in 2017.[1][2] The project’s contributors consist of Gray and a rotating lineup of guest musicians, which has included Kellin Quinn & Matty Best of Sleeping With Sirens,[3][4][5] Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup,[6] Aaron Gillespie of The Almost,[7][8][9]Andrew Leahey, and Taking Back Sunday’s touring musician Nathan Cogan amongst others.[2][10][11]
Their best known song is “Bruce Lee” which reached #29 on the iTunes Top 100 Rock Chart.[12] followed by Also, “Tarantino” which reached #78 on the same chart[1][8] and #1 at KXFM.[13] They had two other songs on SoundCloud USA Rock charts: "Ammo” which reached #1 and “Seven Eleven” which reached #2.[14]
The Frst released its debut single, “Another One” in 2018.[18][19]
In 2019, the project also released several singles, including “Cycles,”[20] “Seven Eleven,”[21] “Rules,”[16] and “Ammo.”[10] “Seven Eleven” reached #2 on the SoundCloud USA Rock chart and was also featured on Loudwire’s Weekly Wire.[22] "Ammo” reached #1 on the SoundCloud USA Rock chart.[23][24]
The Frst also released the singles “Pawn Shop,”[25][26] “Simulation,”[27] and “Tarantino”[28] in 2020. “Tarantino” reached #78 on the iTunes Top 100 Rock Chart[1] and #1 at KXFM.[17] “Simulation” was released alongside the augmented reality phone app called “The Frst,” which allowed users to scan The Frst’s logo for behind-the-scenes content.[29][27]
In August 2020, The Frst released its debut album, Prelude.[22] Gray wrote and performed seven of the ten songs on Prelude by himself.[15] The Frst also released the single “Duh'' concurrently with the album, which reached #3 on the SoundCloud USA Rock Chart.[22]
After the release of Prelude, The Frst released the single “This Is Me Now” in 2021, which featured Universal-Island artist Kid Brunswick.[30][2] and charted at #46 on the iTunes Rock Chart in the Philippines.[31] It was the second collaboration between Gray and Brunswick, the first being on Brunswick’s song “Bipolar Rhapsody.”[30]
In summer of the same year, The Frst also released the single “Small Talk.”[32][33] Gray played on more than 130 instrumental and vocal tracks within the song.[19]
The Frst has worked with mixing and mastering engineers such as Steve Hardy, James Paul Wisner, and Andy VanDette.[15][10][13]
In January 2022, The Frst released a single with InVogue Records artist Dead Bundy, called “Pop Punk Song.”[13][11][17]
In July 23, 2022, The Frst released a new single called Geronimo.[34] The track features Just a Ride & Solcura.[35]
On Friday, October 13th, 2023, The Frst released “You’re On Your Own, Kid” a Taylor Swift cover,[3][5] and featured Kellin Quinn & Matty Best of Sleeping With Sirens accompanying Gray on vocals and drums respectively.[3][5]
The Frst has worked with mixing and mastering engineers such as Steve Hardy,[15][13] James Paul Wisner,[10] Andy VanDette,[10][13] Zach Odom & Kenneth Mount,[41] George Perks, and Sam Moses.[7]