New Found Glory

New Found Glory

New Found Glory are a US pop punk band from Coral Springs, Florida, formed in 1997 and active since then. The group is often shortened to NFG and is also known by the side-project name International Superheroes Of Hardcore. Their lineup includes Jordan Pundik on vocals, Chad Gilbert on guitar, Ian Grushka on bass, Cyrus Bolooki on drums, Steve Klein on guitar, and Joe Moreno, who plays drums in the band’s early period before being replaced by Bolooki after the debut release.

Style and background

The band works in pop punk, punk rock, punk, rock, emo pop and easycore. They are identified as a US pop punk act and begin in South Florida, with Coral Springs as their base. Chad Gilbert starts in hardcore music with Shai Hulud before New Found Glory, and the band’s early identity is tied to punk and hardcore scenes. Their live performances help build an audience early on.

Early releases and label history

New Found Glory record their first EP, It’s All About The Girls, for Fiddler Records in 1997. Their first album, Nothing Gold Can Stay, appears on Eulogy Recordings and is later re-released by Drive-Thru Records in 1999 after Stefanie Reines hears it through Midtown. They then release From the Screen to Your Stereo, an EP of film-song covers in the style of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. As their profile grows, they sign to MCA through Drive-Thru’s distribution deal.

Main albums and chart success

The band’s first MCA release is their self-titled album, which reaches number 107 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Heatseeker chart. Its single “Hit or Miss” reaches number 15 on the US modern rock chart. Their breakthrough album, Sticks and Stones, reaches number 4 on the Billboard chart, sells 91,000 copies in its first week, and enters the UK top ten. It includes “My Friends Over You”, which charts on the Billboard Hot 100, in Canada, and on modern rock radio, and “Head on Collision”, which reaches the top 30 in Canada and on US modern rock charts.

Catalyst follows in 2004 and debuts at number 3 on the Billboard album chart, also entering the top 40 in the UK and Australia. Its lead single, “All Downhill from Here”, reaches the top 20 on US and composite world modern rock charts. Coming Home arrives in 2006, followed by From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II in 2007, which continues the band’s film-cover concept.

Later releases and personnel changes

Radiosurgery, the band’s seventh album of original material, appears in 2011. The live album Kill It Live follows in 2013. In December 2013, founding guitarist Steve Klein leaves the band for personal reasons. The band then releases Resurrection in 2014 and Makes Me Sick in 2017.

Touring and live profile

New Found Glory support blink-182 on tour in 2001 and also play Warped Tour that year. They headline Warped Tour in 2002 and again in 2004. Their strong reputation as a live band is part of their early rise and continued visibility in punk rock.

Related projects

Chad Gilbert also forms Hazen Street with Freddie Cricien and Hoya of Madball, Toby Morse of H2O, David Kennedy formerly of Box Car Racer, and Mackie Jayson formerly of Cro-Mags. James Dewees of The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect also contributes keyboards to “Failure’s Not Flattering” on Catalyst and tours with the band as a sixth member for about ten months, but does not join permanently.