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we just kept doing what we were doing, right now, because I feel like… especially Jordan is quick with his answer, “Living at
nothing could change that.” with the new record and it being twenty home with my parents and not having any
As the years have rolled on and as years, I don’t feel like we’ve been a band for responsibility, that’s probably the biggest
trends have come and gone, New Found 20 years right now. My body feels that way, one for me!” he laughs. “I’m just kidding…
Glory continued to follow their own path. because we’re playing almost thirty songs ” he says, still laughing, “Erm, I’m half kid-
For Jordan, not trying to fit in with whatever a night,” he laughs. “I think another big mo- ding actually!”
was popular at any given time is one of the ment in our career was probably like early-
reasons, he feels, they still exist as a band. to-mid 2000’s, when MTV was still huge and hinking back to when the band were
“Part of the reason why we are still a band bands were still being played on there. We Tstarting out, some things were a
and do what we do, is because we didn’t do were also on TRL and stuff like that,” Jor- whole lot different compared to what bands
that,” he says. “No matter what people said, dan smiles as he reminisces. He says that of today encounter. In a time with no social
we still just wrote songs that we enjoyed although it was so long ago, it doesn’t feel media, the only way to make people aware
playing and wrote songs about things that like it was and the time has just flown by. of your up-and-coming shows would be to
we enjoyed talking about.” “It brings me back to where we are now, stick posters up and distribute flyers
What era of New Found Glory’s career which how I feel, I still feel like we’re a new around the area. To commemorate their
has been Jordan’s personal highlight? “I band.” 20th anniversary, the band released a cof-
guess there are two moments...”Jordan an- When asked if there is anything else he fee table book - ‘Stories Of A Different
swers, pausing to think. “There are two. So, misses about the earlier years of his career, Kind’. It’s a book of memories that takes

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