Frequently Asked Questions

Trivia and some frequently asked questions related to Funeral For A Friend:

Frequently Asked Questions

• Why Funeral For A Friend?
  • Funeral For A Friend were named after a song by Planes Mistaken For Stars , a band from Peoria, Illinois, EUA. It may also be interesting to note that Funeral For A Friend was the title of an 8-part series of Superman issues following the legendary The Death Of Superman comic-book story, as well as the opening to the Elton John’s album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
• I have downloaded a song that calls Absence. Which album contains this song?
  • Hours. Absence was the title of Recovery in the pre-ordered album and in the Advance that leaked onto the internet back in 2005. These are apparently working titles that were changed right before the official release was made up:
    -All The Rage – It’s All The Rage
    -Drive – Drive On
    -Monsters – Monster’s Ball
    -Recovery – Absence
    -The End Of Nothing – End Of Nothing
• Funeral For A Friend is emocore?
  • No. Despite being criticized for being of the ‘emo’ genre, they regularly make jokes regarding this. The band sounds more like Post-Hardcore music.
• Vocalist Matt Davies and ex-bassist Gareth Davies are related?
  • No. Contrary to popular belief, they are not related. They are only in the same band.

Trivia

The cover of the album Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation is based on the two paintings The Lovers [Les Amants 01 and Les Amants 02] by René Magritte. DVD Spilling Blood In 8mm, some singles and the video trilogy Bullet Theory, You Want Romance? e Juneau [Acoustic] was inspired by Magritte too.

The song Streetcar begins with the sound of someone dialing a phone. Some members of the official forum used the dial tones to figure out the number, which turned out to be the lead singer, Matt Davies‘ phone number, and he was forced to change it.

Before joining the band, Darran Smith’s mother went to a fortune teller, who told her that her son would be successful with something relating to Elton John. Funeral for A Friend was a song from Elton John’s album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Most of the band dislike the song The Getaway Plan and rarely play it live despite countless requests. The song has been played a lot while touring America, as it was released on the Seven Ways To Scream Your Name EP.

Have been nominated Best British Band by Kerrang! magazine awards for 4 years in a row.

Streetcar has appeared in EA’s Madden NFL 2006, Rookie Of The Year was featured in Criterion’s Burnout 3 and in WrestleMania 21 The Game, and All The Rage was featured in Burnout Revenge.

Two of the band speak fluent Welsh – Matt and Darran.

Funeral For A Friend is the first band to be on the cover of Kerrang! magazine before actually releasing an album.

Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin makes an appearance in the band’s video for Monsters.

All the band members share a passion for eating Kinder Eggs.