Bride (Band)

Bride is a Christian Metal-/Hardrock-Band. It was founded by brothers Dale and Troy Thompson in the 1980s. Despite criticism for the frequent change of style the band, it is popular especially in the U.S., Brazil and Central Europe.

The band's name (German: Bride ) refers to the bride of Christ (Rev. 21.2 EU 21.9 EU 22,17 EU), the community of Christians.

History

The band was founded in Louisville, Kentucky under the name matrix. In 1983, the Thompson brothers began with the first demo recordings. A total of four demos were produced and mostly sold at concerts and through advertisements. In 1986, the band on the opening act of the Canadian Daniel tape. The performance helped them for the first record deal. The name has now changed to Bride. This was followed by the plates Show No Mercy and Live to Die.

After a change in the occupation was established in 1989 Silence is Madness, the 1990 End of the Age as the first followed " Best of " album, which also marked the transition from the original metal sound towards more accessible hard rock, the style of the time was ajar. For the Best of album, the two tracks Everybody Knows My Name and Same Ol ' Sinner were recorded, the 14 or 8 weeks were as singles No. 1 on the Christian Metal charts.

The album Kinetic Faith brought forth several hits in American radio. Another Best of album, Shotgun Wedding, followed Snakes In The Playground - according to many fans still the best all - Bride albums - and Scarecrow Messiah.

The next albums Drop and The Jesus Experience had a more alternative style. To the design of the CD cover of the last album, there was a scandal, because Jesus was a picture behind the CD ' on an electric chair, which was intended as spiritual stimulation, but was eventually removed.

Continually evolving, the band released the following three plates Oddities, Fistful of Bees and This Is It out again with rockigerem sound, with Dale Thompson also tried rapping.

With the album Skin for skin they attached again to the hard rock style of previous albums.

Awards

Bride so far received four Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association: three in the Category Hard Music Song ( 1992, 1993 and 1994) and one in 1995 in the Category Hard Music Album for Scarecrow Messiah.

Discography

Bride publish a lot of material, so that a comprehensive insight into the artistic work is possible. There are many more specialized publications. For clarity, the main studio productions are highlighted here in bold.

  • Show No Mercy (1986, Pure Metal )
  • Live To Die (1988, Pure Metal )
  • Silence Is Madness (1989, Pure Metal )
  • End of the Age (1990, Star Song ) - Best of album
  • Kinetic Faith (1991, Star Song )
  • Snakes In The Playground (1992, Star Song )
  • Snakes in the Playground Special Collector 's Edition (1992, Star Song )
  • God Gave Rock And Roll To You (1993, Star Song ) - Single
  • December (1993, Star Song )
  • End of the Age (1993, Star Song )
  • Scarecrow Messiah (1994, Star Song )
  • Shotgun Wedding: 11 # 1 Hits and Mrs. (1995, Star Song ) - Best of album
  • Drop ( 1995 Rugged )
  • The Jesus Experience ( 1997 ) Organic
  • Oddities ( 1998 ) Organic
  • Bride Live! Volume I (1999, Old School Records)
  • Bride Live Volume II Acoustic (2000)
  • Best of Bride ( June 27, 2000, Organic )
  • Fistful Of Bees (2001, Absolute Records)
  • MP3 Major Releases (2001, independent)
  • MP3 Independent Releases (2001, independent)
  • The Organic Years ( 2002 Millenium 8 Records)
  • Raw (2003, independent 7 -track demo)
  • This Is It (2003, independent)
  • This Is It (2006, Retroactive Records w / bonus tracks)
  • Skin For Skin (2006, Retroactive Records)
  • Very Best of Bride (2006, Star Song )

Other

  • I Predict A Clone ( 1994) - tribute album for Steve Taylor

Video

  • Under the Gun - live in Brazil ( 1993)
Singing Bass guitar GMA Dove Award
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