle Creek)
• Song: "Hypnotised"
• Injustice: Gods Among Us Soundtrack (2013 · WaterTower Music)
• Song: "This Is Is Is Is Pain"

==Other projects==

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Vverevvolf Grehv

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| background = group_or_band

| origin = Omaha, Nebraska

| genre = {{Hlist|Death metal|speed metal|IDM|noise}}

| years_active = 2007–present

| label = Relapse Records

| associated_acts = The Faint, Conor Oberst

| website =

| current_members = Dapose

| past_members =

}}

Vverevvolf Grehv (pronounced as Werewolf Grave) is the brainchild of Dapose. The music of Vverevvolf Grehv combines the brutality of death metal, the tempos of speed metal and the sonic decimation of noise with the complexities of electronic music genres such as snare rush and IDM. He is influenced by Merzbow’s work, the writings of Howard Bloom, and numerous classical composers.

;Albums

• Zombie Aesthetics - Relapse Records 2008

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Broken Spindles

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| background = group_or_band

| origin = Omaha, Nebraska

| years_active = 2001–2011

| label = Saddle Creek

| associated_acts = The Faint, Conor Oberst, The Show Is the Rainbow

| past_members = Joel Petersen

}}

Broken Spindles was a band solely consisting of Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska, who also played bass, guitar and keyboards in The Faint. The music of Broken Spindles ranged from instrumental electronic songs to sparse piano pieces to rock-influenced pop songs. Broken Spindles originally started in 2001 as the soundtrack for a friend's film.

• Broken Spindles

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