Justin Furstenfeld

Best known because the frontman for multi-charting post-grunge stalwarts Blue Oct, Justin Furstenfeld was created in Houston, Tx and attended the city’s SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL for the Executing and Visual Arts. He began the rock-band the final Desire in the past due ’80s whilst in his early teenagers, plus they released two albums, 1993’s Rooftop Periods and 1995’s The To begin Feb. The group disbanded in 1995, and Furstenfeld produced Blue Oct in 1996 as lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, with guitarist Brant Coulter, violinist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist Liz Mullaly, and his sibling Jeremy Furstenfeld on drums. The quintet released its debut, The Answers, in 1998 on RoDan Entertainment/Scoop Information. After putting your signature on with Universal, with Matt Noveskey changing Mullaly on bass, Blue Oct released Consent to Treatment in 2000. Background for Sale implemented in 2003 with C.B. Hudson changing Coulter, along with a live Compact disc/DVD package deal, Argue having a Tree…, premiered in early 2005, after 1 . 5 years of touring. Their discovery album, Foiled, found its way to 2006 and reached the very best 30 from the Billboard 200, heading platinum a yr later. Yellowcard arrived in 2007, and Nearing Regular, which peaked at quantity 13, followed in ’09 2009. The tour to get the recording was cut brief because of Furstenfeld’s ultimately openly talked about mental medical issues. The music group returned with two albums in 2011, Ugly Part: An Acoustic Evening with Blue Oct (recorded reside in Austin, Dallas, and Houston) as well as the darker Any Guy in America, that was produced during Furstenfeld’s divorce and lack of kid custodial privileges. After his looking for treatment including rehab, the group’s PledgeMusic-funded Sway charted at quantity 13 in 2013. His 1st solo album, Tracks from an Open up Book, premiered in nov 2014 and strike number 45 for the Billboard 200 while topping the Billboard Folk Albums graph. The live recording features a romantic performance with just vocals and acoustic guitar, including stage banter with anecdotes about dealing with his family members upheaval and drug abuse, and taking place mood stabilizers.