Vertical Church Band
Vertical Church Band | |
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Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
Genres | CCM, gospel, worship, rock[1] |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Essential |
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Vertical Church Band is a contemporary Christian and worship band from Chicago, Illinois as part of the Harvest Bible Chapel. The worship band includes Meredith Andrews, Andi Rozier, Kyle Fredricks, Jon Guerra, Tara Stutes, and Rochelle Burlock. They are signed to Provident Label Group and have released four albums through Essential Records: Live Worship from Vertical Church in 2012, Rock Won't Move in 2013, Church Songs on January 16, 2015,[2] and Frontiers on July 29, 2016.
Background
The music collective is from Chicago, Illinois, where they form Harvest Bible Chapel, and they started making music in 2012.[3] They count as their membership, Meredith Andrews, Andi Rozier, Kyle Fredricks, Jon Guerra, Tara Stutes and Rochelle Burlock.[3][4][5][6]
Music history
The band released Live Worship from Vertical Church on July 31, 2012 on Essential Records[7] and it peaked on Billboard's Christian Albums chart at No. 10 and No. 9 on the Heetseekers Albums chart.[8] Vertical EP was released on May 7, 2013.[9] It was followed by The Rock Won't Move on October 29, 2013[7] and charted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200, No. 2 on the Christian Albums chart.[8] White EP was released on November 4, 2014.[10] Their third album, Church Songs, was released on January 20, 2015[7] and peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Christian Albums chart[8] and was followed by the "Church Songs Tour & Workshop" national tour concluding in June, 2015.[11]
Members
- Meredith Andrews
- Andi Rozier
- Kyle Fredricks
- Jon Guerra
- Tara Rios
- Rochelle Burlock
- Kyle Smith
- Lauren Sweeney-Smith
- Joshua Samuel Freddy
Discography
EPs
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[8][12] | ||
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US | US Christ |
US Heat | ||
Live Worship from Vertical Church[6][13] |
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– | 10 | 9 |
The Rock Won't Move[4][14][15][16][17] |
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58 | 2 | – |
Church Songs[5][18][19] |
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31 | 1 | – |
Frontiers |
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46 | 2 | – |
References
- ↑ "Vertical Church Band Artist Profile - Biography And Discography - NewReleaseTuesday.com". newreleasetuesday.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Vertical Church Band". apple.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Leggett, Steve. "Vertical Church Band : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Davis, Kevin (November 22, 2013). "Rock Solid Worship". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Davis, Kevin (January 27, 2015). "Excellent Songs for the Church". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Andre, Jonathan (July 23, 2012). "Vertical Church Band – Live Worship From Vertical Church". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 AllMusic. "Vertical Church Band : Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Billboard. "Vertical Church Band : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Andre, Jonathan (May 7, 2013). "Vertical Church Band – Vertical EP". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Andre, Joshua (November 21, 2014). "Vertical Church Band – White EP". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ "TOUR". Vertical Church Band. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Chart search for Vertical Church at billboard.com/biz
- ↑ Parker, Samuel (November 24, 2012). "Review: Live Worship From Vertical Church – Vertical Church Band". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Covington, April (October 28, 2013). "Vertical Church Band "The Rock Won't Move"". Christian Music Review. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Holden, Tim (December 27, 2013). "Review: The Rock Won't Move – Vertical Church Band". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Andre, Jonathan (November 2, 2013). "Vertical Church Band – The Rock Won't Move". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Davies, Jono (October 14, 2013). "Vertical Church Band - The Rock Won't Move". Louder Than the Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Andre, Joshua (January 19, 2015). "Vertical Church Band – Church Songs". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Davies, Jono (March 2, 2015). "Vertical Church Band - Church Songs". Louder Than the Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.