Stellar Kart

Infobox musical artist
Name = Stellar Kart

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Genre = Christian pop punk
Pop punk
Power pop
Christian punk
Years_active = 2002-present
Label = Word Records
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URL = http://www.stellarkart.com
Current_members = Adam Agee
Cody Pellerin
Jordan Messer
Brian Calcara
Past_members = Taylor Sitera
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Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to Word and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, "All Gas. No Brake" - including "Finish Last" and "Life Is Good" - have been played on Christian radio stations such as Air 1. Their album, "We Can't Stand Sitting Down" was released on July 25, 2006. The album's first single "Me and Jesus" hit #1 for 7 weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart and won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song". " [http://www.doveawards.com/categories/ 38th Annual Dove Award Recipients] ". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved April 26, 2007.]

They derived their band name from working with kids on youth camps. Their name is often abbreviated SK, as seen in the band's music videos to "Activate" and "Life is Good".

Their latest album, "Expect the Impossible", was released on February 26, 2008. [ [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ExpecttheImpossible.asp Jesus Freak Hideout review for "Expect the Impossible"] ]

Members

*Adam Agee; Vocals, Guitar
*Cody Pellerin; Guitar
*Jordan Messer; Drums
*Brian Calcara; Bass

Publicity

Stellar Kart has been interviewed in magazines such as CCM Magazine, Brio Magazine, and Awake Magazine. They were also interviewed on various television shows, including "TMW" and "The Zone" (on the Christian IPTV service Sky Angel). Stellar Kart has also appeared on a season finale of "The Logan Show".

Concerts

Stellar Kart has been an opening act for bands such as Kutless on the "Strong Tower Tour" and Newsboys on the "Go Tour". The band's first headlining tour began on December 1, 2006, and was called the "Punk The Halls Tour". Support for this Christmas tour came from Run Kid Run, Eleventyseven, and Esterlyn; it went so well that they decided to do the Punk the Halls Tour every year. Stellar Kart performed on the main stage at Onefest and the main stage of Creation 2007. Stellar Kart recently played on a Lifelight circuit concert in Mitchell, South Dakota with the bands The Switch and Remedy Drive. On June 9, 2007, Stellar Kart played it's first international concert at the E.O. Youth Day in the Netherlands in front of an audience of 35,000. In the beginning of 2008 the band began the "Expect the Impossible Tour"; this was their first headlining tour that wasn't for the holidays. Most recently they performed on the Fringe Stage at Creation 2008.They are known to have guitar wars before or after a concert.

Discography

Albums

ingles

Music Videos

*Student Driver
*Life Is Good
*Activate
*Me and Jesus
*Innocent

References

External links

* [http://www.stellarkart.com Stellar Kart homepage]
* [http://www.myspace.com/stellarkart Stellar Kart Myspace page]
* [http://stellarkart.blogspot.com/ Stellar Kart Blogger] Blog
* [http://www.purevolume.com/stellarkart Stellar Kart at Purevolume]
* [http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/podcasts/11569211/ CCM's Stellar Kart Podcast]
* [http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11568855/ CCM Magazine Interview with Stellar Kart]
* [http://www.christianrocklyrics.com/stellarkart.php Stellar Kart lyrics]