Four Year Strong
Four Year Strong is an American easycore band from Worcester, Massachusetts… Read Full Bio ↴Four Year Strong is an American easycore band from Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco. They have released six studio albums; the latest, 'Brain Pain', was released on February 28, 2020. Their music tends to be very fast paced and motivational. Sonically a band heavily influenced by the easycore genre.
History
Formation and It's Our Time (2001–2006)
Rise or Die Trying, Explains It All (2006–2009)
The band's 2007 release Rise or Die Trying with I Surrender Records peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in its debut week. On the back of their increasing popularity, the band was signed to Decaydance Records in February 2008.
On July 21, 2009, Four Year Strong released an album of covers from the 1990s, titled Explains It All. The album features guest appearances from Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, and JR and Buddy of Less Than Jake. The band explained their reasoning behind the album in a MySpace blog, saying "It’s what we grew up listening to. Everyone has those songs that instantly transport you back to when you were younger. Whether we were in our bedrooms playing air guitar, or riding in the car to little league practice, or it was just that song that was all over the radio during that awesome summer at the Cape. These songs have impacted us in some way and we want to share that feeling with you."
Enemy of the World (2010)
The band's 3rd full-length album, Enemy of the World, was released on March 9, 2010 on Universal Motown Records. The band released the album's first single, "It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now", on December 21, 2009. The name of the song is a reference to the final sentence of a review in Alternative Press in which the magazine praised Set Your Goals' new album while remarking on the future of Four Year Strong and how their record would compare. The vinyl record was made available to pre-order on March 2, 2010. The album sold 12,400 copies in its first week, debuting at number 40 on the Billboard 200.
On April 3, 2011, it was announced that Josh Lyford would be leaving the band. Initially, it was implied that Lyford had chosen to leave in order to focus on his side project, Foxfires. However, it was later confirmed by both Lyford and Alan Day, that the band had elected to remove synthesizers from their sound leaving no room for Lyford to continue. The band has said they will continue as a four piece.
In Some Way, Shape or Form (2011–present)
On April 13, 2011, in an interview with Alternative Press, the band revealed that they had been in the middle of recording their fourth studio album with producer David Bendeth in New Jersey's House of Loud. The band is set to return to the studio, without Josh Lyford, to finish the album in June, after they finish touring with Rise Against. Vocalist Alan Day has also revealed that the new songs the band had written were very diverse, and that the new material is different than anything the band has ever written. While touring with Rise Against, they have been playing a newly recorded, yet unreleased song called "Falling on You".
On August 18, 2011, the band released "Stuck in the Middle", a new song from the upcoming album. The band announced that the new album will be titled In Some Way, Shape, or Form, and will be released on November 8, 2011. On September 8, 2011, the band released another song from the album, entitled "Falling on You." The first official single from the album, "Just Drive", is set for release on September 27, 2011
During the Fall 2011 AP Tour, the band played another new unreleased song which will be released on the upcoming album. The band dedicates it to fans who have been there "from the very beginning, and will be there till the very end." a video of the song has been leaked on YouTube. It is called "Fairweather Fan."
Touring
The band has done multiple national tours, sharing the stage with such bands as The Starting Line, Slip On It, Hellogoodbye, From First to Last, Every Time I Die, Meg & Dia, Hidden in Plain View, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Mayday Parade, New Found Glory, Bayside and Steel Train. The band toured in February–April 2009 as part of the Taste of Chaos tour, alongside Thursday, Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil, and Cancer Bats. They undertook the Summer co-headline tour with Set Your Goals, and also Fireworks, The Swellers, Polar Bear Club, A Loss For Words, Drive A and Grave Maker from July to August 2009. Four Year Strong also performed on the Australian Soundwave festival in February and March 2010, alongside headliners Faith No More, Janes Addiction, Placebo; also playing alongside Alexisonfire, Set Your Goals, A Day To Remember, Paramore, It Dies Today, Gallows, Emarosa, A Wilhelm Scream, Anthrax, All Time Low, Escape The Fate, This Is Hell, Enter Shikari, Anti-Flag, Baroness, Comeback Kid, The Almost, Dance Gavin Dance, Architects, You Me At Six, Rolo Tomassi, Dichi Michi, Sunny Day Real Estate and many more. The band was in the lineup for Vans Warped Tour 2010 and played on the Altec Lansing stage along side Breathe Carolina, Hey Monday, and Set Your Goals.[7] They also played the first day on the Bamboozle festival. Late 2010, Four Year Strong headlined a tour with Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Fangs, and Mountain Man. The tour was entitled "Tonight We Feel Alive!", and spanned the entire United States. In February 2011, Four Year Strong co-headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2011 with Good Charlotte with support from Framing Hanley and The Wonder Years, The tour began February 3rd in Dublin, Ireland. On the 15th February 2011 it was announced that they had been added to support Blink 182 on their UK tour alongside You Me At Six They will be joining Rise Against and Bad Religion on a US summer tour in 2011. They have also announced that they will come back to Australia later in the year to play Soundwave Revolution along with already announced bands The Damned Things, Story of The Year, Every Time I Die, Hellogoodbye, We Are The In Crowd and many others. They still have yet to announce an upcoming Detroit show. It is long overdue.
Musical style
The band's sound can be described as popcore a blend of pop punk, hardcore punk, and power pop. This genre is popularly referred to as "easycore" or "happycore". The band simply developed their sound off the idea of playing 'exactly what they want to hear' or music that they would listen to, but no one else was playing at the time.[8] The band has cited their influences as being Lifetime, Saves the Day, Gorilla Biscuits, Blink-182, and New Found Glory, to name a few. Though the band would primarily start out as a post-hardcore , the release of their demo in 2004 would mark a shift from post-hardcore to more synthesizer-heavy tracks, where the band would begin to embrace the styles of power pop and general hardcore punk. Prior to the release of and at times within Rise or Die Trying, the band also incorporates more facets of modern hardcore, such as double bass drums, breakdowns and screaming vocals. For their 3rd studio album, Enemy of the World, the band decided to expand upon their hardcore influences.
Influences
The band has many references to 1990's pop culture. They have been known to quote lines from '90s films in lyrics/song titles/ and in conversation. They were influenced by all the bands on their cover album Explains It All.
History
Formation and It's Our Time (2001–2006)
Rise or Die Trying, Explains It All (2006–2009)
The band's 2007 release Rise or Die Trying with I Surrender Records peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in its debut week. On the back of their increasing popularity, the band was signed to Decaydance Records in February 2008.
On July 21, 2009, Four Year Strong released an album of covers from the 1990s, titled Explains It All. The album features guest appearances from Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, and JR and Buddy of Less Than Jake. The band explained their reasoning behind the album in a MySpace blog, saying "It’s what we grew up listening to. Everyone has those songs that instantly transport you back to when you were younger. Whether we were in our bedrooms playing air guitar, or riding in the car to little league practice, or it was just that song that was all over the radio during that awesome summer at the Cape. These songs have impacted us in some way and we want to share that feeling with you."
Enemy of the World (2010)
The band's 3rd full-length album, Enemy of the World, was released on March 9, 2010 on Universal Motown Records. The band released the album's first single, "It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now", on December 21, 2009. The name of the song is a reference to the final sentence of a review in Alternative Press in which the magazine praised Set Your Goals' new album while remarking on the future of Four Year Strong and how their record would compare. The vinyl record was made available to pre-order on March 2, 2010. The album sold 12,400 copies in its first week, debuting at number 40 on the Billboard 200.
On April 3, 2011, it was announced that Josh Lyford would be leaving the band. Initially, it was implied that Lyford had chosen to leave in order to focus on his side project, Foxfires. However, it was later confirmed by both Lyford and Alan Day, that the band had elected to remove synthesizers from their sound leaving no room for Lyford to continue. The band has said they will continue as a four piece.
In Some Way, Shape or Form (2011–present)
On April 13, 2011, in an interview with Alternative Press, the band revealed that they had been in the middle of recording their fourth studio album with producer David Bendeth in New Jersey's House of Loud. The band is set to return to the studio, without Josh Lyford, to finish the album in June, after they finish touring with Rise Against. Vocalist Alan Day has also revealed that the new songs the band had written were very diverse, and that the new material is different than anything the band has ever written. While touring with Rise Against, they have been playing a newly recorded, yet unreleased song called "Falling on You".
On August 18, 2011, the band released "Stuck in the Middle", a new song from the upcoming album. The band announced that the new album will be titled In Some Way, Shape, or Form, and will be released on November 8, 2011. On September 8, 2011, the band released another song from the album, entitled "Falling on You." The first official single from the album, "Just Drive", is set for release on September 27, 2011
During the Fall 2011 AP Tour, the band played another new unreleased song which will be released on the upcoming album. The band dedicates it to fans who have been there "from the very beginning, and will be there till the very end." a video of the song has been leaked on YouTube. It is called "Fairweather Fan."
Touring
The band has done multiple national tours, sharing the stage with such bands as The Starting Line, Slip On It, Hellogoodbye, From First to Last, Every Time I Die, Meg & Dia, Hidden in Plain View, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Mayday Parade, New Found Glory, Bayside and Steel Train. The band toured in February–April 2009 as part of the Taste of Chaos tour, alongside Thursday, Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil, and Cancer Bats. They undertook the Summer co-headline tour with Set Your Goals, and also Fireworks, The Swellers, Polar Bear Club, A Loss For Words, Drive A and Grave Maker from July to August 2009. Four Year Strong also performed on the Australian Soundwave festival in February and March 2010, alongside headliners Faith No More, Janes Addiction, Placebo; also playing alongside Alexisonfire, Set Your Goals, A Day To Remember, Paramore, It Dies Today, Gallows, Emarosa, A Wilhelm Scream, Anthrax, All Time Low, Escape The Fate, This Is Hell, Enter Shikari, Anti-Flag, Baroness, Comeback Kid, The Almost, Dance Gavin Dance, Architects, You Me At Six, Rolo Tomassi, Dichi Michi, Sunny Day Real Estate and many more. The band was in the lineup for Vans Warped Tour 2010 and played on the Altec Lansing stage along side Breathe Carolina, Hey Monday, and Set Your Goals.[7] They also played the first day on the Bamboozle festival. Late 2010, Four Year Strong headlined a tour with Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Fangs, and Mountain Man. The tour was entitled "Tonight We Feel Alive!", and spanned the entire United States. In February 2011, Four Year Strong co-headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2011 with Good Charlotte with support from Framing Hanley and The Wonder Years, The tour began February 3rd in Dublin, Ireland. On the 15th February 2011 it was announced that they had been added to support Blink 182 on their UK tour alongside You Me At Six They will be joining Rise Against and Bad Religion on a US summer tour in 2011. They have also announced that they will come back to Australia later in the year to play Soundwave Revolution along with already announced bands The Damned Things, Story of The Year, Every Time I Die, Hellogoodbye, We Are The In Crowd and many others. They still have yet to announce an upcoming Detroit show. It is long overdue.
Musical style
The band's sound can be described as popcore a blend of pop punk, hardcore punk, and power pop. This genre is popularly referred to as "easycore" or "happycore". The band simply developed their sound off the idea of playing 'exactly what they want to hear' or music that they would listen to, but no one else was playing at the time.[8] The band has cited their influences as being Lifetime, Saves the Day, Gorilla Biscuits, Blink-182, and New Found Glory, to name a few. Though the band would primarily start out as a post-hardcore , the release of their demo in 2004 would mark a shift from post-hardcore to more synthesizer-heavy tracks, where the band would begin to embrace the styles of power pop and general hardcore punk. Prior to the release of and at times within Rise or Die Trying, the band also incorporates more facets of modern hardcore, such as double bass drums, breakdowns and screaming vocals. For their 3rd studio album, Enemy of the World, the band decided to expand upon their hardcore influences.
Influences
The band has many references to 1990's pop culture. They have been known to quote lines from '90s films in lyrics/song titles/ and in conversation. They were influenced by all the bands on their cover album Explains It All.
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Four Year Strong Lyrics
04. Just Drive We live in a time bomb that's ticking down The red…
08. Heaven Wasn't Built To Hold Me They sink down deeper While still dodging the creeper Of t…
12. Only The Meek Get Pinched. The Bold Survive Waiting for the world to keep turning it's back on…
Abandon Ship Or Abandon All Don'’t make a sound, it’'s time to throw it into…
Absolutely This is the story of a girl Who cried a river…
Bad News Bearz You've got some bad news. You've just got bad news, written…
Bada Bing Roll with the punches 'cause you know that it''s inevitable …
Bada Bing! Wit Roll with the punches 'cause you know that it''s inevitable …
Bada Bing! Wit A Pipe! Roll with the punches 'cause you know that it''s inevitable …
Bada Bing! Wit' a Pipe! Roll with the punches 'cause you know that it''s inevitable …
Be Good When I'm Gone Try to be good when I'm gone Though nothing you could…
Beatdown in the Key of Happy Hit the pavement and drive for the first time in…
Beep Beep Were always off and on Dont tell me Im wrong Im only…
Brain Pain Watch me fail, watch me strugglecreeping forward as straight…
Brain Stew / Jaded I'm having trouble trying to sleep I'm counting sheep but ru…
Bring On The World I see the sun and it's finally fading Bring on the…
Bullet With Butterfly Wings The world is a vampire, sent to drain Secret destroyers, hol…
Catastrophe You'’re always running around with everyone else but me…
Crazy Pills Someone tell me if I'm going crazy or if the…
daddy of mine Stop right there, it's hard to believe Everything is not as…
Dumpweed It's understood, I said it many ways Too scared to run,…
Eating My Words Stop putting words in my mouth They taste better when they'r…
Enemy Of The World Well if you're in from the start Then we're in this…
Fairweather Fan Just give me one, one good reason To forgive you of…
Falling On You I never did things by the book If you don't trust…
Fight The Future The world is changing but you cant fight the past Hold…
Find My Way Back I can't believe what this is doing to me I've…
Flannel Is The Color Of My Energy I think I'm having a heart attack A full blown arrest…
Fly All around the world statues crumble for me Who knows how…
Four Year Strong I'm a mess such a wreck don't forget about it I…
Get out of My Head I just want to fall asleep and drift away and…
Go Down In History Go down in history Will I ever know what it's called…
Go Long Dad Leave it up to me to mix business with pleasure…
Gotta Get Out I just wanna save myself I don't care about anyone else. B…
Gravity It's about time that you paid attention Walked a million mil…
Heaven Wasn't Built To Hold Me They sink down deeper While still dodging the creeper Of the…
Heres to Swimming with Bow Legged Women What's the point? You've been the hero, the starter The zero…
Heroes Fade Kid Legends Never Die Oh, something tells me I'm never gone live this one…
I Hold Myself in Contempt Just stop the act You've been climbing on my back to…
I'm a Big Bright Shining Star I can feel you casting shadows from the far side…
If He's Here Who's Runnin' Hell Take it or leave me behind because you know that…
Im a Big Bright Shining Star I can feel you casting shadows from the far side…
In Bloom Sell the kids for food Weather changes moods Spring is her…
Ironic An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died…
It Must Really Suck To Be I'm a mess such a wreck don't forget about it I…
It's Cool What am I still doing here?I Wish that I could…
Just Drive We live in a time bomb that's ticking down The red…
Learn to Love the Lie I wish it was just another dayAnother ordinary, nothing extr…
Live from the Crime Scene Be sure to call out my name so I can…
Living Proof Of A Stubborn Youth Try and walk a day in our shoes With our souls…
Love Song Head under water And you tell me to breathe easy for…
Maniac You gave it up, to give into What it was that…
Men Are from Mars Keep it up like you even know how to stop And…
Mouth Full of Dirt Tipping the scales in the wrong directionBiting my tongue un…
Nineteen With Neck Tatz CAN YOU PROVE TO ME THAT YOU'RE NOT DEAD AND GONE WE…
Not to Toot My Own Horn but, BEEP BEEP Were always off and on Dont tell me Im wrong Im only…
On A Saturday The face of another day Searching of the voice of a…
One Step At A Time Sometimes it's hard to say the right thing The right way…
One Time too Many Wait for me when everyone's gone Stay awake when the lights…
Only the Meek Get Pinched the Bold Survive Waiting for the world to keep turning it's back on…
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride You're off by a long sight You've got to find your…
Prepare to Be Digitally Manipulate Ladies and gentlemen, open up your eyes and ears And listen…
Put You On You're in on a lie And we're out on the highway Dodging…
Roll to Me Look around your world pretty baby Is it everything you hope…
Semi Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, doo, doo,…
Seventeen We could have it allJust another social cannibalSearching th…
She Really Loved You Wasting so much time Wishing and wondering what could I do…
She's So High She's blood, flesh and bone No tucks or silicone She's tou…
So Hot and You Sweat on It Im not a kid you would call a tradition I dont…
So You're Saying There's A Chance I never told you how much it means to me To…
Spiderwebs You think that we connect That the chemistry's correct You…
Stolen Credit Card! Beat by beat and line by line I got a hole…
Story of a Girl This is the story of a girl Who cried a river…
Stuck In The Middle Call out all my demons Tell them I won't take the…
Sweet Kerosene Believing the world revolves around you While you are squirm…
Talking Myself In Circles Talk is cheapYou caught me on another losing streakI wish…
The Afterglow This is a song about Susan This is a song about…
The Infected The sun burnt out today Tomorrow's just another day So far a…
The Security of the Familiar He walks alone, the streets deserted He steps on every crac…
The Sound of Your Heart Take a second to discover that your skin is getting…
The Take Over start the takeover this is your last warning our time has …
The Worst Part About Me A symptomatic sign of the changing times and I feel…
This Body Pays The Bill$ It's because I know she's a disaster A walking mess, a…
This Summer Session To save me would be a simple way of thanking…
Tonight We Feel Alive The face of another day Searching of the voice of a…
Tread Lightly Wait until the water breaks, When all mistakes will rise to…
Unbreakable This is for the losers and the rejects This is for…
Usefully Useless Sitting face to face with all the wreckage with no…
Vash: the Stampede Will you, will you ever learn I haven't come to a…
Wasting Time Wasting time, all along you've just been wasting mine Ignor…
We All Float Down Here Peel your skin back to show what you're made of Too…
What The Hell Is A Gigawatt Today's the day that we start this war Make up your…
What's In The Box It's time to set the record straight Then hopefully you don'…
What's in the box%3F It's time to set the record straight Then hopefully you don…
What's In The Box? It's time to set the record straight Then hopefully you don'…
Who cares What's the difference between the right, the wrong? The blac…
Wipe Yourself Off Man. You Dead Clear my head It's all I got left It's the only thing…
Wrecked 'em She's one in a million Which makes my chances about a…
Wrecked 'em? Damn Near Killed 'em She's one in a million Which makes my chances about a…
Wrecked 'em? Damn Near Killed 'em! She's one in a million Which makes my chances about a…
Young at Heart I'm searching for you in the darkLooking to find the…
Your Song When you know that im gone you will say to…