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Finch

Band Temecula United States Active 1999–2016 US post‐hardcore band

Finch formed in 1999 in Temecula, United States and was active until 2016. Finch has 20 chart appearances on 19 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What It Is to Burn”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #46. The station that charted Finch most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.

20appearances

19countdowns

4songs charted

18stations

0#1 finishes

2002–2005years

Finch came out of Temecula, California, in 1999 with a sound that could swing from pretty to pulverizing inside a single chorus: post-hardcore with emo's broken heart and screamo's raw throat. Nate Barcalow sang lead and played keyboards, Randy Strohmeyer and Alex Linares handled the guitars, Derek Doherty played bass and Alex Pappas was on drums.

The Falling Into Place EP in 2001 carried "Letters to You", but the song that made their name was "What It Is to Burn", the title track of their 2002 album and still the thing they're best known for. It's a slow burn that erupts, all soaring melody and shredded screams.

Say Hello to Sunshine followed in 2005 and landed inside the top 30 of the Billboard 200. The drum stool kept changing hands, Marc Allen and then Drew Marcogliese filling in before Pappas came back, and Daniel Wonacott took over on bass. Along the way they passed through Drive-Thru, MCA, Geffen and Razor & Tie, and after some rough years inside the group they returned with Back to Oblivion in 2014.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Finch on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	What It Is to Burn	391	13	#46	–	2003
2	Letters to You	186	3	#20	–	2002
3	Bitemarks & Bloodstains	112	3	#82	–	2005
4	Waiting	76	1	#54	–	2002

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

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Songs by other artists credited with Finch as a guest.

1Spaceman Electric Callboy featuring Finch1 list

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

02 03 05

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2005	82	Bitemarks & Bloodstains	89X Top 89 Songs of 2005
2005	87 (tie)	Bitemarks & Bloodstains	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	240	Bitemarks & Bloodstains	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	71	What It Is to Burn	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2003	78	What It Is to Burn	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003
2003	88	What It Is to Burn	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	59	What It Is to Burn	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003	46	What It Is to Burn	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	56	What It Is to Burn	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003
2003	53	What It Is to Burn	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003	51	What It Is to Burn	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003
2003	105	What It Is to Burn	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003
2003	50	What It Is to Burn	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003
2003	64	What It Is to Burn	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003
2003	100	What It Is to Burn	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2003	55	What It Is to Burn	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2002	32	Letters to You	The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002	20 (tie)	Letters to You	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	54	Waiting	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	81	Letters to You	WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002

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