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...or one mans flannel journey
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Feb 08

Hi guys!

Hey everyone, this is all a little weird to pass on to you, but we’ve always been a really open band and want you to know a little bit about what’s been going on.

Over the years we’ve had recurring issues with an angry wizard monkey named Simian Sorcerer Magus, and things seem to have come to a head after a pretty epic battle we had with him cruising I-80 last night.  We tried our hardest, but the guy is actually a tiny monkey who has magic powers, so we inevitably lost and he broke into our van.

Luckily, he didn’t take anything too valuable, as Josh’s cell phone has already been stolen, along with Alans laptop, we didn’t have much in the way of valuables.  We were momentarily concerned he would steal our nu-metal discography or mulled-cider scented candles, but thankfully he left them for us to keep.

He did however get away with the master copy of our record.

Until now, the only copies that existed were in Pete Wentz’s private vault, e-celebrity Nicholi’s Discman and our tour-van.

We don’t mind so much, in this day and age you begin to expect your songs to leak, but he doesn’t even plan on releasing the songs to the world.  His only plan seems to be to write bad reviews of it so everyone hates “Enemy of the World” when it releases on March 9th.

All we can say is, that’s what we get for getting involved with monkeys practicing the arcane arts.  We hope you judge the record for itself when it comes out, but we understand if the evil midget-sorcerer-ape turns you against us.

See everyone when we roll through your town on tour!

-Four Year Strong

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Jan 31

no on the road updates, my phone got stolen out of the dressing room at chain reaction last night. pretty pissed, but such is life.  hope everyone has fun while im “away” haha

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Jan 23
the skull on the key represents the first “dead key” on this keyboard.
i can survive for a minute, hope this isn’t a sign of things to come!

the skull on the key represents the first “dead key” on this keyboard.

i can survive for a minute, hope this isn’t a sign of things to come!

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Jan 19

We have really, really good friends. check this video out and love it (and love lip syncing)! Big big thanks to everyone involved in this, so stoked. here’s the lyrics, learn them and come sing with us at the shows! Wasting Time (Endless Summer) Wasting time All along you’ve just been wasting mine Ignoring all the signs that point our way out of our prime Draw the line All this time you were just drawing mine Only problem is I see no end in sight of any kind Well I can see you’re waiting But I don’t care To fill this whole place up with gasoline And blow the top of this whole damn thing Yeah cause I don’t care The perfect crime I just took what was yours and called it mine Spent every night with fire in our eyes Can you see it shine? Lost in time I’d give this all up for a chance to find My way back to that summer in 2003 When I felt alive It was the first time I didn’t fall asleep until the sun came up Cause we never ever had enough It was the first time That we could rush the streets Feeling no defeat Cause we were ready to ignite the sky It was the last time That I had the time of my life

evanpierri:

This is too much. haha I love that he does these videos in the apple store. AMAZING! Watch for the Cameos at the end…

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Jan 16

highvoltagemike:

This video is awesome!!!

alovellyday:

a really crappy situation turned out pretty awesome. thanks again for everyone that came to the show. we’ll come back to philly soon and play a real show.

gabygabyhey:

9/4/09 - Four Year Strong played the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. During their set someone decides to set off a fire extinguisher into the crowd. The show stops, the venue is evacuated. 30-40 minutes later the show goes on, the band finishes their set.

Fast forward to last night, 1/14/10 - Four Year Strong played the First Unitarian Church again. During their set someone pulls the fire alarm. The show stops, kids chant “we won’t go, we won’t go,” the venue is evacuated. 45 minutes later, after waiting in the cold, the band announces that the fire department will not let the band go on. Dan and Alan lead a bunch of kids to a nearby park to perform 4 or so acoustic songs. Above is the video of “Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die”.

Probably one of my favorite FYS moments to date.

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Jan 10

I think i’ve posted this in the past, but holy shit it is hilarious.

i wanna know where the gold at.

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Jan 07
seriously so stoked to finally have this. now if i could just get something to play it through…
edit: just to clear the confusion, its backwards because its a photo from my macbook
edit part duex: look closely at how fucked my shoulders are, just noticed it myself. wow haha.

seriously so stoked to finally have this. now if i could just get something to play it through…

edit: just to clear the confusion, its backwards because its a photo from my macbook

edit part duex: look closely at how fucked my shoulders are, just noticed it myself. wow haha.

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Jan 06

i figured this exists out there on the internet anyways, so i might as well post this as a little teaser for the new album.  This is a pretty rough quality camera-phone video of us playing a track from the upcoming “enemy of the world” record at our holiday show at the worcester palladium.  Don’t be too harsh with us, but I thought people might appreciate a sneak preview of one of the new songs! it’s called “wasting time(eternal summer)”

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Jan 05
best caption gets a +5

best caption gets a +5

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Jan 03
Had fun at “I’m thirsty fest” last night, good to see alot of good folk, everyone killed it.  Black Bear forced me to do a cover with them, but it was alot of fun. By the way, i put this picture up so you can see how sick my wolf-jacket is.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Had fun at “I’m thirsty fest” last night, good to see alot of good folk, everyone killed it.  Black Bear forced me to do a cover with them, but it was alot of fun. By the way, i put this picture up so you can see how sick my wolf-jacket is.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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