False Start (band)

False Start
Origin	Auckland, New Zealand
Genres	Power pop Rock Post-Hardcore
Years active	2005-2010
Labels	Deadboy Records/Universal
Website	[1]
Past members	Andrew Morrison Ashley Wills Pascal Jary Craigen Durrant Jim Marshall Kev Roberts David Wong Vaughn Phillips

False Start was a Power pop/Rock band from Auckland, New Zealand that formed in the winter of 2005. They were signed to Deadboy Records/Universal.

Sam McCarthy, Jordan Arts, David Wong, Graham Scherer and Michael Pomare were members of "Incursa", a St Peter's College band which won the Smokefreerockquest in 2004. False Start was first formed by members of this group.

In June 2005, False Start won the Henderson regional heat of Battle of the Bands, going on to claim first equal in the Primal final, out of over a hundred Auckland bands. Adding to their early success False Start’s Goodbye Summer EP sold out on the first night of sales, their record debuting at #3 on the Real Groovy National chart. Shortly after False Start signed to Deadboy Records with distribution/backing from Universal Music NZ.

they released their first single "Don't Walk Away" from the EP titled Goodbye Summer EP and a mini album entitled Adore Tu Ser..... There is also a four track acoustic mini album titled Tealight For Burma.

Since forming their band, False Start have shared the stage with numerous local and international acts such as Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Story of the Year, Funeral for a Friend, Aiden, Rise Against, The Used and many more. They have also toured extensively throughout New Zealand and Australia.

False Start played at the Auckland Big Day Out 2008 on the Local Produce Stage. False Start also did a cover of "4ever" by The Veronicas.

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