blue october

Blue October has been playing and recording for almost 20 years, and frontman Justin Furstenfeld has been writing songs for just as long. The band just released their seventh album, ‘Sway,’ and Furstenfeld talked with Music Radar about the band’s new direction and how his stripped-down approach to playing guitar has affected the new album’s sound.

Blue October vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld has just announced a slew of solo tour dates. The Texas native will launch an acoustic tour he's calling "An Open Book: An Evening With Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October" on April 4 at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, Calif...

Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld is known for his brutally honest lyrics, but on their recently released 'Any Man in America' album, the singer-songwriter has outdone himself. Tracks like 'The Flight (Lincoln to Minneapolis)' and 'The Money Tree' read like diary entries, finding Furstenfeld at his most vulnerable...

Next week, Blue October will release 'Any Man in America,' their sixth studio album. The 13 song collection finds the Texas band delivering more of the emotionally-charged melodic rock they're famous for. Lead vocalist and songwriter Justin Furstenfeld's lyrics are also as raw as ever...

Later this summer, Blue October will release 'Any Man in America,' their sixth studio album. The brooding melodic rockers are led by singer-songwriter Justin Furstenfeld, a frontman known for pouring the most uncomfortable moments of his private life into his lyrics...

"I think tonight we're going to change the new of the stadium from C-R-E-W to C-R-U-E stadium" said Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee backstage, just before the band's headline set at Rock on the Range 2009. Columbus, Ohio hosted the two-day, 38 band festival of all things rock and Metal. Day one ...

"Say It," the latest single off of Blue October's fifth studio album, 'Approaching Normal,' is one of their strongest songs to date. It's only appropriate that their music video is equally as compelling, and the Kevin Kerslake directed piece is exactly that...