Relient K

Canton, Ohio’s Relient K formed in 1998 and joined the parade of Christian punk-pop performers (MxPx, Ghoti Hook, Slick Sneakers) using their self-titled 2000 debut, combining catchy melodies and snotty attitude with religious issues. The record was made by dc Speak guitarist Tag Townsend, as well as the music group was made up of vocalist/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen, guitarist Matthew Hoopes, bassist Brian Pittman, and drummer Stephen Cushman. David Douglas became a member of up instead of Cushman from the year’s end, and Relient K adopted up in August 2001 using the Anatomy from the Tongue in Cheek. The recording offered 300,000 copies and Relient K’s momentum continuing to create as they performed nearly 200 displays in THE UNITED STATES before the 12 months closed out. Another full-length, Two Lefts Don’t Make the right… But Three Perform, debuted at quantity 38 on Billboard’s Best 200 recording graph upon its launch in springtime 2003. The music group didn’t waste any moment recording a 4th recording; MMHMM, made by business lead vocalist Thiessen and dc Talk’s Townsend and combined by Tom Lord-Alge, premiered in November 2004 by Gotee/Capitol. MMHMM scanned over 51,000 copies offered during its 1st week, hitting quantity 15 at the top 200 and number 1 for Christian albums. It ultimately went platinum, Relient K’s third consecutive recording to take action, as well as the band’s mainstream crossover was completely golf swing with singles “Become My Get away” and “Who I Am Hates Who I AM” doing perfectly on modern rock and roll radio and MTV. Pittman remaining the group after MMHMM’s launch (later going to play with Inhale/Exhale), and John Warne (ex-Ace Troubleshooter) packed in on bass for touring reasons, becoming a long lasting member in 2005. Relient K additional added Jonathan Schneck like a third guitarist (who also performed banjo and bells) that 12 months, bumping them up to quintet position. With Relient K touring continuously to get MMHMM, Apathetic EP adopted in November 2005 as another deal with to carry over followers as the people readied their following recording. Five Rating & Seven YEARS BACK (as within their 5th recording in seven years), mainly made by Howard Benson (My Chemical substance Romance, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN Jake), premiered in early March 2007. Accurate to create, Relient K lay out on a complete round of countrywide dates, including springtime displays with Mae and Sherwood, before liberating the Christmas-themed recording ALLOW IT Snow Baby… ALLOW IT Reindeer (made up of several tracks from your band’s previous vacation launch, Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hands) later on that fall. In Oct, Douglas announced that he’d be departing Relient K to dedicate himself full-time to his part task Gypsy Parade. He was changed in early 2008 by Ethan Fortune, who accompany the group during its looks on that year’s Warped Tour. In July, the group released the B-side recording The Bird as well as the Bee Edges, which was packed using the Nashville Rugby EP. The music group released its 6th studio recording, Forget rather than Slow Down, in ’09 2009. Two seven-song addresses EPs, entitled K Is perfect for Karaoke, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, made an appearance in 2011. Later on combined into a unitary LP launch, K Is perfect for Karaoke included their assumes hits from famous brands Cyndi Lauper, the Wallflowers, Wedding cake, Toto, and Rock Temple Pilots. Their following set of first music wouldn’t arrive until 2013. During documenting, Luck parted methods with the music group, his vacated slot machine filled a few months afterwards by the drummer he changed, David Douglas. The band’s seventh LP, Collapsible Lung, premiered that summertime, peaking at amount 16 in the Billboard 200. Their eighth work would also reasonable well. Made by Tag Lee Townsend, Atmosphere for Free highlighted the one “Appear on Up” and debuted at amount 44 in the Billboard 200, topping the Christian graph.