New Found Glory to Perform at Webster On?New Album?Tour
Nicole Dubowitz '10
Issue date: 4/28/09 Section: Features
New Found Glory: Their name today might be lumped into the same category as groups like Good Charlotte and Simple Plan, that notoriously birthed the pop-punk oxymoron, but don't be fooled. New Found Glory has been around since before guyliner, before Hot Topic, and definitely before Avril Lavigne. In 1997, Vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarist Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka, drummer Cyrus Bolooki, and Chad Gilbert formed A New Found Glory in their hometown in southern Florida.
They were signed to an independent label and their first release came later that year with their It's All About the Girls EP. After their debut full-length album Nothing Gold Can Stay, they did a tour and soon had a significant following. To avoid confusion in record stores, they then decided to drop the "A" in the band's name to become "New Found Glory."
Another indie label, Drive Thru Records - who have also signed The Starting Line, Something Corporate, and Hellogoodye - signed New Found Glory in 2000. This was a strategic move, because Drive-Thru had a deal with MCA Records, a larger company that would absorb Drive-Thru's most popular bands. Today, many consider getting picked up by a major label to be a sign of "selling out." But I'm guessing there was, at some point, credibility given to bands that were able to find that kind of success, as New Found Glory did.
Two studio albums and appearances on the Van's Warped Tour and the Honda Civic Tour followed, as did more and more fans. With their third album, New Found Glory had started to take on a harder sound intentionally, in order to separate themselves from the growing number of bands in a similar genre as they were. They continued to release albums as they gained notoriety for several hit singles such as "Hit or Miss," "Dressed to Kill," "My Friends Over You," and "It's Not Your Fault." Songs like these are good examples of New Found Glory's unique ability to strike a perfect balance between alternative-punk personality and the addictive catchiness of pop music.
They were signed to an independent label and their first release came later that year with their It's All About the Girls EP. After their debut full-length album Nothing Gold Can Stay, they did a tour and soon had a significant following. To avoid confusion in record stores, they then decided to drop the "A" in the band's name to become "New Found Glory."
Another indie label, Drive Thru Records - who have also signed The Starting Line, Something Corporate, and Hellogoodye - signed New Found Glory in 2000. This was a strategic move, because Drive-Thru had a deal with MCA Records, a larger company that would absorb Drive-Thru's most popular bands. Today, many consider getting picked up by a major label to be a sign of "selling out." But I'm guessing there was, at some point, credibility given to bands that were able to find that kind of success, as New Found Glory did.
Two studio albums and appearances on the Van's Warped Tour and the Honda Civic Tour followed, as did more and more fans. With their third album, New Found Glory had started to take on a harder sound intentionally, in order to separate themselves from the growing number of bands in a similar genre as they were. They continued to release albums as they gained notoriety for several hit singles such as "Hit or Miss," "Dressed to Kill," "My Friends Over You," and "It's Not Your Fault." Songs like these are good examples of New Found Glory's unique ability to strike a perfect balance between alternative-punk personality and the addictive catchiness of pop music.
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