New Found Glory: The Key Is Out There

New Found Glory think they know the key to a hit summer single. Actually, keys would be the better word. "The next single's gonna be a song called 'Failure's Not Flattering'; it's the one song on our record that has a really cool keyboard part that James [DeWees] from Reggie and the Full Effect/Get Up Kids played," guitarist Steve Klein said. "It's kinda different and it's summery, you know, summer fresh fun."

DeWees' keyboards certainly bring a new element to New Found Glory's pop-punk, but "Failure's Not Flattering" isn't exactly Sugar Ray or Smash Mouth, either. It still packs an aggressive punch, in large part because of the lyrics. "What's your problem?" singer Jordan Pundik asks in the chorus. "Can't you see it/ And you go and blow it/ Like everyone knows you will."

"It's about making mistakes," the band's other guitarist, Chad Gilbert, explained. "Someone that's about to mess something up and you're trying to wake up the person. People live and are stuck in a certain way and it's kind of like a wake-up call for a person to change. And if they don't, it's all gonna be messed up."

New Found Glory are shooting the video this week with Meiert Avis, who directed their memorable "All Downhill From Here" clip. "Let's just say there's a lot of bands that have party videos and this is gonna take what most bands have and make it like freakin' crazy," Gilbert said. "And with so many different styles of cinematography. If we pull it off, it's gonna destroy our last video."

"We don't wanna give it away 'cause we want it to be a cool surprise thing," Klein added. "But expect some crazy effects." It seems there's a few surprises in store for New Found Glory fans. The band, whose Catalyst debuted at #3 last month, has already lined up a post-Warped Tour outing, and the group promises it'll be something special.

"We're not allowed to say yet, but if people are huge fans of New Found Glory, they'll be able to figure it out [when I say] it's the band that we collectively all love and have always loved and it's probably the biggest inspiration for us, why we're playing music with melody and this kind of energy," Gilbert said. "They asked us to open for them, so we're going to be supporting a certain band."

Taken from MTV.com.

Comments

[toxicity_toxin]

Wahey good for them! new Found Glory's new album is pretty damn good I have to say, so yeah, it's a good song so woo! Go them!

[im not mental]

they're new album sounds awesome.

[middleclasssam]

damn got beaten for first. new found glory rule

[GuitarMaster41]

can't wait to see the new video!

[harm0n20]

sweet deal

[RatiugLink]

I can't wait to stone them to death.

[wakeuprock]

haha...I agree RatiugLink...I think NFG (and other band's like them), are the reason rock is "dead".

[masterbasser89]

i hate them with a bitter passion

[guitar_freak333]

there good and there new CD is pretty good, hopefully Failuire isn't flattering is as good as the songs on Catalyst

[mogwai777]

Who cares if you use a keyboard, it's not that original, tons of bands use them...

[Distilla_Queen6]

DIDN'T THAT ONE SONG "STACY'S MOM" HAVE A KEYBOARD? THAT SONG SUCKED. KEYBOARDS AREN'T THAT ORIGINAL.

[thrice182]

i hated nfg but there new cd was defenetly better failures not flattering is a good song but its 2 popy

[lassise]

look at me im cool for reading an article about a band i dont like and then bashing them because im badass and listen to real music... ur all losers, nfgs good and have worked hard to get where they are

[Sum1]

AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA THAT WHOLE ARTICLE MAKES ME LAUGH AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

wo
w people actually think theyre good?? wtf... they act like theyve stumbled on something that has never even been done before.. go listen to skynryd they got lots of keyboard..

[FcukAOL]

you guys notice how their singer and everyone else in that same noise genre all sound the same, the singers do. boy they suck.

[SiX_sPeEd_NiTrO]

i bet the band is.......


blink-182



no doubt yo!

[FcukAOL]

no all of the pop punk bands, the singers all sound the same im serious.

[jeeba jaba]

FcukAOL:
no all of the pop punk bands, the singers all sound the same im serious.

you do realize that can be said about any singer from any genre, i.e. anyone who screams sounds the same as the next guy, fcukaol you are very not smart

[Blankapeeto]

^ agreed ..

[yourmother]

Why do people hate NFG? I think their new album is pretty good

[4stringthumper]

nfg is what is killing rock today they r pussys they need to learn how to play from the heart,learn how to play guitar solos,get creative,play GOOD. I'M SO SICK OF POP PUNK BULLSHIT. I remeber back in the day when Greenday came out they were great because nobody had that kind of style it was fresh these bands now are just sucking and killin what made greenday popular. greenday is the only pop/punk band i like they got balls and they play from the heart totally. something hardly anyone does today.

[Codestar20]

As if you are playing from the heart? Have you ever watched NFG live? I've seen them 3 or 4 times already and they put their all into it everytime. They are always jumping, getting the crowd pumped up, or just being crazy. Now can you do that? I think not. Quit your whining already. At least it's not another Metallica article.

About the keyboard thing: It is something that NFG has not done before. It's new to them so that is why they are excited about it. They are expanding their sound, which for any band, is a good thing. Why not be happy for them? If you are better than they are, why are you not on a record label? Exactly.

[FenderGTRST4]

your all idiots... "hey we suck at life lets make fun of a band thats worked for sumthing" dont even start saying they suck, seriously... theyve slept in airports drove broken down vans.. just to do maybe a 3 song set and have fun doiong it, they do what they love and everything they sayd is influencial to anyone, Steve does write from his heart where do u think he gets it his ass? your all a bunch of retards...they arent even pop punk... its sum title that some mediocradic dickhead gave it cause its unique
its no where near pop and its definitly punk.. popunk is saying that the backstreet boys are punk what idiot thought this thru? everyone gets ideas from everyone else the keyboards in 'failures not flattering' are different than anyone elses. no body saud 'hey we have a new idea! lets use keyboards!!!" "keyboards?!!? NO WAY! thats suicide no one could pull that ofF!" they said they were different... in which they are.. you people saying they suck probably dont even listen to them...you all probably listen to all slipknot n shit.. dont get me wrong i like slipknot but look at their new album it sucked donkey like your grandmother... n jeeba's rite.. eeveryone sounds like some one... maybe if u didnt have dong in your ear youd see that.. NFG kicks ass more so than everyother band... they actually know what their fans go through... everyone else was like hey lets get signed! they worked to get where they are... and they got lucky, everyone in that band is grateful for what theyve gotten... they got signed by DTR and got a break cause theyre good... with every album all they do is get better... and no one seems to notice because theyre all drowned in the mediocracy of it all... lets listen to things that sound like everything else... NFG's actually different and your all pissed that your favorite band cant be AS good at they are... you think you kno, but you have no idea...you all suck at life.. and need to kill yourselves...cept those who posted good comments.. rock on

---peace---

[Death Of Season]

4stringthumper you are definately a grade A jackass... and why is NFG just killing rock today if they've been around so long... just cuz they're on MTV now and people are recognizing them? they are a great band with lots of talent, you don't have to play a bunch of solo's to be creative. it's people like you that are killing "rock" today. NFG kicks ass, keyboards or not.

[UtBDan]

"our all idiots... "hey we suck at life lets make fun of a band thats worked for sumthing" dont even start saying they suck, seriously... theyve slept in airports drove broken down vans.. just to do maybe a 3 song set and have fun doiong it, they do what they love and everything they sayd is influencial to anyone, Steve does write from his heart where do u think he gets it his ass? your all a bunch of retards...they arent even pop punk... its sum title that some mediocradic dickhead gave it cause its unique
its no where near pop and its definitly punk.. popunk is saying that the backstreet boys are punk what idiot thought this thru? everyone gets ideas from everyone else the keyboards in 'failures not flattering' are different than anyone elses. no body saud 'hey we have a new idea! lets use keyboards!!!" "keyboards?!!? NO WAY! thats suicide no one could pull that ofF!" they said they were different... in which they are.. you people saying they suck probably dont even listen to them...you all probably listen to all slipknot n shit.. dont get me wrong i like slipknot but look at their new album it sucked donkey like your grandmother... n jeeba's rite.. eeveryone sounds like some one... maybe if u didnt have dong in your ear youd see that.. NFG kicks ass more so than everyother band... they actually know what their fans go through... everyone else was like hey lets get signed! they worked to get where they are... and they got lucky, everyone in that band is grateful for what theyve gotten... they got signed by DTR and got a break cause theyre good... with every album all they do is get better... and no one seems to notice because theyre all drowned in the mediocracy of it all... lets listen to things that sound like everything else... NFG's actually different and your all pissed that your favorite band cant be AS good at they are... you think you kno, but you have no idea...you all suck at life.. and need to kill yourselves...cept those who posted good comments.."

You're being just as much of an idiot by saying all that.

Showing how hard they try hard to make good music doesn't mean they succeeded.

They're not killing rock n roll, no. I'm not saying that. But that doesn't mean they make very good music.

[RatiugLink]

Adding keyboards won't change a thing unless the keyboardist has a prog rock jam session with some guest appearences from some talented dudes.

[swansongs]

Why is all the news lately stupid and pointless. Why can't they tell us something useful. Nobody cares about a NFG song. The people who like NFG don't even care. And Keyboards ..... Ohhhh original, those haven't been used for 40 years in popular music.

[DaveDaThrasha]

Okay, i dont like NFG ill put that out tehre, but i think u all are assholes for bashin em for being "pop-punk" its just as much legitamite music as the next genre, with the only illegetimate musical genres being rap and pop music *cuz it aint music, its a computer,* i dislike pop punk, but i think its cool that they can still find ways to be inventive in the music, sure keyboards have been done before, but in pop punk thats a rareity.... -- Dave

[cheeksar]

blink 182 is already booked through the summer. since he cant talk about it i bet its green day.

[meadowskid]

hey alot of good bands are pop punks. If your downloading songs or if you have realplayer go under pop punk and you get a ton of amazing bands, Green day, blink 182, new found glory ofcourse, Good charlotte, sugarcult, simple plan, sum 41, billy talent (dont agree with as pop-punk), NOFx. there is a small list of the good pop-punk bands

[meadowskid]

this is completely off topic but i gotta say it. someday i would like to see a band with a dwarf as one of the members such as the singer. It would be soo cool. they would get so much attention

[Wizcid]

My friend saw them live and said they were super lame and the singer sounded like trash. That wouldn't get me "pumped up".. and meadowskid pop-punk overall.. is lame.

[senile]

the dude sounds like a girl..... a giry one at that....... nuff said

[senile]

*girly

[sanitarium017]

pop-punk, emo, nu-metal and rap have destroyed our society by broadcasting messages of self pitty, self indulgence, objectification of women, insecurity, promotion of depression and plain stupidity. but the sad thing is, they do it for the money, they dont give a *** about us, and we eat it up like a bag of cheetos.

[spiderman]

i like there music and i dont see whats wrong with playig powerchords or being popular. You should judge music on whta it sounds like not how it is played.

[accardinal00]

FenderGTRST4, You're a douchebag. Bands that have to drive broke down vans, and sleep in airports, and TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, are just bands that need sympathy to compensate for their music. Now smoke on that.

[Sum1]

im not on a record label because i only just turned 15, and you cant really get a signing at this point, i am not saying they didnt work hard, but they are in no way original, or playing as much from the heart as bands like led zeppelin, metallica, and as mentioned before even greenday, all those bands were unique and had emotion, these guys jump around on stage and think they are the most emotional people on this planet, i rarely see metallica jump on stage but they put 10x more emotion into it then these guys...

[FenderGTRST4]

yah im a douchebag... i never said they told ne one man, i just kno all this stuff... theyre a kickass band and deserved to be reckognized everyone in here is right in theyre own sense.. just cause u dont like them isnt a reason to bash them.. leave it alone..
u saw their name in the title why'd u read it if u dont like em? its stupid.. u like what u like and we like what we like... if u dont like it, dont read the article... everyone has their own preferences.. they probably listen to tha same stuff you do... just make different music cause its fun... i dont get what the big deal about the keyboard is.. they play from the heart and rock out theres nothing wrong with it
justcause they arent led zepplin or Metalica (whom i think kinda went downhill) doesnt mean they suck.. theyre different just get used to it

[natethegreat86]

man i hate how everyone thinks the type of music they like is better than the next. You like your style and not everyone agrees. deal with it. as for new found glory, i personally dont enjoy it. the singer just sounds waay too high pitched and nasally conjested haha and i think it clashes with the rest of the sound. ive gotten to that point where i dont really listen to the vocals anymore, all im listening to is the instrumentation. i remember the guitar solo before i remember the chorus. and thats one reason i dont like nfg. the singers voice is just way too annoying and ruines the rest of the band. the guitarist is actually a good guitarist, he just doesnt put any solos in any of the songs.

[sanitarium017]

i said nothing of whether they suck or not.

[AnnaPlaysGuitar]

OK. One might argue that they can "play from the heart" and "they've worked hard", but its just hard to defend their "skill", or lack thereof. Face it, the singer purposely whines. Basically, they suck ass.

[cyko_mike]

tight song!

[pepajaktbs2]

man i do i hate nfg but i have reasons to unlike all the other dipshits in here, 1. THE SINGER'S VOICE IS LITERALLY THE MOST ANNOYING THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! I have more reasons to hate them, but i think we can all agree that that's all i really need to say. and before any of u bitches start making fun of me for typing in all caps, i have just one thing to say to you... IT GETS YOUR ATTENTION DOESN'T IT?

[GergleRock86]

you don't have to be able to play a ***ing scale or know what the hell a Aus#blah blah blah whatchamacallit chord to be able to write a single, it's all how if it sounds good or not. if it floats your boat, then stick w/ it, don't try an make it all complicated, it's the simple guitar parts that make the base of the song and then the singer and the bass and drums. people are gonna bash what ever the hell they want and stereo type bands into a brand of music, pop-punk, punk, I just call it rock. I don't care what music it is as long as it sounds good. if you don't like the song or the band, that's ok, but c'mon, give em a break, they still have fans! I liked reading the comments on this page cause everyone was like "aw dude I can't wait for the music video" or "they are so awesome!", but once I went down 5 comments, I see all these guys just bashin the shit out of a hard working band, I'll just say they rock and they ARE rock, so there's my 2 cents, or maybe that's a whole dollar bill

[Steph Bets]

hey sugar ray rock

[boxcarblink41]

i like nfg. thye could tone down on the poppieness a bit though.

[sanitarium017]

they have cold green hearts and want your greens too

[trog_ishloser]

i gotta question..why the hell would people hatin on nfg be readin this article and leavin commits? you guys should be lookin ar the other genres. if you dont like pop-punk or anythin like it...just leave it alone. what kinda idiots are you? look at stuff that you LIKE. dumb-asses

[cannonball_900]

failures not flattering?atleast their not goin all downhill from here

[alexxx152]

nfg sucks assssssssssssssssssssssss
ssssss

[rancidrocker]

the need i singer whos older than 9 me thinks, then they can sound just like GC and Simple Plan!

[rancidrocker]

they need a singer whos older than 9 me thinks, then they can sound just like GC and Simple Plan!

[natethegreat86]

trog, people read the article because its on the home page of the site. theres no other interesting articles on here right now. its like the newspaper, you dont just pick it up in the mornin and go "woops the title in that article says George Bush so i dont like it and i wont read it." you go on and read it anyways. its kind of like the metallica articles that so many people bash. who cares, its gonna happen. deal with it

[grunge_god]

dumbass skate punk kids. you call yourselves punks yet you;re all just boybands with instruments.

F.u.c.k. you whoever quotes me on this you faggot.

[cheesequackers7]

im not a huge NFG fan but there new cd was good ill admit

[bassplayer91]

dumbass skate punk kids. you call yourselves punks yet you;re all just boybands with instruments.

F.u.c.k. you whoever quotes me on this you faggot.
hey dipshit i just quouted u
cheesequackers7 ur extremely gay and natethegreat ur r great with other guys

[bassplayer91]

dumbass skate punk kids. you call yourselves punks yet you;re all just boybands with instruments.

F.u.c.k. you whoever quotes me on this you faggot.
hey dipshit i just quoted u
cheesequackers7 ur extremely gay
and natethegreat u r extremly great....with guys

[e-ballhybrids31]

hahaha..ur all gay and stupid and everything else....your all saying "ooh keyboards arent original" and "ooh their singer's too high pitched" and crap like that....but did u even listen to the lyrics? they make since and talk about stuff that can go down in everyday life....and plus..do u know any other band with a singer that high???.......exactly. thats unique, is it not?? i mean give them some credit for having that high pitched of a singer and STILL having as many fans as they do

[playguitar6847]

FenderGTRST4:
your all idiots... "hey we suck at life lets make fun of a band thats worked for sumthing" dont even start saying they suck, seriously... theyve slept in airports drove broken down vans.. just to do maybe a 3 song set and have fun doiong it, they do what they love and everything they sayd is influencial to anyone, Steve does write from his heart where do u think he gets it his ass? your all a bunch of retards...they arent even pop punk... its sum title that some mediocradic dickhead gave it cause its unique
its no where near pop and its definitly punk.. popunk is saying that the backstreet boys are punk what idiot thought this thru? everyone gets ideas from everyone else the keyboards in 'failures not flattering' are different than anyone elses. no body saud 'hey we have a new idea! lets use keyboards!!!" "keyboards?!!? NO WAY! thats suicide no one could pull that ofF!" they said they were different... in which they are.. you people saying they suck probably dont even listen to them...you all probably listen to all slipknot n shit.. dont get me wrong i like slipknot but look at their new album it sucked donkey like your grandmother... n jeeba's rite.. eeveryone sounds like some one... maybe if u didnt have dong in your ear youd see that.. NFG kicks ass more so than everyother band... they actually know what their fans go through... everyone else was like hey lets get signed! they worked to get where they are... and they got lucky, everyone in that band is grateful for what theyve gotten... they got signed by DTR and got a break cause theyre good... with every album all they do is get better... and no one seems to notice because theyre all drowned in the mediocracy of it all... lets listen to things that sound like everything else... NFG's actually different and your all pissed that your favorite band cant be AS good at they are... you think you kno, but you have no idea...you all suck at life.. and need to kill yourselves...cept those who posted good comments.. rock on

---peace---

you are absolutely right. i saw them live, and they werent like pop bands or anything, they just played for the fun of it and i had the best time at a concert.

[playguitar6847]

also, why the hell are you posting if you dont like bands like this? slipnot sucks!

[monstertaco]

common folks lets get real, newfound glory is one off my favorate bands, they are exiting, fun guys. yes the key board thing isnt new, but they wernt trying to be ariginal, the crack head who wrote the article said that. so lets all play nice and just accept that newfoundglory is a kick as band and this new CD is the shit. thank you i win again.

[matthew123]

i hate nfg they are prolly the gayest people alive