The band's debut album Waiting (1999) featured original guitarist Bill Henderson, who left in 2000 and was replaced by Pedulla.

The band released A City by the Light Divided (2006), Common Existence (2009) and No Devolución (2011) before announcing an indefinite hiatus following Australian tour dates in 2012, which Rickly later confirmed was a full disbandment.

The situation caused the creation of the Five Stories Falling EP, a release the band used to fulfill contractual obligations with Victory Records.

[18] Rickly said as a result of the deal, Victory Records received $1,200,000, which meant the band would be "[paying off] that bill for as long as we were on the new label.

[19] In September and October, the group went on the Plea for Peace Tour,[21] and were planning to work on their next album following its conclusion.

[22] After an entire writing and recording process that took only six months, the band issued their third album and major label debut, War All the Time, on September 16, 2003, to critical acclaim and strong commercial performance.

[23] The album spawned two singles: "Signals Over the Air" and "War All the Time", though the latter received considerably less attention due to MTV banning the video for controversial material involving a fake news feed that appeared to be real and teenagers being weapon targets.

[24] Thursday toured extensively to support War All the Time, featuring dates with acts such as AFI, Thrice, and Coheed and Cambria.

The band issued a statement on their official website stating that they were disappointed the unfinished products leaked, but that they were glad that people take that much interest in their music.

[27] During a private show they performed on May 3, 2007, in New York City, long-time friend and artist manager, David "Rev" Ciancio proposed to his fiancée on stage.

Thursday announced on April 2, 2008, via a MySpace bulletin and their official website, a new split album with Japanese post-hardcore band Envy.

[32] Thursday headlined the 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour with support from Bring Me the Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Cancer Bats and a local act.

"[34] Rickly said the tour was "stupid" and found it difficult to share a stage with Bring Me the Horizon, who would call the crowd "faggots" during their sets.

[39] On November 22, 2011, Thursday posted a statement on their official website and their Twitter account reading "Thanks & Love", expressing their intention to stop producing music together.

[40][41] The following is excerpted from the article: Despite the fantastic year that the band has enjoyed, creatively, things haven't been as easy for us on a personal level.

[42] In January 2013, Geoff Rickly stated during an interview that Thursday had in fact disbanded, and that the term "hiatus" was misleading as it had only been used in case the band did ever decided to play a show again.

This sparked rumors that the band would soon be reuniting, however Rickly quickly dispelled them by saying that their communication was minimal in the five years since disbanding and they were "just finally mending some fences and healing some old wounds.

"[45] Thursday's former booking agent began encouraging them to reunite the band with the freedom to do whatever they wanted and without the pressure of having to write a new album.

This is a vital component to what we loved about being in Thursday and we're happy to say that we'll be playing this show as the same line-up that began touring together on Full Collapse and jointly worked on every record since.

"[47] Thursday had no intentions to reunite before this and only agreed to perform only two days before publicly announcing their reunion, making the decision because of the festival's strong lineup and the involvement of a charity.

[52] The band announced in October 2018 that their reunion would end in 2019, stating, "When we stopped playing last time, it wasn't on the best of terms.

This time, we get to put down touring on the very highest of notes: in each other's lives and able to pick up and play together behind closed doors whenever we want.

The first performance (V1) featured guest guitarist Frank Iero, and largely consisted of stripped-back versions of the band's songs.

[57] The second (V2) was a commemorative holiday show, with guests including Iero, Jim Ward, Walter Schriefels and Bartees Strange.

[60] They also played a series of live shows that same month throughout the east coast and midwest of the US, with Taking Back Sunday and Piebald.

[61][62] In October 2021, the band were featured in Dan Ozzi's book Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, And Hardcore 1994–2007.

[64] On their last night opening, Thursday performed "Jet Black New Year" with Gerard Way, who features on the original song.

The dove is believed to have been conceived by guitarist Tom Keeley on a tour bus sometime before Full Collapse was recorded.

This logo first appeared on the cover art for A City by the Light Divided in 2006, and featured on merchandise related to the album.

"[74] Early on, Thursday was influenced by such bands as The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division,[38][73] Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu,[77] Lungfish, Circus Lupus, Rites of Spring, and Embrace.