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With influences Ranging From Lifetime To Saves The Day, Gorilla Biscuits To New Found Glory. Four Year Strong Singer/guitarists Dan O'connor Explains Their Combination Of Hardcore And Pop-punk “we Just Play Exactly What We Want To Hear” Sharing An Average Age Of 20 Years Old, The Five Guys From Massachusetts That Make Up Four Year Strong Have Already Made Themselves Known As one Of Alternative Press’s “100 Bands You Need To Know in ‘08” And Rolling Stone’s “40 Bands You Need To Know”. Frequenting The Smartpunk Top 10 Sales And Purevolume’s “most Played” Charts, The Band Has Garnered Nearly 2 Million Plays on Myspace By Simply Making Music The Way They Want It To Be Made.

Their Debut Full-length, Rise Or Die Trying, Premiered Late 2007 on I Surrender Records And Caused An insant Buzz. This May The Album Is Released in Australia And New Zealand By Shock Records With An Exclusive Bonus Track! The Album Continues To Generate An Excited Buzz Across The Web, Catching The Ears Of Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. As Of February 2008, The Band Is Proud To Announce Its Partnership With Decaydance Records, Joining The Ranks Of Bands Like Panic At The Disco, The Academy Is…, And Gym Class Heroes. With The Support Of Both Decaydance And I Surrender Records, Four Year Strong Are Building Themselves To The Top With An indestructible Foundation.