The Fully Down

From Lastfm:

The Fully Down are a melodic punk band from Ottawa, Canada, consisting of vocalist Gab Bouchard, drummer Dicky Latour, bassist Alex Newman, and guitarists George Hadji, Kris Parks, and Dan Hay.

They have released two LPs, their debut No Fate...But What We Make For Ourselves and their 2005 full-length Don't Get Lost in a Movement and are currently on the Vans warped Tour 2006. Their sound has been compared to influences as widely ranging as Iron Maiden, Thrice, Strung Out and even The Police.

Originally formed in 1999, the band underwent a change of personnel in 2003 to welcome several new members and incorporated a third guitarist to produce a fuller, more dynamic sound. With help from friend and producer/engineer, Dean Hadjichristou (Addictive Sound Studios), the band began production on tracks that would eventually appear on their debut CD. After playing only a handful of shows, The Fully Down caught the attention of local label Pop Culture Records, who eagerly signed the band.

Alternative Press Magazine selected The Fully Down as winners of their Vans Warped Tour (Region 4) contest in July, 2004. The band subsequently enjoyed three weeks on the Vans Warped Tour covering the North-Eastern U.S. & Canada. The band also signed a deal that saw their CD released in Japan via Bullion Records in February, 2005.

The Fully Down signed to Fearless Records in August 2005. Their label debut, Don't Get Lost in a Movement, appeared that November. Touring continued before the band headed out the following spring on the fear and loathing Tour with Protest The Hero, A Wilhelm Scream, Bayside and The Spill Canvas. Halfway through April the tour ended and they began touring with Boy Sets Fire and Versus the Mirror until the end of May.

From Wikipedia:

The Fully Down was a Canadian rock band that was formed in suburban Ottawa in 1999, with the current lineup coming together in 2003. The sextet debuted in June 2004 on Pop Culture Records with No Fate...But What We Make for Ourselves. The album garnered favorable reviews, and they went on three weeks Warped Tour 2004 to support it. Their stint on Warped Tour gave them their first taste of U.S. exposure, which accelerated their popularity in the North American market.

The Fully Down signed to Fearless Records in August 2005. Their label debut, Don't Get Lost In A Movement was release in North America November 22nd 2005. That following spring, the band headed out on the Fear and Loathing Tour with Protest The Hero, A Wilhelm Scream, Bayside (band) and The Spill Canvas. The tour ended halfway through April, and they began touring with Boy Sets Fire and Versus the Mirror until the end of May. The summer of 2006 was spent back on the annual Warped Tour.

In late 2006, the band appeared on the Radio Rebellion Tour with Norma Jean, Between the Buried and Me, and Fear Before the March of Flames and Misery Signals. They also toured Japan with Bodyjar, Bigwig and Fact in late 2006.

As of December 2006, vocalist Gab Bouchard announced that he was leaving the band. He played his last show on December 27, at The Salt Lounge in London, Ontario.

After auditioning singers via their MySpace, The Fully Down announced that they decided on a new vocalist: Justin Camarena, of Detroit, MI. Camarena was a founding member of a local Detroit band named Tough Call, which had a loyal following from their inception in 2003 until their disbanding following Justin's departure to join The Fully Down.

On July 30, 2008 the band posted a blog entry on their Myspace page announcing that they were breaking up, with their final show occurring at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa on August 23, 2008. Since then, a few of the band members have started other projects. Dan Hay (guitar) joined Ottawa band Amos the Transparent, and Alex Newman (bass) moved to London, Ontario to start his new band, the Bad Ideas.