Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh Post-Hardcore band, signed to Atlantic Records. Originally called January Thirst, however when one of the original vocalists Michael Evans (Chaos 107) quit in December 2001, Matthew Evans (vocals) and Johnny Phillips (drums) invited Matt Davies to try out for the vacant singer position. Soon after Davies joined, the band changed the name to Funeral for a Friend, taken from a song by the band Planes Mistaken for Stars.
