Funeral for a Friend : iSOUND.COM™

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Formed: 2002

iSound Site: www.isound.com/funeral_for_a_friend

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Artists:
The Get Up Kids
Saves the Day
Further Seems Forever
Finch
Thursday
A Static Lullaby
Senses Fail
Matchbook Romance
Story of the Year
Genres:
Emo-Core
Hardcore

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	Monster Released: 2008

Biography

Funeral for a Friend consists of Matt Davies (vocals), Kris Roberts (guitar), Darran Smith (Guitar), Gareth Davies (bass), and Ryan Richards (drums). The beginning of Funeral for a Friend began with a band called January thirst. When January Thirst split in December 2001, remaining members formed Funeral for a Friend. The group’s name is generally assumed to have been spawned from the Elton John album under the same title. This is not correct. Actually, the group got their name from a hardcore rock group from Florida, Planes Mistaken For Stars, that had a song entitled, “Funeral for a Friend.” The members, who are all from the Valleys of South Wales, formed the band in early 2002. Only a few months after forming, the group recorded their debut EP entitled Between Order and Model. The EP, which was released on August 12, 2002 was produced and mixed by Joe Gibb (Jane’s Addiction, Catatonia, Leftfield) on Swansea’s Mighty Atoms Label. The group then began touring with bands such as Boy Sets Fire, Finch, and The Prophets. The single, “10:45 Amsterdam Conversations” received a lot of noise. Only six months after the EP’s release, Funeral for a Friend, found themselves showcasing their music in front of top Recording Labels. They chose to sign with Infectious Records (a subsidiary of Warner).

In April 2002 (October 21, 2002 in the United States), Funeral for a Friend released Seven Ways to Scream your Name. The EP contained the single, “This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak.” The video for the song was done by Darren Doane (Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Pennywise). The video had a huge amount of airplay on MTV2 and Kerrang!TV. This was also chosen to b the first video to air on Sky TV’s new Scuzz channel.

On July 28, 2003, Funeral for a Friend released their third EP entitled Juneau. That summer they headlined a tour in the United Kingdom. In September that year, the group was chosen to headline for Iron Maiden in the U.K. On October 6, 2003, Funeral for a Friend released their debut album entitled Casually Dressed and Deep into Conversation. The group is expected to become a huge hit as they continue to quickly build a dedicated fan base.

Bio written by: bandhunt

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Discussion Topic	Creator
OH DEAR GOD!! They are probably the second worse live band ive ever seen... after the bled!!	skank_dog

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excusez moi?	CoNe_LoVeR_666
the bled is a great live band	i_heart_emo_boys187
she doesnt know what shes talking about, FFAF are great maybe not the best live band but still good (if your wondering, no i havent seen them live but theyve been on tv, live that is, and they werent too bad...)	CoNe_LoVeR_666
proving the fact that people are fucking stupid.	funeral4afriend
lol, certainly does	CoNe_LoVeR_666
i like ffaf	whoamiagain
good on ya! yeh i like ffaf too	CoNe_LoVeR_666
Whoever made this forum thingy is possibly the most stupid person I have ever come across ever ever ever. I've seen FFAF 3 times and I've never been disappointed. When they played Glasgow in May they were fucking AWESOME!!! They just put so much energy into everything. Although they're not touring again until next year 'cause they have to record the new album. I dunno if that's good or bad...	sid_loves_nancy
could go either way. yeh as ive said before, seen them on tv and they werent bad, infact they were great, not the best but still great	CoNe_LoVeR_666
youve seen FFAF on tv before?	i_heart_emo_boys187
i have too their awesome live	blackrain13
'youve seen FFAF on tv before?' i_heart_emo_boys187 yeh, on Kerrang!, MTV2 and Scuzz	CoNe_LoVeR_666
look at the name..skankdog..thats not saying much for themselves..obviously theyre not demanding too much respect..funeral for a friend kicks ass..idc what the hell the skankdog says...	sensesfailxangrypoet
There is a difference though, seeing a band live and on TV. Itrs probs nothing alike! There's no adrenaline, not as much eagerness to just go crazy! Seein FFAF live you have the opportunity to do exactly what you want to do, within reason of course. I've seen FFAF both on tv, and live. and on both the two times I've seen them they were awesome! The tv perfromances less so.	fatally_yours
Yeh I get that (the point) but seeing it live on tv and seeing it live on stage, they must sound pretty similar.	CoNe_LoVeR_666
from what ive seen and heard, they're nothing alike! not at all, trust me, once you've seen em live, then you'll get one im on about	fatally_yours
Sounded really good live to me.	agirlcalledkill
HAHAH ive seen them 4 times live ACCIDENTLY because they have supported various bands.. THEY ARE SO SHIT ... i saw them at reading twice too and i nearly fell asleep... they are possibly the shittest band in history! And why is it that every song sounds exactly the same live??? and his fucking wwwwwhhiiiiney voice .. uh	skank_dog
Sings Archers in your arches raise your fingers for one last salute finishes singing Ha, I saw the video for History at 2am this morning, awesome video. Hey, you're lucky to have seen them live! I reallllllllllly wanna see them but I don't have any money left. Grrrrr.	CoNe_LoVeR_666
seriously... dont bother seeing them live.. it will ruin it!! they SUCK so fuckin bad live honestly one of the worst bands live ever ever ever!!	skank_dog
I'm not believing that until I've experienced it... Maybe you just caught them on their worse days...?	CoNe_LoVeR_666
Ehem.. FFAF happens to be awesome live! Thank you very much! Hooray for Funeral ^_^	lp_girl
Amen to that!	CoNe_LoVeR_666
ahah you are allllll HELL BOUND.. so yea.. maybe i just caught them on a bad day.. ALL FOUR TIMES?????	skank_dog
Sure. It happens.	CoNe_LoVeR_666