William Beckett
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Prior to forming TAI, Beckett performed as a single-man acoustic band called Remember Maine,4, releasing the album The Last Place You Look when he was 17 years old.5 More recently, on the side from his work with TAI, Beckett has contributed vocals to a number of notable albums by other bands. He sang on 2005’s charting From Under the Cork Tree, by Fall Out Boy.6 He also supplied vocals to the charting 2006 debut albums of Cute Is What We Aim For and Cobra Starship, The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch and While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets,7 also appearing in the video for the latter’s single “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)”.9 That same year, he sang on the track “7 Weeks” from Gym Class Heroes’ charting album As Cruel as School Children.10 William Beckett also makes a cameo in Fall Out Boy’s extremely popular music video for the song “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me” as the lead vampire. According to Us Magazine, he is co-authoring a book with Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz,11 who had originally recommended the band to label Fueled by Ramen.12 On 15 July, 2008, Beckett started his own blog on which he has been posting the lyrics to songs on the upcoming The Academy Is… album Fast Times at Barrington High as well as basic updates. Songs posted so far are “The Test”, “After The Last Midtown Show”, “Crowded Room”, “Beware! Cougar!”, “Coppertone” and “Rumored Nights,” which also has a link to a streamed release of the song. The song “Crowded Room” features Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship,and Mason Musso from Metro Station. There is also addiditional piano playing from Blake Healy from Metro Station.












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gahh,
i love him to death
omg, i like him since first!
oh man. william beckett is fantastic.
IV LOVED HIM SINCE JULY WHEN I SAW TAI LIVE