Red Returns To The Stage With A New Drummer
Red and their new drummer Brian Medeiros played a sold out show in Dallas last night…their first concert since the pandemic. Here is the band posing with the fans at the show.
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Skillet And Stryper To Share The Stage In Minnesota This Summer
Two huge bands that begin with “S” from two different eras will share the same stage soon:
Skillet…which began in the mid to late 1990’s and has never stopped rockin’…
And a resurgent 80’s band that lead singer John Cooper grew up listening to as part of his Christian metal album collection: Stryper.
Skillet will be headlining Friday night September 10th at the Rocktember Fest in Hinckley, Minnesota. Immediately preceding Skillet will be Stryper. The rest of the bands at the fest are secular hard rock.
The timing is a bit ironic. Cooper had recently been spotted in public by a casual music fan who said (paraphrasing) “You look familiar…aren’t you in that band…that Christian rock band…Stryper?”
Well, in case you have any trouble telling the bands apart (LOL) here is your chance to clearly differentiate between the two.
We’re not 100 percent sure, but at press time, we believe this is the first time these two bands have shared the same stage on the same night.
Disciple Online Concert # 2 Is Less Than An Hour Away
Disciple’s second online concert, which celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Horseshoes And Hand Grenades album, is live in a little less than an hour. You can snag tickets here:
No B-Sides Songs Will Play At Disciple’s Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Online Concert
It’s pure greed on our part at TheBlast.FM. Our own Colin Cruz just asked Disciple lead singer Kevin Young if the band will be playing any of the B-Sides songs at their online concert on Saturday January 23rd.
The B-Sides, you ask?
Yeah. Remember? That Disciple album that came out 10 years ago called Horseshoes & Hand Grenades…also had some digital add-on songs that didn’t make the main record.
It was called Horseshoes & Hand Grenades B-Sides. And it had some fabulous songs on it that we have Blasted over the years: namely The Fury, Comedy Tragedy, Disasterpiece, and Watch It Burn.
And the answer is? No.
Young reminds us that they are playing the entire (main) Horseshoes & Hand Grenades album from front to back, plus playing two new songs, including The Blast hit Darkness Dies.
Those two songs plus the 12 on Horseshoes & Hand Grenades makes 14, and Young says he can only handle 14 songs a night.
Fair enough. It was worth asking. Inquiring minds wanted to know.
Love And Death To Do Online Concert on Friday February 12, 2021
Love And Death is joining the online concert fray, with a show of their own on Friday February 12th!
It’s been a long time, and Love And Death fans are eager to finally see the band in concert again.
The Blast was the first Christian Rock Radio station to jump on to the new song Down, on November 14, 2020.
To find out more info about the show, go to http://LoveAndDeath.Veeps.com
Disciple Postpones Online Concert And Multiplies…
Disciple has postponed their second online concert until Saturday January 23, 2021, due to someone in one of the bands’ households testing positive for Covid-19.
In other group news, Disciple has multiplied into two bands. The second band is Honor & Glory , the name for the new worship arm of the band.
Disciple says this about their offshoot band Honor & Glory: Where the mission of Disciple is to reach the unreachable, the vision of Honor & Glory is to create a musical atmosphere where hearts, minds, souls, and voices center on the greatness and wonders of our amazing God through worship.
The debut album from Honor & Glory drops on BEC Records in 2021.
Disciple/Kevin Young Dominating The Top Of The CMW Christian Rock Chart
Talk about chart dominance!
Not only is Disciple’s song Darkness Dies atop TheBlast.FM chart this week…it is #1 nationally again this week on the Christian Music Weekly chart…AND…Behold The Beloved Come Alive (featuring Kevin Young–of Disciple) is # 2!
Christian Music Weekly (CMW) is a free online publication. The Blast reports to the CMW Rock Chart. You can read more and subscribe here: http://christianmusicweekly.com/
In 10 days, Disciple does their second online concert…performing the entirety of the Horseshoes And Hand Grenades album (to commemorate its 10th anniversary). They will also perform Darkness Dies for the first time in front of an audience. You can purchase tickets here: https://www.itickets.com/events/449963
Disciple To Perform Entire Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Album In Concert
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades was a big album for TheBlast.FM when it came out in 2010 and for a couple years after that. We played Battle Lines, Comedy Tragedy, and Disasterpiece, and we still play all three songs.
So this is very exciting news for us, plagiarized from Disciple’s Facebook page:
Ten years of Horseshoes & Handgrenades. Two Disciple lineups. One once-in-a-lifetime livestream event.
HORSESHOES & HANDGRENADES: ANNIVERSARY X will stream on November 21, featuring the ENTIRE Horseshoes & Handgrenades album played front to back with some help from “Disciple 2.0:” Micah Sannan, Andrew Welch, Israel Beachy, and Trent Reiff! We’ll also be playing Love Letter Kill Shot deluxe tracks “Enemy” and “Darkness Dies” for the first time. Get your ticket now: itickets.com/events/449963
Horseshoes & Handgrenades left a lasting impact on us as a band, and we have so many ways we want to celebrate all of the support you’ve shown this album over the past decade. All seven of the Horseshoes & Handgrenades b-sides will be sent to ticket holders VIP and above, there’s a special event shirt designed by our friend Jarob at
Quiet Strength Design (Blast note: that’s Jarob from The Protest!)
We’re doing a VIP Q&A hangout with all of the current members as well as the 2.0 guys, we’re offering a very limited run of reprint H&H merch for the Anniversary X ticket package, and there might even be a way that you can be a crucial part of the evening (stay tuned for details).
Like with our other livestream concerts this year, all ticket holders will get access to a full audio and video download of the show afterwards, so you can get a ticket even if you won’t be free to watch live! There are more details on the ticket page.
Indiana’s Kingdom Come Festival Fri/Sat July 10/11 Includes 14 Blast Bands
Kingdom Come Festival is quickly approaching. It happens in northeast Indiana near the town of Greentown (in the Kokomo area).
Here is the address: 8313 E 400 S, Greentown, Indiana 46936
Capstone Music Festival 2020 Is Cancelled
Capstone is a Covid-casualty. Yes, unfortunately, the Capstone Music Festival has been cancelled for 2020 due to Covid-19 shutdowns in Indiana lasting into next month. The festival would have featured Amongst The Giants, Chaotic Resemblance, Gold Frankincense and Myrrh, Ignescent, Leper, Rusty Shipp and XL & DBD.
The festival also would have featured a number of bands played on The Implosion and The Blastozoic Era. Organizers say they will put together a new festival next year.
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