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}} ''Radiosurgery'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band New Found Glory. It was first released on September 30, 2011 in Australia, before its wider release on October 4 through independent label Epitaph Records. It is the band's final studio album to feature founding guitarist Steve Klein. To follow up predecessor ''Not Without a Fight'' (2009), the band began writing new material during their stint on the 2010 Honda Civic Tour. After self-producing a set of demos and contacting long-term record producer Neal Avron, the band went on to record the album in Avron's home recording studio over a period of three months in 2011. The quintet set out to write an album that paid homage to classic punk rock records that first inspired them to form a band during the 1990s. Listening extensively to the likes of early Green Day and Ramones, New Found Glory strove to create a sound that could "bridge the gap" between old and new generations of the genre. The album title is a reference to the actual medical procedure radiosurgery, with the lyrics directly influenced by a troubled divorce suffered within the band. ''Radiosurgery'' was written as a concept album about the different emotions an individual goes through after a separation, including feelings of regret, sadness, and insanity. The band looked up several brain surgeries, settling on ''Radiosurgery'', using the idea that instead of using the procedure to remove a tumor from the brain, it could remove memories. The first official single from the album was title track "Radiosurgery", released on August 2. Upon its release, ''Radiosurgery'' was a moderate commercial success, debuting at number twenty six on the ''Billboard'' 200, number four on the Top Independent Albums chart, and number one on the Hard Rock Albums chart. The album was also well received by music critics, who noted its throwback sound and infectious songwriting, seeing it receive various accolades from within the rock music community. ==Background== In March 2009, the band released their sixth studio album ''Not Without a Fight'' after signing with Epitaph Records. The band then underwent extensive touring to promote the album, including a headlining slot at the 2010 Slam Dunk Festival alongside Alkaline Trio and Capdown. Later, following a bout of pneumonia, Chad Gilbert underwent surgery to remove suspicious cells found in his thyroid before releasing some solo work on his website under the pseudonym of ''What's Eating Gilbert?''. Gilbert later posted on his Twitter account that the surgery had been a success, before the band started a new tour to promote the tenth anniversary re-release of their self-titled second album. The anniversary tour saw the band play the album in its entirety, although despite Gilbert's recovery, Anthony Raneri of Bayside replaced him for the first three legs of the tour as a precautionary measure. It was during the band's stretch on the 2010 Honda Civic Tour that they began writing new material. Jordan Pundik told Texas-based publication ''MagX'' in September that a new album would "probably be recorded in January", and upon being asked what the new material would sound like, he added "We always let it happen. We're a real band. We obviously have a vision of how we want it to "sound" but the songs are always what feels right and true to who we are." Shortly afterward in a November interview with ''Reverb'' music magazine, the band's chief lyricist Steve Klein reported that new demos were in the works and that his early indications were that the songs would make for a "really catchy summer record." Klein went on to explain the band's procedure when writing new songs, noting that in the early stages Chad Gilbert will write new guitar riffs, before sending them to Klein, who in turn begins work on lyrics and harmonies alongside frontman Jordan Pundik. The band will then collectively begin writing their own instrumental parts, with Klein summarizing, "Ever since we started the band we've always had the same kind of writing routine where we write the music first, do some lyrics and then begin to record demos."〔 Pundik added that unlike earlier in their career, the band can now simultaneously work on new material together over the internet. "The overall process hasn't really changed, but now it's kind of like we can do it through Skype, or iChat or something. It's kind of cool because we can be at home and work on songs. Before, when we would write songs we would write on the road touring in the van; I remember Cyrus playing drums on the steering wheel and Chad with an acoustic guitar in the passenger seat, you know? So it's definitely a lot easier." In the new year, the band released a teaser trailer, containing footage of them in the studio recording demos. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radiosurgery (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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