Further Seems Forever

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Further Seems Forever
Country United States
Years active 1998–2006
Genres Indie rock
Labels Tooth & Nail Records
Members Jonathan Bunch
Josh Colbert
Derick Cordoba
Steve Kleisath
Chad Neptune

Further Seems Forever (often abbreviated FSF) was a band based out of Pompano Beach, Florida, United States. They are often viewed as a Christian band due to their long association with Tooth & Nail Records and performances at festivals such as Cornerstone, but this has been denied by the group [2].

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[edit] History

The band formed after the breakup of the Christian hardcore punk band Strongarm in 1998. Strongarm members Nick Dominguez, Chad Neptune, Josh Colbert, and Steve Kleisath were among FSF's first band members. Kleisath, had also been with the band Shai Hulud.

[edit] Lead singer #1: Chris Carrabba

Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional fame was FSF's first lead singer. He remained with the band until the release of their first album, The Moon Is Down at which point he left to pursue Dashboard Confessional full time.

FSF remained on good terms with Carrabba, and even played a reunion show with him in 2005, featuring all songs from The Moon Is Down in order.

[edit] Lead singer #2: Jason Gleason

In 2002, Jason Gleason of the hardcore band Affinity joined FSF as lead singer. In 2003, the FSF album How to Start a Fire was released to much acclaim.

A year into Gleason's stint with Further Seems Forever, original member Nick Dominguez left the band to pursue a record label venture, Pop Up Records. He now runs that label with fellow FSF member, Derick Cordoba.

Early in 2004, the band had a falling out with Gleason, sparking a heated and much talked about Internet debate. In regard to what exactly happened, facts are scarce and rumors are plentiful, due to the band limiting its comments on the subject for personal reasons, though Gleason chalked it up to "Mistrust. Fights. Anger. Jelousy. A very unhealthy relationship." in an interview with Punktastic.com.[1].

Jason Gleason revealed the group was not a Christian band at all. "We are a rock band whose members happen to be Christians. But because there have been a lot of successful Christian acts--Evanescence and P.O.D.--over the past couple of years, people always want to know if we're a Christian band. We're not."[3]

In 2005, Jason started the band ActionReaction, with his wife Crissie "Bella" (Verhagen) Gleason (former vocalist of Element 101), and Salvatore Ciaravino (former bassist in Element 101). The band signed with Equal Vision Records' imprint label, Hope Division Records, and released their debut album, Three Is The Magic Number, on August 22, 2006.

[edit] Lead singer #3: Jon Bunch

Jonathan Bunch, of indie band Sense Field, was added as the lead singer for the band. After Jason Gleason left, FSF's manager got Jon Bunch in touch with the band. His former group, Sense Field, had recently split. During this time, the band released the album "Hide Nothing" featuring Bunch on vocals.

[edit] Disbanding

In late 2005, FSF went on a long hiatus. In January 2006, the band posted a message on their website announcing that their shows in early 2006 through the United States and Canada would be their last as a band. During its existence, FSF gave more than a thousand performances. The individual band members proceeded to new jobs. There would be no new album project, but a compilation entitled Hope This Finds You Well was released by Tooth & Nail Records in April 2006. The band also indicated there would be a DVD release of videos and live performance scenes, entitled "The Final Curtain". The band's final show was on June 17th in Atlanta, Georgia at The Masquerade, where DVD cameras were present to film the set.

[edit] Fields Forever

Former Further Seems Forever members; Jon Bunch (Sense Field) and Derick Cordoba in the Spring of 2006 formed Fields Forever; a duo project to play acoustic songs from Further Seems Forever and Sense Field.

[edit] Band members

[edit] Members at 2006 dissolution

[edit] Former members

[edit] Touring fill-ins

These people filled in for FSF members that couldn't tour. They took no part in the band's music writing process.

  • Ian Sirriani - guitar
  • Jack Hutson - guitar
  • Gene Francis - vocals
  • Brandon Swanson - guitar
  • Scott Nunn - guitar (Underoath, Malayne, and sleeping by the riverside)
  • Ian Fowles - guitar (death by stereo, and the aquabats)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Reviews

  • Christian Music Today reviews Hope This Finds You Well
  • AVERSIONLINE reviews Hide Nothing
  • EmotionalPunk reviews How to Start a Fire
  • EmotionalPunk reviews The Moon is Down

[edit] Trivia

  • The third lead singer Jon Bunch once said in an interview that he would be the first singer to release more than one album with the group.
  • FSF's first lead singer, Chris Carrabba, is a playable character in the popular flash game series, Emogame. Gleason is also available in the game's sequel.
  • The name "Further Seems Forever" came out of the original members' frustration with the fact that they were always on the road away from their loved ones. The time it took to reunite with them seemed like forever and "further seems forever" popped into their heads and just stuck.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]: ActionReaction, accessed 13 October 2006
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