Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong is a five-piece pop punk band from Massachusetts; the band formed in 2001 and has to date released a total of two studio albums. The band's first effort came in 2005 with the 'It's Our Time' album released through Open Your Eyes Records, 'Rise or Die Trying' then following in 2007 with its release through I Surrender Records. Since the release of the second album Four Year Strong has now signed to Decaydance Records, the record label of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. It has been quite an interesting journey thus far for the band and as time progresses much more will surely be achieved by Four Year Strong as they continue striving for further success.

Over the course of the years the band has undergone several major line-up changes; two vocalists have come and gone, three synth players, and also a bassist and a guitarist. It's not always easy overcoming severe line-up changes such as these; Four Year Strong has managed it however and come out the other side a stronger and tighter unit as a result.

Four Year Strong has now been out on many different tours with a number of bands from all kinds of genres. Pop punk's Hellogoodbye and All Time Low have been toured with, but so too have hardcore favourites Every Time I Die and post-hardcore's From First to Last. Add to this that the band has also toured with the now defunct Hidden in Plain View and you begin to realise that this band has now achieved an awful lot. Only two studio albums have been released and it was not until 2005 that the first emerged, the band has definitely made up for lost time however and over the last couple of years has really come into its own.

Having signed to Decaydance Records in early 2008; a third studio album will surely emerge in 2009 and I'm sure that all pop punk fans of the world will be incredibly excited to hear what the band has to offer. 2007s 'Rise or Die Trying' showed a strong suggestion of potential from the band and it'll now be a case of working with this and further honing the sound. The band blends melodic hardcore elements with pop punk twinges also and should the formula be spot on with album number three then it could well be a very good album indeed.

Keep watching out for Four Year Strong, there's definitely potential here and this potential is clearly something that Pete Wentz has picked up upon also. Wentz doesn't just sign any old rubbish to his Decaydance label; Four Year Strong has obviously done something to impress him and if they play their cards right then they could well become a real commercial success with album number three. The band has already kicked up quite a storm within the pop punk scene and it's now all about showcasing the sound to a wider audience and building up further interest and excitement in the Four Year Strong sound.

The following are the five present members of Four Year Strong:

- Dan O'Connor - Guitar / Vocals
- Alan Day - Guitar / Vocals
- Joe Weiss - Bass
- Jackson "Jake" Massucco - Drums
- Josh Lyford - Synth