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Biography

Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix , Arizona , United States|USA . The band is signed to INO Records and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, All Gas. No Brake - including "Finish Last" and " Life Is Good (song)|Life Is Good " - have been played on Christian radio stations such as Air 1 . Their album, '' We Can't Stand Sitting Down '' was released on July 25, 2006. The album's first single " Me and Jesus " hit #1 for 7 weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart and won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song"."". Published by the Gospel Music Association . Retrieved April 26, 2007.

Stellar Kart derived their band name from working with kids on youth camps. Their name is often abbreviated SK, as seen in the band's music videos to "Activate" and "Life is Good". The band has been interviewed on various television shows, including TMW and The Zone (on the Christian IPTV service Sky Angel ). Stellar Kart has also appeared on a season finale of The Logan Show .

The band's third album, Expect the Impossible , was released on February 26, 2008. Their new album, titled Everything Is Different Now , was initially made available during November 2009 at concerts/online only—its official release in stores was March 9, 2010.

Concerts

Stellar Kart has been an opening act for bands such as Kutless on the Strong Tower Tour and Newsboys on the Go Tour . The band's first headlining tour began on December 1, 2006, and was called the Punk The Halls Tour . Support for this Christmas tour came from Run Kid Run , Eleventyseven , and Esterlyn (band)|Esterlyn ; it went so well that they decided to do the Punk the Halls Tour every year. Stellar Kart performed on the main stage at Onefest and the main stage of Creation Festival|Creation 2007. Stellar Kart recently played on a Lifelight circuit concert in Mitchell, South Dakota with the bands The Switch and Remedy Drive. On June 9, 2007, Stellar Kart played its first international concert at the E.O. Youth Day in the Netherlands in front of an audience of 35,000. In the beginning of 2008 the band began the Expect the Impossible Tour ; this was their first headlining tour that wasn't for the holidays.They performed on the Fringe Stage at Creation 2008 and 2009. In 2009 they played at Rock the light in Kansas City, Missouri. The year 2010 sees them touring with Barlow Girl and VOTA.

Members

Adam Agee – lead vocalist|lead vocals , guitar (2001–present)

Nick Baumhardt– guitar (2010–present)

Jeremi Hough- Drums (2011) Formerly of Philmont and Bread of Stone

The Phoenix-based band started in a youth group. Adam and Jordan led worship, with former bass player Tay joining them on weekends. Cody joined them prior to being signed and Brian replaced Tay after their debut release. In 2009, Cody left the band to spend more time with his wife, and in 2010 joined the band Our Hearts Hero as lead guitarist. Jon Howard (formerly of Dizmas) stepped in on lead guitar for Stellar Kart. After Jon Howard left the band to become a touring guitarist for Paramore, former Thousand Foot Krutch touring guitarist Nick Baumhardt (husband of Superchick lead singer Tricia Baumhardt) has joined the band.

Former members

Tay Sitera - Bass (2001–2005)

Cody Pellerin - Guitar (2001–2009) Pastor

Jon Howard - Guitar (2009–2010) - Now with Paramore

Jordan Messer – Drums (2001–2011)

Brian Calcara- Bass Guitar (2005-2011)

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US	US Rock	US Christ.	US Heat.
2005	All Gas. No Brake Released: February 15, 2005 Label: Word Records\|World Format: Compact Disc\|CD	—	—	—	—
2006	'' We Can't Stand Sitting Down Released: July 25, 2006 Label: Word Format: CD	135	—	5	3
2008	Expect the Impossible Released: February 26, 2008 Label: Word Format: CD	66	18	2	—
2009	Life Is Good: The Best of Stellar Kart Released: April 21, 2009 Label: Word Format: CD	—	—	—	—
2010	Everything Is Different Now Released: February 2010 Label: INO Records\|INO Format: CD	—	—	—	—
2011	A Whole New World EP Released: July 26, 2011 Label: INO Format:	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Title	US Christ.	Album
2005	"Spending Time"	—	All Gas. No Brake
	"Finish Last"	—
	"Life Is Good"	—
2006	" Me and Jesus "	18	'' We Can't Stand Sitting Down
	"Activate"	—
	Hold On "	—
2007	"I Wanna Live"	—
2008	"Jesus Loves You"	24	Expect the Impossible
	"Shine Like the Stars"	—
	"Innocent"	—
	"I Give Up"	—
2009	"We Shine"	46	Everything Is Different Now
2010	"Something Holy"	23
2011	"Everything Is Different Now"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Student Driver

Life Is Good

Activate

Me and Jesus

Innocent

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

Year	Award	Result
2006
2006	Rock Album of the Year ( All Gas. No Brake. )	nom
2007
	Song of the Year (" Me and Jesus ")	nom
	Activate ")	nom
	Rock/ Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus")	won
	Rock/ Contemporary Album of the Year ('' We Can't Stand Sitting Down )	nom
2008
2009
2009	Rock/ Contemporary Album of the Year ( Expect the Impossible )	nom

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