Blue October is a rock band has members from Houston, Texas, was formed in San Marcos, Texas and now calls the Austin area home. The band was formed in 1995 and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar).

Background information
Origin	Houston, Texas, USA
Genres	Alternative rock Post-grunge Experimental rock
Years active	1995–present
Labels	RoDan Entertainment/Scoop Brando Records Universal Records
Associated acts	Canvas, The Last Wish, A Plus Machines, Imogen Heap, Zayra Alvarez
Website	www.blueoctober.com
Members
Justin Furstenfeld Ryan Delahoussaye Jeremy Furstenfeld Matt Noveskey Julian Mandrake
Past members
C.B. Hudson Liz Mullally Piper Skih Brant Coulter Dwayne Casey

After being dropped, the band got together with new guitarist C.B. Hudson, recorded and self-released History for Sale. Due to larger-than-expected album sales, the band was re-signed to Universal and the album was subsequently re-released on Universal. History for Sale was largely a response to the control the label had placed on the group during the Consent to Treatment production process.[3] This is evident in songs such as "Somebody" and "Inner Glow."

Blue October received a larger audience as their single "Calling You," featured on the American Wedding movie soundtrack, as well as on the third episode of The CW show Life is Wild, and began to get radio play in Dallas. The band was invited to play at a large annual concert in Dallas, TX hosted by local radio station, KDGE 102.1 (The Edge), known as Edgefest in 2003. Blue October main evented the free pre-show, with The Rocket Summer, Socialburn, and SouthFM, on Friday and then played the following day for the actual concert event. "Calling You" was played in heavy rotation on KDGE for promotion of the event.

Later, hits off of History for Sale included "Inner Glow" and "Razorblade." However, "Calling You" remained the group's largest mainstream success until their 2006 single, "Hate Me."