Editing New Found Glory (section)

===Formation and debut releases (1997–1999)===
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The origins of New Found Glory date back to 1997 when [[Jordan Pundik]] (vocals) and [[Ian Grushka]] (bass) played together in the bands Inner City Kids and Flip 60.  After disbanding Flip 60, they recruited [[Steve Klein (musician)|Stephen Klein]] (guitar), who Pundik met at [[Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School]] and had previously played with him in the band Fallview. The three began to jam together. Practicing in Grushka's garage, they later invited Joe "Taco Joe" Marino to play drums. Shortly thereafter, Chad Gilbert (lead guitar), former vocalist of [[Shai Hulud (band)|Shai Hulud]], joined to complete the quintet.

Pundik later stated the band name was created while he and Klein were working at [[Red Lobster (restaurant)|Red Lobster]] together; "We came up with A New Found Glory, we wrote it on a napkin. I think we pulled some of it from "[[A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts]]" by the [[Get Up Kids]]".<ref name="Oral2">{{Citation|title=1996-1997: The Oral History of New Found Glory|url=http://i49.tinypic.com/2vlnqs4.jpg|newspaper=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=March 2010|author=Manley, Brendan|issue=260|page=63|access-date=January 31, 2010|issn=1065-1667|archive-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009155637/http://i49.tinypic.com/2vlnqs4.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
The band recorded their debut EP, ''[[It's All About the Girls]]'' (1997) in a friend's apartment, and the EP was distributed by local [[independent label]] [[Fiddler Records]].  Soon after, Marino was replaced by current drummer Cyrus Bolooki after two rehearsal sessions.<ref name="Oral2"/> The band went on to tour up and down the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] and quickly sold out the entire pressing of the EP.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p384007/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=New Found Glory Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Ankeny, Jason|access-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> The band's [[underground music|underground]] success soon caught the attention of [[Eulogy Recordings]] and the quintet subsequently signed shortly afterwards in order to increase distribution of their music.<ref name="Oral2"/>

Following the success of their EP, the band recorded their debut full-length album, ''[[Nothing Gold Can Stay (album)|Nothing Gold Can Stay]]'' (1999), initially selling one-page insert copies at their shows supporting [[MxPx]].<ref name="Oral3">{{Citation|title=1999-2000: The Oral History of New Found Glory|url=http://i46.tinypic.com/2rz5rhg.jpg|newspaper=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=March 2010|author=Manley, Brendan|issue=260|page=64|access-date=January 31, 2010|issn=1065-1667|archive-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723021759/http://i46.tinypic.com/2rz5rhg.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Richard Reines]], co-founder of [[Drive-Thru Records]] had also noted their devout following and held talks with the band. Drive-Thru subsequently signed the five-piece and paid Eulogy $5,000 to license ''Nothing Gold Can Stay'', which went on to sell more than 300,000 copies.<ref name="Oral3"/>