1997年夏天，New Found Glory乐队成立于美国佛罗里达州的Coral Springs，一支混合了朋克与情绪硬核摇滚乐的五人乐队，成员包括主唱Jordan Pundik，吉他手Chad Gilbert和Steve Klein，贝斯手Ian Grushka，以及鼓手Cyrus Bolooki。这支成立于高中校园的乐队很快就开始了他们极富活力的演出，他们每到一处都能将现场的气氛调动至极限，高能量的释放掀起一场震动。很快，凭借火爆的现场演出，New Found Glory乐队在当地以及东海岸的一些地区拥有了一部分自己的歌迷群体。\r \r 1998年，New Found Glory乐队发行了首张EP唱片《It's All About the Girls》，但是由于在这一地区太受欢迎，因而很快就宣布全部售完，他们被当地授予了南佛罗里达地区最佳乐队奖。随后在1999年，New Found Glory乐队又在迈阿密的Eulogy Records唱片公司发行了首张正式专辑《Nothing Gold Can Stay》，结果他们的红火很快映入了主流唱片公司的眼帘，他们和MCA唱片公司签约，并且在同年重新发行了首张专辑《Nothing Gold Can Stay》。\r \r 2000年，New Found Glory乐队的又一张EP唱片《From the Screen to Your Stereo》发行，并且在这一年晚些时候发行了乐队的第二张专辑《New Found Glory》，不过这张专辑最高仅排在排行榜的第107位，这张专辑乐队开始以流行朋克的风格为主，此后他们与著名朋克乐队Blink 182一起举行了巡演之后，New Found Glory乐队的知名度渐渐走出了佛罗里达州，获得了更大的扩展。2001年，New Found Glory乐队回到录音室开始录制新专辑《Sticks and Stones》，这张专辑在随后的2002年夏天正式发行，结果这张专辑发行首周全美售出了9万1千张，在Billboard 200排行榜上高居第四位，并且最终销量接近白金。\r \r 取得了突破性成功之后的New Found Glory乐队开始成为了巡演中的主角之一，在巡演之后，他们又开始了新的创作。2004年5月18日，New Found Glory乐队的第四张专辑《Catalyst》正式发行，他们开始吸收更多一些情绪硬核音乐的融入其中。\r \r by Jason Ankeny\r Coral Springs, FL, punk-pop band A New Found Glory formed in the summer of 1997, comprising vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert (ex-Shai Hulud vocalist) and Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka, and drummer Joe Moreno. Longtime drummer Cyrus Bolooki replaced Moreno following their initial EP's release. Renowned for their energetic live shows, the group toured up and down the East Coast, quickly selling out the entire pressing of their 1997 debut EP It's All About the Girls, released through Fiddler. (Fiddler later reissued Girls in 2003 with new cover art.) The full-length Nothing Gold Can Stay followed in 1999 on Drive-Thru; A New Found Glory signed to major-label MCA soon after, re-releasing the album that autumn. The EP From the Screen to Your Stereo followed in the spring of 2000, heralding the release of the full-length New Found Glory later that year. The album, which contained a re-recorded version of fan favorite "Hit or Miss," also marked the band officially dropping the indefinite article A from their name. A high-profile tour with blink-182 and an appearance on the Warped Tour helped them gain more exposure, and they stepped back into the studio at the end of 2001 to work on the follow-up. The results were released in the summer of 2002 as Sticks and Stones. The Stones single "My Friends Over You" was a huge hit, and helped snag NFG a headlining spot for the 2002 Warped Tour jaunt. After the tour and its resulting hype, New Found Glory re-entered the studio with a newfound restlessness. The result, issued in May 2004, was Catalyst, which found the band's sugary punk-pop steeped in influences from hardcore to thrash to new wave. The live DVD This Disaster: Live in London appeared that fall as well. Catalyst peaked at number three on Billboard's Top 200, propelled in part by the success of "All Downhill from Here." Hooking up with producer Thom Panunzio (Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Petty), NFG released their matured fifth full-length, Coming Home, in September 2006. They immediately hit the road in support with a lengthy set of headlining dates throughout the U.S. and U.K. with the Early November and Cartel in tow. In 2007 the second edition of From the Screen to Your Stereo, which included pop-punk covers of songs like Lisa Loeb's "Stay" and Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me," came out.