Farewell (band)

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Farewell
Origin Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Genres Pop punk [1]
Years active(2004–2012)(2022- )
Labels Epitaph Records
MembersMarshall Davis - Vocals
Kevin Carter - Guitar
Wil Andrews - Guitar
Buddy Bell - Bass
Jeff Ellis - Drums
Chris Lee - Keyboard/Vocals
Past membersJordan Bullock - Guitar/Vocals
Ryan Morgan - Guitar/Vocals

Joe Norkus - Bass
Website myspace.com/farewell

Farewell is an American pop punk band formed in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were signed to Epitaph Records releasing two CDs. After fulfilling their contractual obligations with the release of their second CD, the relationship with Epitaph ended.

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History

The band released its debut EP on May 24, 2005, entitled Poisoning the Lark, on Forsaken Records. [2]

After posting new tracks on their MySpace page, Farewell was scouted by the owner of Epitaph Records, Brett Gurewitz who offered them a deal in March 2007. [3] Preceded by the single "First One on the Blog" in August 2007, [4] the band's first full-length album, Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun? appeared on the label on September 25, 2007. [5] [6] [7] [8] On October 10, 2007, a music video was released for "First One on the Blog". [9] The album was released in The UK on February 4, 2008. [10] [11] [12] Farewell was slated to tour the UK with Cartel in 2008, but the tour was cancelled. [13] In June and July 2008, the band appeared on the Warped Tour. [14] They then proceeded to tour the UK with You Me at Six and Houston Calls in October 2008.

Farewell cites punk rock bands such as Green Day, [15] Jawbreaker and Alkaline Trio as influences. [16] On July 25, 2008, Chris Lee left the band. [17] On April 22, 2009, Kevin Carter was named The Triad's Best Guitarist of 2009 in YES! Weekly's reader's choice awards. [18] In May 2009, the band supported Amber Pacific on their headlining US tour. [19] Their second album entitled Run It Up the Flagpole was released on September 1, 2009. [20]

After a hiatus in 2010, Farewell announced on October 16, 2011 that they are working on a new album to be released in the winter of 2012. [21] Farewell once again began writing new material in the summer of 2013, though no new release date has been confirmed from the band. [22]

Discography

Albums and EPs

Release dateTitle
March 24, 2005Poisoning the Lark EP
September 25, 2007Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!?
September 1, 2009Run It Up the Flagpole

Singles

Release dateSongAlbum
March 24, 2005"Kelley Green"Poisoning the Lark EP
September 25, 2007"First One on the Blog"Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun!?

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References

  1. ↑ allmusic ((( Farewell > Biography )))
  2. ↑ Farewell at Allmusic
  3. ↑ Scaccia, Annamarya. "Epitaph's newest signing to release debut album Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine ", Alternative Press , 7 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Shultz, Brian (August 8, 2007). "Epitaph sets release date for Farewell debut". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Review of Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?. Aversion.com.
  6. ↑ Farewell at MusicRemedy.com
  7. ↑ "Review of Farewell: Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?". The Album Project. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Review of Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?. Absolutepunk.net.
  9. ↑ Paul, Aubin (October 10, 2007). "Farewell: 'First One On The Blog'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ Farewell Album to Get UK Release. Rocklouder.
  11. ↑ Reviews. The Irish Independent .
  12. ↑ Album Reviews. The Irish Times .
  13. ↑ Farewell Cancel UK Tour. Rocklouder.
  14. ↑ Paul, Aubin (May 9, 2008). "Gaslight Anthem., Be Your Own Pet, Black President added to Warped". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  15. ↑ Pomarico, Nicole. "Up and coming artist: Farewell", Teen, 2007.
  16. ↑ Bayer, J: pg 64, Alternative Press No. 233 December 2007
  17. ↑ Chris Leaves Farewell. AbsolutePunk.
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  19. ↑ Paul, Aubin (April 5, 2009). "Amber Pacific / Houston Calls / Farewell / Fight Fair". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
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  21. ↑ Farewell Reunite. Property of Zack.
  22. ↑ . AbsolutePunk.
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