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For the Elton John song, see Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.

Funeral for a Friend (Commonly abbreviated to the acronym FFAF) is a Welsh post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic records before leaving the label in 2008. The group will release its as-yet-untitled fourth album on its own label, Join Us. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... For other uses, see Bridgend (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is the opening song on the two-part album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. ... This article is about the country. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Ferret Music is an independent record label releasing largely, but not solely, metalcore and post-hardcore albums. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ...

Formation and EPs (2001-2003)

The band was originally called January Thirst. However when Michael Davies (Now in "Makeshift Truth"), one of their original vocalists, quit in December 2001, Matthew Evans (vocals) and Johnny Phillips (drums) invited Matt Davies to try out for the vacant singer position. Soon after Davies joined the band changed the name to Funeral for a Friend, taken from a song by the band Planes Mistaken for Stars, but due to Davies being the only member who is a fan of that band FFAF as a whole credit Elton John's song of the same name as the basis for their name.The bands original bassist also quit due to his long time ambition to become a music teacher at a comprehensive school in South Wales. Oliver now is also a respective guitarist in the band Makeshift Truth.^[1] Matt Davies (born October 14, 1979) is the vocalist/song writer for the Welsh rock band, Funeral For A Friend. ... Planes Mistaken for Stars (also known as Planes or PMFS) was a punk rock/hardcore punk band formed in Peoria, Illinois in 1997. ...

During the start of the New Year they parted ways with second guitarist Kerry Roberts (Kris Coombs-Roberts's brother) and found a suitable replacement in Darran Smith (ex-Tripcage). The band recorded four tracks at Mighty Atom Studios for a proposed self financed EP with another Welsh band From This Moment On. Upon hearing the tracks, Mighty Atom Records approached the band and offered a two album deal, resulting in their debut EP, Between Order & Model (2002). Kris Coombs-Roberts is a guitarist for the Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. ... Mighty Atom Records is a South Wales based label. ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Between Order & Model is the debut EP by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

In 2003, Funeral for a Friend recorded their second EP, Four Ways to Scream Your Name, produced and mixed by Colin Richardson. Both EPs are currently out of print and highly sought after by fans of the band (as of 2006, the band's first EP can be found in HMV stores in the UK). This an EP from Funeral For a Friend. ... Colin Richardson is a record producer and recording engineer. ...

In mid-2003, the band secured their first Kerrang! award, winning the award for "Best UK Newcomer," beating The Darkness, who won in all other nominated categories. Funeral for a Friend's win was largely attributed to their fervent fan base, as the awards winner was decided by public vote online at the official Kerrang! Web site. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... For other uses, see The Darkness (disambiguation). ...

Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation (2003-2005)

On October 20, 2003, after recording for the duration of the summer, Funeral for a Friend's full-length debut album was released. Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, produced and mixed by Colin Richardson, was released to critical acclaim in the UK. The album did not see a concurrent release in the US (eventually released there on July 13, 2004); instead, a seven-track "mini-album," entitled Seven Ways to Scream Your Name, was released, and featured songs from the band's Between Order & Model and Four Ways to Scream Your Name EPs. is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation is the debut album of the Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. ... Colin Richardson is a record producer and recording engineer. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seven Ways to Scream Your Name is an EP by the Welsh band Funeral for a Friend. ...

Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation saw three top-twenty singles including "Juneau" (#19), "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" (#20) and "Escape Artists Never Die" (#19). “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... Juneau is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. ...

Funeral for a Friend toured feverishly to promote Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, including a series of European dates in which they opened for their idols, Iron Maiden. This was met with a mixed reception, however, as their style and fan base bore little resemblance to the heavy metal background of Iron Maiden. In 2004, the band headlined the second stage of the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in the East End of London. ... Leeds Festival redirects here. ...

Hours (2005-2006)

FFAF's second studio album 'Hours'

On June 14, 2005, the band released their second album Hours through Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Terry Date and was recorded in two studios owned by the grunge band Pearl Jam. The album featured unusual methods of recording, for example Matt Davies' vocals were recorded whilst in a moving car and on a crowded Seattle, WA street, for the song 'Drive'. This article refers to the album by Funeral for a Friend. ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article refers to the album by Funeral for a Friend. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Terry Date Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specialising in the rock and metal genres. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article is about the rock group. ... Seattle redirects here. ...

In August of the same year, the band won a Kerrang! Award for "Best British Band". The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Funeral for a Friend performed several low-profile shows in Wales, including Bangor University and Bridgend Recreation Centre, prior to the release of Hours. This contrasted against their subsequent shows, which included playing alongside bands such as Atreyu, Saosin, Hawthorne Heights and Thrice on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour. The band also performed on the main stage of the Reading and Leeds Festivals, having to leave the Warped Tour early to do so. The band also played on the main stage of the Taste of Chaos tour in the US in 2006, alongside bands such as Story of the Year, the Deftones and Thrice. For other uses, see Bridgend (disambiguation). ... Atreyu is a band from Orange County, California. ... ‹ The template below (Citations missing) is being considered for deletion. ... Hawthorne Heights is a band formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. ... This article is about a band. ... Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deftones is a rock band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Stephen Carpenter (lead guitar), Chi Cheng (bass guitar) Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables) and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion). ...

Funeral For a Friend closed the promotional jaunt for Hours in the Summer of 2006, with a series of UK shows rescheduled from February. Most of the original dates had been canceled due to the fact that Matt Davies had suffered from a bout of laryngitis. Several other shows were scheduled in the UK to complement these rescheduled dates, and the tour culminated in a slot below headliners Guns N' Roses at the Download Festival at Donington Racetrack. Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... The Download Festival is a three day music festival held annually at the spiritual home of rock music in England: Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002s Ozzfest). ...

The rest of 2006 was spent writing and recording the band's third album, Tales Don't Tell Themselves released in May 2007. Tales Dont Tell Themselves is the third album by Funeral for a Friend. ...

Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)

FFAF's third studio album 'Tales Don't Tell Themselves'

Funeral for a Friend mentioned the writing of this album during their UK shows in summer 2006 and they started writing and recording at the end of the tour. The album was released on 14th May 2007 in the UK, having been leaked to the internet on 10th May 2007. The band have released video diary updates of the recording on their MySpace page, of which there have been 7 to date. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Tales Dont Tell Themselves is the third album by Funeral for a Friend. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

On March 19th, "Into Oblivion (Reunion)", the first single from the Tales Don't Tell Themselves album, was premiered on the Zane Lowe Show on Radio One. It was given a May 7th physical release, and the video can be seen and the song heard on their MySpace site. It reached number 39 in its' first week of release on downloads and reached number 16 in the Official UK chart on 13th May 2007. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

A selection of intimate shows to promote the album were played on 12th, 13th and 14th of April in intimate coastal venues in the south of England. Only 200 tickets were available for each show and these had to be applied for via an e-mail sent to members of the FFAF mailing list. Names were then picked out of a hat and the selected people were offered the opportunity to buy a pair of tickets to the gig, exclusive t-shirts were given to anyone paying using paypal mobile.

They also toured this year at the 2007 Warped Tour in America, from June 28th until August 3rd, 2007.

On May 8th, 2007 the band released Tales Don't Tell Themselves in its entirety for fans to preview via their MySpace page. This album is the first on which Matt plays guitar. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

On May 10th, 2007 the band played another intimate gig for Kerrang! 105.2 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall Bar, in which they played "Walk Away" for the very first time. This is one of the tracks which Matt plays guitar on live, alongside "Raise The Sail" and "The Sweetest Wave", which were debuted on the full tour in May 2007. Kerrang! 105. ... Wolverhampton is a city in the historic county of Staffordshire and metropolitan county of the West Midlands. ...

The album was their highest charting yet, reaching Number 3 in the UK Album Charts though to date it is also their lowest selling album.

On July 16th, Walk Away, was released as the second single from "Tales Don't Tell Themselves" and reached number 40 in the UK singles charts. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Walk Away is the ninth track of Tales Dont Tell Themselves and is the second single. ...

It was announced in one of their latest newsletters that "The Great Wide Open" would be the next single and would hit stores on October 1st 2007, and the single would in-fact released as an EP. The EP, The Great Wide Open was released on the 15th October 2007 through Atlantic Records, negating the release of the single itself. The Great Wide Open is the third single from Funeral For A Friends album Tales Dont Tell Themselves released in 2007. ... EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... The Great Wide Open is the third single from Funeral For A Friends album Tales Dont Tell Themselves released in 2007. ...

The band toured the UK again in December 2007. Kids in Glass Houses were the main support act for the tour, with the opening act City Sleeps. The Blackout also be supported, but only at Cardiff International Arena, alongside The New 1920s. City Sleeps were unavailable to play the Cardiff show. Kids in Glass Houses are a five-piece powerpop rock band from Cardiff, the capital of Wales. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Fourth Album (2008-)

On January 26th 2008, drummer Ryan Richards made an announcement on the band's forum, stating that FFAF were to spend the first few months of the year recording, with a view to releasing a four or five track EP in March/April of this year. After writing more material than originally planned, the band decided to scrap plans for the EP and release a full-length album instead, expected out in September. Ryan also announced that the new album would contain harsh/screaming vocals, riffs and would be closer to Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation than any of their other albums, although would still be significantly different and more technical, citing that they want to move forward, and never back to any old style.^[2] They have currently recorded half of the album and the first single is to be called "Waterfront Danceclub". The other three tracks so far recorded and named are: "Beneath the Burning Tree", "Someday the Fire" and "Kicking and Screaming". They are soon to begin recording the second half of the album. On May 11, 2008, it was announced via Myspace bulletin that they would be shooting the video for ‘Waterfront Dance Club’ on May 17th, which they announced after the shoot should be released on May 30th. At the video shoot, the band confirmed the album would be released some time in October.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Main article: Funeral for a Friend discography

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Studio Albums

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Videography

• 10:45 Amsterdam Conversations
• This Years Most Open Heartbreak
• Juneau
• She Drove Me To Daytime Television
• Bullet Theory
• Escape Artists Never Die
• You Want Romance?
• Juneau (Acoustic)
• Streetcar
• Monsters
• History
• Roses For The Dead
• Into Oblivion (Reunion)
• Walk Away
• The Great Wide Open

Trivia

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• "Streetcar" appeared in EA's Madden NFL 2006, "Rookie of the Year" was featured in Criterion's Burnout 3 and in WrestleMania 21 The Game, and "All The Rage" was featured in Burnout Revenge.
• The song Streetcar begins with the sound of someone dialing a phone. Some members of the official forum (ffaf.co.uk/forum) used the dial tones to figure out the number, which turned out to be the lead singer, Matt Davies' phone number, and he was forced to change it.^{[citation needed]}
• Hours (2005-2006) featured unusual methods of recording, for example Matt Davies' vocals were recorded whilst in a moving car and on a crowded Seattle, WA street, for the song 'Drive'.
• Fightstar, a fellow band from the United Kingdom, has recorded a cover of "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" which they released on their single Hazy Eyes.
• Funeral for a Friend is the first band to be on the cover of Kerrang magazine before actually releasing an album.
• Prior to the formation of January Thirst, both original vocalist Michael Davies, and original drummer Johnny Phillips, were in the band Mongrel, who would go on to become the post-hardcore act Hondo Maclean. Additionally, current drummer Ryan Richards was also a member of Hondo Maclean prior to joining the band.

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External links

• Official Web site (UK)
• Official Web site (US)

References