No B-Sides Songs Will Play At Disciple’s Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Online Concert

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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

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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 And Kutless Sending Bibles To Public Schools In Croatia

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This is a far cry from what’s happened in America…where secularists have tried to kick God out of our schools:

In Croatia, they are asking for Bibles to be donated to their public school systems, where they are teaching the Bible!

Christian Rock bands Disciple and Kutless are getting involved in the efforts.

Learn more about the program and how to donate here:

https://www.facebook.com/disciplerocks/videos/704368403545701

 

Skillet’s John Cooper On Fox & Friends Saturday Morning

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John Cooper, founder and lead singer of Skillet will be on Fox & Friends Saturday on the Fox News Channel at about 7:45 am USA/Canadian Central Time.  He will be interviewed regarding his first book he’s authored called Awake & Alive To Truth.   Cooper says they sold out their first print run on release day and that a second print run is starting up.

Disciple Postpones Online Concert And Multiplies…

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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.

Love And Death New Single Days Away From Launch

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Love And Death will FINALLY have some new music for us in just a couple of days!

Here is a preview:  https://www.facebook.com/LoveandDeathMusic/videos/396634098366212

 

 

Disciple/Kevin Young Dominating The Top Of The CMW Christian Rock Chart

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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

 

The Protest “Greater” Music Video

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The Protest has a video out for its new track Greater.   This is a fabulous video with a funny ending…wait for it!

https://www.facebook.com/theprotest/videos/2750537755167182/

Skillet Collects Two More Dove Awards

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Skillet picks up two more Dove Awards:

  • Rock/Contemporary Song Of The Year:  Legendary
  • Rock/Contemporary Album Of The Year:  Victorious

We have two reactions to this.  The fact that we love the band Skillet and we love its members has us saying: “Congratulations!  We are very happy for you.”

But the sarcastic/jaded side of us says…

Well, of course Skillet continues to win Dove Awards now!

They are accepted within the realm of mainstream Christian music and records.

This is bittersweet for us long-time Skillet fans that are still upset about the fact that they were passed over in favor of much less deserving bands like The W’s back in Skillet’s early heydays.

Polling of The Blast audience indicated that Demon Hunter War should have been the winner in the Rock album of the year category, but we highly doubt any band with the name demon in it, with such heavy music, will fare well in a “Rock/Contemporary” category against a band that has been accepted in the circles of mainstream Christian radio.

Most of the voters probably saw Skillet on the ballot and saw the other 4 contenders and said “Who are these guys?”

We’re not confident that there is a lot of actual knowledge about Christian Rock (and about the other great bands that were nominated for these awards) among the Dove Award voters.

 

 

Fireflight Releases Video For Single “Who We Are”

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Fireflight has released a video for Who We Are, the debut single from the highly anticipated new album The Head And The Heart, out now on Rockfest Records.  Here it is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I0GNx0dL38&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1w0qKGrc661p5FRrqSAM3JNwUKQpWhL7CoNRntCKAQDm7WusKIyS_MVso