Thursday (band)
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | New Brunswick New Jersey United States |
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| Genre(s) | Post-Hardcore |
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| Years active | 1997–present | |
| Label(s) | Independent 2007-???? Island Records 2006-2003 Victory Records 2002-2001 Eyeball Records 1999-2000 |
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| Website | Official website | |
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| Geoff Rickly Vocals Tom Keeley Guitar Steve Pedulla Guitar Tim Payne Bass Tucker Rule Drums Andrew Everding Keyboards |
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| Bill Henderson Guitar | ||
Thursday is an unsigned post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey that has released four full-length albums: Waiting (2000 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All the Time (2003 Island Records), and A City by the Light Divided (2006 Island Records). Their name comes from the band's desire to not be automatically associated with any particular musical style.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Formation and Waiting
Thursday was formed in 1997 by vocalist Geoff Rickly, guitarist Tom Keeley, guitarist Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne, and drummer Tucker Rule. The band began playing basement shows in New Brunswick, and surrounding areas. The band played their first official show on December 31, 1998 in Rickly's basement alongside Midtown, Saves the Day and Poison the Well.
They recorded demos to hand out at shows and in the summer of 1999 they teamed up with MP3.com for their first official release, the 1999 Tour EP which featured demos of songs that would be soon be found on their debut album, Waiting, released January 18, 2000, on New Jersey-based Eyeball Records without any singles nor radio or television support.
[edit] Full Collapse
Hesitant to join a larger label, but with full support from Eyeball Records, Thursday signed to Chicago, Illinois-based label Victory Records and released Full Collapse on April 10, 2001, without much radio or television support, and not in the way that the band had originally intended. Victory Records removed the lyrics from the packaging against the bands wishes in order to cut costs. The band toured in support of the album, but did not receive support from Victory Records.
Thursday toured in support of the album, including a tour with Saves The Day that caught Victory Records attention. Victory Records filmed a music video for Understanding In A Car Crash consisting of live footage of the band and marketed the song as the band's first single, without the bands authorization. A second single, Cross Out The Eyes, would follow, but received much less attention.
Thursday was routinely upset at Victory Records over the use of the band's image and promotion, including the label's attempts to distribute Thursday-themed whoopie cushions. The band's newfound popularity and disgust with the label led to internal problems that bread the [Five Stories Falling EP]], a release the band used to fulfill their contractual obligations. At live shows, the band routinely tells fans to not purchase the EP but to instead download Jet Black New Year, the one new song found on the EP amidst live performances of four Full Collapse songs.
[edit] War All the Time
Having parted ways with Victory Records and joining Island Records, Thursday issued their major label debut War All the Time on September 16, 2003. The entire writing and recording process took only six months; the band has claimed they almost forced themselves into a contained sound on the album. The album's title, coupled with it being released approximately two years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led many critics to believe it was a political album; Rickly has denied this on many accounts, instead claiming that he is speaking about love being a war.War All the Time features Andrew Everding on keyboards, though he would not become an official member of the band until December 26, 2003, when he was officially welcomed into the band at the band's Christmas holiday shows held at New Jersey's Starland Ballroom, in Sayreville.
War All The Time spawned two singles, Signals Over The Air and War All The Time, though the latter received considerably less attention due to MTV banning the video for controversial material involving a fake news feed that appeared to be real and teenagers being weapon targets.
Thursday toured extensively to support War All the Time through many dates with acts such as AFI, Thrice, and Coheed and Cambria. On these tours Thursday performed many in-store acoustic sessions at various Tower Records and other record stores. The band also recorded a live acoustic session for Y100 Sonic Sessions, a radio program on the now defunct Philadelphia-based radio station, Y100. The live acoustic version of single "Signals Over The Air" was used on Y100 Sonic Sessions Volume 8.
Following War All The Time, the band released two EPs. The first was Live From The SoHo & Santa Monica Stores Split EP and sold on iTunes; the second was a promotion found in Revolver Magazine, Live In Detroit EP.
The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2004 but returned once again for a charitable cause to save New York punk club, CBGB, on August 25, 2005. This performance was streamed live through the CBGB's website. At this show they performed two songs that have not been released.
[edit] A City by the Light Divided
In Fall 2005, five Thursday demo songs were stolen from My American Heart's tour manager's iPod. Rickly had recently collaborated with My American Heart for the track "We Are The Fabrication". The band issued a statement on their official website stating that they were disappointed the unfinished products leaked, but that they were glad that people take that much interest in their music. The band confirmed the title of one demo, "At This Velocity" and promised it would make their upcoming album. Three other songs ("The Other Side Of The Crash/Over And Out (Of Control)", "Telegraph Avenue Kiss", and "Autumn Leaves Revisited") would also make the album; the demo versions of these songs are quite different. One more demo song has not been released.
Thursday originally toyed with the idea of double album to follow up War All The Time, but scrapped that idea, reporting on their website that not even The Beatles could properly fill two discs with enough worthy material.
Dave Fridmann-produced A City by the Light Divided followed War All the Time and is is Thursday's first full-length album not produced by Sal Villanueva. The title is influenced by a poem from Octavio Paz--Rickly combined two lines from one of his poems to create the title. The album was officially previewed on the band's MySpace on April 18, 2006, and officially released May 2 on Island Records in American and Hassle Records in the UK.
A City by the Light Divided spawned two singles, Counting 5-4-3-2-1 and At This Velocity, though the latter received considerably less attention.
[edit] The Future
On Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 Thursday announced that they have amicably parted ways with Island Records; on Monday, April 2nd, 2007 the band announced that they would be canceling all of their current tour plans for 2007 with a focus on writing new material for their next album.
[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Geoff Rickly – Vocals
- Tom Keeley – Guitar and Backing Vocals
- Steve Pedulla – Guitar and Backing Vocals
- Tim Payne – Bass
- Tucker Rule – Drums
- Andrew Everding – Keyboards, Synthesizer and Backing Vocals
[edit] Former
- Bill Henderson – guitar, backup vocals
[edit] Discography
[edit] Full Length Albums and EPs
[edit] Singles
- "Understanding In A Car Crash" (2001, from Full Collapse)
- "Cross Out The Eyes" (2002, from Full Collapse)
- "Signals Over The Air" (2003, from War All The Time)
- "War All The Time" (2004, from War All The Time)
- "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" (2005, from A City By The Light Divided)
- "At This Velocity" (2007, from A City By The Light Divided)
[edit] Official Links
[edit] Interviews
- 2006-Aug-30-2006 (Andrew)
- 2006-Aug-2 Interview (Geoff and Tom)
- 2006-Jul-18 (Andrew)
- 2006-Jul Interview (Steve and Geoff)
- 2006-Jun-11
- 2006-Summer Interview (Geoff, Tom, and Tucker)
- 2006-May-30 Interview (Tucker)
- 2006-May-19 Interview (Andrew)
- 2006-May-06 Interview (Tim and Tucker)
- 2006-Apr-28 Interview (Steve)
- 2006-Apr-5 Interview (Geoff and Andrew)
| Thursday |
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| Geoff Rickly | Tom Keeley | Steve Pedulla | Tim Payne | Tucker Rule | Andrew Everding |
| Bill Henderson |
| Albums |
| Waiting (1999) | Full Collapse (2001) | War All The Time (2003) | A City By The Light Divided (2006) |
| EPs |
| 1999 Tour EP (1999) | Five Stories Falling EP (2002) | Live From The SoHo & Santa Monica Stores Split EP (2003) | Live In Detroit EP (2003) |
