History Music / FuneralForAFriend

* CarefulWithThatAxe

** "Juneau" is also one - the band have been known to stop playing whilst the crowd sings "And I'm nothing more than a line in your book"

*** The band also seemed to dislike their song "Monsters", as it was the only early single that wasn't included on their "Your History Is Mine" compilation (Red Is The New Black was included instead) and rarely done live. When it is done live, Matt seems to struggle to sing it.

* ExecutiveMeddling - Likely to be the reason for the removal of the screaming in Juneau, as it was going to be released as a single. The band have always played it live in its Juno arrangement (IE with screaming) thus indicating they always intended it to have it.

*** There is a song example of this, in that the demo of This Letter was quite a powerful electric version, and the final version was a laid back acoustic rendition.

* OldShame - Very much {{averted}} with the first few [=EPs=], which are held in high regard by the band and their fanbase.

* PerishingAltRockVoice - Your Revolution Is A Joke, Drive, Sonny, and the end of Kiss And Make Up (All Bets Are Off).

EPs:

* {{Badass beard}} - Kris, Matt during Tales Don't Tell Themselves.
* {{Bishonen}} - Matt during the eps and Casually Dressed.

** It's explained in the liner notes for Seven Ways To Scream Your Name that Matt considered it a "bad Daryl Palumbo impression" they included it specifically to show how it was the sound they tried to go for between their first two EPs and so hadn't quite found their sound yet.

** - Said to be the reason why Funeral for A Friend went softer on Hours and Tales Don't Tell Themselves.
*** - True enough with Hours (compare the demo of The End Of Nothing to the album version, for example), but Tales was a personal choice by the band to do something different.

* LyricalDissonance - The first half of the song "Welcome Home Armageddon" is probably the most upbeat-sounding song about the apocalypse this side of {{REM}}. The second part is [[SubduedSection much more somber]].

* NewSoundAlbum - In 2007, they released Tales Don't Tell Themselves, a mellower AlternativeRock ConceptAlbum about a lost fisherman.[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks It was not well received by the fanbase]].

* OldShame - Very much {{Averted}} with the first few EPs, which are held in high regard by the band and their fanbase.
** Although generally proud of their early period, the band did regard Getaway Plan as an OldShame for a while, mainly due to Matt's attempt at a new vocal style (which he called a "bad Daryl Palumbo impression"). The band came to regard the song as an important part of their development as a band (calling it "the link between their first two EPs") and released it on the compilations "Seven Ways To Scream Your Name" and "Your History Is Mine". The band have not commented on it recently. Fan opinion on the song is generally positive thanks to how well regarded that period is.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This Letter, an acoustic song recorded during the Hours sessions, is commonly held to show how they went softer for that album. In 2013, it was revealed that they recorded an earlier version during the sessions for their first EP Between Order And Model. At this time the song was called "Grand Central Station". They didn't release it originally because it wasn't representative of their sound. It was a slap in the face to people who thought the band was just heavy during that EP's period.

* YourCheatingHeart - "Juneau", according to WordOfGod (Matt), it's about an ex-girlfriend who cheated on him.

* AudienceParticipationSong - When performing Streetcar, the band ask someone from the crowd to play a ringtone on their phone, or sing it, before launching into the song. This mimics the way it happens on the studio recording.

* NewSoundAlbum - In 2007, they released Tales Don't Tell Themselves, a mellower AlternativeRock ConceptAlbum about a lost fisherman.[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks It was not well received by the fanbase]].

** Since Conduit, Matt tends to shout sing more often, due to the lack of Ryan's screaming.

*** Welcome Home Armageddon is a double one - in addition to be a title track it also gave its name to See You All In Hell.

* LighterAndSofter - ''Hours'' and ''Tales Don't Tell Themselves'' were more melodic and less heavy than their debut. They got back to the old sound on ''Memory and Humanity'', but their true comeback was ''Welcome Home Armageddon''.

* AGoodNameForARockBand - The band is named for a song by PlanesMistakenForStars, not the EltonJohn song, as some believe.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong - "Your Revolution Is A Joke", "Building", "Sonny", "History" and, to an extent, "Owls (Are Watching)".

** However, unlike Best, he left of his own accord to study art, and has remained friends with the band for all those years since. Notably, he drew the cover art for their album Conduit.

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** However, he has remained friends with the band for all those years since, and notably drew the cover art for their album Conduit.

Funeral For A Friend is a {{Post-Hardcore}} band from Bridgend, Wales. Formed in 2001, they have released five studio albums. Unlike most bands in the genre, FuneralForAFriend are influenced by NWOBHM and ThrashMetal. In addition, their sound features interplay between dual vocalists and guitarists.

* DrivenToSuicide - The boy in video for "Roses For the Dead", it's not shown but as the video progresses you can see a distraught mother clearing the boy's things away and remensing about him and at the very end it shows the boy at the edge of a tall building.

* Ryan Richards - drums, [[MetalScream unclean vocals]]

* DorkAge - Arguably, ''Tales Don't Tell Themselves'' and ''Memory & Humanity''.

* EpicRiff - Roses For The Dead, Recovery, Serpents in Solitude

* MagnumOpus / FirstInstallmentWins - Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation remains their most critically acclaimed and popular album.
** There are also a number of people who believe that their first or second EP is this trope, due to considering the band to have sold out by removing the screaming on the rerecorded Juno.
* {{Narm}} - "Sonny", Oh god how Matt over-sings here.
** He does the same thing on "Drive", especially when it sounds like he's chewing the microphone.

* RecordOfLoudnessWar- They are repeat offenders. Memory and Humanity, in particular, has noticeable distortion and clipping.

* {{Emo}} - They've been lumped in with the scene, although they're more Melodic Hardcore with HeavyMetal influences.

* DorkAge - Arguably, Tales Don't Tell Themselves and Memory & Humanity.
* Driven to Suicide - The boy in video for Roses For the Dead, it's not shown but as the video progresses you can see a distraught mother clearing the boy's things away and remensing about him and at the very end it shows the boy at the edge of a tall building.

* LighterAndSofter - Hours and Tales Don't Tell Themselves were more melodic and less heavy than their debut. They got back to their old sound on Memory and Humanity, but their true comeback was Welcome Home Armageddon.

* Tearjerker - The video for Roses for the Dead.

* AscendedFanboy - During the tour for Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, they got to open for their idols, IronMaiden.