The band consists of lead vocalist Sam Endicott, guitarist Michael Zakarin, keyboardist John Conway, bassist Mike Hindert and drummer Anthony Burulcich.
Frontman-songwriter Sam Endicott and keyboardist John Conway were classmates at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The two began a musical partnership, playing together in various bands in the Poughkeepsie area including Skabba the Hut with future CSI: Miami star Jonathan Togo.
Guitarist Michael Zakarin joined after answering an advert in a local paper, and brought with him bassist Mike Hindert, a classmate of his from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Drummer Anthony Burulcich was living in Boston, Massachusetts, where he had studied percussion at Berklee College of Music.
After his sister's death, Burulcich moved back to his childhood home in Long Island New York to be with his family.
Around the same time, the band received their first radio airplay on the show Alter Ego hosted by Paul Driscoll on Boston's WFNX.
Aaron Axeleson at Live 105 in San Francisco and Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1 in the UK, also downloaded the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" from thebravery.com.
With three major radio stations around the world playing the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" and sold-out shows in New York, The Bravery signed in August 2004 to Island Def Jam in the United States and Loog Records in the UK.
The Village Voice proclaimed the Bravery to be "New York's Official Next Big Thing",[6] while MTV and Rolling Stone hailed them as an artist to watch.
The DVD single contained the Fearless Video as well as live footage of "No Brakes" recorded at club Koko in London on March 1, 2005.
The slimline CD single contained a Michael Brauer radio Mix as the A-side and a Benny Benassi dance remix as the b-side.
The Bravery went on to support other European dates for U2 including a sold out 90,000 capacity Croke Park concert in Dublin on June 27.
US modern rock radio stations received the CD for The Bravery's first single "Time Won't Let Me Go" the same week as the band played in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the SXSW festival.
While on the road, The Bravery continued working on The Moon recording in the back of their tour bus, in hotels and dressing rooms.
In December 2007, The Bravery headed back into their New York City home studios to finish up their more raw and electronic version of the songs.
[citation needed] Throughout summer 2009, The Bravery performed songs from their forthcoming third studio album at various shows, including those whilst supporting Green Day on their 21st Century Breakdown North American Tour.
Sam called into these morning shows to debut The Bravery's new single: KROQ – Los Angeles, WRXP – New York, WFNX – Boston, The End – Seattle, 91X – San Diego, The Edge – Phoenix.
Another video directed by bass player Mike Hindert for the song "Sugar Pill" was released on November 19, 2009.
The Bravery headlined an entire North American tour prior to the Stir the Blood, December 1, 2009 release.
The iTunes exclusive was released on June 8, 2010, and chronicles the Bravery's sold-out performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles from November 5, 2009.
The digital only release features all 18 songs from the show including the band's hits, "An Honest Mistake", "Believe", "Time Won't Let Me Go", "Unconditional", and "Slow Poison".
The official iTunes review states "it's obvious that the NYC quintet has a symbiotic relationship with their audience—the more the crowd gives, the more the band delivers.
"[18] On June 2, 2010, a brand new Bravery song entitled "Ours" was released on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: Soundtrack through Atlantic Records.
The band's social media sites stated "The group, whose last UK album release was their Gold-selling, Top 5 debut in 2005, have resolved a legal dispute with their former record label and will go on to release a new single and album following a residency at London's Hoxton Bar and Kitchen and further UK shows.
In July 2013, Burulcich started playing drums for Weezer, as drummer Patrick Wilson was on personal leave.
Burulcich toured as the drummer for White Sea in 2014, and Weezer guitarist Brian Bell's band The Relationship.
In September 2021, the band were announced on the bill for the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City alongside Tame Impala and Twenty One Pilots.
Bravery drummer Anthony Burulcich played drums on Shakira's song "Tu Boca" on the album Sale El Sol.
Endicott, Hill and artist Santigold co-wrote "Monday Morning", a song for Christina Aguilera's album Bionic (2010).
Written with Santigold and The Bravery's Sam Endicott, it's a Day-Glo disco jam that sounds like Gwen Stefani doing 'Borderline'.