相信大多数人都是从OC里的那首"Forever Young"认识Youth Group的。

他们成立于1998年，如今仍坚守岗位的原装成员只剩主唱兼吉他手Toby Martin与鼓手Danny Allen，其他成员来来去去，The Vines贝斯手Patrick Matthews加入后才算底定最后的阵容。

Youth Group曾在家乡替The Strokes、Franz Ferdinand暖场，也发行过数张单曲EP，已是颇有知名度的乐队。

直到2005年终于被Epitaph看中，于北美发行了首张专辑Skeleton Jar。

主唱Toby Martin的嗓音对于英伦音乐的爱好者应该是一听就会爱上的迷药，他让我想起了James于Puressence这两组挚爱的乐队。

Youth Group辛苦挣扎的七年时光里，Toby Martin拿到了博士学位，随后他继续共读着Ph.D. in History。

如不是新专辑发行使他暂缓了学业，他可能成为摇滚史上少数拥有博士学位的主唱之一。 因此不论Youth Group的音乐或Toby Martin的声音都有种独特的清新气质，有时带点不染尘埃的调调，但大多时候散发着轻松的苦涩。

1998年乐队成立后Toby Martin分别经历了父亲过世、失业、被女友抛弃、团员纠纷这些惨事，可对于他来说，最痛苦的阶段往往能创作出最深刻的作品，Youth Group专辑里那些恬淡悲伤的歌就是这么来的。

Youth Group常被拿来于Death Cab For Cutie比较，团员则喜欢Jesus and Mary Chain的音乐。

虽然与一些Indie Pop乐队相档，Youth Group仍缺乏一击必杀的辨认度，总给人开着拼装车的感觉；但对于新进乐队来说我们必须友善地降低门凯，毕竟能把拼装车开好，也是所有驾驶必须学会的第一件事.

Forever Young[歌词]

let's dance in style

let's dance for a while

heaven can wait we're only watching the sky

hoping for the best but expecting the worst

are you gonna drop the bomb or not

let us die young or let us live forever

dont have the power but we never say never

sitting in the sandpit

life is a short trip

music's for the sad man

can you imagine when this race is run

turn our golden faces into the sun

praisin our leaders, getting in tune

the music's played by the mad men

forever young, i want to be forever young

do you really want to live forever,

forever, forever

forever young, i want to be forever young

do you really want to live forever,

forever, forever

some like water and some are like the heat,

some are melodies, some are the beat,

sooner or later they'll all be gone,

why don't they stay out

it's hard to get on without a cause,

i don't want to perish like a fading voice,

youth is like diamonds in the sun,

diamonds are forever

so many adventures couldn't happen today

so many songs we forgot to play

so many dreams swinging out of the blue

left to come true

forever young, i want to be forever young,

do you really want to live forever

forever, forever

forever young, i want to be forever young

do you really want to live forever

forever, forever

forever young, i want to be forever young

do you really want to live forever,

forever, forever

forever young, i want to be forever young

do you really want to live forever,

forever, forever...