Furthest Drive Home were a three piece pop

Pop music

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 and rock

Rock music

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 band from Farnham

Farnham

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, England

England

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, which formed in 2003. The band released their EP

Extended play

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 Lost in Genre in the summer of 2005, before playing the side stage at Brighton's "Taste of Chaos" festival, alongside The Used

The Used

The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...

, Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...

 and Funeral For A Friend

Funeral for a Friend

Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band, from Bridgend. Formed 2001, they have released five studio albums, seven EPs, sixteen singles, one DVD, and one compilation album.-Formation and Early Years:...

. In the same year Furthest Drive Home were featured on a special Drive-Thru Records, Pure Volume compilation album

Compilation album

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 alongside Midtown

Midtown (band)

Midtown was an American pop punk band from Springfield, New Jersey. Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students, but soon became a quartet. The band took advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a sound that combined elements of pop punk and punk rock...

 and Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes is an American hip hop rock band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.The group formed...

 with the song "Future Full of Jive", which was erroneously track listed as "Control Yourself".

In January 2007, the band signed to Hungry Kid Records and recorded their debut mini album, The Complete First Series at Ignition Studios in North London, with the mastering being completed at the Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

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.

In June 2007, The Complete First Series was released alongside lead single, "Directors Cut", to critical acclaim from Kerrang!

Kerrang!

Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...

, Rock Sound

Rock Sound

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, and Big Cheese

Big Cheese (magazine)

Big Cheese is an independent British magazine which covers alternative music including rock, punk, and metal amongst others. It is circulated monthly.-Features:...

magazines along with support from BBC Radio

BBC Radio

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, XFM

Xfm

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 and Kerrang! Radio. In August the video for the band's second single, "Forget His Facade", reached the number 2 spot on both the MTV2 Rock Chart and the Red Button Chart, whilst the band played at the Kerrang! awards show with Funeral for a Friend. In September they featured on the bill along with Elliot Minor

Elliot Minor

Elliot Minor are a classically influenced rock band from York, England. The group consists of Alex Davies , Ed Minton , Dan Hetherton and Ed Hetherton .-History and formation: 2000-2006 :...

 at Butserfest

Butserfest

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. December 2007 saw the release of a third and final single from the mini album, "Diamond Watch". The B-side

A-side and B-side

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  to "Diamond Watch" was an Frank Musik remix

Remix

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 of the first single, "Directors Cut".

The band were one of the originators of the Home Counties

Home Counties

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 pop music scene, which along with Furthest Drive Home produced such acts as You Me At Six

You Me At Six

You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...

, Young Guns

Young Guns

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 and Futures

Futures (band)

Futures is a four-piece rock band from Buckinghamshire, England. Futures received critical acclaim and widespread popularity whilst remaining unsigned and in June 2010 the band signed to Mercury Records.-History:...

. In March 2008, Furthest Drive Home played the 2008 SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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. The show they played was put on by Kerrang!

On 18 March 2009, the band announced they had split up. They completed five final dates in April 2009, finishing with a sold out show for family and friends at The West End Centre in Aldershot

Aldershot

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.

Former members

• Joe Raggett - Vocals, guitar, keyboards
• JmC - Bass
• TH - Guitar, vocals
• James Green - Drums, vocals, percussion

Discography

• Lost In Genre - 2006 (EP)
• The Complete First Series
  The Complete First Series
  The Complete First Series is the title of the debut mini-album from UK Pop rock/indie band Furthest Drive Home. It was released in 11th June 2007...
  
  - 2007 (Mini album)
• "Lover Boy" / "Don't You Worry" - 2008 (Single)