Shake Up In The FFTL World 2007-02-26 by The Sludge | 16 Comments | Taken from the From First To Last MySpace blog.
There are many rumors going around right now about our band, and we have finally ended up in a position to be able to share with you what has happened over the last couple months since the Atreyu Tour fiasco, the cancellation of the Lost Prophets tour, and our backing out of the Give It A Name festival.
Sonny Moore has quit the band and is working on a solo career. We (Good, Richter, Bloom and Matt Manning -- now an official member, by the way) were in the studio writing for the new record getting ready to fly to Los Angeles to meet up with Sonny to record the record when we got the news about him leaving.
We know that Sonny's departure is going to be a huge deal to a lot of our fans, and we are sorry that these things continue to happen to us (and you). We all tried to make compromises, but sometimes artists just have to do things for themselves.
To make matters worse, Capitol Records was on the verge of being bought out by another label and bands were being dropped. Money was put on hold from the label and with FFTL already in debt due to the Atreyu tour and studio costs..... Well, we were pretty much crippled.
We had a decision to make that night at the studio that I will never forget... This was the most epic, movie-worthy event of my life. We just said, "Screw this. Let's just do it ourselves. The whole thing -- just us four." The good news is Sonny leaving meant that the band had to make changes, and these changes couldn't have been more positive. And so, that is exactly what we have been doing over the last couple of months -- self-producing the new From First to Last album, without a record label or Sonny.
To get the ball rolling, I quickly called my friend Lee Dyess who owns the EarthSound studio in Valdosta, GA where we recorded "dear diary" and "aesthetic" (we also helped him build it), and arranged for the studio time which cost us the rest of our money and favors from Lee. We also teamed up with our close friend Jordan Schur who is not only managing us now, but signed our band to his label Suretone (through Interscope).
Matt Good is now fronting the band along with vocals from myself and Manning. We are extremely excited about this record, and we are stoked to be singing again.
Thank you everyone so much for all of your support, and to the U.K....we are really sorry you seem to have taken the worst from this, we are gonna make it up this year we promise.
Check back for updates and keep your eyes peeled for a complete online over haul for FFTL...
- Travis & FFTL
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Tagged: From First to Last
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They wern't that great anyway.
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Wow I wa sliterally stunned after reading that... I loved his voice but I figured that his ego would get th ebest of him one of these days...This Message Edited On 02.26.07
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From First to Last will be dead in two years. *awaits me to love their upcoming record*
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I saw them live... their lead singer had so much energy, I gained a lot of respect for them. This is saddening... I hope things work out
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I'm actually looking forward to hearing the new album to see how they're going to accomodate. I disliked Sonny and the band, but maybe they'll take this as a time to change and better themselves.
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Thats rough man. Good to hear they're not calling it quits.
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Oh damn that sucks. No band deserves what they've gone through lately.
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wow... i did not see that coming. you gotta give them credit, most bands who go through half of what they've gone through just call it quits. cheers to them for pulling through, i look forward to hearing new material from them.
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LOL... their old singer looked like a living 14-year-old pimple anyways, and his voice sucked... as for the solo career, count me in not to buy it.
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meh...now all the emo chicks that love sonny moore will have to find a new lead singer to adore...probably that dude from Red Jumpsuit appawhateverthehellandwhocareswhattheircalled
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These guys were really good with him. 
I actually enjoyed "Heroine" a lot.
Oh well, I still have "Dear Diary" to get.
But still... This Message Edited On 02.27.07
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this is such great news, and this band will take a turn for the better.
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NO!!!!!!First Chris Chase now this!
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All the hardcore Sonny fans aren't going to take well to this. I didn't think Sonny was that good of a singer but unfortanately he like made FFTL what it was. They should maybe change the band's name? As for Sonny, man way to just ditch your band.
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whoever says anything bad about sonny your all little fu#kers for all i care first of all he was the best thing that ever happnd to me that band changed my life and he is the hottest person i have seen in my entier liffr and whoeveer said that fftl will do better they wont have you heard matt goods voice he sounds like hes two
and sonny has an amazing voice people stop doing crack and maby you will pay attention for once
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You're gay.
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