New Found Glory

New Found Glory (NFG) is a pop punk group formed in 1997 (see 1997 in music). They came from Coral Springs, Florida and have recently moved to California.

Professional career

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.

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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

Related Topics:
Blink-182 - Warped Tour - Sticks and Stones

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• "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.

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Fuse - March 28 - 2005 - James Dewees - The Get Up Kids - Reggie and the Full Effect

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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. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486904/20040510/story.jhtml/1 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.

Related Topics:
Hazen Street - Freddie Cricien - Hoya - Madball - Toby Morse - H₂O - David Kennedy - Boxcar Racer - Mackie Jayson - Bad Brains - Universal Music

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A fifth album is planned for release in 2006.

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