Based in the North West England city of Preston, the various members brought their own individual influences and styles to the band.
[1] After a number of line-up changes, the band began to tour, sharing the stage with the likes of Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, A Wilhelm Scream, Idlewild, The Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Boysetsfire, Allister, Rx Bandits, Belvedere, Capdown, Failure By Design, The Aquabats, Spunge, A Day To Remember, Armor for Sleep, Anti-Flag and Phinius Gage.
[3] The band received a full page feature in Kerrang magazine in August 2008 and stated that they were keen to capture the energetic feel familiar to their lives shows.
Failsafe played as backing band for MC Lars for 2008's Give It A Name festival and on his April 2009 UK tour in support of his album This Gigantic Robot Kills.
Tim Fox directed the video which was recorded in Camberwell South London and featured imagery similar in style to the album artwork for The Truth Is... After stamping their mark on SXSW in Texas during 2010 the band also filmed for the third series of the smash hit Channel 4/E4 TV show The Inbetweeners featuring as the band from the episode "The Gig and the Girlfriend".
[6] In March 2020, Sprake, Catlow and Humphries formed a new band called WYRES, along with original Failsafe bass guitarist Scott Bampton.