Matt Morginsky

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Matt Morginsky singing at the Solid Rock Festival

Matt "Mojo" Morginsky (born June 14, 1976 in Long Island, New York), is the former lead vocalist of The O.C. Supertones, a Christian band that focused on ska-core and related rhythms.

1 Biography
2 Trivia
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Matt Morginsky was born in Long Island to a Jewish father and an Italian mother. At age 14 he turned to Christianity. The following year (January of 1991) he arranged to meet Jason Carson because he was interested in starting a Christian band, and one of Morginsky's friends from high school had given him Carson's phone number.

[edit] Saved

Morginsky and Carson formed a band which at first was named simply, "Saved." Ethan Luck joined the band on guitar, and Carson's friend, Tony Terusa, joined on bass guitar. In the first years that Saved was together, they had difficulty finding their musical style, and played music ranging between punk, metal, ska, rock, and funk. By April of 1995, they had decided to be a ska band, and the name was changed to "The O.C. Supertones."^[1]^[2]

[edit] The O.C. Supertones

From April of 1995 to October of 2005, Morginsky acted as the lead vocalist and song-writer of The O.C. Supertones, and occasionally played guitar and bass. With the Supertones he achieved great success and acclaim, up until the band's disbanding in 2005.^[2]

[edit] Other projects

In 2003, he also released an album with his side project, Grand Incredible, in which he played bass guitar as well as being the lead singer.

[edit] Personal facts

In recent years, Morginsky lived for a short time with Ethan Luck, who had left Saved in 1994, and rejoined the Supertones later on. They also played together in Grand Incredible and other projects.

Presently, Morginsky lives with his wife in Nashville, Tennessee, and speaks at youth groups and conferences on the subject of apologetics.

The song "I Will Follow" from Revenge of the O.C. Supertones chronicles his own finding of Christ.

[edit] Trivia

Morginsky enjoys reading and has a good knowledge of the Scriptures which is evident in his lyrics.
Some topics that he frequently writes about include his struggles with faith, his love for God, and the second coming of Christ.
His work also reflects his desire to convince Christians to be "strong warriors against Satan", and to convince Christian youths to reject what popular culture labels as "cool" and instead accept the word of God. Songs like "Perseverance of the Saints," "Grounded," and "Return of the Revolution" speak in war metaphors, calling Christians to be "soldiers of God", and the songs "Cult of Cool," "Birth of Uncool," and "Radio Plays" speak of the shallowness that he sees in modern popular culture.

[edit] References

^ Profile - The Supertones (10 1999). Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 902-904. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.