Audio Adrenaline

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Audio Adrenaline
Left to right: Will, Ben, Mark and Tyler.
Background information
Origin	Grayson, Kentucky
Genre(s)	Christian Rock Alternative rock Contemporary Christian Hard rock
Years active	1987–2007
Label(s)	ForeFront Records
Website	http://www.audioa.com
Members
Mark Stuart Will McGinniss Tyler Burkum Ben Cissell Brian Whitman
Former members
Bob Herdman Barry Blair David Stuart Jonathan Schneck

Audio Adrenaline was a Grammy Award Winning Christian rock band formed in the early 1990s at Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Kentucky, USA. Along with dc Talk, Newsboys and Jars of Clay, they quickly became one of the most successful Christian pop-rock bands of the 90s. They are best known for their 1993 hit "Big House", and were a main attraction at the annual Creation Festival, Spirit West Coast festival and Agape Music Festival.

1 History
2 Books
3 Band members
4 Side projects
5 Discography
6 Awards
- 6.1 Grammy Awards
- 6.2 DOVE AWARDS
7 Trivia
8 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Early history

The band was formed under the name of A-180 by Mark Stuart, Barry Blair and Will McGinniss. (As of 2007, Stuart and McGinniss are the only remaining original members.) The three men, along with Ron Gibson and Mark's brother, David, became a popular local band—booked by the school nearly every weekend.

The band's big break would come in the form of Bob Herdman. Bob went up to Audio Adrenaline with two songs he had written, "My God" and "DC-10". After "My God" was recorded—under the band name Herdman had created, "Audio Adrenaline"—it was sent to radio stations and scaled the charts quickly. Forefront Records decided to offer a record deal to A-180 but had them change their name to Audio Adrenaline. The name had come from a day when the band was blaring music loudly in their dorm. A member then said that it felt like audio adrenaline. Bob joined the band, and David left to focus on his family.

[edit] 1990s

Their first album under Forefront, the self-titled Audio Adrenaline, was released in 1992. The follow-up album, Don't Censor Me, came the next year. In 1996, their third album, bloom, was released. It marked guitarist Barry Blair's final album with the band.

With Blair gone, Audio Adrenaline needed a new guitarist. They found one in Tyler Burkum, who joined the band at only 17 years old, in time to record 1997's Some Kind of Zombie. This was also the first album to feature Ben Cissell as the band's full-time drummer, though Cissell had played on bloom as well. In 1999, the band released Underdog, its fifth studio album. To this day, Underdog remains Audio Adrenaline's largest critical success.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2000s

Audio Adrenaline greeted the new millennium by releasing their first greatest hits compilation, Hit Parade, in 2001. In the winter of that same year, they released a new studio album, Lift. In the time between the releases of those two albums, Bob Herdman left the band to become president of a new record label, Flicker Records, which he founded along with Stuart and McGinniss. In 2003, the band released its ninth album, Worldwide. It was a more worship-based effort that emphasized their style of ministry and love of mission trips. The band's "Hands and Feet Project" and "The Go Show" tour also served to encourage missionary work. Worldwide, like Lift before it, wasn't as 'rocking' in the traditional sense as their previous efforts, mostly because of the focus on softer and more praise-oriented material. In 2004, the band, along with former member Bob Herdman, founded a project in Haiti called the Hands and Feet Project, in which the band built an orphanage for children.

The band's tenth album, Until My Heart Caves In, was released on August 30, 2005. It received a Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2006.

Among Audio Adrenaline's most notable performances are three of their most popular songs, "Big House", "Hands and Feet", and the live staple "We're A Band", as well as a duet with The O.C. Supertones, "Blitz", from the album Some Kind of Zombie.

On January 18, 2006, Audio Adrenaline announced that they were retiring. The band cited Mark Stuart's "ongoing vocal challenges" stemming from vocal chord damage after years of performing as the primary factor.[1] On July 27, 2006, the band played at the popular Christian music festival Creation West for the last time. They had performed at Creation West every year since it began. On August 1, 2006, they released their final album, Adios, a farewell album containing two new tracks as well as the band's greatest hits. For their final national tour in February until April 2007, Audio Adrenaline opened for MercyMe on the "Coming Up To Breathe Tour".

[edit] Books

September 1, 2003, the band released its first book Dirty Faith: Becoming the Hands and Feet of Jesus, with Think Books. Co-written with Mark Matlock, the book discusses reaching out to the needy and features an organization called Mission Year.

On September 5, 2006, the band released Hands & Feet: Inspiring Stories and Firsthand Accounts of God Changing Lives, with Regal Books. It takes the reader on a journey to Haiti with the band as they build houses for the children there. The reader also meets Drex and Jo Stuart, the parents of frontman Mark Stuart. The book gives an explanation of life in one of the poorest nations on earth.

[edit] Band members

Mark Stuart - vocals, guitar (1987-2006)
Will McGinniss - vocals, bass guitar (1987-2006)
Tyler Burkum - guitar, vocals, keyboard (1997-2006)
Ben Cissell - drums (1995-2006)
Brian Whitman - guitar, vocals (2005-2006)
Brian Hayes - drums (1993-1995, A.K.A. Public School video)
Bob Herdman - keyboard, guitar (1987-2000)
Barry Blair - guitar, vocals (1987-1997)
David Stuart - keyboard, vocals (1987-1991)
Jonathan "Frodo" Schneck - backup guitar (2003-2005, Now with Relient K)

[edit] Side projects

Mark Stuart was recently involved in !Hero the Rock Opera, playing as Petrov. !Hero was a modern adaption of the story of Christ performed along with dc Talk band member Michael Tait, presently the frontman of one of dc Talk's solo projects, Tait. Also involved in this production was popular CCM pop vocalist Rebecca St. James, playing the part of Maggie.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Tapes (A-180)

You Turn, 1989 (Landmark Recording Studio)
Reaper's Train, 1990 (Landmark Recording Studio)

[edit] Albums

Audio Adrenaline 1992	Don't Censor Me 1993	Live Bootleg 1995	Bloom 1996 Certified: US - Gold
Some Kind of Zombie 1997	Underdog 1999	Hit Parade 2001	Lift 2001
Worldwide 2003	Until My Heart Caves In 2005	Adios: The Greatest Hits 2006

[edit] Singles

"Some Kind of Zombie" (1997)
"Big House (Live)" (1997)
"Dirty/Ocean Floor" (2003)
"Miracle" (2004)
"King" (2005)
"Melody (Lost In Wonder)" (2005)
"Goodbye" (2006)
"Get Down" (2006)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Worldwide
2006 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Until My Heart Caves In

[edit] DOVE AWARDS

1996 Long Form Music Video of the Year - "Big House" (Don't Censor Me)
1998 Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year - "Some Kind of Zombie" (Some Kind of Zombie)
2000 Rock Recorded Song of the Year - "Get Down" (Underdog)
2003 Rock Album of the Year - "Lift"

[edit] Trivia

Audio Adrenaline music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "Blitz" and "Get Down" are included with the game. "Big House" and "Hands and Feet" are added to lineup via the Dance Praise Expansion Pack Volume 1: Modern Worship, and "Dirty" is added via the Dance Praise Expansion Pack Volume 3: Pop & Rock Hits.

The single release of "Some Kind of Zombie" features a cover version of "The Hairbrush Song" from Silly Songs with Larry from Veggie Tales.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Audio Adrenaline
Band members: Mark Stuart – Will McGinniss – Tyler Burkum – Ben Cissell – Brian Whitman
Former members: Bob Herdman – Barry Blair – David Stuart – Jonathan Schneck
Discography
Albums: Audio Adrenaline – Don't Censor Me – Bloom – Some Kind of Zombie – Underdog – Lift – Worldwide – Until My Heart Caves In
Live album: Live Bootleg
Compilations: Hit Parade – Adios: The Greatest Hits
Demos: You Turn – Reaper's Train

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