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New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG) is an American pop punk band hailing from South Florida, now based in Los Angeles. The band consists of Jordan Pundik (vocals), Chad Gilbert (guitar), Steve Klein (guitar), Ian Grushka (bass) and Cyrus Bolooki (drums).

Since forming back in 1997 the band have amassed a cult following, so far releasing six studio albums, with their latest, Not Without a Fight, released on March 10, 2009.



In the 12 years they’ve been a band, New Found Glory have sold millions of albums, logged hundreds of thousands of road miles, and influenced an entire generation of bands whose sounds range from emo to pop-punk to hardcore and beyond. Yet despite the fame, despite the platinum records, and despite the fact that their fan base includes bands who’ve gone platinum multiple times over in their own genres, New Found Glory remain the same five friends who started making music because there was nothing better to do in the Florida suburbs that spawned them.

Okay, so they’ve grown up a little, and one listen to the new From the Screen to Your Stereo Part 2 shows just how much. A sequel to the band’s similarly titled 2000 EP for Drive-Thru, From the Screen to Your Stereo,  Part 2 finds New Found Glory drawing on the matured arranging skills that made their 2006 album Coming Home a critical success. Featuring contributions from some of the bigger names NFG have influenced (members of Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday and Cartel, to name but three), Part 2 is the sound of a band and their supporting crew all playing at the top of their game.

While New Found Glory may have come farther than even they could’ve imagined, the band sounds most proud of the fact that the band have charted their career path just they made their latest album: for the love of the music, and on their own terms.

A concert tour, "Not Without A Fight", is planned to run from March 25, 2009 to June 10, 2009. Plans include 49 performances: 41 in North America and 8 in Europe.