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New Found Glory -
This heavy punk band was formed in Coral
Springs, Florida, USA in 1997 by Jordan Pundik
(b. 12 October 1979, New Jersey, USA; vocals),
Chad Gilbert (b. 9 March 1981, Coral Springs,
Florida, USA; guitar), Steve Klein (guitar),
Ian Grushka (b. 4 September 1977, USA; bass)
and Cyrus Bolooki (b. 27 February 1980, USA;
drums). Naming themselves A New Found Glory,
the quintet released their 1997 debut EP, It's
All About The Girls, on the independent Drive
Thru Records label. Their full length debut,
Nothing Gold Can Stay, was released by Drive
Thru two years later.
The band's
pop-punk leanings earned them comparisons to
fellow Americans Blink-182 and Sum 41, both
then making the breakthrough to mainstream
chart success, and inevitably attracted major
label interest. The band signed a new
recording contract with MCA Records, debuting
in 2000 with the movie themes tribute EP, From
The Screen To Your Stereo. Their self-titled
major label debut followed in the autumn,
credited to the more succinct New Found
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