Scott Faingold - vocals, lyrics (rumored to currently walk rich people's dogs for a living) /
Timothy M. "Grumpy" Harte - drums (professional ghostbuster as seen on basic cable) /
Jim Schniepp - guitar, vocals (pharmacist and freestyle gay rights martyr, reputedly fronts a Chicago band called "Faker") /
Tedd Smith - bass, vocals (whereabouts unknown)
Influences
NKOTB, The Velvet Underground, They Might Be Giants, Squeeze, Stump, The Pogues, Revolting Cocks, The Cure, XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, Gang of 4, The Stooges, The Smiths, NKOTB, The Birthday Party, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, REM, X, Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, Sherwood Schwartz, Ray Stevens, Donna Fargo, Telly Savalas, The Village People, Charles Manson & The Family Singers, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Sonic Youth, The Jesus Nut, Big Star, Daniel Johnston, American Music Club, Thomas Clyde Irwin, Isaac Hayes, Black Flag, Cheap Trick, Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, The Outfield, The Beatles, The Residents, Milli Vanilli, Metallica, Food & Money, INXS, NKOTB, NIL8, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians, Devo, KISS, Elton John, The Pixies, Tre, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, blah blah blah, etc, etc, etc
Sounds Like
Too Much Joy, fIREHOSE, Dead Milkmen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, other bands they never much liked but hey, whatever.
Backwards Day was born in the wilds of Springfield, Illinois sometime in 1988 when Jim Schniepp (guitar, singing) and Scott Faingold (lyrics, singing) began writing songs together as a means of distracting themselves from their stultifying day-to-day realities. Before long, the duo had attracted Tedd Smith (bass, singing) and the inscrutable Timothy M. "Grumpy" Harte (drums, no singing) resulting in a band that, at its peak, managed to unify Springfield's malcontent demographic into a fervent local fanbase, a dubious achievement indeed.
Thus emboldened, Backwards Day began to branch out, playing sporadic "out of town" shows in Iowa, Kentucky and even (gasp!) Chicago, where gigs at the fabled Lounge Ax and stalwart Metro filled the combo's principle members with hubris enough to inspire a misguided relocation sometime in 1991. Upon arrival in the so-called "Windy City", Faingold, Schniepp and Smith (Harte remained behind in Springfield, agreeing to travel upstate for shows) helmed the band's inevitable and well-earned journey to oblivion, where Backwards Day remains to this day.
A completely innacurate (and frankly actionable) account of Backwards Day's early career can be found between the covers of Faingold's tawdry, one-sided "novel", Kennel Cough. Deservedly out of print, the book is nonetheless available at hugely inflated prices from viciously greedy Booksellers throughout cyberspace.
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Hi there Backwards Day, thanks for being friends, really appreciate it! really love your site and what you stand for...good luck here on myspace and whatever you have set your sights on in the future!:-)
Maybe you want a quick peek at what I do...take a look at my video, which I've filmed in China, and the music I wrote too, please tell me if you like it...
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Hi. Just letting you know I'm back in the studio recording the next two albums. Details on the Max X Blogs. I won't be able to answer many myspace messages for the next few months, so please be patient with me.
Things have been going great! With all your support & the help of some internet radio play the site is up to 10,000 Friends! Yay! Shooting to release the new stuff at the beginning of the 2009. Hope you're well. - Max X
Hearing "Toxic" again is so refreshing. And we can only imagine how glad the neighbors in my apartment complex are, to finally be welcomed to my firehouse!
Wow, I'd never even seen the videos before, though I do remember hearing all about them from Carol P after we all moved up here to the froze-tundra.
Where's Chemicals and Love?! Don't get me wrong --- I adore all the songs, but I still have Chemicals and Luh-huv playing in my head! And that song would probably get little Bo over here to myspace, she digs that song like nobody's Bo's-wax.
Backwards Day will go down in Listerine.
That's how fresh.
I want Your Body Right Now Baby aka
IWYBRNB is one of my favorites.
Plus all of the other songs.
Plus I'm special because I know them all PERSONALLY and personally. They are all great guys and I've taken my time in leaving a dumbass comment for them.
Things have been going great! With all your support & the help of some 
