Four Year Strong performing during the Rockstar Energy Disrupt Festival at the Austin360 Amphitheater in Austin, Texas on June 22, 2019, with Dan O'Connor, Alan Day, Joe Weiss, and Jake Massucco.
Taking influence from the likes of Lifetime, Gorilla Biscuits, and New Found Glory, Four Year Strong built an aggressive and melody-riddled combination of hardcore, emo pop, and pop-punk upon their formation in Worcester, Massachusetts. The band's lineup , vocalist/guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, drummer Jake Massucco, and synth player Josh Lyford, was cemented during the musicians' high-school tenure in 2003, though a form of the band had already existed for several years.The Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival is a new music experience making its debut across North America this summer. The festival takes place across two stages, allowing fans to experience all of their must-see artists in one rock-filled day. In addition, anyone who brings an empty 16-ounce can of Rockstar Energy Drink to recycle at the main gate will have the opportunity to skip the line and be entered to win a signed festival guitar and exclusive meet-and-greet with festival headliners.
In 2011, Four Year Strong went into the studio with producer David Bendeth to work on their fourth album, In Some Way, Shape, or Form, which was released at the end of the year. Their serious new tone took many fans by surprise and they took a few years to deliver a follow-up. Released in 2014, their Go Down in History EP was considered a sort of return to form. In early 2015, nearly four years after their last LP, they announced the release of their self-titled fifth album and first for California-based indie Pure Noise. The album was a success for Four Year Strong, reaching number 77 on Billboard's Top 200. They followed it up two years later with a collection of rarities and unplugged material called Some of You Will Like This, Some of You Won't. (Source: AllMusic)
The touring festival features an unique lineups in each city, the line up for Austin included:
- The Used
- Thrice
- Circa Survive
- The Story So Far
- Memphis May Fire
- Sleeping With Sirens
- Four Year Strong
- Trophy Eyes
- Juliet Simms
- Hyro The Hero
Four Year Strong shared the stage with The Used, Thrice Circa Survive, The Story So Far, Memphis May Fire, Sleeping With Sirens, Four Year Strong, Trophy Eyes, Juliet Simms, and Hyro The Hero at the Austin360 Amphitheater. The festival continues across the United States with the last stop at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 28, 2019.
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