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Thousand Foot Krutch

Thousand Foot Krutch (shortened as TFK) is a Canadian rock band formed in 1997. They have released four major studio albums: Set It Off (2000), Phenomenon (2003), The Art of Breaking (2005), and The Flame In All of Us (2007). Lead singer Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine are also members of their side project band FM Static. The band's musical style is generally considered to be hard rock, alternative rock/pop, and sometimes heavy metal; because of the band's Christianity-based lyrics, they are a Christian rock band.[1][2]

Overview

Trevor McNevan began the band in Peterborough, Ontario, a city northeast of Toronto, where he went to high school. Joel Bruyere, born in Brantford, Ontario, was McNevan's childhood friend who had moved away but remained in contact with him. Drummer Steve Augustine is from Hamilton, Ontario. Trevor's first band was Oddball, which featured Dave Smith on guitar, Tim Baxter on bass and Trevor's cousin, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson, on drums. Oddball recorded only one album, Shutterbug, which was released in 1995. McNevan is the founding member of TFK (along with original guitarist Dave Smith), formed in 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario. McNevan came up with TFK's name "symbolizing the point in our lives that we realize we can't make it on our own strength". He has written and released 6 TFK albums to date.

TFK has worked with producers Aaron Sprinkle (Mae/Anberlin/MxPx), Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley), Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan), and Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D) on their last 3 Tooth and Nail-released records.

Thousand Foot Krutch shared the stage with bands like Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, Treble Charger, The Tea Party, Scratching Post, Maestro, Rascalz, Rubber, Dogwood, Matthew Good Band, Gob, Skillet, Korn, P.O.D., Egypt Central, Chevelle, Sevendust, 10 Years, Demon Hunter, tobyMac and many more.

History

Shutterbug (1995–1996)

Shutterbug was released in 1995 by band Oddball, which was the first version of TFK. The line-up included four members: Trevor McNevan (vocals, guitar), Dave Smith (guitar), Tim Baxter (bass) and Trevor's cousin, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson (drums), who also played in Groundswell (the first version of Three Days Grace). Bands spend a lot of time together and even worked at McDonald's. Oddball disbanded in 1996.

That's What People Do (1998–1999)

That's What People Do was released independently in 1998 and is out of print. It sold over 5000 copies. TFK climbed the ladder of local notoriety throughout Ontario and abroad. Reaching the ears of Ontario commercial radio, CKWF 101.5 FM in their home town of Peterborough took a chance and added "Rhyme Animal", the band's first single from their independent recording, to their rotation. It clicked with listeners and within two months ended up being one of the five most requested songs of the year. In 1999 TFK was chosen by 7 Ball Magazine as one of the top 25 indie bands in North America. They were also awarded "Best Indie Recording" and Trevor awarded "Vocalist of the Year" by the readers of The Wire Magazine. They were then awarded "Band of the Year" at the 2000 Wire Awards. They were also voted as the #1 band of the millennium on 100.3 FM in Barrie, Ontario.

Set It Off (2000–2002)

Set It Off was released on November 14, 2000. It was the group's debut label release. The sound of the album was distinct in its heavily hip-hop influenced nu metal, and though a few songs from the record (including "Puppet" and "Supafly") impacted at both Secular and Christian radio, the band gained notoriety almost entirely through self-promotion and word of mouth. The band also printed a limited edition "Pre-release" version of "Set It Off" at a release party in Peterborough, Ontario for their local fans. TFK toured with Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, Treble Charger, The Tea Party, Matthew Good Band, Gob and others. Three Days Grace, which was a cover band at that time, was a TFK's opening band. Trevor helped with recordings of Three Days Grace's demo album. He is also featured on their song "This Movie" from this album.

Phenomenon (2003–2004)

In 2003, TFK signed with Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records after long consideration and released their critically-acclaimed second full-length CD, Phenomenon. Though something of a departure from the rap-heavy sound of Set it Off, Phenomenon still relied on McNevan's rhythmic vocals, albeit with a solid modern metal sound. Phenomenon was well received, and spawned 4 popular radio singles, including the anthemic "Rawkfist." The CD sold 200,000 units[3] making it one of the best-selling albums in Tooth & Nail's history. They continued this success with the 2004 re-release of Set it Off through Tooth & Nail, allowing for a larger print run and adding 6 songs, including five from "That's What People Do", and one new song "Everyone Like Me", produced by Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley). In that time McNevan and Augustine started a side band called FM Static, which can be classified as a pop-punk or pop/rock band and is usually much more light-hearted. FM Static scoring two #10 hits for their songs "Crazy Mary", and "Something to Believe in."

The Art of Breaking (2005–2006)

On July 19, 2005, they released their third full-length album The Art of Breaking, produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan). This album makes almost a complete break from the nu metal sound of their earlier albums, focusing more on heavy metal elements with songs like Absolute and the very heavy song "Hand Grenade". The single "Move" peaked at #16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart early 2006[citation needed]. The band was on many tours, festivals and concerts, including concerts with Korn, Paramore, Relient K, AFI, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, Neverending White Lights, Kill Hannah, Trapt and others.

The Flame in All of Us (2007–2008)

After working in the studio with producer Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D/Mae) they released The Flame in All of Us on September 18, 2007. This album could be considered a slight deviation from their previous rapcore inspired sound, with a move to a more mainstream rock sound, with some heavy influences from bands such as fellow Canadian artists Our Lady Peace & other various metal bands. On January 20, 2008 "The Flame In All Of Us" became the 1000th song to ever make it on the ChristianRock.Net Top 30 Chart. Also on Purevolume.com Thousand Foot Krutch was the favorite artist on the 2nd of July 2007 and 26 August 2007.

In 2006, Trevor became involved with TobyMac and helped him write the music for the song "Ignition" found on Toby's album "Portable Sounds". Because of this,[citation needed] in the spring of 2007 the band was part of the TobyMac Portable Sounds tour. The tour was such a success that Toby asked them to do the fall tour as well.[citation needed]

The next tour was in the spring of 2008 when the band toured with Skillet and Decyfer Down. TFK also perfomed with Egypt Central, P.O.D., Chevelle, Sevendust, 10 Years, Daughtry, Red. After a lengthy summer playing festivals and one-off shows, they were then direct support for the very first Creation Festival Tour. The tour consisted of the following nine bands: Kutless, TFK, Pillar, KJ-52, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, Run Kid Run, Esterlyn, and Capital Lights. TFK covered the Christmas song "Jingle Bell Rock" for the Christmas album X Christmas, put out by Tooth & Nail Records.

Welcome to the Masquerade (2009–present)

Thousand Foot Krutch has finished recording their their new album titled Welcome to the Masquerade, which is expected to be released in the fall of 2009.

McNevan appeared in a live chat with fans via TFKTV hosted by Mogulus Live Broadcast. In the chat, He revealed several facts about the record. The band has reunited with Aaron Sprinkle to produce this album. Sprinkle had previously produced the TFK album Phenomenon. Trevor stated that the album will be very aggressive, and will contain fifteen tracks potentially including: "Already Home", "Scream", "E for Extinction", "Forward Motion", "Shook", "Bring Me to Life", "Outta Control" and "Smack Down". Emery's Matt Carter and well-known producer and mixer Randy Staub (Metallica, Stone Sour, Nickelback/Our Lady Peace) are also working with Trevor on Welcome to the Masquerade. McNeven stated on his twitter page on April 2 that they had four days of recording and finishing the record left before the live tfktv broadcast that took place on April 6.

"Bring Me to Life", the first single, is now available for free download on Feed The Beat.

Members

Current
  • Trevor McNevan - vocals, Guitar (studio) (1997-present)
  • Joel Bruyere - Bass Guitar, backing vocals (1999-present) – founded a solo project called The Drawing Room.
  • Steve Augustine - drums (2001-present)
  • Nick Baumhardt - Guitar (2007-present)
Former
  • Dave Smith - Guitar (1997-2001)
  • Mike Harrison - Guitar (2001-2003)
  • Jamie Aplin - Guitar (2003-2007)
  • Tim Baxter - Bass Guitar (1997-1998)
  • Pat Pedasiuk - Bass Guitar (1998-1999)
  • Christian Harvey - drums (1997-1999)
  • Geoff "Johnny Orbital" Laforet - drums (1999-2001)

Discography

Main article: Thousand Foot Krutch discography

Studio albums

Awards and recognition

Gospel Music Association Canada Covenant Awards

  • 2005 Artist Of The Year
  • 2005 Group Of The Year
  • 2005 Modern Rock Album Of The Year: The Art of Breaking
  • 2006 Video Of The Year: Move
  • 2008 nominee, Group Of The Year
  • 2008 nominee, Hard Music Album Of The Year: The Flame In All Of Us
  • 2008 nominee, Hard Music Song Of The Year: "Falls Apart"

Juno Awards

Taco Bell's Feed The Beat

References

  1. ^ Johnny Loftus. "Thousand Foot Krutch > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ Erik Hage. "The Art of Breaking > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  3. ^ Soul Purpose » THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH | The Art of Breaking
  4. ^ http://www.christiantoday.com/article/thousand.foot.krutch.wins.taco.bell.best.of.the.beat/22007.htm
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