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The Alternative-Rock Emo-Hardcore band Thursday first formed in 1997
in New Brunswick, New Jersey USA, by singer Geoff Rickly, guitarists Tom
Keeley and Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne and drummer Tucker Rule.
It wasn't until 2000 that the quintet made their album debut, releasing
"Waiting" through New York's Eyeball Record label.
Following the departure of former guitarist Bill Henderson, Thursday hired
Frank Giokas and signed a new deal with the powerhouse indie Victory Records
who released "Full Collapse" in April 2001; the group's sophomore
CD entered the top 10 of the Billboard's Independent Albums chart and
also reached the #178 slot on The Billboard 200 Sales chart helped on
its way by the alt-Rock radio single "Understanding In A Car Crash".
"Five Stories Falling", a 5-song live EP followed a year later;
then, after another line-up change with Steve Pedulla replacing Giokas,
the band was picked-up by Island Records and in September 2003 the New
Jersey collective released their major-label debut, "War All The
Time", which peaked at #7 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and
its main single, "Signals Over The Air", hit the top 30 of The
Modern Rock chart.
In May 2006 the band released its fourth album, "A City By The Light
Divided" and the accompanying single "Counting 5 4 3 2 1";
the CD debuted at #20 on The Billboard Top 200 chart.
Thursday returned to their former label, Victory Records, which issued
a retrospective CD/DVD set in October 2007. The release, "Kill The
House Lights", consists of a full-length feature DVD and a full-length
album. The CD contais three, brand new and unreleased songs along with
a collection of live tracks and b-sides, the DVD tells Thursday's 10 year
career story from the beginning to the present.
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