The Fully Down was a Canadian rock band that was formed in Ottawa, Ontario in 1999, with the touring lineup coming together in 2003.[1]

The Fully Down
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
GenresPost-hardcore, Rock and roll, Punk rock
Years active1999–2008
LabelsFearless Records
Bullion Records
Pop Culture Records
Past membersJustin Camarena
Richard Latour
Alex Newman
George Hadji
Dan Hay
Kris Parks

History

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The band's original lineup recorded; but never released a record titled The Way of the Fully Down.

No Fate... But What We Make for Ourselves (2004)

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The band released the album No Fate... But What We Make for Ourselves in June 2004 on Ottawa's Pop Culture Records and they went directly on three weeks of the Vans Warped Tour 2004 in support of it. The band also toured to promote the record extensively throughout the east coast Provinces of Canada, Quebec and Southern Ontario. The record was also later released in Japan on Bullion Records.[2]

Don't Get Lost In A Movement (2005-2006)

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The Fully Down signed to Fearless Records (Culver City, California) in August 2005. Their Fearless Records debut, Don't Get Lost In A Movement was released throughout North America on November 22, 2005.[3][4] The band headed directly to the United States for a countrywide tour in support of the record with Four Year Strong (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Maida.

The following spring, the band headed out across Canada on Tour and Loathing headlined by Protest The Hero and including A Wilhelm Scream, Bayside and The Spill Canvas. The tour ended halfway through April, and they began touring with Boy Sets Fire (Newark, Delaware) and Versus the Mirror until the end of May. The summer of 2006 was spent back on the Vans Warped Tour; as the band played all 50 dates on the Smartpunk stage.

In late 2006, the band appeared on the Radio Rebellion Tour in support of Norma Jean (Douglasville, Georgia), Between the Buried and Me, Fear Before the March of Flames and Misery Signals. In December they flew to Japan in support of Bodyjar, Bigwig and FACT (Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) starting in Osaka and finishing up in Tokyo.

In December 2006, vocalist Gab Bouchard announced that he was leaving the band. He played his last show on December 27, at The Salt Lounge in London, Ontario.

The Fully Down announced Justin Camarena, of Tough Call (Detroit, MI) would be taking on Lead Vocals after a six-month hiatus. Camarena was a founding member of the punk rock band Tough Call, which had a loyal following from their inception in 2003 until they disbanded following Justin's departure to join The Fully Down. During that time they recorded over forty songs for their next record of which a few demos where posted on Myspace and Purevolume.

Breakup and final concert

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On July 30, 2008 the band posted a blog entry on their Myspace page announcing that they were breaking up, with their final show occurring at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa on August 23, 2008.

2008-present

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Since then, a few of the band members have started other projects. Dan Hay (guitar) joined Ottawa band Amos the Transparent, Alex Newman (bass) moved to London, Ontario to start his new band, The Bad Ideas but has since moved back to Ottawa, Ontario.

Lineup

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Richard Latour - drums
Alex Newman - bass
George Hadji - guitar
Dan Hay - guitar
Kris Parks - guitar
Justin Camarena - vocals

Former members

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Gab Bouchard - vocals (2003–2006)
Joe Brownrigg - vocals, guitar (1999–2002)
Dustin Wenzel - drums, backup vocals (1999-2002)
Aaron Libbey - vocals (2002)

Discography

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Title Release Date Label
The Way Of The Fully Down (Unreleased) Independent
No Fate...But What We Make for Ourselves 2004 Pop Culture Records
Don't Get Lost In A Movement 2005 Fearless Records

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
July 12, 2005 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Thunderbird Stadium
July 14, 2005 Calgary, Alberta Race City Speedway
July 15, 2005 Bozeman, Montana United States Gallatin County Fairgrounds
July 16, 2005 Salt Lake City, Utah Utah State Fairgrounds
July 17, 2005 Denver, Colorado Invesco Field
June 15, 2006 Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 16, 2006 Columbus, Ohio Germain Amphitheatre
June 17, 2006 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Marcus Amphitheatre
June 18, 2006 Minneapolis, Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
June 19, 2006 Bonner Springs, Kansas Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 21, 2006 Nashville, Tennessee Starwood Amphitheatre
June 22, 2006 Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Fairgrounds
June 23, 2006 St. Petersburg, Florida Vinoy Park
June 24, 2006 Miami, Florida Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
June 25, 2006 Orlando, Florida Tinker Field
June 26, 2006 Charleston, South Carolina Exchange Park
June 27, 2006 Raleigh, North Carolina Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
June 28, 2006 Atlanta, Georgia Hi Fi Amphitheater
June 30, 2006 Houston, Texas Reliant Center
July 1, 2006 Dallas, Texas Smirnoff Music Centre
July 2, 2006 Selma, Texas Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 3, 2006 Las Cruces, New Mexico NMSU Practice Field
July 4, 2006 Phoenix, Arizona Cricket Wireless Pavilion
July 6, 2006 Chula Vista, California Coors Amphitheatre
July 7, 2006 Pomona, California Fairplex Park
July 8, 2006 San Francisco, California Pier 30/32
July 9, 2006 Fresno, California Save Mart Arena
July 11, 2006 Ventura, California Seaside Park
July 12, 2006 Los Angeles, California Dodger Stadium
July 13, 2006 Marysville, California Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 14, 2006 Boise, Idaho Idaho Center Amphitheatre
July 15, 2006 George, Washington Gorge Amphitheatre
July 16, 2006 St. Helens, Oregon Columbia Meadows
July 18, 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Thunderbird Stadium
July 20, 2006 Calgary, Alberta Race City Speedway
July 22, 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah United States Utah State Fairgrounds
July 23, 2006 Denver, Colorado Invesco Field
July 25, 2006 Maryland Heights, Missouri UMB Bank Pavilion
July 26, 2006 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center
July 27, 2006 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Post Gazette Pavilion
July 28, 2006 Noblesville, Indiana Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 29, 2006 Detroit, Michigan Comerica Park
July 30, 2006 Tinley Park, Illinois Tweeter Center Chicago
August 1, 2006 Darien, New York Darien Lake PAC
August 2, 2006 Fitchburg, Massachusetts Fitchburg Airport
August 3, 2006 Camden, New Jersey Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
August 4, 2006 Scranton, Pennsylvania Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 5, 2006 Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
August 6, 2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey Englishtown Raceway
August 8, 2006 Charlotte, North Carolina Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 9, 2006 Virginia Beach, Virginia Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 10, 2006 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
August 11, 2006 Cleveland, Ohio Tower City Amphitheater
August 12, 2006 Barrie, Ontario Canada Park Place
August 13, 2006 Montreal, Quebec Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 23, 2008 Ottawa, Ontario Zaphod Beeblebrox

References

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  1. ^ Apar, Corey. "Fully Down Biography". www.allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Sam. "No Fate Review". exclaim.ca. Exclaim Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. ^ Rogowski, Jordan. "Punknews Review Don't Get Lost in a Movement". www.punknews.org. Punknews. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. ^ Sutherland, Sam. "Don't Get Lost in a Movement Review". exclaim.ca. Exclaim Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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