The Fray Songbook Contest
Dec 18th, 2007 by Derrick Fung
Do you like The Fray? Want to sing their song book? Here’s your chance! This book has piano, guitar, and vocal parts (the official book). Songs include She is, Over My Head (Cable Car), How to Save a Life, All At Once, and more! The book basically includes every song on their CD. How do you win?
Simple. Leave a comment with the following information. On Christmas Day, I’ll be doing a draw and will announce the winner. Good luck!
Please leave the following information in a comment to win:
- Your Name
- Where You’re From
- One Interesting Fact about The Fray
- What You’re Doing for the Holidays
Good luck!
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Jeff Magee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Interesting Fact: The group didn’t have a name, so they had a suggestion bowl when there were at a graduation party for one of Slade’s brothers. Someone had suggested “The Fray” - no one had that name yet, so they decided to use it.
For Christmas eve, our family gets together, holds a secret santa gift give-away, plays christmas carols on the piano, violin and guitar, and play a board game which always includes a family argument or two.
For Example:
1) Derrick Fung
2) Toronto, Canada
3) Their official website is http://www.thefray.net
4) I’m staying home with family.
I’m from Miami.
Isaac Slade’s brother Caleb was the band’s only bassist.
I’m skiing in Park City during the holidays.
1.) David Lam
2.) Markham, Canada
3.) Over my Head (Cable Car) is about a fight that Isaac had with Caleb, who’s nickname is Cable Car. How to Save a Life is about a drug addicted teen.
4.) Hanging out with friends, maybe go skating.
1) Lauz
2) Victoria, Australia
3) In June 2007, Isacc Slade discovered that he was related to Baronet Sir Benjamin Slade, who found him whilst searching for an heir to take over his £7,500,000 13th century stately home.
4) Going out/spending time with family and friends
1. Cassandra Bergen
2. Ontario, Canada
3. The band chose their name “The Fray” from a suggestion bowl that was placed at a graduation party for Caleb Slade.
4. It’s my first year not in school and enjoying the time redecorating my home with my husband and family.
1. Cassandra Bergen
2. Ontario, Canada
3. The band chose their name “The Fray” from a suggestion bowl that was placed at a graduation party for Caleb Slade.
4. Finally out of school and enjoying my new home with my husband and family!
1. Jessica
2. Plano, Texas
3. Joe King only knew how to play 8 notes when the band recorded “How to Save a Life”.
4. I’ll be road-tripping with the family and then spending some time with friends.
1. Jean
2. Mississauga, Ontario Canada
3. Isaacs parents said if he doesnt smoke before he turned 21 they would give him $3,500.
4. kitchen parties!
1. Your Name: Tracy
2. Where You’re From: Plano, TX (like Jessica! but I don’t know her…)
3. One Interesting Fact about The Fray: It’s the most popular band on my college dorm’s floor–about 7 of the 14 people who live on the 3rd floor have “How to Save A Life” on iTunes.
4. What You’re Doing for the Holidays: Hanging out with my 6-year-old sister while attempting to apply for a grant to organize a summer leadership conference in South Africa
1. Tamara
(and doing a bit of a part-time job..)
2. Barrie, Ontario
3. Isaac Slade said that he wrote their song “Look After You” about his then girlfriend and future wife Anne when she was living in Australia.
4. Spending the holidays at home with my family!
1. Kenny Chan
2. Markham, ON
3. ‘How to Save a Life’ was inspired by bandmember’s Isaac Slade’s experience as a mentor in a camp for troubled teens.
4. Shopping and going out with friends.
1) Rebecca
2) Caledon, ON
3) How to Save a Life went double platinum in the US
4) Traveling with the family
For Example:
1) Tamar Friedman
2) Toronto, Canada
3) They did a cover of Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie, where John sang.
4) Going to Boca Raton with my mom and her boyfriend, then living at various friends’ homes for a few days.
1)Chantal Pereira
2)Toronto, Canada
3) How to Save a Life was used in the shows Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs, and One Tree Hill. Look After You was also used in the show One Tree Hill
4) Spending time with my family and going to see Sweeny Todd about 5 times.
Your Name: Sarah Neville
Where You’re From: New Hampshire, USA
One Interesting Fact about The Fray: “How to save a life” was #1 in Canada
What You’re Doing for the Holidays: Eating chocolate and hanging out with family
1. Your Name : Aryan Shiari
2. Where You’re From : Ottawa, Ontario
3. One Interesting Fact about The Fray : The music video Over My Head (Cable Car) was directed by Elliott Lester and was filmed on July 24, 2005 at East High School in Denver, Colorado and at Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. Also, the boy playing Isaac as a child in the video is actually Micah Slade, his youngest brother.
4. What You’re Doing for the Holidays : Going to see family, Hanging out with friends, maybe hit the ski hills.
1. Your Name: Arnold Arnold
2. Where You’re From: Kansas City, Missouri
3. One Interesting Fact about The Fray: Isaac Slade’s parents were missionaries.
4. What You’re Doing for Christmas: I’ll be visiting my family and traveling a lot, since they live all over the midwest. I’ll have a bunch of fun and I’ll eat all the food I want and I won’t bother regretting it
1.) Roxana
2.)Ottawa Ontario
3.) There is a “the fray” application on facebook .. full of quotes
4.) skiing, and all the other cold-filled activities associated with winter
1. Stewart
2. Herndon, Virginia
3. How to Save a Life is one of the best songs ever!
4. Visiting relatives at grandmas
1. Cicia
2. Troy, Michigan
3. The Fray is working with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for their 2007 summer tour.
4. Going cottaging by Chicago.
1. Daryl
2. Toronto, Ontario
3. The Fray’s band name was chosen from a suggestion bowl at a grad party for Caleb Slade.
4. Sleeping, eating, partying, snowboarding.
Mary Harris
Woodbury, Tennessee
The Fray (Joe and Isaac) were schoolmates and they bumped into each other unexpectedly and began to write songs together. The song lyrics caught the eye of Ben and Dave who then joined and they became “The Fray.”
I am going to my aunt’s house and singing to a nursing home, with the girl scouts.
Your Name: Hannah “Scotty” Scott
Where You’re From: Northern Virginia (springfield)
One Interesting Fact about The Fray: their origional music video for “How to Save a Life” had one of my favorite actresses, Gabrielle Christian, as a teenager involved in a car crash.
What You’re Doing for the Holidays: spending time with family, eating, practicing for lax and trombone, reading, chilling with friends
Name: Kathleen Murray
Where: Fort Worth, Texas!
Fact: All the members of the Fray are Christian. Awesome!
Christmas: My grandparents are going ot be here! I’m going to teach my grandpa how to play guitar hero, and stuff as many candy canes down my throat as possible. WE’re also going to dress up my dog. She’s so cute in red and green XD
Name: Nancy
Location: Chicago, IL
Fact: “How to Save A Life” got really popular from “Grey’s Anatomy
For the Holidays: I’m spending it with my family
1) Leslie
2) Phoenix, Arizona
3) The Fray does not have an official permanent bassist.
4) Visiting the family in Souther California!
1. Kathleen
2. Saratoga, CA
3. The Fray’s from Denver, but they toured close to my home last summer!
4. Sleepinggggg….Too much studying in college.
1. Frances
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. How To Save A Life spent 15 straight weeks on the adult top 40 chart
4. vacationing in peru
1. Teresa
2. Vancouver, BC
3. They sound the same on their CD and in concert! … unlike many other artists/bands.
4. Working…
1. Dragana
2. Kitchener, ON
3. Ben Wysocki had his singing debut at the Toronto show on their summer tour, to the cover of “Hips Don’t Lie”.
4. Working and Guitar Hero-ing.
1. Vincent Leung
2. Toronto, ON
3a) I just did a report on them, before knowing about this contest
b) Isaac and Joe went to the same school
4. Visiting relatives in Michigan
1. Stanley Tsang
2.Toronto Ontario
3. The Fray closed off Grad Nite for graduating high school seniors at Disney’s The Magic Kingdom.
4. Staying home =/
1. Neil
2. Walnut Creek, CA
3. In 2006, they did a cover of John Lennon/Yoko Ono’s Happy Xmas-War is Over.
4. I’m learning how to snowboard :).
1. Jeffrey Tsao
2. San Diego, CA
3. The Fray opened for Weezer for ten concerts in July 2005.
4. Going on a cruise to Mexico with my best friend.
1. Jasmine Wang
2. San Diego, CA
3. “The Fray” backwards is “Yarf Eht”
4. Homework, Artwork, and possibly Yardwork.
Name: Hayley Nicol
Location: London, Ontario, Canada eh?
Interesting Fact: Not only are they my favourite band, but they also seem to be very popular in the world wide web. When typing “the fray” into google, it results with 1-10 of about 5,130,000 in 0.05 seconds. Now that’s fame!
For Christmas: I’m gonna have a fun filled day with my family, and possibily an even better night with my best friends.
1. Courtney
2. Albany, NY
3. Apparently all the members of the Fray are Christian, and Isaac Slade and Joe King both went to Faith Christian Academy.
4. Spending the holidays with my folks: possibly skiing, probably seeing a show on Broadway… quality time galore! Also, I’ll hopefully re-teach myself how to crochet. I’d like to make someone a scarf or something, instead of buying them a present.
1.) Tamara!
2.) Whitby, Ontario…CANADA!!!
3.) The Fray was Xbox’s artist of the month (boooo ya!)
4.) I will be catching up on all the sleep I lost when I had to study for exams (or…while I was slacking when I SHOULD have been studying for exams :P)
1. Victoria
2. Northern Virginia
3. The band’s name is both a noun and a verb.
4. Going to South America!
1. Shan Girn
2. Stockton, Ca
3. ‘How to Save a Life’ was used in Tili Tequila’s ‘Shot at Love’ ending song.
4. Crying myself to sleep because my Cal Bears are not in the BCS Championship.
1. Chaoyi
2. Chicago, Illinois
3. Isaac’s wife is my high school gym teacher’s best friend’s daughter.
4. Hanging out with friends, skiing
1) Dylan Campbell
2) Los Angeles
3) The single “How to Save a Life” has been on eight tv shows, including Scrubs and Grey’s Anatomy.
4) I am kicking in back for the holidays, eating lots of food, chillin with friends, dreaming about the slopes.
1) Ben Shyong
2) San Jose, California
3) The Fray came from Denver, Colorado.
4) I have to finish college applications during the holiday break. =(
1. Doug
2. Fremont, CA
3. Isaac and Joe both attended Faith Christian Academy.
4. Going home to hang with family and friends and to ask out the girl i have feelings for.
1. Lisa
2. Mississauga, Ont., Canada
3. Heaven Forbid is about Joes sister.
4. Hanging out with my family, relatives and friends, Shopping! and a bunch of Christmas dinners with people.
1.Aimee
2.Calgary, AB Canada
3.The Fray opened for Ben Folds
4.Eh, stress out at christmas and hope people aren’t to hungover to hang out on my birthday from new year’s.
1. Fei
2. Plano, TX USA
3. I saw them at Shoreline Amphitheatre @ Mt. View California.
4. Hanging out with friends!
1. Evonne
2. Bellaire, TX, USA
3. Though The Fray is mostly mainstream, one of their songs is also played on Christian stations.
4. Snowboarding in the mountains in New Mexico.
1. Jonathan
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. Their name backwards is “yarf”
4. Spending time with the family.
[…] 2) The Fray Song Book Contest - For all the fans out there of The Fray, we’ll be giving out their official Song Book, with all their latest songs, including How To Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car) and She Is. You can find out more about this contest here: http://www.themusicblogger.com/the-fray-songbook-contest/ […]
1. Sarah
2. Reading, PA
3. The Fray was founded in 2002 by Isaac Slade and Joe King, who were schoolmates.
4. Spending time with friends and family
1. Taylor Johns
2. Atlanta, GA
3. The boy in the video for “Over My Head” is Isaac’s little brother, who didn’t originally want to be in the video.
4. reading Huckleberry Finn =\
1) Kristina
2) Washington, DC
3) The Fray won Digital Songs Artist of the Year, Digital Album Artist of the Year, and Digital Album of the Year at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards
4) Spending most of the time with my family and maybe a little bit of partying on the side.
1. Jennifer Wiegers
2. Tampa, Florida
3. Issac and Joe went to Faith Christain Academy together
4. Spending time with the family and then going to El Paso, Texas with my college band for the Sun Bowl
1. Tara Howard
2. Victoria, British Columbia
3. Johnson left the band to attend an art school in New York.
4. Going home to spend time with family and surprising them with the fact that my boyfriend and I are getting married ^_^
-Teya Finney
-Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
-The Fray were named “Best New Band” in 2004 by Westworld, a Denver weekly publication.
-Working =), spending time hand-making Christmas cards, being with family, having a snowball fight, having a Christmas conference-type call to my extended family in Winnipeg
1. Lisa
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. Over My Head (Cable Car) was #8 on the top 100 list in 2005.
4. Going skiing at Lake Tahoe and enjoying the break with friends and family.
1. Stefy
to see my friends and family .. YAY!!
2. Cyprus
3. Their album How To Save A Life was the biggest selling album of 2006 on the iTunes Store.
4. I’m going home
1) Amanda
2) Monroe, NY
3) One of the band members’ girlfriends was hit on by Toby Keith, with whom they were playing at a festival.
4) I’m staying home with my family.
Thanks!!
1. Tiffany
2. NY, NY
3. Isaacs favorite cartoon is Bart Simpson.
4. college apps. fun stuff.
(1) Rebecca
(2) Houston, TX
(3) In October, the Fray went on tour in the UK and Ireland with special guest Terra Naomi (Unforunately, they weren’t considerate enough to add one tiny side-trip to Houston…next time hopefully!)
(4) Catching up with friends since we’ve been away at college…and spending quality time with the fam of course
1. Raechel Wong
2. Torrance, CA
3. The Fray currently has 5 singles, one of which has reached the #1 spot on 4 charts in the U.S.
4. Going to Hawaii!
1)Dexter
2)Kennesaw, Georgia
3)Isaac Slade and Joe King were schoolmates before forming The Fray.
4)Working…and HOPEFULLY spending some much needed time with friends.
1. Elizabeth
2. New Windsor, NY
3. Isaac Slade worked at Starbucks before he became a part of The Fray
4. Going on the winter training trip with my team in Georgia. Yay.
1. Justin
2. Irivne, ca
3. They don’t follow Bach’s split note progressions
4. Shredding at Tahoe later this year
1. Melissa
2. Walnut, CA
3. “Cable Car (Over My Head)” was the first song played at my graduation
4. I am going to chill w/ the family.
1. Nora
2. Burr Ridge, IL
3. My French exchange student’s favorite song was “How To Save a Life”, even if she couldn’t understand all the words.
4. Visit with family, especially my new nephew!
1. Ben
2. Flushing, NY
3. The Fray has Christian roots.
4. Spending quality time with family and friends.
1. Kristen
2. Cincinnati/Bowling Green, OH
3. I heard once that Isaac’s parents were missionaries and that if he won the Grammy’s he’d mount the award to the hood his car.
4. Going to lots of family Christmases, seeing a movie with some old friends Christmas Day night, and hopefully rockin’ out on the electric pickup for my violin that I asked for!!!
1.Reba
2.Buffalo Grove, IL
3. “Cable Car” is a nickname for one of the Fray members’ brothers
4. Partying it up with the family =) and learning guitar!
1. Tom Koster
2. Chicago, IL USA
3. How to save a life was #1 on Adult Contemporary, Hot Adult Top 40, and hot digital songs lists.
4. Visting realtives, working, hanging out with friends, and listening to a lot of music.
1. Amanda
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. This isn’t about The Fray themselves- but how they’ve touched me. They are the most important band to me and my boyfriend. They brought us together and made us realize that music can be an amazing bond.
4. Chilling with family, friends, and my amazing boyfriend.
1. Vinney Le
2. San Rafael, CA
3. “How To Save a Life” is the one of the only albums to which I know all the words!
4. Going to San Francisco with my friends, substituting Secret Santa with Festivus for the Restofus from Seinfeld with my friends, and trying to enjoy the cold and the rain with my rainy day playlist filled with The Fray.
1. Melinda
2. Marion, OH
3. They are one of my favorite bands and I love the piano rock style
4. I am hanging out at home with my family
1) Kristyn
2). San Mateo, CA
3). They did a radio show early in the morning one time and Issac’s voice cracked really badly. He also worked at Starbucks before the Fray.
4). Hanging out with friends and family
1. Gordie
2. Toledo, OH
3. How To Save A Life was the best selling album of ‘06.. on iTunes.
4. Resting, wearing ugly sweaters, getting in some solid practice time with quartet (barbershop!), and hopefully playing a bit of piano.
Great thing you’re doing here, btw!!!
1. Stephanie
2. Miami, FL
3. Many of the lyrics to The Fray’s songs came from dreams (for example, “With 8 seconds left in overtime” from “Over My Head”).
4. I’m spending time at home with my family, and my sister, who just came back from college. I’m also going to be painting and studying calculus.
1. Stephanie
2. Miami, FL
3. Many of the lyrics to The Fray’s songs came from dreams (for example, “With 8 seconds left in overtime” from “Over My Head”).
4. I’m spending time at home with my family and my sister, who just came back from college. I’m also going to be painting and studying calculus.
1. Stephanie
2. Miami, FL
3. Many of the lyrics to The Fray’s songs came from dreams (for example, “With 8 seconds left in overtime” in “Over My Head”).
4. I’m spending time at home with my family and my sister, who just came back from college. I’m also going to be painting and studying calculus.
Jenny
Carol Stream, IL
Baronet Sir Benjamin Slade is related to Isaac Slade, as he found out in 2007.
For the holidays, I will just be chilling with family that live close to me. Then I will be going to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and 1 year old nephew. My nephew is my favorite ever.
1 Brooke
2 Basking Ridge, NJ
3 The Fray’s band name was chosen from a suggestion bowl at a grad party for Caleb Slade.
4 For the holidays, i will be spending all my time with my family, cooking with the adults and playing with the kids.
PS how to save a life is me and my boyfriends song!!!
2. Fort Worth, TX
3. They recored their first album How To Save A Life in Bloomington, Indiana.
4. I will be attending at least 3 family Christmases on Christmas day!
1. Karen H
2. Bay Area, CALIFORNIA
3. The Fray have such a distinctive sound (like the way their singing sounds) that I can recognize them immediately when I hear one of their songs.
4. I’m just staying at home… eating a lot…
1. Vanessa
2. Toronto
3. They have no official bassist, but recently have been touring with bassist Jimmy Stofer, also a member of the bands Dualistics and The Commentary. He has since left the band.
4. Sleeping in =]
1. Jason Z.
2. Boston, MA
3. Some live concert video recordings of new songs suspected to be from the upcoming album have appeard on YouTube. “Dixie”, “Absolute”, “Uncertainty”, “Happiness”, “Fail” and “Amistad”.
4. Staying in my apartment by myself :/
1. Reut R.
2. North Carolina
3. In 2007 they toured with Mute Math, Meese, The Feeling, Dave Mathews Band, OK Go, Kyle Riabko, Eisley, and Gomez!!
4. Traveling to Spain, Greece, and Israel!
1) Taylor
2) Fairfax Station, VA
3) Isaac Slade’s younger brother, Caleb, originally joined the band, but was asked to leave because of sibling rivalry. This feud inspired their song “Over My Head (Cable Car).”
4) Every Christmas we go to my Nana and Dah’s house with our 18 cousins and 12 Aunts and Uncles. (sometimes 2nd cousins and friends come, too!) We have a huge feast, sing Christmas carols and tell stories! It’s amazing and so much fun!
1. Catie
2. Massachusetts
3. Joe King (co-founder) originally wanted to start a real estate company before the band became gained so many fans.
4. This holiday season, I plan on going to my grandparent’s house, having parties with some of my friends, playing a concert on First Night in Worcester and enjoying the holidays as much as possible.
Name: Maddy W
From: Denver, CO
Interesting Fact: The Fray are from my hometown in Denver, Colorado and I first saw them play 6 years ago when they opened for Love.45, another local band.
Holiday Plans: Enjoying spending time with my family and firends as i take a break from college
1. Anna
2. Los Angeles, California
3. The Fray is simply awesome!
4. Spending the holidays with friends and family.
Name: Katie C.
From: Grafton, MA
Fact: They were part of the Earthfest Concert in Boston, MA in 2006 and the people in attendence knew more of their songs than the headlining band (Los Lonely Boys). James Blunt was also in attendance.
What You’re Doing for the Holidays : Being with the family…the good ol’ tradition!
Laura Habberfield
Buffalo, NY
The Fray signed with Epic Records on December 17, 2004.
Family parties =)
My name is chanmi lee and i am from ridgefield NJ.
I am going to New York to see the great christmas tree and ice skate near by for the holidays
One Interesting Fact about The Fray
1. Kristi
2. Chicago, Il
3. The band decided on their name based on a suggestion bowl at one of the band members brother’s graduation party
4. Spending the day with my family
1. Jenny Yan
2. North Jersey, NJ
3. The music vid for Over My Head stars Micah Slade, the younger brother of Issac, singer and pianist.
4. Staying home and studying to “get better grades”
1. Amy
2. Chicago, IL
3. Isaac Slade majored in Music Industry at CU Denver
4. sleeping
1. Amy D.
2. Massachusetts
3. Isaac flew out his love to the Boston ‘07 summer tour show. The Fray also performed an amazing lyrical and harmonious intertwining of “Look After You” and “Wonderwall.”
4. Relaxing after a strenuous fall semester! …And of course, working on the side to save money.
1. Jen C.
2. New Jersey
3. Isaac Slade wrote the song “Look After You” for his then girlfriend and future wife when she was living in Australia.
4. sleeping, eating, and spreading christmas cheer
Chris X.
San Jose, CA
an interesting fact about the Fray is that they are actually several gnomes in people suits.
I’m in Hawaii for the holidays!
Melissa S.
Santa Monica, CA
The Fray’s song ” How to save a life” was played in the TV show Scrubs, on April 25, 2006. AND the hit single, “over my head” was one of the free itunes song of the week
I’m staying home for christmas, trying to finnish my college applications.
Emily C
Pennsylvania
The band got there name by placing a suggestion bowl at a graduation party for Caleb Slade.
I am staying in at home and relaxing.
1. Rachel
2. Western New York
3. I met Isaac Slade on 10/30/05 when The Fray opened for Ben Folds and he signed my CD.
4. I’m going to spend Christmas with my family, who I don’t get to see very often.
1. Herbert
2. Greenville, SC
3. How to Save a Life is about a camp counselor trying to help a teenager addicted to drugs.
4. I’m going to spend Christmas with my friends and family in SC
1. Allyson S.
Also another big thing on my list: spending a lot of money on christmas presents!
2. San Bruno, CA
3. In late 2006, the band was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (”Over My Head (Cable Car)”) and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (”How to Save a Life”).
4. I’m hanging out with friends and family, spending time at church, getting fat, taking a break from college, and getting a new drastic haircut!
1. Kendra Talley
2. Grapevine, TX
3. Isaac Slade and Joe King met in a local Guitar Center and started jamming and writing songs and decided to add Zach Johnson and Isaac’s brother Caleb to the band
4. I am spending time with my family, catching up with old friends, and working on starting a benefit concert to help the ONE Campaign to Make Poverty History.
1. Ben
2. Edmonton AB
3. The single Over My Head (cable car) has sold over 1.3 million digital tracks
4. Hanging out with family, and of course listing to the fray
1. Isabella
2. Los Angeles, CA and Albuquerque, NM
3. The Fray was named XBox Live Artist of the Month
4. Hanging out with my family, shopping, writing songs and poetry, making piano arrangements to radio songs, listening to/finding beautiful music, reading up on business, and planning out my next quarter at college.
1. Alycia Megan
2. Englewood, NJ
3. The Fray is considered a Christian Rock band.
4. I’m going to the cemetery to visit my mom on Christmas Eve [the night she died 7 years ago] and then I’ll be jamming on my new guitar, doing homework and running at some track meets.
1. Veronica Salkin
2. Maywood, NJ
3. Their song “Over My Head” was written for an old band member who’s nickname was cable car, but could not keep up with the other members of the band (he was over his head).
4. I’m staying home with my family, and spending some time with friends that I don’t go to school with anymore.
1) etana
2) new hampshire
3) Isaac Slade and Joe King met in a local Guitar Center
4) staying home
1. Cameron Stanley
2. Chandler, Arizona
3. The album “How To Save A Life” was certified platinum in New Zealand.
4. At home, trying to finish college applications since my first-choice place just rejected me
1. Jennifer
2. New Jersey
3. The Fray’s song “How To Save A Life” spent 15 consecutive weeks on the Adult Top 40 chart
4. Spending time with family and sleeping
1. Katie Hale
2. La Canada, California
3. Isaac and Joe both sang baritone in their high school choir, but weren’t friends at the time and didn’t form a band until after they had graduated, upon randomly meeting in a Guitar Center.
4. I am going to spend time with my friends and family, record some music, go caroling with my choir, snowboard, and stress out about college applications.
1: Jeff
2: LI, New Yorkkkk
3: They were formed in 2002!
4: Eat, Sleep, Snowboard
1. Raymond Tao
2, Queens, NY
3. One of only a handful of bands that include a piano (successfully)
4. Finish arranging my own version of an orchestral Kingdom Hearts
1. Daniel Wong
2. Los Angeles, California
3. All members of The Fray are Christians.
4. Going to Hawaii!
1. Maithreyi
2. MA. but India, originally.
3. The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” was featured in the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy”
4. “I’m spending Christmas chillin’ with my crew on Hogwarts grounds…” (The Whomping Willows’ –”Oh! Christmas Tree”) just kidding. i’m spending the holidays at home and practicing my indian dancing
1. Rachel
2. Paducah, Ky
3. They filmed the music video for “Over My Head” at East High School in Denver, CO, where one of my best friends goes to school.
4. Spending my time at home with family, and going to NYC with my friends for my birthday!
1. Connie T
2. Irvine, CA
3. My friend filmed a music video for the song “How To Save A Life” and won.
4. Practicing the violin, piano, and guitar; Hanging out with my friends and family; writing some scripts.
1. Melissa Anderson
2. Naperville, IL
3. The song “How To Save A Life” is based on Isaac Slade taking a crack-addicted teen at a summer camp under his wing.
4. Going to Santa Monica for a week with my best friend as well as practicing for college auditions.
1. Joe Kain
2. North Attleboro, MA
3. The boy in the “Over My Head (Cable Car)” video was Isaacs little brother Micah.
4. My whole extended family comes over my house for a breakfast in pajamas, then we all go to my aunt’s house for dinner afterwards and exchange gifts.
1. Julia T
2. Michigan
3. The mansion that the Fray shot the video for “How to Save a Life” in is 16000 square feet.
4. I am lounging around my domain.
1) Quyen D.
2) Grand Rapids, MI
3) Ever since Zach Johnson’s brother, Caleb, left the band, there has been no permanent bassist for the Fray.
4) I’m spending Christmas with my extended family, who all live within a mile’s distance from my house.
1) Chris
2) Toronto ON
3) They have their own tshirts and stuff for sale on their website, like every true band should have. good idea for getting publicity too.
4) carolling, skating, toboganning, and other such festive wintery activities, having a jam session (piano guitar and vocals) with a bunch of my friends
1- Candace
2- Asheville, NC
3- How To Save A Life was a major song featured on Grey’s Anatomy which turned a lot of people on to their music and I know that without them playing for that show, I wouldn’t have even known about them.
4- We go over to my memaw’s house on christmas eve and open presents with her and then we wake up on christmas morning and open presents at home and then go over to my nanny and pappy’s house for lunch on christmas day and open presents with them after lunch. We are lucky that our whole family lives in Asheville.
1) Ting
2) Toronto, ON
3) “how to save a life” was in Grey’s anatomy and scrubs
4) skating, spending time with family, eating lots of good food
1) Jimaica
2) Mississauga, ON
3) Dead Wrong is about how their friends didn’t think they would make it big.
4) Play some piano, work on my guitar skills, buy a violin, & Party, party, party!
1) Andrew
2) Philadelphia, PA
3) “Over My Head (Cable Car) was on the soundtrack for the movie Stealth.
4) Staying at home with the family
1 Sean
2 St. Louis, MO
3 Since The Fray doesn’t have an offical bass player, they use Jimmy
Stofer when they go on tour
4 Going to family’s house be together
1. Keith
2. GORMLEY!! BRAPP BRAPPP!!!
3. They don’t have an official bass player.
4. Las Vegas baby. The city of sin.
1) Susana
2) Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
3) The band had trouble launching a single, even with some great reviews locally. KTCL, a radio station in Denver, rejected eight of The Fray’s songs before they submitted “Over My Head (Cable Car).”
4) My family and I are going to Las Vegas!
Looks like both you and Keith are going to Vegas
1. Allison
2. New York City, NY
3. It rhymes it pray?
4. Snooping around New York City with friends and spending time with family.
1. Joseph
2. Baltimore, MD
3. Their hit song Over My Head (Cable Car) is based upon the rift between the lead singer and his brother who’s name was Caleb due to his lack of skills on his instrument and the band’s wanting to get rid of him. The song is told from Caleb’s perspective.
4. Staying home with family.
1. Yoko
2. Cincinnati, OH
3. The Fray doesn’t have an official bass player
4. I will stay home with the fam.
1. Kathleen
2. Massachusetts
3. Isaac paid his brother Micah $150 to be in the music video for “Over My Head (Cable Car).”
4. Catching up with all my friends. A much needed vacation.
1. Cathy
2. Massena, NY
3. Their website is under construction
4. I’m staying in the guest room of my parents’ house, working a little, and seeing my family and friends a lot.
1) Holly
2) Massachusetts
3)Some of the film of the audience in their video “all at once” is from their concert in mansfield, massachusetts
4)relaxing with friends and family
1. Vicky
2. New York, NY
3. Since The Fray doesn’t have an official bass player, they use Jimmy Stofer when they go on tour.
4. movies and dinner with the family.
1. Jack
2. Cleveland, OH
3. Isaac Slade learned how to play piano at 11 after temporarily losing his voice.
4. Chilling out with my family and old friends.
1. Annie
2. Horsham, PA
3. Isaac was hospitalized at Cooper Hospital before the concert in Camden on June 24th because of severe asthma and was told not to preform…but he did anyway
4. My sister and brother in law are coming over in the morning for presents, then my sister, brother in law, aunt, 2 cousins, and one of their fiancee’s are coming for dinner at night.
1. Jenn
2. Macomb, MI
3. Their concert at MSU was only $20…amazing/ridiculous.
4. For Christmas I’ll be hanging out with my mom’s side of the family on the 24th and my dad’s side of the family on the 25th, and probably seeing my friends sometime inbetween to swap presents!
1. Julie
2. Bethesda, MD
3. The Fray did a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Happy X-mas (War is Over).
4. Home for the holidays, with all the ham, mashed potatoes, pie and candy canes I can eat!
Caitlin Smith
Catonsville, MD
Issac Slade actually began playing piano because he had lost his voice. He had been singing since he was 8 years old, lost his voice for a significant space of time when he was 11, and began playing the piano to keep music in his life when he couldn’t sing.
I’ll be home for the holidays this year, trying to see as many of my friends and family as I can manage.
1. Hillary Sametz
2. Regina, Saskatchewan
3. Some people think The Fray is a Christian rock band, but they’re not.
4. Chilling at home with the family, watching lots of movies, eating good home-cooked food!
1. Lauren Kozeny
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. They have no official bassist, but Jimmy Stofer, also a member of the bands Dualistics and The Commentary, plays for them when they go on tour.
4. Relaxing with my family, making youtube videos with my sisters, and spreading good cheer.
Natalie
Orange, CA
Isaac learned to play the piano at 11.
Dancing, Singing, enjoying christmas with my wonderful family, eating!
1. Elise
2. Santa Clarita, CA
3. It’s not a specific fact per se, but I love the fact that I get swept up in one of their songs and get completely lost in it.
4. Came home from college and I am choreographing/dancing, playing piano and working on my pieces for voice lessons, and brushing up on the clarinet before restarting lessons in the spring.
1. Alex Kwok
2. Staten Island, NY
3. Jimmy Stofer was The Fray’s touring bassist as they do not have an official bassist
4. Having fun with old and new friends.
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1) Anthony Pham
2) Houston, Texas
3) Isaac Slade and Joe King are schoolmates who met at a local Guitar Center. They began attending two-man sessions and later formed their band in 2002.
4) Spending times with my love ones and friends. Other than that, more present shopping
1) Soo Han
2) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3) The band chose their name “The Fray” from a suggestion bowl that was placed at a graduation party for Caleb Slade.
4) Spending time with people I care about and just relaxing from college.
1. Victoria Chang
2. Devon, PA
3. How to Save a Life went double platinum here in the US
4. Being with family
1. Michelle
2. Hanover, New Hampshire
3. Slade used to “write all Christian lyrics” until he had an epiphany while working a shift at Starbucks: “None of my friends outside the church understood any of my songs; we had a different set of vocabulary,” he says. “So I went home and threw away all those songs.” (ChristianityToday)
4. Catching up on missed sleep from college; catching up with my dad; dispersing presents to my little cousins; advising friends who are applying to college this time ’round on their applications!
1. Cohagen
2. Lincoln, NE
3. They’re pretty much amazing live. Never miss a concert if you can’t help it!
4. I’ll be spending it with my dad’s side of the family in podunk, and driving back to lincoln late tonight (christmas eve) to celebrate tomorrow morning with my mother.
Isabel Carey
I’m from Boston
Caleb Slade, the brother of Fray vocalist Isaac Slade, was asked to leave the band, causing the relationship tension that inspired Cable Car
I’m applying to colleges
1. Alex
2. Virginia
3. Many critics compare the band to Coldplay, however the band lists its main influences as U2, Better Than Ezra and Counting Crows.
4. Hanging with family and friends and watching Sweeny Todd!!
1. Morgana Spake
2. Portland, OR
3. The Fray’s album How To Save A Life was certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA
4. I’m home from college to spend time with my family.
1) Anderson
2) Kentucky
3) The bands drummer’s, Ben Wysocki, surname is Polish, there are over 30,000 people in Poland who have the same name
4) Spending time at home and finishing college applications
1. Joanne Chua
2. Philippines
3. The Fray has had some of its songs featured on popular shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs and One Tree Hill.
4. I’m spending time with family, drinking hot chocolate and opening my presents!
1. Mike S
2. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3. “How to Save a Life” was used 3 times in the same season of Smallville, Season 5. “Over my head” was featured in the same season and “I’ll look after you” was featured in season 6.
4. Spending time with family & friends, building my business, and deal hunting on boxing week.
Josh Jacobs
Batavia, NY
They are super generous to their fans! My girlfriend was working at an amusment park where they had a concert that night and they got to talking to her and asked if she was going to the show. When she said that she didn’t have tickets they gave us 3 free tickets in the 11th row!! All we had to do is at the box office say we were on their VIP list! It was so nice of them and so cool! Still jealous she got to meet them but she did take me to the concert!!
All of my extended family is comming over to my house for desert and to open presents! It should be a very nice christmas!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!
1. Frank Zhu
2. Ann Arbor, Michigan
3. Some TV shows and movies featured songs from the band.
4. I’m going to a homecoming party for a friend who moved away last year, but other than that I’m staying home this holiday, enjoying the break from school and work.
Brett Field
Lubbock, Texas
How To Save A Life is triple platinum!
Visiting family then headed to Florida on the 27th to see the Texas Tech vs. Virginia Gator Bowl game cause I’m in the marching band at Tech ^.^
1) Sean
2) Ontario, Canada
3) The Fray is a piano rock band from Denver, Colorado
4) For Christmas I’m heading to England and Wales to see my Grandparents who are celebrating their 60th Anniversary…
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1) alyssha
2) Ontario, Canada
3) “Over My Head (Cable Car)” became a top 40 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in late 2005. It lasted three weeks on the chart and peaked at position #37.
4) just hanging out with family & friends.
1) Justin Latimer
2) College Station, TX
3) “How to Save a Life” was their first hit in the UK and sold over 200,000 downloads.
4) Nothing too exciting. I’m shipping with the Army mid-January, so I’m making sure I stay in shape and don’t eat too much.
1- Betty R.
2-florala,alabama
3. Songs have been used in movies (and i hear them constantly from a 27 year old)
4- all the family gathered at my house for the gifts and food! aaahhhh
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1) Kareem
2) Cairo, Egypt
3) i performed it for my music GCSE and now i am trying to arrange it for an orchestra and choir but i need the sheet music
4) going back to manhattan for summer internship
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