From First to Last is an American post-hardcore band formed in Tampa, Florida by Matt Good, Scott Oord, and Parker Nelms in November 1999.

The band's first two albums, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount (2004) and Heroine (2006), were both underground successes, selling a combined total of 304,000 copies in the United States by 2008 even with a lack of radio airplay.

[2] Following the departure of Moore in February 2007 (to pursue electronic music as Skrillex), the band added permanent bassist Matt Manning, and Good moved to lead vocals/guitar.

After hearing the demos of what would become their first EP, Phillip Reardon (lead vocals) and Derek Bloom (drums) joined the band.

In 2003, the band released their debut EP Aesthetic on Four Leaf Recordings which featured the vocals of Reardon, Good and Richter.

[6] On September 5, 2003, From First To Last parted ways with Joey Antillion, who was subsequently replaced by Jon Weisberg for the band's remaining tour dates for that year.

However, when the other band members heard Moore singing "Featuring Some of Your Favorite Words", they decided that he was much better suited for lead singer than guitarist.

The band then played several dates on the 2006 Vans Warped Tour, but were forced to drop out due to surgical removal of a nodule on Moore's vocal cords.

Borland has discussed plans to write and perform on the next From First To Last album, but he left the band due to Black Light Burns' busy schedule starting to pick up, leaving no room to work with From First to Last.

[18] His decision to leave was based on his urge to create his own music, and also due to the fact that singing in the band was putting an immense strain on his vocal cords, resulting in serious damage which needed multiple surgeries in order to be fixed.

The remaining members of From First to Last finished a headlining tour from July 21 through August 5 with guests Alesana, Vanna, Brighten, and Four Year Strong.

The band recorded this time in Los Angeles, with producer Josh Abraham and seasoned engineer Ryan Williams.

[2] Suretone Records organised a large scale marketing campaign for From First to Last in order to increase the band's mainstream exposure, which included partnerships with MySpace, Hot Topic and MTV.

[2] Most notably, Suretone negotiated a publishing deal with Electronic Arts which guaranteed that From First to Last's songs would appear in the next eleven video games released by the studio, including Madden NFL 09, FIFA 09 and Need for Speed: Undercover.

From the end of September to October 12, From First to Last played on The Blackout's "Sleep All Day, Party All Night" tour in the UK, along with The Medic Droid and We Are The Ocean.

As of August 6, 2009, the band had begun to track drums for the new record at EarthSound studios in Valdosta Georgia, with Lee Dyess.

There's a lot of aspects about being a major label that just didn't agree with the way we like to present our band and our music and I think that by ridding ourselves of that world, we are finally gonna set ourselves free to make the best music we can and that is the most important thing for us at the end of the day".The band toured on the You'd Be Way Cuter in a Coffin Tour with Alesana, The Word Alive, Asking Alexandria, and Memphis May Fire in December 2009.

Beginning on March 13, 2010, From First to Last headlined the Royal Family Tour 2010, supported by Eyes Set To Kill, Confide, Black Veil Brides and Sleeping with Sirens.

I Set My Friends on Fire were originally slated to play, but ISMFOF was forced to back out due to recording delays.

On July 28, 2010, Matt Good announced that From First to Last was going on hiatus: Hey guys, just wanted to take a minute to update you all with the current status of FFTL.

Four full length albums and almost 8 years of solid touring later, the urge to see what else we are capable of achieving is almost overwhelming and I feel like there is no better time than now to go ahead and take a leap of faith and see what happens.

[This quote needs a citation]On July 29, 2010, Craig Owens posted a video on Facebook saying that Matt Good was the guitarist and keyboardist of his new band.

[31] The band's members include vocalist Craig Owens (Chiodos), drummer Aaron Stern (Matchbook Romance), guitarist/vocalist Nick Martin (Underminded), bassist Adam Russell (Story of the Year) and Matt Good on guitar, keyboards and vocals.

[33] On August 20, 2013, Jon Weisberg launched his new band XO Stereo and released the first single Show And Tell with an accompanying music video.

Bloom was no longer a part of the reunion and the remaining members expanded to a six-piece with the addition of vocalist Spencer Sotelo of Periphery, drummer Ernie Slenkovich and third guitarist Taylor Larson.

[39] In the autumn of 2014, the band continued on with a tour with Black Veil Brides, Set It Off, William Control and Falling in Reverse.

The show concluded with an untitled bonus track that, as noted by Alternative Press, evoked the earlier work of From First to Last, featuring Moore's vocals.

)[47][48][49][better source needed] Their initial performance with Moore and Bloom occurred on February 7, at an Emo Nite LA event in Los Angeles, California, at the Echoplex venue.

[51] Longtime bassist Matt Manning also rejoined for the performance, having only briefly played alongside Moore before his initial departure from the band.

[61][62] Review site Punktastic, when talking about Heroine, claims "the band seem to have dropped the catchy hooks and choruses in favour of, well, harder hitting riffs, screams and a less commercial sound.