The Wedding (band)
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 The Wedding plays at Cornerstone Festival 2007. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Genres | Christian punk Post-hardcore, Punk rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Brave New World/originally Rambler Records (2004-2009) Independent (2009-present) |
| Members | |
| Matt Shelton Trevor Sarver Adam Thron Matt Jameson Cody Driggers |
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| Past members | |
| Clint Robinson Joe Rickard Kevin Kiehn Jeremy Ervin |
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The Wedding (formerly known as Easier Said) is a Christian band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Musically, The Wedding fuses elements of Christian punk, Christian rock, Alternative Contemporary Christian, pop punk, ska, piano rock, and post-hardcore with their pop rock base.[1][2][3] The band was signed to independent Brave New World Records, but the label was closed in 2009; leaving the band with no label.
The band has toured with the likes of Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Bleach, John Reuben, The Goodnight Fight, Last Tuesday, Number One Gun, Anberlin, Spoken, Disciple, The O.C. Supertones, Superchic[k], The Fold, House of Heroes and Falling Up. Their debut album, The Wedding was produced by Mark Lee Townsend and featured several of their songs which became Christian radio hits, including "Move This City" and "Song for the Broken".[4] Their sophomore effort Polarity peaked at #41 on the U.S. Billboard Christian Albums chart and #26 on the Heatseekers chart.[5]
After former singer Kevin Keihn got married, he decided to depart from the band. Landon Ginnings filled in for him on vocals until their current singer, Matt Shelton, formerly of Letter Kills, joined the band.
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[edit] Themes
The Wedding is musically eclectic. Their second release Polarity begins with an intro of ska horns (supplied by The Supertones' Dan Spencer) and hip hop beats. Elsewhere, the album delves into Celtic punk ("I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"), post-hardcore ("It's Time to Rock (OK?)") and a country female choir ("Fireworks"), as well as the band's signature pop punk nuances.
Lyrically, The Wedding use such themes as love, relationships, loyalty to the 479 Arkansas area code, confidence in God and working hard.
[edit] 2010-present
The Wedding has been touring & playing in festivals often recording and mixing their next material The Distance (Ep) released on November 16, 2010 Band have been playing some new songs called "Bethlehem", "Carlton Ford" . At the 2010 Lifelight Festival in South Dakota, The Wedding played a cover of Fight For Your Right To Party, by The Beastie Boys.
The Wedding has been listed on the bill for the "Over My Head" tour with Brian Head Welch, Project 86, and The Letter Black.
[edit] Members
- Current
- Cody Driggers - Bass, vocals, (2003–present) (played guitar while Jeremy Ervin was bassist)
- Trevor Sarver - Guitar (2003–present)
- Adam Thron - Guitar (2007–present) (formerly of The Gentleman Homicide)
- Matt Jameson - Drums (2007–present) (formerly of The Gentleman Homicide & Upperroom)
- Matt Shelton - Lead vocals (2008–present) (formerly of Letter Kills)
- Former
- Clint Robinson - Drums (2003–2006) (now with Adoleo)
- Joe Rickard - Drums (2006–2007) (now with Red)
- Jeremy Ervin - Bass (2006–2007)
- Kevin Kiehn - Lead vocals, piano (2003–2007) (now with Holy Spirit Chainbreaker)
[edit] Discography
- The Wedding (2005)
- Rumble in the South EP (2005)
- Polarity (2007)
- The Sound, The Steel EP (2008)
- Distance EP (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ The Wedding at Allmusic
- ^ Jessica Vander Loop. "The Wedding album review, listing the bands genres". Jesus Freak Hideout. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheWedding.asp. Retrieved 12 Jan, 2009.
- ^ The Wedding at Allmusic
- ^ Biography, Allmusic
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic
