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The Fold is an American
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band from
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, United States. The Fold formed in 2005, and promptly began work on their album ''
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'' for
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. They have released four full-length studio albums and three EP's over their career, with a fifth full-length slated for release on September 9, 2022, titled ''Stereo Fire''. Career highlights include surpassing 130 million views on their YouTube channel and a nomination ''
Secrets Keep You Sick ''Secrets Keep You Sick'' is the second studio album by the Chicago-based rock music, rock band The Fold. It was released on May 22, 2007, by Tooth and Nail Records. Track listing # "Medicine" – 3:06 # "Younger Than Our Years" – 3:13 # "You ...
'' for a
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in the category of "Best Recording Package". Their single "Gravity" from the album ''This Too Shall Pass'' reached No. 1 on the CHR Rock charts. The band has more recently written much themed music for sports and television, most notably the theme songs for '' Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'', the
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, and all
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teams.


History

Their debut album ''Not Of This World'' was released 2003. ''
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'' was their second album released on February 22, 2006, on
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. The follow-up ''
Secrets Keep You Sick ''Secrets Keep You Sick'' is the second studio album by the Chicago-based rock music, rock band The Fold. It was released on May 22, 2007, by Tooth and Nail Records. Track listing # "Medicine" – 3:06 # "Younger Than Our Years" – 3:13 # "You ...
'' was released May 22, 2007. ''Secrets Keep You Sick'' was nominated for a Grammy under the "Best Recording Package" category, but the band lost to '' Cassadaga'' by Bright Eyes. Directly following the release of ''Secrets'', the band spent their summer on the Vans Warped Tour. The Fold played alongside friends
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and
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on their own dollar to support their 2008 sold-out UK tour. Upon returning to the U.S., The Fold parted ways with Tooth & Nail, and completed their fourth studio album ''Dear Future, Come Get Me'' with Zack and Kenneth (
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,
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,
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), who also recorded ''
Secrets Keep You Sick ''Secrets Keep You Sick'' is the second studio album by the Chicago-based rock music, rock band The Fold. It was released on May 22, 2007, by Tooth and Nail Records. Track listing # "Medicine" – 3:06 # "Younger Than Our Years" – 3:13 # "You ...
''. In December 2009, the band released a self-shot music video for "Every Band in the USA"'','' a parody of the
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hit "
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". The video has been viewed on
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nearly 500,000 times. On June 29, 2010, the band released a video for the song "Neverender" of ''Dear Future, Come Get Me''. The video was filmed at
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, the former high school of frontman Dan Castady and also of
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, the lead singer of the
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. In November 2010, The Fold released the song "This Christmas" on
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, along with two unofficial, self made videos. One of which featured all of the best crowd reactions from Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things, 2010. The video can be seen here on their
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channel. In January 2011, the band recorded a song titled "The Weekend Whip", the theme song for the '' Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''
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. The band announced in early 2012 that they would release a full EP of ninja-themed pop rock songs aimed at the Ninjago demographic; rolling it out a single at a time via digital outlets, and then completing the process in late Summer 2012 with a full EP release, along with karaoke sing-a-long versions, and various other exclusive content entitled "For The Spinners". In 2012, The Fold wrote and released "Let's Go Cubbies" which was adopted as the official song of the
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. It continues to be played during every Cubs broadcast on WGN Radio 720AM. The Fold performed live at
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on opening day April 5, 2012. The Fold's fifth album, ''Moving Past'', was co-produced by the band and
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, and mixed by J.R. McNeely. The album came out October 15, 2013. In 2016, The Fold was tasked with writing more music for the Cubs, including a song called "Let The Games Begin", which they played at Opening Day at Wrigley Field, and again at the final rally before the post-season. The Cubs went all the way and won the
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that year, the first time in 108 years. The Fold continue to write and record music in 2017, mostly for
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, but there has been talk of late of a new full-length album. In the season 9 finale of ''Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'', The Fold appear as LEGO Minifigures to congratulate the Ninja for defeating Lord Garmadon. Appearing as characters from the show, they sing "The Weekend Whip." Also in a short of Season 10 named "The Weekend Drill", they appeared as inmates in Prison. "The Weekly Whip" is a series on YouTube, bringing new Episode every week starting 2 August with Episode "Arcadian Whip lost title + artwork". On November 13, 2020, The Fold released a song titled “Young & Free”, their first song unrelated to Ninjago in seven years. On April 16, 2021, The Fold released “World Gone Mad”, another song that is unrelated to Ninjago.


Touring

The Fold has played over 500 shows since 2002 and toured non-stop in 2009. *SXSW 2010 *Warped Tour 2011 *
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2012


Current members

*Daniel Castady – Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar *George Castady – Lead guitar *Matt Pittman – Bass guitar *Nate Burgard – Drums


Former members

*Mark Rhoades – Drums *Mike Emmons/Stanzione – Drums *Aaron Green — Lead guitar *Keith Mochel — Bass


Unofficial (former) members

*Joseph Martin - creator of "5 best friends" series on YouTube


Discography


Studio albums

*''Not of This World'' - independent release (2003) *''
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'' -
Tooth & Nail Records Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington where it is situated today. It is home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoat ...
(2006) *''
Secrets Keep You Sick ''Secrets Keep You Sick'' is the second studio album by the Chicago-based rock music, rock band The Fold. It was released on May 22, 2007, by Tooth and Nail Records. Track listing # "Medicine" – 3:06 # "Younger Than Our Years" – 3:13 # "You ...
'' -
Tooth & Nail Records Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington where it is situated today. It is home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoat ...
(2007) *''Dear Future, Come Get Me'' - independent release (2009) *''Moving Past'' - independent release (2013) *''Stereo Fire'' - independent release (2022)


Compilations

*''For the Spinners, Vol. 1'' - JAM Music Company (2012)


EPs

*''Feeling Like Failure Now'' (EP) - independent release (2002) *''Rarities EP'' - independent release (2004) *''Stargazer EP'' -
Tooth & Nail Records Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington where it is situated today. It is home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoat ...
(2008)


Singles

*"Neverender" - independent release (2009) *"This Christmas" - independent release (2010) *"Can't Stop Twitterin'" (
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parody) - independent release (2011) *"Every Band in the USA" (
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parody) - independent release (2011) *"Let's Go Cubbies" - independent release (2012) *"Young & Free" - independent release (2020) *"World Gone Mad" - independent release (2021) *"Behind Us Now" - independent release (2022)


'' Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'' soundtrack


Vol. 1 - ''Masters of Spinjitzu'' - Seasons 1–2

*''The Weekend Whip'' (2011) *''Born To Be a Ninja'' (2012) *''Ninja Go!'' (2012) *''A-W-E-S-O-M-E'' (2012)


Vol. 2 - ''Rebooted'' - Season 3

*''The Rebooted Whip'' (2014) *''After the Blackout'' (2014) *''Full Digital'' (2014) *''We Are Ninja'' (2014) *''Spinnin' Out in Color'' (2014) *''Eye of The Storm'' (2014) * ''Digital Love'' (July 2020)


Vol. 3 - ''The Tournament of Elements'' - Season 4

*''The Anacondrai Whip (2015)'' *''The Ninja Roll'' (2015) *''Back To Ninjago'' (2015) *''Enter The Tournament'' (2015) *''21st Century Ninja'' (2015) *''21st Century Ninja: Demo'' (2020)


Vol. 4 - ''Possession/Skybound'' - Season 5–6

*''The Ghost Whip'' - from ''Possession'' (2015) *''The Pirate Whip'' - from ''Skybound'' (2016) *''Bring On The Pirates'' - from ''Skybound'' (2016) *''We Are Ninjago'' - from ''Skybound'' (2016) *''We Are Ninjago: The Lost Verse'' - from ''Skybound'' (2020) *''The Pirate Whip (Demo)'' - from ''Skybound'' (December 2020)


Vol. 5 - ''Day of the Departed'' - 2016 Halloween Special

*''The Rift Whip'' (2016) *''Close the Circle'' (2016) *''Day of the Departed'' (2016)


Vol. 6 - ''Hands of Time'' - Season 7

*''The Temporal Whip'' (2017) *''The Time is Now'' (2017) *''Rise of the Vermillion'' (2017)


All Ages: Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: The Complete Ninjago Discography of The Fold

*''A full-length album that includes all The Fold songs of the TV show from Season 1 to Season 7, as a result of the little break the band has until the new music release for Season 11


Vol 7. - ''Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu/Prime Empire'' - Season 11-12

*''The Wicked Whip'' - from Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu (July 2019) *''The Miracle Whip'' - from Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu (November 2019) *''The Arcadian Whip'' - from Prime Empire (March 2020)


Vol 8. - ''Master of the Mountain'' - Season 13

* ''The Shintaro Dungeon Whip'' (July 2020) * ''The Dungeon Whip (Demo)'' (November 2020) * ''The Christmas Whip'' (December 2020)


Ninjago 10 Anniversary Soundtrack

* ''Ten For Ninjago'' (June 2021) * ''Weekend Whips'' (2011 - 2020)


''The LEGO Ninjago Movie'' Soundtrack

*''The Weekend Whip Re-mastered'' (2017)


Filmography

The Fold, in minifigure form, appeared in the episodes "Green Destiny" and "The Weekend Drill" from '' Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''. Their songs are often heard as instrumentals in the series.


References


External links


Official siteOfficial PurevolumeBurning Stars Interview with The Fold - 2007"Neverender" on YouTubeOfficial Youtube Channel - "TheFoldMusic"Dan & George (Podcastady) podcasts
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