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Infobox musical artist | | name = The Insyderz| image =| caption = Cover of Skalleluia | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Detroit, Michigan , United States| genre = Christian ska , Punk rock|Punk | years_active = 1996& ndash;2005; 2009& ndash;present| label = Squint Entertainment KMG Records Floodgate Records | associated_acts = BUCK Enterprises | past_members = Joe Yerke Beau McCarthy Bram Roberts Pedro Zapata Hernandez Michael Lloyd Nate Sjogren Alan Brown Kyle Wasil Sang Kim Mike Rowland Todd MieschThe Insyderz are a Christian ska -punk musical band|band from Detroit, Michigan . They formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2005, but have recently reunited and are working on new music. The Insyderz are one of the "big three" bands which represented the Christian ska scene, alongside the Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy .cite journal |quotes= |last=Zhito |first=Lisa |year=1999 |month=January/February |title=Going Outside: The Insyderz are venturing beyon the confines of the Christian market |journal= 7ball |volume= |issue=22 |pages=26–30 |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20001013002258/www.theinsyderz.com/press/i_7ball_1999_01.html |format=reprint |accessdate=2007-02-01
Band history
The Insyderz began from Joe Yerke and Nate Sjogren who led worship together at their church.(4/23/99). Interview with http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/Insyderz.asp Bram Roberts at Jesus Freak Hideout . Many members have associations with the Salvation Army , and throughout the life of the band support has been reciprocal, with the band playing at SA sponsored youth rallys.cite journal |quotes= |last=Zhito |first=Lisa |year=1999 |month=January/February |title=Onward Christian Soldiers |journal= 7ball |volume= |issue=22 |pages=30 The band found their break at the 1996 Cornerstone Festival .cite journal |quotes= |last=Bumgarner |first=David |year=1997 |month=May/June |title=The Insyderz |journal= 7ball |volume= |issue= |pages= |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20000415044507/www.theinsyderz.com/press/i_7ball_1997_05.html |format=reprint |accessdate=2007-02-01 They began playing on their campsite, and wound up garnering the attention of Michael Sean Black and Gene Eugene , who signed them to his label Brainstorm Artists International . While that label folded soon after, the band's first album, Motor City Ska (1997), effectively established a presence in the Christian music marketplace and garnered the attention of Steve Taylor 's Squint Entertainment ." http://www.sockheaven.net/press/squint/pr_19980103.html SQUINT ENTERTAINMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH THE INSYDERZ". Squint Entertainment press release, archived at http://www.sockheaven.net sockheaven.net.
Their subsequent release, Skalleluia , became their most successful album and ranked the highest in record sales for the band. The album consists of contemporary praise and worship songs in ska and Ska punk|ska-punk renditions. Guest performances include Gene Eugene, Terry Scott Taylor , and Steve Taylor.cite journal |quotes= |last=Mendonca |first=Joe |year=1998 |month=March/April |title=The Insyderz |journal= HM Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20000415114356/www.theinsyderz.com/press/i_hm_1998_03.html |format=reprint |accessdate=2007-02-01 Despite the fact that their initial formation centered around turning praise and worship songs into ska the album faced criticism for "jumping on the Bandwagon effect|bandwagon " on praise and worship music's growing commercial appeal.cite journal |last=Urbanski |first=Dave |year=1999 |month=November |title=Sequel Act |journal= CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=46–47 |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20001017115009/www.theinsyderz.com/press/r_ska2_ccm.html |format=reprint |accessdate=2007-02-01 Beyond charting on Billboard Magazine|Billboard 's "Hot 200" and "Heatseekers" charts and spending six months on their "Top Contemporary Christian" chart,cite journal |last=Brown |first=Bruce A. |year=2000 |month=January |title=Reviews / Skalleluia Too! |journal= CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=22 |issue=7 |pages=50 their rendition of Rich Mullins|Rich Mullins' song " Awesome God " won the band a Dove Award for "Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year" in 1999." http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm? year=1999 Dove Award Recipients for 1999". Published by the Gospel Music Association . Retrieved November 15, 2006. Some commercial success for the album was due in part to the use of recently written and widely known contemporary worship songs.cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location= Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=435–436 Covers on the album include Twila Paris 's "We will Glorfiy" and Keith Green 's "Oh, Lord, You're Beautiful".
pquote|It's time we step it up and start going after the secular kids.|Joe Yerke, on the band's purpose.| Skalleluia became an unexpected hit for the band but differs from the sound the Insyderz had displayed on their own original material. Skalleluia broke the band into the national limelight, but somewhat restricted their audience to the church. For the Insyderz this was somewhat problematic; their stated goal was to attract a mainstream audience in order to, in the words of Joe Yerke, "reach the unsaved." In mid 1998 trombone|trombonist Mike Rowland got married and left the band; he was replaced by Sang Kim, who appeared on their next release.cite journal |last=Arneson |first=Erik |year=1998 |month=May |title=On The Beat: Insyde Track |journal= CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=20 |issue=11 |pages=29 Later the same year they released their third album, Fight of My Life , which contains original songs and returned the sound of their debut release.
In support of Skalleluia! the band toured with Plankeye and Morella's Forest .cite journal |title=Insyderz |pages=30–34 |month=March / April |year=1998 |issue=17 |journal= 7ball |issn=1082-3980 In 1999 they made an appearance on The 700 Club cite journal |last=Fernandez |first=Mike |year=1999 |month=October |title=Rock N Roll World |journal= CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=22 and embarked on an all-ska with the Skeletones and Jeffries Fan Club . On this tour the band held daily Bible study (Christian)|Bible studies where two members of the Skeletones Conversion to Christianity|converted to Christianity . Also following this tour Jeffries Fan Club guitarist Sonnie Johnston left to join Five Iron Frenzy . Late that year they were a part of the "Holy Roller Tour", which was held in roller skating rinks across the nation. Other bands involved included Five Iron, The W's , and Justin McRoberts .cite journal |last=Mackle |first=David |year=1999 |month=December |title=In Concert: Five Iron / The W's / The Insyderz / Justin McRoberts, The Crush, Birmingham, Alabama |journal= CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=61
In 2000 Skalleluia Too! was released. Within the next few years the band's website featured rare updates and touring seemed to halt which led to rumors of the band's demise. However, The Insyderz had become tired of record label politics and until business had been sorted out continued to perform on a much smaller scale. Many of the members of the band married including Nate Sjogren (drums), Bram Roberts (Trumpet), Beau McCarthy (Bass), Kyle Wasil (Guitar), and Joe Yerke (vocals). The band decided to spend more time working and ministering through other projects while never fully disbanding. Nate Sjogren, for instance, left to start a youth oriented church in Michigan with the help of the Salvation Army.cite journal |title=news / Progressive |pages=16 |month=March / April |year=2000 |issue=29 |journal= 7ball |issn=1082-3980
In 2001 a compilation CD entitled The Greatest & The Rarest (or alternately Tails of a Comet ) was released, which consists of fifteen popular songs from their first four albums and six rare songs.
In 2003 they re-activated, appearing at Cornerstone Festival|Cornerstone ,cite journal |last=Wilkinson |first=Aaron |year=2003 |month= |title=Cornerstone FL 2003 |journal= HM Magazine |volume= |issue= |pages= |url= http://www.hmmagazine.com/oe/archives/000180.php |format= |accessdate=2007-02-01 and releasing an album entitled Soundtrack to a Revolution . After the release the Insyderz went through another lineup change adding Royce Nunley ( Suicide Machines ) and Dan Powers( Blueprint 76 ) on bass.
In the first half of 2005, the band announced on their website that they would be playing their last three shows in August and September of that year, which lead to confusion on whether they were the band's last three shows or the tour's last three. Later, in August of the same year, the site was updated to announce that the band would be breaking up after their final show on September 24, 2005, as a part of the I'll Fight Fest presented by The Salvation Army . The show was performed with The O.C. Supertones who were also in the midst of a final tour.
Post break up
Nate Sjogren has played drums in several other projects including Dead By Sunday , The Paper Sound , and the singer/songwriter http://www.james-stephen.com James Stephen .
Joe Yerke continues to work on a side project called The Bulldog Spirit as well as a solo project entitled Joe Insyder in 2006.
Todd Miesch went on to become a substitute teacher for Rochester Community Schools for the 2006-2007 school year, where he had a year-long substituting job for Robert Moore, who had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, and died on July 17, 2007. He taught Freshman and Junior English, and was the Rochester High's Yearbook advisor. Mr. Miesch recently had an interview for a full time teaching position at RHS, which he did not receive.
In December 2007, Todd, along with wife Sarah, welcomed their first child, a girl named Harper Rose Miesch. Both mother and baby are doing fine.
In January 2008 Todd Miesch received his first official teaching job teaching for Stoney Creek High School in Rochester, Michigan.
Michael Lloyd now lives in Los Angeles, and is currently working in the film industry.
Reunion
In August 2009, The Insyderz played a reunion show at the I'll Fight Festival,Citation needed|date=September 2011 and have recently started a Facebook page which states that the band is back together, and they have been playing lots of shows locally.Citation needed|date=September 2011 In October/November 2010 The Insyderz went on a short European tour, playing shows in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.Citation needed|date=September 2011 During 2011, The Insyderz launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their next album, ''The Sinner's Songbook , and succeeded to raise the funds to do so. They are currently writing new songs and preparing to have the album released by the end of 2011.Citation needed|date=September 2011
Members
Current
Joe Yerke- vocals
Matt Darcie- guitar
John Miller- bass guitar
Nate Sjogren- drums
Alan Brown- cornet
Tim Reynolds- trombone
Former
Bram Roberts- trumpet
Doug Engle- Trombone
Pedro Zapata Hernandez- trombone
Michael Lloyd- guitar
Beau McCarthy- bass guitar
Todd Miesch (left 1997)- drums
Mike Rowland (left 1998)- trombone
Kyle Wasil (left 2000)- guitar
Sang Kim (left 2004)- trombone
Discography
1996: '' Rockin' the Hubcat (7" vinyl w/ 33 1/3 spindle hole. Plays at 45 rpm from the inside out)
1997: Motor City Ska
1998: Skalleluia!
1998: Paradise CD Single
1998: Fight of My Life
1999: Skalleluia Too!
2001: The Greatest & The Rarest
2003: Soundtrack to a Revolution
2011: ''The Sinner's Songbook
Charts
Billboard magazine|Billboard (North America) Allmusic|class=artist|id=p294551/charts-awards|pure_url=yes
http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/Interviews/Insyderz.asp Jesus freak Hideout Interview
Other
http://illfightfest.com/ I'll Fight Festival
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesstephen/sets/263773/ Pictures of The Insyderz at Icthus Festival (2005)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesstephen/sets/1018837/ Pictures of The Insyderz's final show (2005)
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