The Friday Night Boys

By Alexis Feyou de Happy

On November 29, 2008, The Friday Night Boy’s opened for All Time Low’s “The Compromising of Integrity, Morality, & Principles in Exchange for Money” tour on its last date at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. I caught up with The Friday Night Boys after their set that night.

The Friday Night Boys are a pop-punk band from Fairfax, Virginia. The band members consist of Andrew Goldstein (Vocals/Guitar), Robby Dallas Reider (Bass), Mike Toohey (Guitar/Vocals), and Chris Barrett (Drums). The band came together in 2006.When they independently released their first EP “The Sketch Process” in April of 2008, they went on to get 45,000 online digital downloads. Their independent success caught the eye of MTV, who featured them this past summer on Total Request Live’s “On the Radar” which featured up and coming unsigned bands. A month later The Friday Night Boys (FNB) were signed to Fueled by Ramen in partner with Photo Finish Records as well as The Party Scene. Since then the boys in FNB have been pretty busy. Since their second EP “That’s What She Said” was released in October, the boys have been touring. When Goldstein was in college , his schedule limited their tour to weekends for the last few months, but now that he graduated the boys are ready to begin a full touring schedule.

When it comes to negative criticism, the band doesn’t let it get in their way. It “rolls off my back. Keep hating” says Robby, the band’s bassist. Andrew says it best: “We don’t really react.  Anyone talking about our band [whether]  its positive or negative, is someone talking about it.”

Like any band, they have fears for the future. They know that this business is a roller coaster ride and they embrace it. “It’s an opportunity more than just making it,” says Chris.

The boys are currently in L.A. working on their first full length album with Emanuel Kiriakou. Kiriakou  is behind artists such as Jordin Sparks, David Archuleta, Jesse McCartney and many more. Their album is scheduled to come out later this year

 In their own words, the future holds: “fun, excitement, peirting(partying), chillin, being legit (legitimate band), driving, hotness, gas, the strip, and being bro.”

The the boys in FNB  were some of the nicest guys. It is no wonder that the band’s message, ”Have fun; let’s party, laugh,” is what they live by.

Word Association with The Friday Night Boys

Word: Ketchup

Chris: Mustard

Word: Canada

Andrew: Weird

Word: Cheese

Robby: Pillar

Word: Alex Gaskarth (lead singer from All Time Low)

Mike: Pizza, I already had pizza in my head… but if I had to do it seriously Hott, Alex Gaskarth Hott