Furthest Drive Home
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| Furthest Drive Home | |
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| Origin |  Surrey, England, UK |
| Genre(s) | Pop Rock Indie Rock |
| Years active | 2003 - Present |
| Label(s) | Hungry Kid |
| Associated acts | Fall Out Boy You Me At Six Tonight Is Goodbye |
| Members | |
| Joe Raggett James Green Jim McCarthey Tommy H |
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[edit] Bio
Furthest Drive Home are a Pop/Rock band from Farnham, UK. They formed in 2003, and played their first gig not long after at the Surrey Uni in Guildford. The final line up was completed in 2004 when bassist Jim McCarthey joined. The band released their EP Lost in Genre in the summer of 2006, before winning the annual Taste of Chaos competition in the Autumn, and playing alongside the likes of The Used, Rise Against, Funeral for A Friend and Killswitch Engage. In the same year Furthest Drive Home were featured on a special Drive Thru Records compilation alongside Fall Out Boy, with the song Future Full of Drive.
In January 2007, the band signed to Hungry Kid Records and recorded their debut mini album, The Complete First Series at Ignition Studios in North London, with the mastering being completed at the world famous Abbey Road Studios.
In June 2007, The Complete First Series was released alongside lead single, Directors Cut to critical acclaim from the likes of Kerrang, Rock Sound, Tuned and Big Cheese Magazines along with support from BBC Radio, XFM and Kerrang Radio.
In August the video for the band's second single Forget His Facade reached the no.2 spots on both the MTV2 Rock Chart and the Red Button Chart, whilst the band played an exclusive Kerrang awards show with Funeral For A Friend. In September they featured on the bill along with Elliot Minor at Butserfest. December 2007 saw the release of a third and final single from the mini album, with the song Diamond Watch. The B-Side to Diamond Watch was an exclusive Frank Musik remix of the first single, Directors Cut.
The band are one of the originators of the home counties pop music scene, which along with Furthest Drive Home has produced such acts as You Me At Six, Tonight Is Goodbye, We Are The Ocean, Look I'm A Ghost, All Forgotten, We're Not Superheroes Anymore and Hearts Under Fire. The band have also toured and played with such bands as Gallows, Hundred Reasons, Kill Hannah, Enter Shikari, Lethal Bizzle, The Rumble Strips and Scouting For Girls.
In March 2008, Furthest Drive Home played the 2008 SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas. Also in March 2008, FDH released two brand new tracks on their myspace titled "Dont You Worry" & "I Pray Cruel", which were taken from their as yet un-announced debut full length album.
In April 2008, the band toured with Elliot Minor and US stars The Higher culminating in a date at the legendary London Astoria
[edit] Band Members
- Joey Raggett - Vocals, Guitar, Keys
- James Green - Drums, Vocals, Percussion
- Jim McCarthey - Bass
- Tommy Hardless - Guitar, Vocals
[edit] Releases
- Lost In Genre - 2006 - EP -
- The Complete First Series - 2007 - Mini Album - Hungry Kid
