The roads, are plowed, walkways shoveled, and our show tonight (Friday 2/12/10) is on as scheduled.   SF on second of three bands so figure around 10:30 or so.  The Manhattan Room is in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia  right next to Johnny Brendas – 15 West Girard Avenue.  Also appearing is Philadelphia band, The Edison Proposal, and Jemina Pearl (formerly of “Be Your Own Pet”).  We’ll be playing lots of tunes from our soon-to-be-released CD, Three Nights,  and also unveiling a nifty cover of a Guided By Voices song sung by John Williams.   See you there, – Mick

As we prepare to release the new SF CD, Three Nights, we’re trying to clear out some old merchandise. So here you go… for $8.00 we’ll send you a classic blue Successful Failures t-shirt (in M, L, or XL) and one of our CDs.  Click here to get your CD and T-Shirt via Paypal.  Please specify which CD (check out our Merch page) and the size of your shirt (M,L,XL)when placing the order.

Big news, folks.  The new Successful Failures CD, Three Nights, is complete.  We started the recording process way back in January 2009… so it’s been a long run, late nights, technical breakdowns, artisitic revelations, lots of mistakes and scrapped ideas, and so on… now we can’t hardly wait for everyone to hear it.  Since we started recording this one John ran a marathon or two, Rob explored Alaska in a kayak, Ron learned to play the piano, mandolin & harmonica, and I wrote 73 new songs.  The CD is currently being mass duplicated – expect a March 2010 release date.    Check out the album cover below featuring a collage I put together representing some of the themes/content of the tunes.  – Mick  

The Successful Failures are currently holed up in the FDR Label Studio embarking on their next recording project – the follow-up to last year’s “Ripe for the Burning”. The band is very excited to finally be producing the backlog of tracks that they’ve been rehearsing (and in some cases, playing live) for months now. Stay tuned for more info coming soon!

The sophmore effort featuring the new singles “Bridges Over the Delaware“, “Never Moving Out” and “All I Can Take” (recorded with Don Coffey, Jr. in Knoxville, TN) will be released on Mischief Night 2007. The band will celebrate the release with shows in Philadelphia, PA and quite possibly Wash., D.C. as well. See our Merch page to order now and check out our MySpace page for a listen to two of the new tracks. Now available through

       The Successful Failures can be heard on FDR Label’s “About a Girl” compilation, an album of Indie-Rock covers of songs featuring Girl’s names in the title. SF have contributed a melodic Roots-Rock version of Big Star’s “O, Dana” to the CD which is now availble through FDR and CDBaby.