Recorded debut EP ‘It’s All About the Girls’

Pundik later stated the band name was created while he and Klein were working at Red Lobster together; “We came up with A New Found Glory, we wrote it on a napkin. I think we pulled some of it from ” A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts ” by the Get Up Kids “. The band recorded their debut EP, It’s All About the Girls (1997) in a friend’s apartment, and the EP was distributed by local independent label Fiddler Records . Soon after, Marino was replaced by current drummer Cyrus Bolooki after two rehearsal sessions. The band went on to tour up and down the East Coast and quickly sold out the entire pressing of the EP. The band’s underground success soon caught the attention of Eulogy Recordings and the quintet subsequently signed shortly afterwards in order to increase distribution of their music.