New Found Glory Music

Most of music fans, especially New Found Glory music fans, may already be aware of the fact that the band has already left their record label, Geffen Records.

Based on previous artists who separated from their labels, there are mostly two reasons for a split-up: fall out with executives and labels dissatisfied with their talents’ sales.

So you expect to hear at least one sob story or negative reaction from one of the parties, but most of the times, it’s the talents you hear ranting away.

With New Found Glory’s case however, there is nothing bad to say. In fact, the band has been really mature and civil about the split that they don’t have anything bad to say about Geffen Records.
Others believe that Geffen was to blame for the split up. According to some speculations, Geffen didn’t do much to build up the band. Here’s the low down:

New Found Glory’s first album, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” was put up through Drive-Thru Records in 1999. Then, the band signed to MCA who distributed Drive-Thru Records. MCA then re-released the album that same year.

In the early part of 2003, Geffen Records absorbed MCA as well as the Drive Thru Records label. In 2006, New Found Glory released “Coming Home” under the combined labels: Geffen, Drive Thru, and Suretone—a label founded by Geffen President Jordan Schur and Interscope Records.

To be brutally honest, this is one confusing arrangement, which probably played a big part in what happened to New Found Glory in the end.

Chad Gilbert had this to say about the whole arrangement:

“We’ve released five albums [through that family of labels], but it’s been, like, two albums on MCA, one album under Geffen under Suretone, one album on Geffen under [label president] Ron Fair. … There’s been so many regime changes that the original people who released [2000's] self-titled record and released Sticks and Stones have been long gone.”

Though, it maybe because of this that the band has not been as “visible,” New Found Glory tries to see things in a positive light. Their latest release has not been enjoying the kind of success they had in the past, and people tend to point fingers towards Geffen’s direction, saying that the record label screwed up New Found Glory.

But the band has been very cordial, saying that it may be one of those times when some fans like it while others do not. Questions about the record label not having the proper tools to get the record to reach out to the intended market is something that New Found Glory doesn’t know—and probably would never know now that they have parted ways.
And they have no bad blood over what happened.

But whatever it is, one thing remains certain: New Found Glory will continue to work hard on their music to give what their fans are asking for. They are planning to take their time deciding on which label to sign up with.

Currently, New Found Glory has a string of international shows and plans to release “From the Screen to Your Stereo, Part 2” after the tour.