Man Overboard
Man Overboard performing on Warped Tour in 2012.
Background information
Origin	Mt. Laurel/Williamstown, New Jersey, U.S
Genres	Pop punk
Years active	2008–2016 2018–present
Labels	Cobra Panic Run for Cover Rise Lost Tape Collective Pure Noise
Members	Nik Bruzzese Justin Collier Zac Eisenstein Joe Talarico Wayne Wildrick
Past members	Justin Mondschein Mike Hrycenko
Website	manoverboardnj.com

Man Overboard is an American pop punk band from Mt. Laurel and Williamstown, New Jersey that began in 2008. Since then, they had released two EPs, an acoustic EP, a split with Boston pop punk band Transit, a compilation and four full-length albums. Taking influence from such pop punk acts as Blink-182, Saves the Day, and Taking Back Sunday, Man Overboard played a brand of upbeat and poppy pop punk with the emotion of 90s emo acts such as The Promise Ring. The band was signed to Rise Records.^[1] They are well known for their motto within the pop punk scene to "Defend Pop Punk". On January 28, 2016, they announced a hiatus on their official website; the hiatus ended on August 2, 2018, when the band announced a 10-year anniversary tour.

Man Overboard was formed by childhood friends, Nik Bruzzese and Wayne Wildrik, when they began writing songs together at Nik's Small Hill Studio. The band's name was inspired by the Blink-182 song of the same name.^[2] Wildrick then invited Zac Eisenstein, who at the time was vocalist of the band The Front Page which Wildrick was also a member of, to sing and play guitar. Justin Mondschein from the band Bangarang! was asked to play drums but after he and a revolving door of other drummers left, Justin Collier (another member of The Front Page) took over drums full-time. The core line-up of the band was then completed. They entered the studio in 2008 to record their debut EP, Hung Up on Nothing. The band then went on a nationwide tour to promote the EP.

From mid-August to early October 2009, the band supported Fireworks on their headlining tour of the US.^[3] In November, they signed with Run for Cover Records where they released a three-song digital EP entitled, Dahlia,^[4] which was produced by Jesse Cannon.^[5] This was followed by a split with Transit, in December 2009.

In 2010, the 10 track compilation entitled, Before We Met: A Collection of Old Songs, featuring songs from Hung Up on Nothing was released on Panic Records in February. The band then released an acoustic EP on Run for Cover, Noise from Upstairs in March. But perhaps their most acclaimed work to date was their debut album, Real Talk. Released on CD, vinyl and digital format on July 20 on Run for Cover Records. The album picked up a favorable review from Absolute Punk who called it "the pop punk album of the summer", AMP calling it "A 5 star, 10 out of 10 release. A must pick up listen in every respect" ^[6] and Australian website Killyourstereo calling it "the best pop punk album of 2010" and rating it 98 out of 100.^[7]

Founding member and guitarist Wayne Wildrick left the band in August 2010 for personal reasons. Then-drummer Justin Collier replaced Wildrick on guitar and Mike Hrycenko (who was also in The Front Page) joined on drums.^[8] In December 2010, Man Overboard signed with Rise Records and announced they will release their sophomore full-length with Rise as well as Run for Cover in 2011. Prior to releasing the album, the band will put out another compilation LP on Run for Cover entitled The Human Highlight Reel, that features Dahlia, Noise from Upstairs, Real Talk B-Sides, a "Promise Ring" cover and two brand new songs as well as a new 7 entitled The Absolute Worst on Rise on February 22, 2011. "The Absolute Worst" was made available for streaming via the band's Facebook page.^[9] "Driveway" made available for download on April 7.^[10] In April 2011, Wayne Wildrick rejoined the band and stated that his reason for his departure in 2010 was due to anxiety. He will play his first performance back at Bamboozle and Man Overboard will continue as a 5 piece.^[11]

In August 2011, they announced that their new album would be self-titled and will be released on Rise Records on September 27. They also released the track listing and album artwork.^[12]

It was announced as a surprise in late February that, over winter, the band had recorded an entire new album. This announcement followed the notion that Man Overboard, commonly recognised as "particularly frequent" with releasing music for their fans, had been relatively quiet for the past year. Man Overboard announced the release date of their third studio album entitled Heart Attack, the album would set to be released on May 28, 2013. The band released its first song off the album, "White Lies," on March 12 through Rise Records' YouTube channel.^[13] The next song entitled "Open Season" was released on April 9, featuring Geoff Rickly of post-hardcore band Thursday.^[14] .

Man Overboard released Heart Attack on May 28 via Rise Records. Heart Attack received generally positive reviews by critics, as well as opening up at #46 on the Billboard Top 200 with over 8,100 copies sold in its first week.^[15]

On May 10, 2015, the band announced their new album Heavy Love, was released on June 30, 2015. The day after, on May 11, 2015, the band released three tracks (Borderline, Splinter, and Now That you're Home) from the album with music videos on their YouTube channel. On June 3, 2015, the band released a video for another track on the album called "Cliffhanger" and then another on June 18, 2015, called "Reality Check". The band promoted the new album, "Heavy Love," during the 2015 Vans Warped Tour. On January 28, 2016, the band announced they were going on hiatus.^[16]

On August 2, 2018, Man Overboard announced the end of their hiatus via social media and press coverage. The announcement came with a 10-year anniversary tour announcement. The tour took place in late fall 2018, visited New York, Philadelphia, and Cambridge, and offered support from Seahaven.^[17]

Man Overboard have been described as a pop punk band.^{[18][19][20][21]}

Timeline

Studio albums

• Real Talk (2010)
• Man Overboard (2011)
• Heart Attack (2013)
• Heavy Love (2015)

• "Montrose" (Run for Cover Records, 2011) – directed by Mel Soria^[22]
• "Something's Weird" (Rise Records, 2012)
• "Dead End Dreams" (Rise Records, 2012)
• "Where I Left You" (Rise Records, 2013)
• "How to Hide Your Feelings" (Rise Records, 2014) – directed by Eric Teti^[23]
• "Wide Awake" (Rise Records, 2014) – directed by Max Moore^[24]
• "For Vince" (Rise Records, 2014) – directed by Eric Teti^[25]
• "Borderline" (Rise Records, 2015)
• "Now That You're Home" (Rise Records, 2015)
• "Splinter" (Rise Records, 2015)
• "She's in Pictures" (Rise Records, 2015)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Man Overboard (band).

• manoverboard.bandcamp.com
• www.last.fm/music/Man+Overboard/

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