A Good Fight
Encyclopedia
A Good Fight is an American
rock band
from Fayetteville
, Arkansas
. The current members are Eddie Love, Rizz, Jon Woods
, Robert Lee, and Eddie "Dump Truck" Mekelburg. The band's first album, "The City Could Be Ours By Morning", was released in February 2008. Their second album, "A Good Fight", was released May 1, 2010. The band is currently in the studio, recording their third release (their second full length album), expected out in 2012.
The band was also named "Best Band of the Year" in 2007 by Celebrate Magazine. The Fayetteville Free Weekly predicted that A Good Fight will be "the first Northwest Arkansas band to land on MTV".
contest in which 4000 bands competed to have their music played during an MTV reality show. Over a half a million votes were cast and A Good Fight received an overwhelming number of them for the music video
for their debut single "The Drama". The video appeared during the season finale of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
and several episodes of Made
. Their music video for "The Drama" was also featured on MTV and an after party was held minutes after they were announced the winners of the contest.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
from Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. The current members are Eddie Love, Rizz, Jon Woods
Jon Woods
Jon Woods is an Arkansas legislator and musician. He is currently the bassist in Fayetteville rock band, A Good Fight.-Biography:Woods came to Northwest Arkansas early in life...
, Robert Lee, and Eddie "Dump Truck" Mekelburg. The band's first album, "The City Could Be Ours By Morning", was released in February 2008. Their second album, "A Good Fight", was released May 1, 2010. The band is currently in the studio, recording their third release (their second full length album), expected out in 2012.
Background
A Good Fight was named "Best New Band" at the 2007 Northwest Arkansas Music Awards. Alternative Press magazine described the band as having "mature, punk-infused vocals and catchy choral arrangements balance between genres—but that's part of what gives the band personality".The band was also named "Best Band of the Year" in 2007 by Celebrate Magazine. The Fayetteville Free Weekly predicted that A Good Fight will be "the first Northwest Arkansas band to land on MTV".
Reviews
- "The Arkansas, USA based band A GOOD FIGHT already has had fifteen minutes of fame on MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
with some of their material and while listening to their first full-length CD, it becomes clear that this is a high quality band. What they are doing is very impressive and deadly catchy at times. A GOOD FIGHT is playing modern day American Melodic Pop-rock, a few steps away from bands like Bowling For SoupBowling for SoupBowling for Soup is an American pop-punk band which originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994...
, WeezerWeezerWeezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
, Good CharlotteGood CharlotteGood Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
, Simple PlanSimple PlanSimple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
, The Click FiveThe Click FiveThe Click Five is an American power pop band from Boston, Massachusetts. The original members, most of them students at Berklee College of Music, started on January 1, 2003 and played in various local venues. They then quickly got the attention of talent scout Wayne Sharp...
and such, but somehow with a wink to the 1980s in the guitar riff department, such as the Hair Metal riff in the song “Rips Like A Motor”. However, the music is American High School catchy day catchy Melodic Pop-rock, short but sweet and....quite good. The band also released a mini-CD, but with this [self] titled full-length CD they show they are ready for the major labels, because also the sound/production is of a high level, despite this is an independent release. Check out this band at: www.agoodfight.net" - STRUTTERZINE MAGAZINE - HOLLAND
- “Arkansas pop-rockers have a buoyant Strokes-ish energy, propelled by deftly arranged group vocals a la Taking Back Sunday. Frontman Eddie Love shines, especially on the ballad “Ordinary,” proving the group is multi-dimensional. “Kill Me, What A Love” has an All American Rejects feel, which is not to say the band lacks an altogether distinctive profile. In fact, this expertly rendered production, together with the photogenic frontman’s star quality, go beyond the band’s influences and should have major labels starving for A Good Fight. “ - MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE - OCTOBER 2010 ISSUE
MTV
Within just months of their first concert, the band won a nationwide MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
contest in which 4000 bands competed to have their music played during an MTV reality show. Over a half a million votes were cast and A Good Fight received an overwhelming number of them for the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for their debut single "The Drama". The video appeared during the season finale of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor. It premiered on October 9, 2007 on MTV starring Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 straight males and 16 lesbian-identified female...
and several episodes of Made
Made (TV series)
MTV's MADE is a self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. The series follows teens who have a goal and want to be "made" into things like singers, athletes, dancers, skateboarders, etc. The teens are joined by a "Made Coach", an expert in their chosen field, who tries to help...
. Their music video for "The Drama" was also featured on MTV and an after party was held minutes after they were announced the winners of the contest.
Band members
- Eddie Love – lead vocals
- Rizz Woods – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocals - Jon WoodsJon WoodsJon Woods is an Arkansas legislator and musician. He is currently the bassist in Fayetteville rock band, A Good Fight.-Biography:Woods came to Northwest Arkansas early in life...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Robert Lee – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Eddie "Dump Truck" Mekelburg rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, backing vocals
Track listing
- "The City Could be Ours by Morning"
1. "Dejavu In A Suitcase"
2. "The Drama"
3. "White Flag"
4. "Waiting Room"
5. "Sayonara"
6. "History"
7. "Town.House.Fire"
- "A Good Fight"
1. "The Captain"
2. "Kill Me, What a Love"
3. "Rips Like a Motor"
4. "Ordinary"
5. "Every Other Moment" featuring Amyh Hart from Fayetteville, AR band, Dreamfast
6. "Someone to Call"
7. "Emergency"
8. "Because of the Times"
9. "The Only One"
10. "Sparks Were Flying"
11. "I'll Take it From Here"
12. "All Day, All Night" featuring Colin Hardaway, "Organic Hip-Hop"
Contests
- Winner - "I Want My Music on MTV"
- Winner - ROCKNATION magazine GRAND PRIZE
- Winner - AMP Magazine "Unsigned Band Contest - Part Duex"
Awards
- NAMA (Northwest Arkansas Music Awards) - Best New Band
- Celebrate Magazine - Best Band of the Year