Also known as International Superheroes Of Hardcore, to date the band have released nine and a half studio albums, their latest, Makes Me Sick, was released on April 28, 2017.
The band formed under the name A New Found Glory in mid-1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, United States and currently based in California. New Found Glory formed in the middle of 1997, with Jordan Pundik on vocals, Chad Gilbert (formerly of hardcore band Shai Hulud) and Steve Klein on guitars, Ian Grushka on bass and Joe Moreno on drums (he was replaced by Cyrus Bolooki after their debut release). Chad Gilbert told MTV News "For us, punk rock and even hardcore music was something we did because we didn't fit in in high school. We had nowhere to go, so we went to shows."
The band recorded their first EP called It's All About The Girls under Fiddler Records in June 1997. The band's enthuasistic and somewhat homo erotic live performances soon resulted in them selling out the entire pressing of this EP. Over time, the strength of the live show helped build a strong following. Their first album Nothing Gold Can Stay was released by Eulogy Recordings. Stefanie Reines of Drive-Thru Records heard the album from the band Midtown and later re-released the album in 1999. They soon recorded an EP entitled From the Screen to Your Stereo, consisting of movie themes covered in a similar manner to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. As a result of their growing popularity and a distribution deal Drive-Thru had with MCA, which allowed MCA to take away any of Drive-Thru's bands, the band was signed to MCA.
Professional career
Their first release recorded with MCA was their self-titled album, which was released late in 2000 and which was the first to make an impression on the charts reaching number 107 on the Billboard 200 album charts and number one on the Heatseeker chart (the album's hit single "Hit or Miss" reached number 15 on the US modern rock chart). From the Screen to the Stereo would make the top 40 of the Heatseeker charts in 2002.
The band's profile would grow in 2001 with a support slot to a blink-182 tour and a slot on the Warped Tour. The band recorded the Sticks and Stones album in late 2001 for release in the middle of 2002. Sticks and Stones would prove to be their breakthrough record debuting at number 4 on the Billboard album charts selling 91,000 albums in the first week of sales and also reaching the top ten of the UK album charts. The album would spawn two singles namely
* "My Friends Over You" reached number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002, number 11 in Canada, number 5 on the US modern rock chart and number 2 on a MP3.com download chart.
* "Head on Collision" went top 30 on both the Canadian singles charts and the US modern rock chart.
New Found Glory headlined the 2002 Warped Tour, and headlined again in 2004.
New Found Glory released Catalyst in May 2004 and it debuted at number 3 of the Billboard album chart in late May selling 146,000 albums in its first week of release. The album would also debut in the top 40 of the UK and Australian album charts. The first single "All Downhill from Here" would go top 20 on both US and a composite world modern rock chart (based on the US, UK, Canada, Sweden, Finland and Australian charts) as at the end of May 2004.
Contrary to the band's announcement on Fuse's Daily Download on March 28, 2005, James Dewees of The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect (who had previously provided keyboards for the song "Failure's Not Flattering" on Catalyst and toured with the band as a sixth member for about ten months) did not permanently join New Found Glory, due to his busy schedule with his own band.
Chad Gilbert would also form a hardcore band called 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. However, due to an exclusivity clause in New Found Glory's contract with Universal Music, Gilbert will not be allowed to be a part of Hazen Street, despite co-writing the majority of their debut album's material.
A fifth album called "Coming Home" was released in the September 19, 2006.
From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II is the second cover album by New Found Glory, and is a follow up from the 2000 EP From the Screen to Your Stereo. All the tracks are covers of songs from movies. The album was released September 18th 2007. The US version of the CD (and therefore minus 'Hungry Eyes') leaked online on September 6th 2007.
New Found Glory's seventh album of original material, Radiosurgery, will be released on October 4, 2011. The Radiosurgery Songfacts explains that the title is a metaphor, referencing the way radiosurgery allows non-invasive treatment of tumors as an analogy for dealing with those tough situations in life that need healing.
The band released their first live album "Kill It Live" on October 8, 2013.
In December 2013, it was announced by the bands Facebook page that founding member Steve Klein (guitar) had been kicked out due to personal reasons. No decision has been made on a new guitarist yet.
They released their 8th album Resurrection on October 7, 2014.
The band released their 9th and latest album Makes Me Sick on April 28, 2017.
Official site: www.newfoundglory.com
Map of Your Body
New Found Glory Lyrics
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I prefer apologies I'm breathing passed your fucking lines
Finally looking up finally keeping you in mind
You can take advantage of me thinking out of time
And all I know you'll never find a way out without me
Stuck hearing you repeating lies
With tearing eyes
Keep it up you will never realize
All the friends your
Losing will add up in time
And all I know you'll never find a way out without me
Oh I know you'll never find a way out
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
It's a curse not having you to hold again
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
Now our time is up now were exchanging goodbyes
It was better before before that meaningless kiss
Waking up hiding all the evidence
I know it's a fact you found more than you ever did
And all I know you'll never find a way out without me
Oh I know you'll never find a way out
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
It's a curse not having you to hold again
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
It's a curse not having you to hold again
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
I remember like it was yesterday
When it was you and me against the world
Whoa
I remember like it was yesterday
When it was you and me against the world
And all I know you'll never find a way out
And all I know you'll never find a way out
Without you
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
It's a curse not having you to hold again
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
It's a curse not having you to hold again
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
Oh oh whoa oh whoa
The lyrics of "Map of Your Body" by New Found Glory narrate the aftermath of a break-up. The opening lines suggest that the singer has moved forward in the wake of the break-up and things are looking up for him/her now that the stars are aligned. However, the singer still prefers apologies to insincere promises, and is thinking of the person who recently broke up with him/her. The line "you can take advantage of me thinking out of time" suggests that the singer is still vulnerable to being used by the person who has left him/her.
The second verse seems to be directed at the person who broke up with the singer. The singer is "stuck hearing you repeating lies" and knows that the person will "never find a way out without me". The line "OK to patch in the pyramid" could mean that the person who has left is making excuses for breaking up, but the singer thinks that it's okay to let them do so. The bridge repeats the idea that the person who has left will never find happiness without the singer.
The chorus is where the title of the song, "Map of Your Body", comes into play. It seems that the singer has a map of the body of the person who left him/her hanging over his/her head, suggesting that the memory of the person is a weight he/she can't shake. The line "it's a curse not having you to hold again" shows the singer's longing for the person who has left. The song ends with the singer remembering the good times with the person and saying that he/she knows the other person will never find a way out without him/her.
Line by Line Meaning
Things are looking up now the stars are in line
There is a sense of hope and optimism now that the positive signs are aligning.
I prefer apologies I'm breathing passed your fucking lines
I would rather have an apology than deal with your false promises or lies.
Finally looking up finally keeping you in mind
Finally feeling better and starting to think of you again.
You can take advantage of me thinking out of time
You can manipulate me because I am not thinking clearly or logically.
And all I know you'll never find a way out without me
Regardless of what happens, I know you will always need me.
Stuck hearing you repeating lies
Feeling trapped and frustrated with constantly hearing the same lies from you.
It's OK to patch in the pyramid
It's okay to try to fix things, even if it feels like an impossible task.
With tearing eyes
Crying because of the pain and struggle of the situation.
Keep it up you will never realize
If you continue with your behavior, you will never understand the damage you are causing.
All the friends your Losing will add up in time
Eventually, you will lose all your friends because of your actions.
There's a map of your body hanging over my head
I cannot stop thinking about you and every part of you is imprinted in my mind.
It's a curse not having you to hold again
It is painful not being able to hold you again.
By the time I figure this all out you let me go
Just when I start to understand things, you leave me and I am left to figure it out on my own.
Now our time is up now were exchanging goodbyes
Our time together is over and we are saying goodbye to each other.
It was better before before that meaningless kiss
Things were better before we had that meaningless kiss and everything started to fall apart.
Waking up hiding all the evidence
Trying to hide the truth and ignore the reality of what happened.
I know it's a fact you found more than you ever did
I am aware that you found something more meaningful than what you had with me.
I remember like it was yesterday
I still remember our memories as if they were just yesterday.
When it was you and me against the world
We were a team and nothing else mattered as long as we had each other.
Without you
I am lost and incomplete without you.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHAD EVERETT GILBERT, CYRUS WILLIAM BOLOOKI, IAN R. GRUSHKA, JORDAN I. PUNDIK, STEPHEN LEE KLEIN
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