HM News Update: Week Ending 11-4
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Welcome to a new (Lord willing) weekly feature: News "bytes" from around the world of Christian hard music (rock, punk, metal, alt rock, and every crazy sub-genre you can think of...and maybe not). Enjoy.
Decyfer Down Shoots Video in NYC
SRE Recordings’ Decyfer Down rocked South Carolina as they performed for over 5,000 in attendance at the Fallout Festival with Crossfade, hosted by alternative rock station WARQ on October 7. Since the show, WARQ has increased spins for Decyfer Down’s “Fight Like This” by 25 per week. Along with this station, radio everywhere is showing support for Decyfer Down. R&R Christian Rock chart places Decyfer Down’s “Break Free” at No. 5 w/bullet this week.
Matt Lee, WARQ Music Director’s says: “Not that I’m surprised about it, but once again Decyfer Down rolled through Columbia and left a smoking hole in the ground. What I saw was the thousands singing [their] songs right back to them.”
New York City made room for Decyfer Down back in September as they shot their newest video for, “Fight Like This” with well-known director Dale Resteghini. Dale has directed videos for Mudvayne, Hawthorne Heights, Fall Out Boys and several more. Be sure to check out the video here at: toasterinthetub.com
About the shoot, Resteghini says, “When Decyfer Down showed up on set [in] New York City, they showed up ready to rock this city! The guys were all pros and all about making the best video possible, so they worked their butts off jamming, screaming, jumping and just going off take after take....”
Decyfer Down is also set to rock this fall, as they head out with Pillar, Day Of Fire, and The Showdown on the “Days of The Reckoning Tour” starting on October 26 in Minneapolis, MN. For more information on this tour, go to pillarlive.com
Kutless Hearts of the Innocent Tour Powered by Suzuki
The Hearts of the Innocent Tour started last week in Cullman Alabama. "We are so stoked to be starting this fall tour along with Disciple, Red and Run Kid Run! This tour we will be hitting up Ohio, Minnesota, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and tons of other places. Make sure you check out our website for our fall touring schedule. In case you haven’t heard already, we have teamed up with Suzuki for this fall tour. This is the very first time SUZUKI has ever partnered with an artist in any genre. So what's the big deal for you? Go to kutless.com and you can register for the opportunity to win a Suzuki SX4 Compact Sport X-Over, a Suzuki RM-Z450 Motorcycle, or a Suzuki DR-Z400 SM Motorcycle! Pretty cool, right?
Hearts of the Innocent Tour Dates:
11/02/06 Fargo, ND
11/03/06 Minneapolis, MN
11/04/06 Chicago, IL
11/07/06 Detroit, MI
11/09/06 Huntington, WV
11/10/06 Pittsburgh, PA
11/11/06 Clifton Park, NY
11/12/06 Hamburg, NY
11/13/06 Philadelphia, PA
11/14/06 Manheim, PA
11/16/06 Bedford, NH
11/17/06 Baltimore, MD
11/18/06 Meriden, CT
11/19/06 New York, NY
DC Talk Re-issues Jesus Freak 10th Anniversary Special Edition
NASHVILLE, TN … (10.18.06)….Arguably one of the industry’s greatest bands, DC TALK returns this December 26th with Jesus Freak 10th Anniversary Special Edition (Forefront/EMICMG). In celebration of what may be the biggest project in the history of Contemporary Christian music, the 2-Disc set will include both the original Jesus Freak disc, (remastered), as well as a 14-track CD with exclusive B-sides, remixes, and rarities (tentative listing below).
“DC Talk has always been synonymous with musical innovation,” recalls former ForeFront executive and current EMI CMG Publishing President Eddie DeGarmo. “They created anthems that resonated with an entire generation who creamed every lyric at the top of their lungs. Jesus Freak was their cry.”
Garnering one of the group’s four GRAMMY® Awards, the first time a rock song won a Dove Award for “Song of the Year” (“Jesus Freak”), a total of six No. 1 singles amongst Christian CHR, AC and Rock radio formats, JESUS FREAK set many records, including entering higher on the Billboard Top 200 chart than any other Christian artist ever had (No. 16) in August 1995, selling over 97,000 units. Certified Gold within 30 days of release, the project sold over one million units before DC TALK joined forces in the general market with Virgin Records, and in its first week of release charted on Billboard’s Top 5 along with The Beatles, Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen and Vince Gill. Currently the project has sold more than 2 million units.
General market radio success for JESUS FREAK was also stellar, including the top 15 charting of “Just Between You and Me” at Top 40/Pop radio. The JESUS FREAK tour was also one of if not the most successful tour by a Christian artist in the mid-90s as well, with shows selling out across the U.S. including Houston, Dallas, Columbus, Minneapolis, Boston and more.
DCTALK’s members, TobyMac, Michael Tait and Kevin Max are all currently enjoying successful solo careers. TobyMac will release his third solo project with ForeFront/EMICMG in February 2007.
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