Their roots may be in the Chicago scene, but pop is their passion for the members in October Fall: vocalist/guitarist Pat D'Andrea, guitarist Clark Harrison, pianist Owen Toomey, bassist Greg Shanahan, and drummer Nick Scalise.
With high ambitions and a budding arsenal of songs, the duo changed its name to "October Fall" and solidified a line-up with Toomey, Scalise and Shanahan.
[citation needed] It was one of the scene's most beloved alumni, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who wrote the band to his Fueled By Ramen imprint Decaydance.
The inspiration for the title of October Fall's debut, A Season in Hell comes from a cult classic movie, Eddie and the Cruisers, which actually premiered in theaters before any of the band members (all of which were still in their teens) were even born.
A Season in Hell also features guest appearances by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump (song "Second Chance") and Paramore's Hayley Williams (on "Keep Dreaming Upside Down").
[4] In the fall of 2007, Clark Harrison and Nick Foxer (formerly of the All American Rejects) formed a band called Phonocast, based in southern California where both musicians now live.