The thousands of Krutch Feet (often abbreviated TFK ) is a Canadian Christian rock band, nu metal and hard rock formed in 1995. They have released eight albums. They have also released two live albums and three remix albums. Singer Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine are also members of their own side project band called FM Static and Joel Bruyere started his own solo project called "The Drawing Room" in 2009. The band has sold a million albums in February 2014.
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Trevor McNevan founded the band in Peterborough, Ontario, a town in northeast Toronto, where he went to high school. Joel Bruyere, born in Brantford, Ontario, is a childhood friend of McNevan who has moved away but keep in touch with him. Drummer Steve Augustine is from Hamilton, Ontario. McNevan's first band was Oddball , featuring Dave Smith on guitar, Tim Baxter on bass and McNevan's best friend, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson, on drums. Oddball only recorded one album, Shutterbug , released in 1995. McNevan was a founding member of TFK (with original guitarist Dave Smith), formed in 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario. McNevan came up with the name TFK "symbolizes the point in our lives that we realize we can not make with our own strength". He has written and released seven albums with Thousand Foot Krutch to date and four others with his side project FM Static.
TFK has worked with Aaron Sprinkle (Mae/Anberlin/MxPx), Gavin Brown (Three Days of Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley), Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven) and Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D) on their last three Gigi and Nail-released notes.
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History
Shutterbug (1995-1996)
Shutterbug was released by Trevor McNevan in 1995 under the band name Oddball. McNevan has friends Dave Smith (guitar), Tim Baxter (bass) and Neil Sanderson (drums), playing on the album. There are 27 songs on the album, the first half rock, the second half of hip-hop. McNevan recorded it in Barry Haggarty's studio in his hometown, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He works at McDonald's and other jobs to pay for studio time. The song "Lift It," first appeared here and then re-recorded for the first release of Thousand Foot Krutch That What People Do and appeared again on Set It Off.
That's what the people are doing (1997-1999)
That's What People Do was written in McNevan's year to start TFK in 1997. It was released independently in 1998 and not printed. It sold over 5,000 copies. TFK climbed the ladder of local fame throughout Ontario and abroad. Reaching the ears of Ontario's commercial radio, CKWF 101.5 FM in their home town of Peterborough added "Rhyme Animal", the band's first single from their independent recording, to their rotation. It clicked with the listener and within two months ended up being one of the five most requested songs of the year. In 1999, TFK was selected by 7 Ball Magazine as one of the top 25 bands in North America. They were also awarded the "Best Indie Recording" and McNevan was awarded "Vocalist of the Year" by readers of The Wire Magazine. They were later awarded the "Band of the Year" at the 2000 Wire Awards. They were also voted the No.1 millennium band at 100.3 FM in Barrie, Ontario.
Set It Off (2000-2002 )
Set It Off was released on 14 November 2000. This is the first indie label release of the group. The sound of the album differs in music that is strongly influenced by hip-hop nu metal, and although some songs from the recordings (including "Wayang" and "Supafly") impact on secular and Christian radios, the band gained almost entirely fame through self-promotion and mouth to the mouth. The band toured extensively throughout North America and eventually garnered much of the label's attention by selling 85,000 copies of indie releases from their vans. The band also printed the limited version of "Pre-release" edition of "Set It Off" sold only at their release party at The Gordon Best Theater in Peterborough, Ontario for their local fans. TFK toured with Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, Treble Charger, The Tea Party, Matthew Good Band, Gob, Sum 41 and others. Three Days Grace, which was the closing band at the time, was a routine support for TFK. McNevan helped with the recording of Three Days Grace demo album. He also appeared on their song "This Movie" from this album. Around this same time, Dave Smith left the group, making McNevan the only real member. Smith was replaced by Myke Harrison, who split up about a year later. After the departure of Dave Smith, McNevan began writing all the guitar lines and the band has been using live guitar players rather than officially replacing them.
Tracking seven of these albums, entitled "Unbelievable" - a cover of an EMF song of the same name - appeared on the soundtrack for the 2010 film "Just Wright".
Phenomenon (2003-2004)
In 2003, the band signed a contract with Tooth & amp; Nail Records after a long time considering and releasing a critically acclaimed second full-length CD, Phenomenon . Although something of a departure from the heavy-rap sound of Set i Off, Phenomenon is still reliant on McNevan's rhythmic vocals, albeit with solid modern metal sound. Phenomenon was well received, and spawned 4 popular radio singles, including "Rawkfist" anthemic. CD sold 200,000 units making it one of the best-selling albums in Tooth & amp; Nail history. They continued this success with the 2004 birthday release of Set it Off via Tooth & amp; Nails, allowing for larger prints and adding 6 tracks, including five of "That's What People Do", and one new song "Everyone Like Me", produced by Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley).
At the same time, McNevan and Augustine started a side band called FM Static, which can be classified as pop-punk or pop/rock bands and usually much lighter. FM Static scored many number 1 hits, including their songs "Crazy Mary", and "Something to Believe in." In 2004, they toured with Kutless on a "Sea of ​​Faces" tour alongside Falling Up and FM Static.
The Art of Breaking (2005- 2006)
On July 19, 2005, they released their third full album The Art of Breaking , produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady of Peace/Finger Eleven). The album almost made a complete break from the sound of the nu metal phenomenon, focusing more on heavy elements. The record was the first to feature a short guitar solo as well. The Art of Breaking was well received from fans, although some criticized the album style changes. Single "Move" peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in early 2006. Other singles include "Absolute" and "Breathe You In", which was released to alternative radio and was one of the band's first slow songs. During this time the band toured extensively.
Flame in All of Us (2007 -2008)
After working in the studio with producer Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D/Mae) they released The Flame in All of Us on September 18, 2007, by moving to a more mainstream rock sound , with some heavy influences from bands like our Canadian fellow Canadian Peace & amp; various other metal bands. The album featured the single "Falls Apart", "What We Know?", "Favorite Sickness" and "Flame in All of Us". On January 20, 2008, "Flame in All of Us" became the 1000th song ever on the ChristianRock.Net Top 30 Chart. Also at Purevolume.com, Thousand Foot Krutch was the favorite artist on July 2, 2007 and August 26, 2007.
In 2006, McNevan got involved with TobyMac and helped him write the song "Ignition" found on Portable Sounds. This song has been used in many TV/movie shows including Monday Night Football and NASCAR. Therefore, in the spring of 2007 the band became part of the TobyMac Portable Sounds tour. The tour was so successful that Toby asked them to do the fall tour as well.
The next tour was in the spring of 2008 when the band toured with Skillet and Decyfer Down. TFK performed with P.O.D., Chevelle, Sevendust, 10 Years, Daughtry, Red and many other bands on this album. After a long summer festival and one holiday, they immediately support for the first Creation Festival: The Tour. The tour consists of the following nine bands: Kutless, TFK, Pillar, KJ-52, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, Run Kids Run, Esterlyn, and Capital Lights. TFK was asked to headline a three-show tour in, but was rejected. TFK covered the Christmas song "Jingle Bell Rawk" for Christmas X Christmas album, released by Tooth & amp; Nail notes.
Welcome to Masquerade (2009- 2011)
The next album Thousand Foot Krutch, entitled Welcome to Masquerade , was first announced in early 2009. In April '09, McNevan appeared in a live chat with fans via TFKTV hosted by Mogulus Live Broadcast, where he revealed some facts about the record. The band reunited with Aaron Sprinkle to co-produce the album (Sprinkle previously produced the album TFK Phenomenon ) with the help of Matt Carter from Emery and Randy Staub (Metallica/Stone Sour/Nickelback/Our Lady Peace). The song "Fire It Up" is featured in video games such as EA Sports NHL 10 and several others and is featured on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie trailer. The record was released on September 8, 2009 and peaked at No. 1. 35 on Billboard 200.
In the summer of 2009, McNevan underwent emergency surgery at appendix, causing TFK to cancel at the Creation West Festival (not to be confused with Festival Creations: Tour). He returned to the show a week later. The band appeared in many other festivals, including their debut appearances on Soulfest. Thousand Foot Krutch then announced the fall tour to support the Welcome to Masquerade and during the fall of 2009, TFK appeared again at Festival Creations: Tour, with Jars of Clay, Audio Unplugged, B.Reith, FM Static, and the Beautiful Republic, and as well as Christmas breaks with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Flyleaf, After Midnight Project, and The Veer Union.
On September 8, 2009, three TFK albums, Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , and The Flame in All of Us were re-released as a set of three CD called Deja Vu: The Thousand Foot Krutch Anthology .
Thousand Foot Krutch toured with Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle and Red in March 2010.
The Peterborough Examiner reported on January 29 that an unspecified Thousand Foot Krutch song can be used in Iron Man 2.
In a concert video posted on February 1, 2010, the band was spotted with a new guitarist, Ty Dietzler, who replaced Nick Baumhardt as a tour guitarist. He also plays the rhythm guitar for The Letter Black.
In the first week of April 2010, "Fire it Up" was released for Rock band music store in Rock Band 2. On April 19, Detroit Red Wings performed "The Invitation" and "Welcome to the Masquerade" during the game introduction event. On May 11, 2010, McNevan announced on his personal Facebook page: "We [TFK] covered" The Heat Miser Song "from the old classic Christmas specials, going to do one with FM too, but that was a surprise..." referring to their upcoming appearance on the album "X-Christmas 2" by Tooth and Nail Records. He also stated that the live DVD for TFK is planned for the near future and is being recorded on May 28 at YC Alberta at Rexall Place in Edmonton in front of an audience of 14,000 people. The live DVD is likely to be released in fall of 2010 according to McNevan. The TFK song "Unbelievable" will be used in the Just Wright movie. During the 2010 NBA playoffs, the TFK song "Move" was used by ABC.
In 2010, TFK performed at the Creation Festival: The Tour Presents Welcome to the Masquerade Fall Tour. They lead the tour, which will also feature Disciple and Ivoryline, with Decyfer Down replacing the Disciples during the final week of the tour. The band also stated that they had just started writing songs for a new record.
In January 2011 TFK joined the national tour of Rock And Worship Roadshow titled by MercyMe.
On March 2, 2011 Ty Dietzler announced via his website that he would leave the band at the end of the month. The band is looking for a replacement Dietzler guitarist. On March 30, 2011 the band announced that Dietzler would remain with the band, and canceled a replacement search.
On June 7, 2011 the band released a live/DVD album titled Live at the Masquerade , recorded live at YC Alberta in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,000.
On September 10, 2011 TFK performed at the First Love Festival in Buena Vista, NJ along with Decyfer Down, Remedy Drive, Addison Street, Dave Pettigrew, and Compelled.
End Where We Begin (2011 -2013)
At Soulfest 2011, Thousand Foot Krutch announced that they will be in the studio to start recording The End Is Where We Begin album on August 8th. The album was released on April 17, 2012. McNevan tweeted that the title was "The End Is Where We Begin". On November 29, 2011 they announced that they would leave Tooth & amp; Nail Records to release The End is Where We Begin independently. The band has prepared a web page that offers fans a variety of pre-release packages in exchange for support for cost in recording and releasing albums. The song "War of Change" is made available for free download in early December. Fans who donated to the band received an initial download of the song "The End is Where We Begin" and "Courtesy Call" on January 7, 2012.
This album debut No. 5 on iTunes in the US, and No. 1 in Canada. "War of Change" is the Theme Song for WWE 2012 Edition Over the Limit .
On October 15, 2013, Thousand Foot Krutch released Made in Canada: The 1998-2010 Collection, a collection of fourteen tracks featuring two new songs, "Searchlight" and "Complicate You".
Oxygen: Inhale and Exhale (2014-present)
On March 27, 2014 the band announced that they will be recording a new album on April 21st. In an interview on Rock on the Range, McNevan stated that the album will be released on August 26, 2014 under the title OXYGEN: INHALE . The band launched a Pledge Music campaign to raise funds for the album in May. The first single from the album, "Born This Way", was released on July 22nd. The second single, titled "Untraveled Road" was released on August 6th on YouTube. On August 19th, the entire album was released on iTunes First Play, part of iTunes Radio.
Joshua Sturm, husband of former Flyleaf vocalist Lacey Sturm fills in for Joel Bruyere for the show, who has been in the hospital, because his lungs are collapsing. She performed with the band on the show in September and October 2015.
The writing and recording have been completed for the follow-up or the TFK companion album to Oxygen: Inhale , with an announcement made on November 19, 2015, that the next album will be the second half after "Oxygen: Inhale", entitled < i> Exhale . Three singles have been released from Exhale, Born Again on December 11, 2015, "Incomplete" on February 1, 2016 and "Running with Giants" on February 25, 2016. Exhale was released on June 17, 2016. The album debuted at No. 1. 34 on the US Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies.
On September 15, 2017, the band released their second live album, Untraveled Roads , as a CD and DVD combo package.
Members
Timeline
Discography
- As Oddball
- Shutterbug (1995)
- As Thousand Foot Krutch
- That's What People Do (1997) [independent albums]
- Set It Off (2000)
- Phenomenon (2003)
- Art Solving (2005)
- Flame in All of Us (2007)
- Welcome to Masquerade (2009)
- The End Is Where We Started (2012)
- Oxygen: Sips (2014)
- Exhale (2016)
Awards and Recognition
- Gospel Music Association Canada Covenant Awards
- GMA Dove Award
- Juno Awards
- Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)
- More TFK won the Taco Bell "Feed The Beat" competition in 2008 along with Fireflight and Hit The Lights, they played Winter X Games in Aspen with ESPN/Taco Bell.
- Official website
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