Brothers Steve and Kreis French founded the Kingdom Heirs in 1981, as a vehicle for their musical ministry. They grew up in a religious home in East Tennessee and started publicly performing the way that many contemporary Christian groups do -- through their churches. Eventually they began performing regionally and settled on a quartet of... [+] Read More

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The contemporary gospel quartet Men of Standard comprised vocalists Michael Bacon, Isaac Carree, Bryan Pierce and Lowell Pye. The group was originally formed by Carree and Pye, both veterans of John P. Kee's New Life Community Choir, in tandem with Pierce, a former Youth Pastor at New Orleans' Greater St. Stephens church; after a handful of... [+] Read More

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Pioneering Christian rocker Randy Stonehill began playing guitar at age ten, within three years winning grand prize in a citywide talent contest held in his native San Jose, CA. He issued his debut LP, Born Twice, in late 1971, and in 1973 recorded Get Me Out of Hollywood, which was never officially released; Welcome to Paradise, his... [+] Read More

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Richard Smallwood was born in Atlanta, GA. He formed The Richard Smallwood Singers in Washington, DC, around 1977. ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide

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Not to be confused with a contemporary death metal band from Sweden, America's Crucified was a Christian thrashcore band based in Fresno, CA. Formed in the mid-'80s by vocalist Mark Saloman, guitarist Greg Minier, bassist Jeff Bellew, and drummer Jim Chaffin, they recorded a couple of albums, 1988's The Crucified and 1991's The Pillars of... [+] Read More

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