Thursday "War All The Time" LP OOP Orig Thrice My Chemical Romance

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Thursday "War All The Time" LP Isaland Records B0000293-01 (US)

Vinyl is VG++, Jacket is NM

Out of Print!!

Original Press!

Thursday were an American post-hardcore band, formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1997.

The band composed of Geoff Rickly (vocals), Tom Keeley (guitar, vocals), Steve Pedulla (guitar, vocals), Tim Payne (bass guitar), Andrew Everding (keyboards, vocals), and Tucker Rule (drums).

Thursday released their debut album, Waiting, in late 1999 with original guitarist Bill Henderson, who left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Steve Pedulla. The band gained popularity with the release of their second album, Full Collapse, in 2001, and released their third album and major label debut, War All the Time, in 2003, which reached number seven on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Thursday released their fourth album, A City by the Light Divided, in 2006, and two further albums, Common Existence and No Devolución, before announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2011. In a January 2013 interview, Geoff Rickly confirmed that the band had actually disbanded.

The band has been considered an influential band of the post-hardcore music scene in the 2000's, and is credited as one of the key bands to popularize the darker emo sound and screaming vocals which came to prominence at the time.

Full Collapse (2001-2002)

Thursday signed to Chicago-based label Victory Records, and released their second album, Full Collapse, on April 10, 2001. Victory Records originally wanted to remove the lyrics from the packaging against the band's wishes in order to cut costs, but the released LP has all lyrics and minimal artwork. Despite little promotion for the album on radio or television, their debut single "Understanding in a Car Crash" and an accompanying music video composed of live footage were released in October 2001 by Victory Records, both of which were also without the band's authorization. The video for this song received heavy airplay on both MTV2 and Muchmusic, gaining the band a large underground following. A second single, "Cross Out the Eyes", would follow, but it received much less attention.

The band was routinely upset at Victory Records, over the use of the band's image and promotion, including the label's attempts to distribute Thursday-themedwhoopie cushions. The band's new-found popularity and disgust with the label led to internal problems, which almost lead the band to disband. The situation caused the creation of the Five Stories Falling EP, a release the band used to fulfill contractual obligations with Victory Records. At live shows, the band routinely told fans not to purchase the EP, but instead to download "Jet Black New Year", the only new studio recording found on the EP, with the rest consisting of live performances of four Full Collapse songs.

War All the Time (2003-2005)

Having ended their contract with Victory Records, Thursday signed to the major label Island Records. After an entire writing and recording process that took only six months, the band issued their third album and major label debut, War All the Time, on September 16, 2003 to critical acclaim and strong commercial performance.War All the Time was the first release to feature Andrew Everding on keyboards, though he would not become an official member of the band until December 2004, when he was officially welcomed into the band at a Christmas holiday show held at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. The album's title, coupled with it being released approximately two years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led many critics to believe it was a political album; however, Rickly has denied this on many accounts, instead claiming that he is speaking about love being a war. The album spawned two singles: "Signals Over the Air" and "War All the Time", though the latter received considerably less attention due to MTV banning the video for controversial material involving a fake news feed that appeared to be real and teenagers being weapon targets.

Thursday toured extensively to support War All the Time, featuring dates with acts such as AFI, Thrice, and Coheed and Cambria. On these tours, Thursday performed many in-store acoustic sessions at various Tower Records stores and other record stores. The band also recorded a live acoustic session for Y100 Sonic Sessions, a radio program on the now defunct Philadelphia-based radio station, Y100. The live acoustic version of single "Signals Over the Air" was used on Y100 Sonic Sessions Volume 8. The band released two EPs: the first was Live from the SoHo & Santa Monica Stores Split EP and sold exclusively on iTunes, and the second was a promotion found in Revolver, called the Live in Detroit EP.

The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2004, citing label pressure, extensive touring, and health problems as the reasons. However, Thursday returned for a charitable performance to save New York City's CBGB, on August 25, 2005, which was streamed live through the CBGB's website.

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