The Fight (band)

This article is about the UK pop punk band. For the US heavy metal band, see Fight (band).

The Fight was an English pop punk band, founded in 2000 in Dudley, West Midlands, England. The band consisted of singer and guitarist Kate Turley, drummer Jack Turley (her younger brother), Scott Milner also on guitar and bassist Tom Calder. In 2002, New Found Glory's road crew overheard them busking outside a gig in Leicester. When New Found Glory’s guitarist, Chad Gilbert, heard their record he invited them to open for them in London^{[citation needed]} and took their demo back to his label.^[1] They were signed by Fat Wreck Chords who put out their first EP, Home Is Where the Hate Is,^[2] in 2003. Their first album Nothing New Since Rock 'n' Roll was released in 2004 on Repossession Records. The Fight have toured the UK, Japan and the United States with bands such as Rancid, Yellowcard, Sugarcult, Brand New and the Starting Line and played on the Warped Tour in summer 2005. After performing with the Fight, Kate Turley and Tom Calder formed the production duo TC4.^[3]

The Fight
Origin	Dudley, West Midlands, England
Genres	Pop punk
Years active	2000–2009
Labels	Repossession Records
Members	Kate Turley Jack Turley Scott Milner Tom Calder
Past members	Matt Vale Simon Jeffries Martin Adams

Discography

Albums/EPs

• Home Is Where the Hate Is (EP) (2003), Fat Wreck Chords
• Nothing New Since Rock 'n' Roll (2004), Repossession Records

Singles

• "Revolution Calling"
• "Can't Be Bothered"

Music videos

• "Revolution Calling" (2004)
• "Can't Be Bothered" (2004)

Band members

• Kate Turley – vocals, guitar
• Jack Turley – drums
• Tom Calder – bass
• Scott Milner – guitar

Past members

• Matthew Vale – bass
• Simon Lincoln Jefferies – guitar

References

1. "Kate's Fight back for pop stardom", Sunday Mercury, 17 November 2002
2. "Rock", Kent & Sussex Courier, 8 April 2005
3. "Kate from production duo TC4 spoke to us about beats, bands and Kate Bush". 25 June 2015.

External links

• The Fight on Myspace