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• Genre: Alternative / Punk / Rock
• Members: Tom Keeley, Tim Payne, Geoff Rickly, Steve Pedulla, Tucker Rule, Andrew Everding
• Label: Island
• Label Type: Major
• Website: www.thursday.net

• 04.26 LINK TO PURCHASE TIX TO CALIFORNIA PA SHOW
  
  Since a bunch of you have been asking we got a link so you can pre-purchase tickets for the show at California PA. more »
• 04.24 THE BAMBOOZLE COMPILATION IS IN STORES NOW!
  
  We are featured in the Bamboozle Compilation, a collection of live and rare songs from select bands who have performed at The Bamboozle festival, it hits stores today. more »

• 04.04 Thursday cancels tour dates
• 04.04 Thursday cancels tour dates
• 03.08 Thursday Secret London Show
• 03.08 Thursday Secret London Show
• 03.06 Art Contest Winner, New My Chem Dates And More!

Times change, trends end and-especially in the realm of popular culture-fame usually doesn't last much longer than its five-minute expiration date. Luckily, Thursday aren't that kind of band. Even though the summer of screamo may be far from a footnote in the annals of music history, instead of making a last ditch effort to capitalize on the trend they helped bring to the mainstream, with A City By The Light Divided, the men of Thursday have once again transcended the genre, creating something vital and urgent!

But in order to truly understand the band's new material, it needs to be put into context. Formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1997, Thursday started out as part of a basement culture that also birthed bands like Midtown and Taking Back Sunday. After releasing their debut album Waiting on then emerging Eyeball Records in 1999, the band members dropped out of Rutgers to pursue their musical careers full-time, touring non-stop for the next few years and slowly building up a fanatic fanbase. The band's big breakthrough came when the video for the song "Understanding In A Car Crash" (off 2001's Full Collapse), got picked up by MTV and after a headline stint on 2002's Warped Tour, the band found a new home at Island Records, who released the band's critically acclaimed third disc, War All The Time in 2003. However, despite numerous magazine covers and shows with The Cure that came in that album's wake, the band seemed to disappear for the second half of 2005, fueling rumors of an imminent break-up. Instead, the band had to tear itself apart and reevaluate everything in order to truly survive.

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