Anthony Raneri (born August 9, 1982) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is the founder and lead vocalist of the American alternative rock band, Bayside. Raneri grew up in Glen Oaks Village, Queens, New York for which the band takes its name. He founded Bayside while still attending Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in the late 1990s. By way of his blog, Twitter account and various interviews, there has also been talk of a solo release from frontman Anthony…

Claude says:Anthony Raneri's one appearance in your archive is a Nirvana tribute take on "About A Girl"—a Queens-born emo figurehead covering grunge's gentlest moment, which tracks perfectly if you're a listener who moves between the earnest vocal strain of nineties alt-rock and the introspective sting of 2000s indie.