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15 May 2008 @ 05:07 pm
Dan's Favourite Things
13 May 2008 @ 02:10 am
Beard Contest
13 May 2008 @ 02:07 am
Competition for the Boys
Four Year Strong Beard Contest! Win Amazing Prizes!
On their recent tour with the Starting Line (RIP-we'll miss you!) Dan from Four Year Strong won the tour superlative for Best Beard! You can check out the video to see Dan's acceptance speech, as well as his ultimate challenge to all you tough guys out there: grow a better beard than the award winner.
Think you have what it takes?? Just send a "Before" picture to contest@fouryearstrongmusic. com by this Friday, May 16 and then start growing! You'll have until our nation's Independence Day to work on your facial hair masterpiece, and then just send us your "After" picture by 5 PM EST on July 4.
One 1st place winner will recieve a beard comb signed by Dan, a copy of Rise Or Die Trying on vinyl signed by the entire band, 2 free tickets to any Four Year Strong show this fall, and your winning beard will be on display in Four Year Strong's top friends on their Myspace page. As if that wasn't enough incentive to grow one, it's a well known fact that chicks dig a dude with a beard (Ladies, am I right or am I right?).
Not only that, but one runner-up/B>< will also receive a signed copy of Rise Or Die Trying on CD, as well as a spot in the band's top friends.
Now, we know that the ladies out there can't win this one, but we promise the next big contest we have will be right up your alley. However, if any of you girls want to get creative with some fake beards in your Myspace default pictures, we'll will put you in the band's top friends while the contest is going on.
If you think you're man enough to out-beard Dan and the best beard on tour, then show us what you got! Send us those "Before" pictures, and let the beard growing begin!
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On their recent tour with the Starting Line (RIP-we'll miss you!) Dan from Four Year Strong won the tour superlative for Best Beard! You can check out the video to see Dan's acceptance speech, as well as his ultimate challenge to all you tough guys out there: grow a better beard than the award winner.
Think you have what it takes?? Just send a "Before" picture to contest@fouryearstrongmusic. com by this Friday, May 16 and then start growing! You'll have until our nation's Independence Day to work on your facial hair masterpiece, and then just send us your "After" picture by 5 PM EST on July 4.
One 1st place winner will recieve a beard comb signed by Dan, a copy of Rise Or Die Trying on vinyl signed by the entire band, 2 free tickets to any Four Year Strong show this fall, and your winning beard will be on display in Four Year Strong's top friends on their Myspace page. As if that wasn't enough incentive to grow one, it's a well known fact that chicks dig a dude with a beard (Ladies, am I right or am I right?).
Not only that, but one runner-up/B>< will also receive a signed copy of Rise Or Die Trying on CD, as well as a spot in the band's top friends.
Now, we know that the ladies out there can't win this one, but we promise the next big contest we have will be right up your alley. However, if any of you girls want to get creative with some fake beards in your Myspace default pictures, we'll will put you in the band's top friends while the contest is going on.
If you think you're man enough to out-beard Dan and the best beard on tour, then show us what you got! Send us those "Before" pictures, and let the beard growing begin!
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07 May 2008 @ 12:32 am
Virtual MTV Pics
07 May 2008 @ 12:12 am
Virtual MTV
05 May 2008 @ 09:43 pm
Guy love...
05 May 2008 @ 05:17 pm
FYS in Rock Sound
Four Year Strong On The Rise.
Hard-Touring hardcore heroes Four Year Strong are about to become big news. But they’re not rock stars just yet…
Whilst Shep and Kenny may sound like contestants on One Man And His Dog you should not be fooled dear reader, these two American producers have crafted hits for respected, talented and credible (ahem) artists like Brooke Hogan (daughter of the Hulkster), Mandy Moore and the one, the only Aaron Carter (‘Crush On You’ is editor Darren Taylor’s favourite song honest). But, we hear your cries, why is Rock Sound discussing the back catalogue of these two individuals in an article that is supposed to be about popcore band Four Year Strong? The answer is simple, Shep and Kenny secretly co-wrote the band’s album ‘Rise Or Die Trying’. Well, that is not quite the answer, but it is definitely the rumour that has dogged the band since they joined Bayside, Punchline, Head Automatica and more who recorded with the duo. “We tried them out, our old management thought it would be a good idea,” admits guitarist and co-vocalist Alan Day warily. “A couple of things we did with Shep and Kenny made it out of those sessions onto our record. They did help us out with how songs work structurally, taking parts out and adding new things in here and there. Things they did like that were actually really good for us.”
But apart from a couple of b-sides and some help reworking unrealised material into new songs the dynamic duo contributed no more to ‘Rise Or Die Trying’, the band's second official release. With that rumour cleared up we have the duty to start a new one. The band recently signed a deal with Monsieur Wentz and his Decaydance label, so they must be millionaires now. Right?
“Not at all, we are far from comfortable,” admits Day, laughing. “For the most part we all sleep in the van, which is not that much fun. Four of us sleep in the van, two sleep in the trailer. Really glamorous. We have not got our million dollar paycheck.” Oh okay then, “it happened just because of friends," he clarifies. “We knew Pete, he wanted to help us out and we wanted to have that name to help us. We knew that everyone at Decaydance had the same intentions as we did, why should we have to trust some guy in a suit with our future when we can trust our friend who has the same ideas as us about were this band is going.”
And where are Four Year Strong going? On tour, playing their hardcore dependent pop punk for anyone who likes choruses and melodies as much as blastbeats and gang vocals. Unlike a lot of bands, they cannot wait. “We love it on the road,” continues Day. “We have been touring for three or four years but never as heavily as we are now. Last year we suddenly got offered one tour after another, we decided it would be foolish to pass stuff up so we have been touring hard ever since then. But we love it, it has been doing well for us.”
Know It All.
Line-Up: Dan O’Connor (guitar, vocals), Alan Day (guitar, vocals), Joe Weiss (bass), Jackson Massucco (drums) , Josh Lyford (synth)
From: Worcester, Massachusetts
Sounds Like: A hardcore band rewriting ‘Take This To Your Grave’.
Current Release: ‘Rise Or Die Trying’ (album, Full Time Hobby. Out April 28)
Website: www.fucktheguywhoownsfouryearstrong.com
Download This: ‘Beatdown In The Key Of Happy’
Hard-Touring hardcore heroes Four Year Strong are about to become big news. But they’re not rock stars just yet…
Whilst Shep and Kenny may sound like contestants on One Man And His Dog you should not be fooled dear reader, these two American producers have crafted hits for respected, talented and credible (ahem) artists like Brooke Hogan (daughter of the Hulkster), Mandy Moore and the one, the only Aaron Carter (‘Crush On You’ is editor Darren Taylor’s favourite song honest). But, we hear your cries, why is Rock Sound discussing the back catalogue of these two individuals in an article that is supposed to be about popcore band Four Year Strong? The answer is simple, Shep and Kenny secretly co-wrote the band’s album ‘Rise Or Die Trying’. Well, that is not quite the answer, but it is definitely the rumour that has dogged the band since they joined Bayside, Punchline, Head Automatica and more who recorded with the duo. “We tried them out, our old management thought it would be a good idea,” admits guitarist and co-vocalist Alan Day warily. “A couple of things we did with Shep and Kenny made it out of those sessions onto our record. They did help us out with how songs work structurally, taking parts out and adding new things in here and there. Things they did like that were actually really good for us.”
But apart from a couple of b-sides and some help reworking unrealised material into new songs the dynamic duo contributed no more to ‘Rise Or Die Trying’, the band's second official release. With that rumour cleared up we have the duty to start a new one. The band recently signed a deal with Monsieur Wentz and his Decaydance label, so they must be millionaires now. Right?
“Not at all, we are far from comfortable,” admits Day, laughing. “For the most part we all sleep in the van, which is not that much fun. Four of us sleep in the van, two sleep in the trailer. Really glamorous. We have not got our million dollar paycheck.” Oh okay then, “it happened just because of friends," he clarifies. “We knew Pete, he wanted to help us out and we wanted to have that name to help us. We knew that everyone at Decaydance had the same intentions as we did, why should we have to trust some guy in a suit with our future when we can trust our friend who has the same ideas as us about were this band is going.”
And where are Four Year Strong going? On tour, playing their hardcore dependent pop punk for anyone who likes choruses and melodies as much as blastbeats and gang vocals. Unlike a lot of bands, they cannot wait. “We love it on the road,” continues Day. “We have been touring for three or four years but never as heavily as we are now. Last year we suddenly got offered one tour after another, we decided it would be foolish to pass stuff up so we have been touring hard ever since then. But we love it, it has been doing well for us.”
Know It All.
Line-Up: Dan O’Connor (guitar, vocals), Alan Day (guitar, vocals), Joe Weiss (bass), Jackson Massucco (drums) , Josh Lyford (synth)
From: Worcester, Massachusetts
Sounds Like: A hardcore band rewriting ‘Take This To Your Grave’.
Current Release: ‘Rise Or Die Trying’ (album, Full Time Hobby. Out April 28)
Website: www.fucktheguywhoownsfouryearstrong.com
Download This: ‘Beatdown In The Key Of Happy’
01 May 2008 @ 06:53 pm
New Merch
01 May 2008 @ 06:48 pm
Meet FYS!
Meet Four Year Strong This Monday!
Meet Four Years Strong in-world on Monday, 5/5 @3PM ET/12PM PT at Club O.N.
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Meet Four Years Strong in-world on Monday, 5/5 @3PM ET/12PM PT at Club O.N.
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http://content. vmtv. com/bsp/
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01 May 2008 @ 06:42 pm
Accousting videos
21 April 2008 @ 10:26 pm
Stage Diving with Jake
