Artist description The Longing is a mix of melodic emo lyrics, mixed with hard agressive screams and classically punk guitar lines.

Music Style Melodic Emo Punk

Musical Influences Matchbook Romance, Taking Back Sunday, The Ataris,Dashboard Confessional, From Autumn to Ashes, Finch and Home Grown

Similar Artists Taking Back Sunday and Finch

Artist History The Longing came together in as a complete band in July of '03. Drew Manese and Ryan McKendall had been writing songs since February. After a hard break-up between Drew and his high school sweat-heart, Drew turned away from his hard-core punk roots to write new emotionally charged songs.

Group Members Drew Manese - Vocals ; Ryan McKendall- Guitar, Vocals ; Ray Pena- Bass ; Phil Boelter - Drums

Albums It's A Love-Hate Thing (You Wouldn't Understand) Demo

Location Northridge, CA - USA

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