Four Year Strong
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Four Year Strong in 2011. From left to right: Weiss, Day, Massucco, and O'Connor.
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| Origin | Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | fouryearstrongmusic |
| Members | Dan O'Connor Alan Day Jake Massucco Joe Weiss |
| Past members | Josh Lyford |
Four Year Strong is an American Pop punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco. They have released five studio albums; their recent self-titled album was released on June 2, 2015, through Pure Noise Records.
Four Year Strong was formed in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2001 by current members Dan O'Connor, Alan Day, Jake Massucco, and Joe Weiss as well as former member Josh Lyford. Dan O'Connor, Alan Day and Jake Massucco all attended Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester and met through mutual friends. They released their first studio album digitally, It's Our Time, not long after their formation. The band released a demo in 2006, which contained early versions of their songs from Rise or Die Trying.
The band's 2007 release Rise or Die Trying with I Surrender Records peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in its debut week. On the back of their increasing popularity, the band was signed to Decaydance Records in February 2008.
On July 21, 2009, Four Year Strong released covers album, titled Explains It All. The album features guest appearances from Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, and JR and Buddy of Less Than Jake. The band explained their reasoning behind the album in a MySpace blog, saying "It's what we grew up listening to. Everyone has those songs that instantly transport you back to when you were younger. Whether we were in our bedrooms playing air guitar, or riding in the car to little league practice, or it was just that song that was all over the radio during that awesome summer at the Cape. These songs have impacted us in some way and we want to share that feeling with you."
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