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Infobox musical artist| name = The Wedding| image = The_Wedding_1.JPG| caption = The Wedding plays at Cornerstone Festival 2007.| background = group_or_band| origin = Fayetteville, Arkansas , United States|U.S. | genre = Christian punk Post-hardcore , Punk rock | years_active = 2003& ndash;present| label = Brave New World Records|Brave New World /originally Rambler Records (2004-2009) Independent (2009-present)| current_members = Matt Shelton Trevor Sarver Adam Thron Matt Jameson Cody Driggers| past_members = Clint Robinson Joe Rickard Kevin Kiehn Jeremy Ervin The Wedding (formerly known as Easier Said ) is a Christian rock|Christian band from Fayetteville, Arkansas . Musically, The Wedding fuses elements of Christian punk , Christian rock , Christian music#Contemporary Christian music|Alternative Contemporary Christian , pop punk , ska , piano rock, and post-hardcore with their pop rock base.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p692085|label=The Weddingcite web | url = http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheWedding.asp | title = The Wedding album review, listing the bands genres | accessdate = 12 Jan, 2009 | author = Jessica Vander Loop | publisher = Jesus Freak Hideout Allmusic|class=album|id=r727911|label= The Wedding The band was signed to independent Brave New World Records , but the label was closed in 2009; leaving the band with no label.
The band has toured with the likes of Bachman–Turner Overdrive , Bleach , John Reuben , The Goodnight Fight , Last Tuesday , Number One Gun , Anberlin , Spoken , Disciple (band)|Disciple , The O.C. Supertones , Superchick|Superchick , The Fold , House of Heroes and Falling Up (band)|Falling Up . Their debut album, The Wedding (The Wedding album)|The Wedding was produced by Mark Lee Townsend and featured several of their songs which became Christian radio hits, including "Move This City" and "Song for the Broken".Allmusic|class=artist|id=p692085|pure_url=yes Biography, Allmusic Their sophomore effort Polarity peaked at #41 on the U.S. Billboard magazine|Billboard Christian Albums chart and #26 on the Heatseekers chart.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p692085|pure_url=yes Billboard, Allmusic
After former singer Kevin Keihn got married, he decided to depart from the band. Landon Ginnings filled in for him on vocals until their current singer, Matt Shelton, formerly of Letter Kills , joined the band.
Themes
The Wedding is musically eclectic. Their second release Polarity begins with an intro of ska horns (supplied by The Supertones ' Dan Spencer) and Hip hop music|hip hop beats. Elsewhere, the album delves into Celtic punk ("I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"), post-hardcore ("It's Time to Rock (OK? )") and a Country music|country female choir ("Fireworks"), as well as the band's signature pop punk nuances.
Lyrically, The Wedding use such themes as love, relationships, loyalty to the 479 Arkansas area code, confidence in God and working hard.
2010-present
The Wedding has been touring & playing in festivals often recording and mixing their next material The Distance (Ep) released on November 16, 2010 Band have been playing some new songs called "Bethlehem", "Carlton Ford" . At the 2010 Lifelight Festival in South Dakota, The Wedding played a cover of Fight For Your Right To Party, by The Beastie Boys.
The Wedding has been listed on the bill for the "Over My Head" tour with Brian Head Welch, Project 86, and The Letter Black.
Members
;Current
Cody Driggers - Bass, vocals, (2003–present) (played guitar while Jeremy Ervin was bassist)
Trevor Sarver - Guitar (2003–present)
Adam Thron - Guitar (2007–present) (formerly of The Gentleman Homicide)
Matt Jameson - Drums (2007–present) (formerly of The Gentleman Homicide & Upperroom)
Matt Shelton - Lead vocals (2008–present) (formerly of Letter Kills )
;Former
Clint Robinson - Drums (2003–2006) (now with Adoleo)
Joe Rickard - Drums (2006–2007) (now with Red (band)|Red )
Jeremy Ervin - Bass (2006–2007)
Kevin Kiehn - Lead vocals, piano (2003–2007) (now with Holy Spirit Chainbreaker)
Discography
The Wedding (The Wedding album)|The Wedding (2005)
Rumble in the South EP (2005)
Polarity (album)|Polarity (2007)
The Sound, The Steel EP (2008)
Distance EP (2010)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.theweddingrockandroll.com/ Official website
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