Thursday - COMMON EXISTENCE In Stores 2/17

The band's frontman sets the record straight about his United Nations project and Thursday's split EP with Envy, explains why leaving Island Records was a "godsend," and reveals his desire to make a power-violence Kidz Bop record.

Thursday have been through it all – and then some.

The post-hardcore band – which hails from New Brunswick, New Jersey – got its footing in the late-'90s while playing countless gigs in frontman Geoff Rickly's basement. Those shows became the stuff of legend as Rickly and his mates went from underground heroes to unlikely major-label stars, dishing up two efforts on Island Records. Hit singles followed, as did a video that was banned from MTV, and larger-than-life tours with AFI, Thrice and even The Cure.

Well, now the band has come full-circle, as it finds itself once again unsigned and much sought-after.

"I'm having such a good time," Rickly said when Buzznet caught up with him for an…

Thursday's music video for "Signals Over The Air" from the album War All The Time.

Thursday's music video for "At This Velocity" from the album A City By The Light Divided.

Thursday's music video for "Ladies and Gentlemen: My Brother, The Failure" from the CD/DVD Kill the House Lights.

Thursday - Kill the House Lights artwork.