Bleach (American band)

This article is about the Christian rock group. For the English indie band, see Bleach (British band). For the Japanese hardcore punk group, see Bleach (Japanese band).

Bleach
Also known as	Muffin (founded as)
Origin	Grayson, Kentucky, United States
Genres	Christian rock
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Tooth & Nail, ForeFront
Website	bleachisalive.com
Members
Dave Baysinger Sam Barnhart Jerry Morrison Milam Byers Jared Byers
Past members
Matt Gingerich Bradley Ford Todd Kirby Russ Fox

Bleach is a American Christian-rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee.

History

It was formed at Kentucky Christian University, in Grayson, Kentucky, in 1995, originally under the name Muffin. The band announced that it would be disbanded in 2004, but in 2010, the band announced it was coming back.

In 1997, the band earned a Dove Award in the category of Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for its song "Epidermis Girl", from its first album Space. The follow-up album, Static, reached #22 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.^[1]

In 2003, the band members announced that they were going to disband. The band said goodbye to its fans in the form of a farewell tour, which was followed by the final album Farewell Old Friends (2005). Its "last show" was performed on August 29, 2004, in Nashville, but on March 13, 2005, the band performed a reunion show to benefit the Aaron Marrs Memorial Fund. It also performed a reunion show at The O.C. Supertones's last show, at Biola University on October 7, 2005.

The band music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "Heartbeat", "Rock N Roll", "Static" and "Super Good Feeling" are included with the game. "Heartbeat" is also used in the romantic comedy film Extreme Days (2001) and in its accompanying soundtrack.

"Rock N Roll" is used in the second season of teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (episode 16) and "We Are Tomorrow" was used on ESPN's SportsCenter in 2003.

"Super Good Feeling" featured on Seltzer 2 album and "Waving Goodbye" featured on Seltzer 3 album.

"Heavenbound" performed by Bleach on Forefront Ten album (written by dc Talk).

Davy Baysinger and Jared Byers both have a side project band named Royal Empire Music. They have made songs for a compilation CD series called My Other Band for Mono vs. Stereo records. Russ Fox is now playing guitar in the rock band The Red Velvet and runs Huntington's Broadmoor Recording Studio.

Additionally, they made an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival in 2010, ^[2] and at the Sonshine Festival in July 2010.^[3]

The band will be releasing a new album soon and have started their "Four States Tour" in July 2011.^{[4][dated info]}

Members

Sam Barnhart – guitar, vocals (1995–2004) Dave Baysinger – lead vocals (1995–2004) Jared Byers – drums (2000–2004)

Milam Byers – lead guitar (2000–2004) Jerry Morrison – bass guitar (2000–2004)

Former members

Bradley Ford – keyboard, guitar (1995–1999) Todd Kirby – bass guitar (1995–1999)

Matt Gingerich – drums (1995–2000) Russ Fox – bass guitar, guitar (1999–2000)

Discography

Title	Year	Label
Space	1996	ForeFront
Static	1998	ForeFront
Bleach	1999	ForeFront
Again, for the First Time	2002	Tooth & Nail
Astronomy	2003	Tooth & Nail
Farewell Old Friends	2005	Tooth & Nail
Audio/Visual	2005	Tooth & Nail

References

1. ^ "Bleach". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p384173/charts-awards. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
2. ^ "Cornerstone Festival 2011 :: Bands". Cornerstonefestival.com. 2011-06-30. http://www.cornerstonefestival.com/bands.php. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
3. ^ "Sonshine Music Festival // Willmar, MN // July 14-17, 2010". Sonshinefestival.com. http://sonshinefestival.com/2010/artists/. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
4. ^ "News". Bleach is Alive. http://www.bleachisalive.com. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 

External links

	Christianity portal
	Rock music portal

• bleachisalive.com
• Bleach at Allmusic
• Bleach at the Internet Movie Database