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The Wrecking’s national debut album, A New Abolition, releases next week. Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about this up-and-coming Christian rock band: 1) The Portland, Maine based band isn’t actually a new band. They’ve been together since 2001, and used to be called The Kingpin Wrecking Crew. 2) The band worked on…

Hawk Nelson is included in a JC Penney back to school promo that pays tribute to the 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” The department store is offering a special EP featuring five bands doing a cover of the film’s hit song, “Don’t You Forget About Me.” During the release week, more than 700 downloads of…

I’ve been getting a lot of comments lately that the weekly trivia questions are too easy. Well, let’s see if you can figure this one out. Q: The charismatic front man for this big band is a connoisseur of what food item?* This week, I’ll post the answer on FRIDAY. (*OK, I’ll give you a…

Rockers Krystal Meyers and Fireflight will both have a song on the official Olympics compilation album. Other artists on the album include Pink, Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, and Natasha Bedingfield. In addition, Krystal Meyers’ “Make Some Noise” will be the theme song used throughout all television broadcasts of the 2008 Olympics, by Korean State TV.…

As I write this post, the band Future of Forestry should be getting ready to play a gig in San Diego called 8-8-08. The plan was to have eight bands, eight speakers and be an event focused on worship. But recently the event coordinators added a speaker to the line up who would be rallying…

Digital Praise has announced that they are introducing a new guitar game called Guitar Praise that’ll give fans of Christian music the chance to play rock star with family-friendly music. Tom Bean, President and CEO of Digital Praise, Inc., says in the press release, “People love the console guitar games on the market, but many…

The Jonas Brothers were recently on the cover of Rolling Stone, and while the article about the band was interesting (more on that in another post) what I found most intriguing was a comment from neuropsychiatrist Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of the bestselling book, The Female Brain. Brizendine likened the screaming of teenage girls when…

This summer, it’s not just Christian rock music fans who get a chance to meet Jesus at an outdoor party or festival. Reuters reports that Italian Catholic nuns and priests are heading to the beach with an inflatable church. The inflatable church makes it debut this Saturday on the Adriatic coast in the Molise region,…

One of the things that I’ve always found fascinating is how musicians physically handle the daily demands of performing. Fans only see what happens on stage, but I imagine most don’t have a clue about what goes on behind the scenes. I had this brilliant idea to spend the day with Hawk Nelson at Kingdom…

I’m notorious for saying stupid things on a daily basis, so here’s one of the funniest moments from my last day at Kingdom Bound:
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