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New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American pop punk band,
formed in 1997 (see 1997 in music) in Coral Springs, Florida and currently
based in California.
New Found Glory formed in the middle of 1997 with Jordan Pundik on vocals,
Chad Gilbert (formerly of hardcore band Shai Hulud) and Steve Klein on
guitars, Ian Grushka on bass and Joe Moreno on drums (he was replaced by
Cyrus Bolooki after their debut release). Originally, the band's name was "A
New Found Glory." Chad Gilbert told MTV News "For us, punk rock and even
hardcore music was something we did because we didn't fit in in high school.
We had nowhere to go, so we went to shows.
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The band recorded their first EP called It's All About The Girls under
Fiddler Records in June 1997. The band's enthuasistic live performances soon
resulted in them selling out the entire pressing of this EP. Over time, the
strength of the live show helped build a strong following. Their first album
Nothing Gold Can Stay was released by Eulogy Recordings. Stefanie Reines of
Drive-Thru Records heard the album from the band Midtown and later re-released
the album in 1999. They soon recorded an EP entitled From the Screen to Your
Stereo, consisting of movie themes covered in a similar manner to Me First
and the Gimme Gimmes. As a result of their growing popularity and a
distribution deal Drive-Thru had with MCA, which allowed MCA to take away
any of Drive-Thru's bands, the band was signed to MCA.
Vocalist Jordan Pundik performing in 2004.Their first release recorded with
MCA was their self-titled album, which was released late in 2000 and which
was the first to make an impression on the charts reaching number 107 on the
Billboard 200 album charts and number one on the Heatseeker chart (the
album's hit single "Hit or Miss" reached number 15 on the US modern rock
chart). From the Screen to the Stereo would make the top 40 of the
Heatseeker charts in 2002.
The band's profile would grow in 2001 with a support slot to a blink-182
tour and a slot on the Warped Tour. The band recorded the Sticks and Stones
album in late 2001 for release in the middle of 2002. Sticks and Stones
would prove to be their breakthrough record debuting at number 4 on the
Billboard album charts selling 91,000 albums in the first week of sales and
also reaching the top ten of the UK album charts. The album would spawn two
singles namely
"My Friends Over You" reached number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002,
number 11 in Canada, number 5 on the US modern rock chart and number 2 on a
MP3.com download chart.
"Head on Collision" went top 30 on both the Canadian singles charts and the
US modern rock chart.
New Found Glory headlined the 2002 Warped Tour, and headlined again in 2004.
New Found Glory released Catalyst in May 2004 and it debuted at number 3 of
the Billboard album chart in late May selling 146,000 albums in its first
week of release. The album would also debut in the top 40 of the UK and
Australian album charts. The first single "All Downhill from Here" would go
top 20 on both US and a composite world modern rock chart (based on the US,
UK, Canada, Sweden, Finland and Australian charts) as at the end of May
2004.
Contrary to the band's announcement on Fuse's Daily Download on March 28,
2005, James Dewees of The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect (who
had previously provided keyboards for the song "Failure's Not Flattering" on
Catalyst and toured with the band as a sixth member for about ten months)
did not permanently join New Found Glory, due to his busy schedule with his
own band.
Chad Gilbert would also form a hardcore band called Hazen Street with
Freddie Cricien and Hoya of Madball, Toby Morse of H2O, David Kennedy
formerly of Boxcar Racer, and Mackie Jayson formerly of Bad Brains. [2]
However, due to an exclusivity clause in New Found Glory's contract with
Universal Music, Gilbert will not be allowed to be a part of Hazen Street,
despite co-writing the majority of their debut album's material.
A fifth album, to be produced by Thom Panunzio, is planned for release in
the summer of 2006. In a recent MTV article, Chad released the names of
tentative track names on the new album which include the following: Oxygen,
It's Not Your Fault, On My Mind, and Hold Your Hand. |
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