A Good Fight

A Good Fight (commonly abbreviated AGF) was an American rock band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. At the time of disbandment, the group consisted of Eddie Love, Rizz, Jon Woods, Eddie Mekelburg, and Christian Sanchez. The band's first album, The City Could Be Ours By Morning, was released in February, 2008. Their second album, A Good Fight, was released May 1, 2010. The group went on indefinite hiatus and informally disbanded during the production of their planned third album in 2013, citing artistic differences. History 2004 - 2006: Formation and early years Jon and his brother Dustin (stage name Rizz) founded A Good Fight in 2004. They secured the federal trademark of A Good Fight through the law offices of Asa Hutchinson. The band name is a tribute to a close friend who, in 1994, passed in a car accident. The verse in the Bible from II Timothy 4:7, "I have fought the good fight", is a tribute to their friend. They then reached out to local and popular drummer, Sean Marriott of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who at the time resided in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After the three met, they agreed this would be an attempt to form a band with the goal of seeking national recognition. Their next focus was finding a lead singer. During this time, Jon ran successfully for state representative. Drummer Sean Marriott also was briefly married during this time to Juliet of Fayetteville, Arkansas. She is a good friend of Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day. Billy Joe wrote the song, "One for the Razorbacks", about her on the Kerplunk album ". Eddie Love was added as a vocalist to the lineup in 2006. 2007 - 2009: First performance and success of first album With the lineup complete in 2006, the band rehearsed and wrote material during most of 2006 and 2007. They performed their first show at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, Arkansas to a crowd of 400 fans on April 21, 2007. Their first album, The City Could be Ours by Morning, was released in February of 2008. It was released at a sold out show at George's Majestic Lounge to critical acclaim. Within just months of the release of the album, the band won a nationwide MTV contest in which 4000 bands competed to have their music played during an MTV reality show.[5] Over a half a million votes were cast and A Good Fight received an overwhelming number of them for the music video for their debut single, "The Drama".