Grammatrain

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Name = Grammatrain


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Origin = Seattle, Washington, USA
Genre = Christian rock
Post-grunge
Years_active = 1994–1998
Label = Forefront
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Current_members = Pete Stewart Dalton Roraback Paul Roraback
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Grammatrain was a post-grunge rock band from Seattle, Washington from the mid 1990s. Their sound was heavily influenced by bands such as Soundgarden, Nirvana, Metallica, Pearl Jam, and Led Zeppelin, yet it was still distinctive in its own right, and certainly unique among bands marketed to Christians.Fact|date=November 2007

The band recorded a self-titled demo tape in 1994, and CD containing mostly live acoustic numbers in 1995. After signing with Christian label Forefront Records, they quickly followed with their first studio album, "Lonely House". Their second full length album, "Flying", came in 1997. Around the same time, guitarist/vocalist Pete Stewart was contributing guitar tracks to dc Talk's "Supernatural" album. As touring was taking its toll on the lives of the band members, they broke up following their final live performance on 12/7/1998 in Germany, documented on the album aptly titled, "Live 120798".

Following the breakup of the band, Stewart released a self-titled solo album, and produced Michael Tait's band Tait, performing on their first album. He also produced four tracks on the first album for TobyMac. After this, he seemed to disappear for a while, resurfacing with the new project The Accident Experiment in 2003.

Dalton Roraback has moved on to work in the I.T. industry and raising a family. He spends most of his time with wife, two sons, and posting on a small but popular website where he argues politics under the name Skinnyrumcakes.

Discography

* "Demo Tape" - 1994
* "Grammatrain" - 1995
* "Lonely House" - 1995
* "Flying" - 1997
* "Live 120798" - 1999, Review: " [http://web.archive.org/web/20010308152438/www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_signed81.html HM Magazine] "cite journal |author=Gordon (a girl called) |year=2000 |month=January/February |title=Album Reviews: GRAMMATRAIN, "Live 120798" |journal=HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=81 |pages= ]

Grammatrain has also appeared on Forefront Record's X (10th Anniversary) Compilation album, as well as tribute albums to Stryper, Petra, and Larry Norman.

References

Further reading

*cite journal |last= |first= |title=Grammatrain |month=January / February |year=1996 |issue=04 |journal=7ball Magazine
*cite journal |last= |first= |title=Grammatrain |month=May / June |year=1997 |issue=12 |journal=7ball Magazine