- VOTA
Infobox musical artist
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Alias = Casting Pearls
Origin = Lincoln,Nebraska ,United States
Genre =Christian rock
Years_active = 1997–present
Label =INO Records Inpop Records BigBox Records
Associated_acts =Newsboys
URL = [http://www.votaband.com votaband.com]
Current_members =Bryan Olesen Case Maranville Scott Rutz Riley Friesen
Past_members =VOTA (formerly known as Casting Pearls) is
Christian rock band fromLincoln, Nebraska featuring Bryan Olesen, a former guitarist with fellow Christian rock bandNewsboys . Several of the band's songs have been featured on rotation with several national radio networks such asK-Love , and are part of theinternational 180 Tour.History
Casting Pearls was formed by Bryan Olesen and bassist Case Maranville in 1997 when they joined drummer Shane Coop. After a few lineup changes, the band solidified in 2003 to include Olesen, Maranville, and drummer Scott Rutz. In July, 2003 the band met
Peter Furler ofNewsboys which lead to Olesen's tenure as lead guitarist forNewsboys from 2003-early 2006 and the self-titled release on Furler'sInpop Records of "Casting Pearls" in 2005. In 2008, the band changed their name to VOTA due to confusion with similarly named Christian artistCasting Crowns .Discography
EP's
*Really Great Sinners-
1997 (as Casting Pearls)
*Rock-2002 (as Casting Pearls)Albums
Casting Pearls -
2004 , CD/DVD Re-Released2005 Live in Wichita -2007 Members
*Bryan Olesen - lead vocals, guitars
*Case Maranville - bass, vocals
*Scott Rutz - drums
*Riley Friesen - guitar, keys, vocalsExternal links
* [http://www.votaband.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/votaband MySpace]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/votaband PureVolume]
* [http://www.virb.com/votaband Virb]
* [http://www.youtube.com/votaband YouTube profile]
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