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Hawk Nelson
Years active2003 – present
MembersJason Dunn
Jonathan Steingard
Daniel Biro
Aaron Tosti
Past membersDavin ("Dave") Clark
Matt Paige
Websitehttp://www.hawknelson.com

Hawk Nelson is a pop punk band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become popular on the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards.

The band played independently in Ontario for a few years before they signed with Tooth & Nail Records, largely on the recommendation of Trevor McNevan, the lead singer of fellow Tooth & Nail band Thousand Foot Krutch. McNevan, also from Peterborough, is credited with discovering the band. In July of 2004, Hawk Nelson released their major label debut Letters to the President. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle and McNevan, who also co-wrote nine of the album's fourteen songs. They won GMA Canada Covenant Award [1] for Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year in 2006.

The band has achieved some success in the mainstream as well. They portrayed The Who on an episode of the NBC drama American Dreams, and they recorded a song named "Bring 'Em Out" for the 2005 motion picture Yours, Mine, and Ours. "Things We Go Through" from Letters to the President was also featured in Yours, Mine, and Ours.

In October of 2005, the band re-released Letters to the President, with new material including their cover of The Who's My Generation, three acoustic versions of some of their hits, and a limited edition cover.

The band released their second studio album, titled Smile, It's The End of the World, on April 4th, 2006. The album's first single, "Everything You Ever Wanted", went on to hit #1 for 9 weeks on the R&R Christian CHR chart, and was the fourth most played song of 2006. [1] The band spent the summer of 2006 touring the major Christian music festivals, and also took part in Jeremy Camp's Beyond Measure tour. Hawk Nelson released a 3-track Christmas EP titled Gloria on November 21, 2006, and in winter of that year they toured with tobyMac's Winter Wonder Slam tour along with The Afters, Family Force Five, and Ayiesha Woods.

Bulletproof Records and Producer Ralph Sall have assembled the all-star compilation Charlotte's Web: Music Inspired By The Motion Picture featuring inspirational music by celebrated Christian artists including chart-topping Hawk Nelson and multi-platinum sellers Amy Grant and Billy Ray Cyrus, which was released December 12, 2006. In addition, Bob Carlisle, Leigh Nash (Sixpence None The Richer) and The Send have all contributed exclusive tracks.


Hawk Nelson performed in 2006 on the Fringe Stage at Creation Festival Northwest. They will perform sometime between July 25-July 28 2007(The final schedule has not yet been released), at Creation Festival Northwest on the Main Stage, and they'll play again on the Fringe Stage at Creation Festival Northeast sometime between July 27-July 30 2007. In 2007, Hawk Nelson performed at Winter Jam with a wide variety of other Christian bands, including Newsong, Jeremy Camp, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Sanctus Real.

Members

Current members

Jason and former band member Davin ("Dave") Clark helped form the band. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario, which is east of Toronto. He is currently living in Canada.
His musical influences are [[Thousand Foot Krutch, Coldplay, and U2. He comes from Canada. Recently, Daniel posted on his MySpace blog at one time, that he was engaged. He is now married
He is also married.
  • Aaron Tosti - drums (2005-present)
He sometimes goes by the nickname of Skwid. He had played drums with PAX 217 until 2002. He is American unlike the other 3 members.

Past members

  • Davin "Dave" Clark - guitar (2003-2004)
  • Matt Paige - drums (2003-2005)

Trivia

  • In an interview [2], Dunn, the band's frontman, revealed the meaning of the band's name. He said that when he was about 14 years old, there was a video game he had played called "Too Extreme" on the Sony Playstation. It required the player to create a name for the character. He got the first name from Tony Hawk. "Nelson" he got from a boot repair store in his hometown: Nelson Boot Repair.
  • Before/during the early stages of recording Saturday Rock Action (2003), the band's name was Reasonbeing.[citation needed]
  • Prior to the formation of Hawk Nelson, Dunn, Clark, and Paige had formed the Peterborough-based group called Swish, while Biro sang lead vocals in a four-piece group called the Cheese Monkeys from Planet Nine from Barrie, Ontario.
  • In 2006, Hawk Nelson won Best Artist in Ignite Your Faith Magazine's Golden Ear Awards. Jason Dunn also won best male vocalist, and "Letters to the President" won the #3 spot in the Best Song category. [3]
  • The band's free podcasts are available on iTunes.
  • Jason is a die-hard Calgary Flames fan.
  • Hawk Nelson plays the party band for the film Yours, Mine and Ours (2005).

Awards

GMA Canada Covenant Awards [4]

  • Modern Rock/Alternative Album Of The Year Award, 2006.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Misc.

  • Letters to the President: Expanded Edition (2005)

References

  1. ^ As played on the January 7 2007 Weekend 22



External links

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