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New Found Glory is an American pop punk band that formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, and is currently based in California.

New Found Glory formed in the middle of 1997 with Jordan Pundik on vocals, Chad Gilbert (formerly of hardcore band Shai Hulud) Steve Klein on guitar, Ian Grushka on bass and Joe Moreno on drums (he was replaced by Cyrus Bolooki after their debut release). The first release came in 1997: It's All About the Girls under Fiddler Records in June, and later their debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was released by Eulogy Recordings.

2000 - 2006
The band then signed to Drive-Thru Records [1], releasing their self titled New Found Glory. This was followed by a tour in support of blink-182 [2]. The band's third studio album, Sticks and Stones, was released in 2002. This release was followed by their second appearance on the Warped Tour [3].
The album Catalyst was released in May 2004 and it debuted at number 3 on the Billboard album chart in late May, selling 146,000 albums in its first week [4][5].
On June 14, 2006 MTV.com posted an article interviewing Chad Gilbert who announced that their fifth album would be titled Coming Home and was scheduled to be released September 19, 2006. He also announced the first single titled It's Not Your Fault would be released sometime in July 2006 [6].

2007 - Present
From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II, the band's follow up to From the Screen to Your Stereo, was released on September 18, 2007. The first edition was just an EP, but this time they decided to record a full-length album, containing 11 songs plus one bonus track for the japanese edition and iTunes. The first single from the album is Kiss Me [7] and its video can be watched on the MySpaceTV.In a recent interview, lead guitarist Chad Gilbert states that a new album will be released hopefully in Summer of 2008. Second AbsolutePunk.net, the band will release a 7" record with 3 tracks on Bridge 9 Records. Also, they will sell online and in their shows a CD with 5 or 6 songs, some covered, some originals [8].

Current members

Jordan Pundik

Jordan Izaak Pundik (born October 12, 1979), is the lead vocalist. His vocals appear on the tracks Kings of Hollywood and You're Not Alone on MxPx's 2003 release Before Everything & After.
Jordan also lent his vocals to Tom Delonge's first non-blink-182 band, Box Car Racer on the song Cat Like Thief, along with the lead singer of Rancid, Tim Armstrong. He was also once the room-mate of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin's Andrew McMahon.

Chad Gilbert
Chad Gilbert (born March 9, 1981) is the band's lead guitarist. He was a singer for the popular and influential underground hardcore band Shai Hulud before joining New Found Glory. He is also a former member and songwriter of the hardcore punk band Hazen Street. He also performed a solo on Fall Out Boy's Infinity On High. He also performed guest vocals for the band Throwdown on the album Haymaker for the song The Only Thing.
Gilbert grew up in Coral Springs, Florida, but now currently resides in Tyler, Texas with his wife, Eisley vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Sherri DuPree. Gilbert proposed to her at the Hollywood premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, at the El Capitan Theatre. Gilbert and DuPree tied the knot on Feb. 17th, 2007 at Villa di Felicita in Tyler, Texas. Gilbert lives a straight edge lifestyle.


Steve Klein
"Steve Klein" redirects here. For the soccer player, see Steve Klein (soccer).

Steve Klein (born September 30, 1979) is the secondary guitarist (rhythm guitar) and primary lyricist. He is one of the founding members of the band; he and Pundik are responsible for the name of the band, having thought it up while working at Red Lobster. Klein was also once kicked out of the band during its early days for not knowing how to tune his guitar. Klein gave up an English scholarship to pursue a musical career.
Ian Grushka
Ian Grushka (born September 4, 1977) is the band's bassist. He grew up in Coral Springs, Florida and was married on December 29, 2001. He has a son, Oliver, born on September 11, 2005. Grushka has a tattoo on his right wrist of his son's name and birth date. Prior to starting New Found Glory, Grushka and Pundik were in the bands Flip 60 and Inner City Kids together. Ian is also a former member of the group Hustlers In The Struggle.
He co-owns the record label Broken Sounds with bandmate Chad Gilbert.
Ian is overweight, and except for rare occasions, such as when the entire band wore Pennywise jerseys to commemorate that band's final day on the Warped Tour, performs shirtless onstage and in videos, his gut and love handles hanging over his pants. Arguably, this has become his trademark, making him one of the most visible members of the band.

Cyrus Bolooki

Cyrus Bolooki (born February 27, 1980) is a musician of Iranian descent and the band's drummer. Preceded by the departure of Joe Moreno in 1997,
Bolooki currently plays on Orange County Drum and Percussion drums, Remo Heads, Drum Workshop Hardware and Zildjian Cymbals. He also endorses his own model of Vater drum sticks called "Cyrus Bolooki: The Commander".
He performs on a snare drum decorated with characters from the Simpsons that was given to him by his drum tech.
He also played with the band Good Charlotte on some gigs on tour.