We Are the Fury is an American rock band.
The band was founded in
Toledo,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
in 1999, as a
nu metal band called Hearsay. The original lineup consisted of vocalist Jeremy Lublin, guitarist Chris Hatfield, bassist Alan Hoffar, and drummer Lublin. Shortly after this, the band changed their name to Hearsay TAO and started playing
post-hardcore music. They added keyboardist Todd Wehrle and recorded their first album ''Where Vision Ends''.
In 2002 they released the EP ''By Land, by Air, by Sleep'', and would go on to change their name once again to The Fury, releasing a second self-titled EP in 2005. The name change was associated with another genre change, as the band adopted a
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad music genre, genre of Punk Music, punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde s ...
sound.
In the summer of 2005, they signed to
One Big Spark Records (a
Warner Bros. Records
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subsidiary) and had to change their name to We Are the Fury for legal reasons.
[ We Are the Furyat Allmusic.com] The band re-released their EP as
Infinite Jest
''Infinite Jest'' is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, ''Infinite Jest'' is featured in ''TIME'' magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.
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through the label in 2006, and released their debut full length album, titled Venus, May 22, 2007. They were named an "Artist to Watch" by
Rolling Stone
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in 2007.
[Artist to Watch:We Are the Fury]
Rolling Stone
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, April 10, 2007. Accessed September 29, 2007.
Discography
;As We Are the Fury:
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Infinite Jest
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Venus
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One Big Spark One Big Spark is an American record label owned and operated by Virb Inc. (formerly Unborn Media Inc., also known as PureVolume.com) as part of the EastWest family of labels
Bands
*We Are the Fury
* Rediscover
* Scenes From A Movie
See also
* L ...
, 2007)
References
External links
Burning Stars interview with Jeremy
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Indie rock musical groups from Ohio
Musical groups established in 1999
1999 establishments in Ohio