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California-based emo rockers Finch included vocalist Nate Barcalow, guitarists Randy Strohmeyer and Alex Linares, bassist Derek Doherty, and drummer Alex Pappas. Strohmeyer actually had a hand in getting the band signed to Drive-Thru Records. The young guitarist contacted the label incessantly, Intent on generating interested in his music. His fan mail and pestering even led to friendship of sorts with Drive-Thru owner Richard Reines. So when Strohmeyer inevitably pitched him Finch, he figured Reines was just being polite by listening. But Reines was genuinely enthusiastic about Finch, and offered the band a contract. The 2001 EP Falling Into Place was the its first release for Drive-Thru; that set up the full-length What It Is to Burn, which appeared the following year. Tempers flared in August 2004 when Finch got into an onstage fracas with alt metal act Disturbed, allegedly over comments Strohmeyer had made about the band's music and its singer, David Draiman. But the flap soon faded, and Finch concentrated on work for its sophomore full-length. Say Hello to Sunshine dropped in summer 2005, and featured a considerably heavier sound.
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