Better Luck Next Time, a four-piece American pop punk band from Los Angeles, California, was formed in 2003 by original members Brian Bortoli, Matt Fuzzo, Chris Lucas, and Leston Derrick. The band's name originated from lead vocalist Brian Bortoli's ongoing attempts to further his musical career. In 2005, they released their debut album Third Time's A Charm, which was self-recorded and produced. This album caught the attention of InYa Face Records in Tokyo, Japan, who signed the band and released it as a self-titled album in 2006. The album hit the Japanese Billboard at number 19 on the Top 50 Charts and was declared the best-selling foreign punk/emo record of 2006 in Japan. In September 2006, Better Luck Next Time was chosen as one of ten local bands out of 2,500 in Southern California to play KROQ-FM's Inland Invasion, where they placed second with the song "T.G.I. Goodbye".
