The Fully Down was a Canadian rock band that was formed in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1999, with the touring lineup coming together in 2003.
History 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)
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.
Don't Get Lost In A Movement (2005–2006) 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. 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, Michigan) 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 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 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 Richard Latour - drums Alex Newman - bass George Hadji - guitar Dan Hay - guitar Kris Parks - guitar Justin Camarena - vocals
Former members Gab Bouchard - vocals (2003–2006) Joe Brownrigg - vocals, guitar (1999–2002) Dustin Wenzel - drums, backup vocals (1999–2002) Aaron Libbey - vocals (2002)
Discography 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 Date City Country Venue July 12, 2005 Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanada 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 ColumbiaCanada 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, OntarioCanada Park Place August 13, 2006 Montreal, Quebec Parc Jean-Drapeau August 23, 2008 Ottawa, Ontario Zaphod Beeblebrox
References
External links Official Myspace