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for|the California-based comedy rock group|The Dan BandMore footnotes|BLP=yes|date=March 2012Infobox musical artist| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| landscape = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Toronto , Ontario , Canada| genre = Christian metal , Christian rock | years_active = start date|1979–present| label = Streetlight, Lamb & Lion Records|Lamb & Lion , Benson Records|Benson , Refuge Records|Refuge , Lexicon-Spectra, Magdalene/M8, Retroactive| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Tony RossiDan McCabeBill FindlayMatt DelducaWayne MorganBill DavidsonStu Christie| past_members = Peter CosmanThe Daniel Band is a Canadian Christian metal group formed in 1979 in Toronto . They were pioneers in the contemporary Christian music industry for their sound that ranged from hard rock to heavy metal music|heavy metal . During the early to mid 1980s, they were one of the most popular and important bands of their genre in the Christian music industry .
History
The group originated in 1979 in suburban Toronto , Ontario , and were based out of a Brethren Assembly in Scarborough, Ontario called Bendale Bible Chapel which held a weekly coffeehouse, The One Way Inn, in its church basement, that featured various Christian rock groups, that the band members played in.
The band placed as a top three finalist in the 1982 Homegrown concert sponsored by Toronto radio station CILQ-FM|Q107 , and played at the El Mocambo with the champion, Oliver Heavyside (listed in 1980s One-hit wonders in the United States|One-Hit Wonders--US and, as the Partland Brothers , as One-hit wonders in Canada ) and runner-up, The Cameo Blues Band , both longtime professional bar bands on the Toronto scene.
Their first album, On Rock (1982), offered a progressive rock sound that was typical of the era, in the tradition of April Wine and Boston (band)|Boston , but with a harder edge. The solid rock guitar and high register vocals reminded fans of the Canadian rock group Rush (band)|Rush . Their sound grew heavier with Straight Ahead (1983), and by the time of their third album Run from the Darkness (1984) they were a heavy metal act with all the trappings. This was their spandex and studded dog collar stage, with a sound that was closer to AC/DC .
The band has never officially broken up, although a "farewell concert" was held in Toronto in April 1988, and its members have been involved with various projects in Churches, including Bendale, and Schools where the members now live. Tony Rossi released a blues based album on R.E.X. Records in 1990. Dan McCabe was involved with a band called Dreamer which released one album in 1991 titled Full Metal Racket ,harvtxt|Powell|2002|loc=Dreamer p. 268 released a solo CD and played with his older children in a band called Nine-O-Five.
In 2000, Daniel Band played at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois.Citation needed|date=January 2011 In November 2006, Daniel Band was featured as the opening group for Audio Adrenaline 's farewell tour concert in Toronto , along with Geoff Moore . Earlier in the year, there were two appearances in Sarnia , including an August festival that also saw a reunion of a local ( Arkona, Ontario ) group named Elim Hall , who were contemporaries of Daniel Band in the mid-1980s, and Glenn Kaiser|Glenn Kaiser Band (featuring two members of Resurrection Band).
In 2007, the band played at a May celebration of the One Way Inn's (now a drop-in) 35th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of Bendale Bible Chapel, and Freedom Festival Canada in Oro-Medonte , Ontario during August. They also played a show in Ajax in February 2009 with Glenn Kaiser opening, and in May 2009, again at Bendale. In July 2010, the band travelled to Chibougamau , Quebec .
In 2011 the band was awarded the GMA Canada GMA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing their pioneering influence on Christian rock.cite web |url= http://www.gmacanada.ca/? page_id=213 |title=2011 Covenant Awards & lsaquo; GMA Canada |publisher=GMA Canada |date= |accessdate=March 5, 2012
Band members
Tony Rossi (lead guitar, vocals)
Dan McCabe (lead vocals, bass)
Bill Findlay (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
Peter Cosman (to 1982), Matt Delduca (drums)
Wayne Morgan (now a Pastor at a Baptist Union of Western Canada|Baptist church in Prince George, British Columbia )
Bill Davidson (bass)
Stu Christie (drums)
Discography
Albums
On Rock - 1982 Released on Streetlight in Canada and Lamb & Lion Records|Lamb & Lion / Benson Records|Benson in the US.
Straight Ahead - 1983 Released on Streetlight in Canada and Refuge Records /Benson in the US.
Run From The Darkness – 1984 Released on Streetlight in Canada and Refuge/Benson in the US.
Rise Up - 1986 Released on Refuge in the US.
Running Out Of Time - 1987 Released on Refuge/Lexicon-Spectra in the US.
Best Of Daniel Band - 1993 Released on Refuge-Alternative in the US.
Live At Cornerstone - 2001 (limited edition) Released on Magdalene/M8 in the US.
Re-releases
On Rock - 2001 (2 CD limited edition) Released on Magdalene/M8 in the US.
Rise Up / Running Out Of Time - 2003 Released on Retroactive in the US.
Straight Ahead / Run From The Darkness - 2003 Released on Retroactive in the US.
Straight Ahead - 2006 Released on Retroactive in the US.(This cd includes 2 bonus tracks)
Run from Darkness - 2006 Released on Retroactive in the US. (enhanced CD which includes the video of 'Walk On the Water" and 2 unreleased bonus tracks)
''On Rock (Collector's Edition) - 2010 Released on Retroactive in the US.
Rise Up (25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) - 2012 Released on Retroactive in the US. (This cd includes 1 bonus track) Remastered
Running out of Time - 2012 Released on Retroactive in the US. (This cd includes 1 bonus track) Remastered
Songs on compilations
History Of Canadian Christian New Music , "Run From The Darkness" (2000)
cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan|authorlink=Mark Allan Powell|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location= Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody |isbn=978-1-56563-679-8|oclc=50002632|edition=First printing|ref=harv
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External links
http://www.onewayinn.com/daniel1.html One Way Inn. Daniel Band information.
cite news | url= http://www.drewmarshall.ca/listen2009.html | publisher=The Drew Marshall Show (JOY 1250) | first=Drew | last=Marshall | title=(Podcast) Daniel Band & Rez Band - Christian Rock Pioneers | date=7 February 2009 | accessdate=2009-03-30
http://www.tollbooth.org/2003/reviews/dband.html The Phantom Tollbooth: review of 2003 Straight Ahead / Run From the Darkness reissue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=wqZqXyZWFOg Daniel Band In Concert Live Video. The One Way Inn 30th Anniversary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vhLMWVwM6nY& feature=channel_page February 2009 performance of I'm Sorry
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