[2] MCA had a distribution deal that allowed them to acquire Drive-Thru Records' bands over a period of time.
[3] Lead single "Hit or Miss" received heavy airplay rotation from the US's biggest rock radio stations.
[5] Appearing on the Warped Tour and featuring in the film American Pie 2 (2001) helped increase the band's profile.
[6] Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus was highly impressed by New Found Glory's self-titled album,[7] going as far as to champion them in an issue of Rolling Stone.
[9] He was unable to go on a honeymoon due to their record label paying for a bus to transport the band from Florida to California two days later.
The group set up residence in apartments in La Jolla, a community within San Diego, California, for the next three months.
He was assisted by engineers Sam Bukas, Mike Harris, Juan Jose Ayala, Ted Regier and Mark Kiczula.
He started playing with this set up while on tour with Fenix TX, whose drummer had a tom and China cymbal on his left side.
[11] Several members of contemporary bands contributed to the recordings: Rusty Pistachio and Toby Morse of H2O (backing vocals on "Understatement"), Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 (bass on "Something I Call Personality"), Bane and What Feeds the Fire (backing vocals on "Something I Call Personality" and "Belated"), and Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio (backing vocals on "Forget My Name").
[13] Bolooki, who initially started out as a guitarist, contributed a few ideas that Gilbert or Klein would build a whole song around.
[7] Musically, it retains the pop punk sound found on the self-titled,[14] drawing comparison to Green Day.
[7] Discussing the album's title, Gilbert said Sticks and Stones "fit[ted] perfectly with the sound of the record and what a lot of the lyrics are about".
She wanted to take their relationship the next step, but due to past experiences, the guy picks his friends over her.
[19] "Singled Out" opens with an electro intro,[20] and features Gilbert screaming in the manner that he did while he fronted hardcore band Shai Hulud.
The UK edition, which was released a week later,[25] includes the bonus tracks "Anniversary", "Forget Everything" an acoustic version of "The Story So Far".
While the video progresses, the group realize they are on the wrong film set, before taking the stage and beginning to perform.
[37] In August, the band played the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, before supporting Sum 41 on their headlining Australian tour.
[47] Cassie Whitt of Alternative Press said "Understatement", "My Friends Over You" and "Head on Collision" had become "staples across a couple generations of pop-punk fans—and bands, too.