Funeral for a Friend

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Funeral for a Friend's energized blend of emo, metal, and post-hardcore was created by vocalist Matt Davies, guitarists Kris Roberts and Darran Smith, bassist Gareth Davies, and drummer Randy Richards. The Welsh quintet first appeared in 2002 with a series of EPs and singles, including Between Order and Model, Four Ways to Scream Your Name, and Juneau. Such releases helped land the group on the cover of Kerrang! magazine, a recognition of the band's growing hype that, in turn, earned a record deal with Warner Music. Funeral for a Friend's debut full-length, Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, was then issued in October 2003. It was not given a concurrent U.S. release; instead, the seven-track mini-CD Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (collecting non-album tracks from the earlier EPs) appeared domestically via the New Jersey indie label Ferret. Meanwhile, Funeral for a Friend embarked on a series of high-profile touring engagements, including a series of European dates opening for Iron Maiden.

Touring continued through summer 2004, and the Spilling Blood in 8mm DVD appeared in September with live footage, videos, and a band documentary. Funeral for a Friend returned in June 2005 with Hours, their second full-length; more touring followed, including the band's first stint on the Warped Tour. The guys also picked up that year's Kerrang! award for Best British Band. Back at home by the end of 2005, Matt Davies utilized some downtime from touring to work on material for his first side project, the alt-country-inspired the Secret Show, whose debut album was released in February 2007. Three months later, Funeral for a Friend issued their next album, Tales Don't Tell Themselves, subsequently jumping on the road for headlining dates in the U.K. and U.S. before spending summer on the Warped Tour. Memory and Humanity followed shortly thereafter, arriving during the final quarter of 2008 and featuring the band's familiar mix of emo-influenced songcraft and anthemic rock uplift. A fifth album, the apocalypse-themed Welcome Home Armageddon, arrived in 2011, and was followed later that year by the tie-in EP, See You All in Hell. The following year, longtime drummer Ryan Richards parted ways with the band, citing a desire to focus on his family, and was replaced by Pat Lundy. Whole again, the band released their sixth full-length album, Conduit, in early 2013. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi

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  • Kicking and Screaming
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  • Matthew Davies-Kreye (R) and Gavin Burrough of Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral For A Friend, live on stage at Reading Festival, August 28, 2009.
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    Matthew Davies-Kreye (R) and Gavin Burrough of Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral For A Friend, live on stage at Reading Festival, August 28, 2009.
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  • Matthew Davies of Welsh band Funeral For A Friend performs on stage during the Soundwave Festival on February 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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    Matthew Davies of Welsh band Funeral For A Friend performs on stage during the Soundwave Festival on February 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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  • Matthew Davies of Welsh band Funeral For A Friend performs on stage during the Soundwave Festival on February 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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    Matthew Davies of Welsh band Funeral For A Friend performs on stage during the Soundwave Festival on February 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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    'We weren't sure how it was going to be released,' Pete Wentz says of FOB's fast-and-furious new album.
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    October 2, 2013
    'We weren't sure how it was going to be released,' Pete Wentz says of FOB's fast-and-furious new album.
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    Walk It Out: Friend Movement Founders Take Anti-Bullying Message to the Streets
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    This Saturday the co-founders of the Friend Movement will take their message to the streets as they walk from Chicago to New York City to honor thos...
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    Producer-Emcee Oddisee Talks Branching Out In 'The Beauty In All'
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Tour Dates

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  • Oct 2 Wednesday
    Cardiff, UK Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
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  • Oct 3 Thursday
    London, UK Electric Ballroom
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  • Oct 4 Friday
    Glasgow, UK The Garage
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  • Oct 5 Saturday
    Manchester, UK Manchester Academy 2
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  • Oct 7 Monday
    Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli De Helling
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  • Oct 8 Tuesday
    Hamburg, Germany Knust
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  • Oct 9 Wednesday
    Berlin, Germany Magnet Club
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  • Oct 11 Friday
    Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka
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  • Oct 12 Saturday
    Poznan, Poland Pod Minogą
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  • Oct 14 Monday
    Prague, Czech Republic 007
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  • Oct 15 Tuesday
    Budapest, Hungary Dürer Kert
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  • Oct 17 Thursday
    Graz, Austria PPC
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  • Oct 18 Friday
    Munich, Germany Hansa 39
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  • Oct 19 Saturday
    Aarau, Switzerland KiFF
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  • Oct 20 Sunday
    Stuttgart, Germany Universum
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  • Oct 22 Tuesday
    Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp
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  • Oct 23 Wednesday
    Cologne, Germany Underground
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  • Oct 25 Friday
    Bielefeld, Germany Forum Bielefeld E.v.
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Discography

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  • Conduit (2013)
    Funeral for a Friend
    Conduit (2013)
    The End
  • Welcome Home Armageddon (2011)
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    Welcome Home Armageddon (2011)
    Good Fight
  • Memory and Humanity (2008)
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    Memory and Humanity (2008)
    Victory Records
  • Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)
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    Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)
    WM Records
  • Back to the Bus (2007)
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    Back to the Bus (2007)
    DMC Records, Inc.
  • Hours (2005)
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    Hours (2005)
    Atlantic
  • Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003)
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    Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003)
    WM Records
  • Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003)
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    Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003)
    Ferret Records
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