Justin Furstenfeld

Justin wrote the song "Softspot" on The Meeting Place's 2019 album Haunt.

Furstenfeld also co-wrote and performed guest vocals on the Canvas song "All About You" from their album Four Days Awake. He also sings on the song "Medusa" on Tarja Turunen's album Colours in the Dark. In 2014, he provided guest vocals on Zeale's song "Invisible Prisons", and also sang on the song "When We Were Made" on Paco Estrada's 2015 album Bedtime Stories.

On June 13, 2012, Justin proposed to his pregnant girlfriend, Sarah. On July 28, 2012 they were married in a private ceremony in Wimberley, Texas. Together they have a daughter named Sayde Belle, born August 23, 2012 On April 2nd, 2016, Justin and Sarah had a son, Gunner Black Furstenfeld

On October 22, 2009, the Pick Up The Phone Tour was cancelled after Justin was admitted to a hospital for an extreme anxiety attack, though the band still played two November dates in Austin.

In April 2009, Justin published his first book, Crazy Making - The Words and Lyrics of Justin Furstenfeld, in which Justin goes into explicit detail about the inspiration behind each and every Blue October song to date.

In August 2008, Furstenfeld toured with Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, in a sold out 4-city book/concert tour.

During his high school years at Houston's prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), he formed the band The Last Wish, which he played in from the age of 13 until 1995. When performing solo, Furstenfeld uses the moniker 5591, the number 5591 being his patient number when he was admitted to a mental institution following a breakup with his then-girlfriend Amanda. He tells this story in the confessionals on the Argue With a Tree DVD (found in the Special Features).

Justin Steward Furstenfeld (born December 14, 1975) is a record producer, artist, author, and the lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist of the rock band Blue October.