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<p>October Fall was an American <a href="/facts/Pop_punk/TempWLK7">pop punk</a> band from <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a>. They formed in the summer of 2003, with Pat D'Andrea (vocals/guitar) and Clark Harrison (guitar) as the original members. These two originally played together under the name "Silver Lining". Soon after, the rest of the band was added: Nick Coleman (drums), Owen Toomey (piano), and <a href="/facts/Jack_Marin_(musician)/rAMFBnBq">Jack Marin</a> (bass). Nick Coleman was replaced by Nick Scalise (drums), and Jack Marin was replaced by Greg Shanahan (bass). </p><p>In 2005, the band opened on a tour with <a href="/facts/Ashlee_Simpson/LyJut4N6">Ashlee Simpson</a>, and later that year, they toured with <a href="/facts/The_Click_Five/SncUFER2">The Click Five</a>. In the spring of 2006, they toured with <a href="/facts/Fall_Out_Boy/mL0pgFP6">Fall Out Boy</a> and <a href="/facts/The_All-American_Rejects/yWoYEfLb">The All-American Rejects</a> on the <i>Black Clouds and Underdogs</i> tour. </p><p>They were signed to <a href="/facts/Decaydance/vWhIA0RK">Decaydance</a>, a <a href="/facts/Fueled_By_Ramen/Rx9uUHNf">Fueled By Ramen</a> imprint headed by <a href="/facts/Pete_Wentz/QcsmhMhp">Pete Wentz</a> (bassist of <a href="/facts/Fall_Out_Boy/mL0pgFP6">Fall Out Boy</a>). Their debut CD, <a href="/facts/A_Season_in_Hell_(album)/WFyk0xnz"><i>A Season in Hell</i></a> (named as an homage to the movie <i><a href="/facts/Eddie_and_the_Cruisers/o45cFo8J">Eddie and the Cruisers</a></i>), was released in February 2006. </p><p>On October 1, 2007, the band announced to fans on Live Journal that they had gone their separate ways, promoting their new music on separate MySpace pages. </p><p>In the fall of 2007, Clark Harrison and Nick Foxer (formerly of the <a href="/facts/All_American_Rejects/yWoYEfLb">All American Rejects</a>) formed a band called Phonocast, based in southern California. </p><p>Pat D'Andrea (now going by Johnny D'Andrea) formed Archie Star, with his sister Maria sharing lead vocals. The band released their only album, <i>Carry Me Home</i> in November 2008. </p><p>Nick Scalise and Greg Shanahan are now part of the band Bestfriends. </p>