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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Tait| image = tait concert.jpg| caption = Tait performing in 2006| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United States | genre = Christian rock Contemporary Christian music|CCM | occupation =| years_active = 2001 in music|2001 – 2007 in music|2007 | label = ForeFront Records|ForeFront ( 2000 in music|2000 – 2005 in music|05 ) None ( 2005 in music|2005 – 2007 )| associated_acts = dc Talk Newsboys | website = http://www.taitband.com www.taitband.com| current_members = Michael Tait Evan Wetherford Jordan Hester Chad Chapin | past_members = Pete Stewart Justin York Brian Nutter Lonnie Chapin Dave Clo Tait is a Christian rock band formed by Michael Tait , one of the members of dc Talk and the lead singer of Newsboys since 2010.
Musical career
Pre-formation of Tait (1996–1999)
In 1996, dc Talk member Michael Tait met Chad Chapin and the two became close friends and began to write songs together. After a few years, Michael created his own cover band, a funky hard rock group named Curious George . John J. Thompson|Thompson, John J. Raised by Wolves: the History of Christian Rock and Roll. ECW P, 2000. 198. He toured with Chapin and had a few concerts, performing music from Pearl Jam to King's X and The 77's .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p483198/biography|pure_url=yes|title=AllMusic Tait Biography|author=Kittle, Ashleighcite web|url= http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php? action=story& story=12372|title=The Lariat Online- Baylor University|author=Jones, Chris P.|date=September 16, 1998 Afterward was when Tait and Chapin decided that they would eventually get a more permanent music group of their own together and tour the world.cite web|url= http://lyrics.crossmap.com/artist/tait.htm|title=Tait Biography - Crossmap Lyrics
Michael and Tait member Pete Stewart also had a friendship before the band's inception. After Stewart had assisted dc Talk by playing guitar on their album Supernatural (dc Talk album)|Supernatural , Tait and Stewart co-wrote the song "Uphill Battle" which was featured on ForeFront Records|ForeFront records' Ten: The Birthday Album . When Stewart's Alternative rock|alternative metal group Grammatrain disbanded in 1998, he went on to co-produce his own solo album with the help of Tait.cite web|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/petestewart.html|title=Pete Stewart Biography from ForeFront Records via Christianity Today
Empty (2000-2002)
When dc Talk went on hiatus around 1999, Michael started working unofficially with his own music. As his solo project slowly began to come together, Michael quickly thought of the friendships that within the past few years had become a fundamental part of his career. Pete Stewart came to join Michael, along with the Chapin brothers, Chad and Lonnie Chapin|Lonnie who in 1996 had moved to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee to see where they could get in the music business. The band officially formed in 2000 and was named Tait after Michael’s father, Rev. Nathel Tait.
After about a year in the studio, the band released their first album entitled Empty (Tait album)|Empty . It was generally well received, and the album even broke onto the Contemporary Christian music|Top Contemporary Christian charts. The album featured songs that handled subjects like skepticism of others (“Spy”), racism (“American Tragedy”) (This album was controversial though, with the use of a racial slur in the middle of this song) and Michael’s outpouring of grief of losing his father, sister and brother all in the same year (“Unglued”). cite web|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2001/empty.html|title= Empty – Review from Christian Music Today|author=Breimeier, Russ
Lose This Life (2003–2007)
After the release of the first album, Pete Stewart took his leave from the group. He was replaced by nineteen year-old guitar ist Justin York . Once again the band went into the recording studio in 2002 and worked through 2003 to release a new album. The group was successful, and in November they released Dove Award -winning Lose This Life .cite web|url= http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm? year=2004|title= GMA Dove Awards 2004 – Winners
The album proved that the group had matured into a much more aggressive hard rock sound compared to Empty ’s more relaxed easy-listening music.cite web|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2003/losethislife.html|title= Lose This Life – Review from Christian Music Today|author=Argyrakis, Andy Around the time the album was released, band members also participated in the production of !Hero , a rock opera which modernized the life and times of Jesus|Jesus Christ .
Within the past few years the band has toured on and off, many times with other Contemporary Christian music|CCM artists. When asked about the set-backs of recent band member changes, Tait has stated that “I think with him spearheading the band — if he takes off, then the band does change. If a member changes here and there, it does not affect the band a bit…. it does not change a bit of his vision for this band.”cite web|url= http://www.cmusicweb.com/features/dctalksoloupdate/tait.shtml|title= A dc Talk Solo Update: Michael Tait|author=Flanders, Kim|month=October | year=2004
Hiatus (2007–Present)
Tait has not toured since October 6, 2007, and as of March 9, 2009- Michael Tait has been officially announced as the lead singer of the popular Christian pop rock group Newsboys . Tait had initially planned to release a third album, Loveology , announced in 2006 that was to include music that was described as " Stevie Wonder meets Maroon 5 meets Lenny Kravitz .".cite web|url= http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Loveology/27427/p1/|title= Michael Tait dumps rock, embraces R& B-tinged pop Music for this album including a song entitled "Glimmer" has been recorded, but after two years of silence, the album remains unreleased and its future remains uncertain.
Tait has said that he is still working on Loveology with, amongst others, Ben Moody . However, he said it will likely be different from the original album he was working on.cite web|url= http://jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/NewsboysMichaelTait2009.asp|title=Newsboys: Tait steps up to the microphone
Members
Most Recent Lineup
Michael Tait & ndash; Singing|vocals , piano
Evan Weatherford & ndash; guitar
Jordan Hester & ndash; bass guitar|bass
Chad Chapin & ndash; Drum kit|drums , Percussion instrument|percussion
