Band Bio: Disciple

Disciple
Background information
Origin	Knoxville, Tennessee
Genres	Alternative metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Years active	1992 - Present
Website	http://www.disciplerocks.com/
Members
Kevin Young Micah Sannan Israel Beachy Andrew Welch Trent Reiff
Past members
Brad Noah Joey Fife Nathan Ehman Tim Barrett

Disciple is a Christian metal / rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1992.

History

Disciple was formed in 1992 by high school friends Kevin Young, Brad Noah, and Tim Barrett. The band released their first CD, What Was I Thinking in 1995. Disciple was signed by Slain Records, who produced Disciple's following release.
In 1997, Disciple released the five-song EP, My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy. In 1999, they were still signed with Slain Records with whom they released their second full-length album, This Might Sting a Little. This album garnered them two GMA Dove Award nominations and two No. 1 Christian rock hit songs.
In 2000, the band released their third studio album titled By God which went on to win the Inspirational Life Award in 2001. By God earned them two No. 1 Christian rock hits, and two Dove Awards nominations.
They released Back Again in 2003, which earned two No. 1 Christian rock hits. Kevin Young agreed with the album being called the band's "Back in Black" album in a 2008 radio interview with The Full Armor of God Broadcast. In October 2003 Disciple added bassist Joey Fife to the trio.
Disciple signed with INO Records and released their self-titled Disciple in 2005. This album featured three No. 1 Christian rock hits, and two Dove Awards nominations.
They released Scars Remain, on November 7, 2006. The song "After the World" was the eighth most played song on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007. Scars Remain, the album, has so far earned No. 1 one Christian rock hit and two Dove Awards nominations.
On January 8, 2008, Kevin announced in a "Disciple: The Alliance" email that Brad and Joey were stepping down as band members. However, Kevin said that Brad "has decided to still be a part of the songwriting process and even play on the recordings." He also mentioned that "the songs that [Brad] has been writing for the new Disciple project are somewhere between hard rock and southern rock." Also in that announcement was the addition of two new band members, Andrew Welch on guitar, and Israel Beachy on bass. With a new line-up, Disciple set off on the Cross the Line Tour with Superchick in March 2008. In April 2008, the band also announced the addition of Micah Sannan on guitar as well.
They released Southern Hospitality on October 21, 2008. Also in 2008, the band appeared on WWE The Music, Vol. 8, providing the track "In the Middle of It Now" as the entrance theme for wrestlers Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder.
On April 28, 2010 Disciple announced a new album on RadioU. The new album is called Horseshoes and Hand Grenades and was released on September 14. However, fans could have purchased and downloaded the digital album prior to the release at their website http://disciplerocks.com/. They recently revealed that they are re-recording the album's lead single, "Dear X (You Don't Own Me)", with Howard Benson. They also revealed that they are accompanying Thousand Foot Krutch on their Welcome To The Masquerade tour, and afterwards tour with RED on their Nothing & Everything tour. They also had a tour with Ivoryline and Emery. They had their headline Rules of Engagement Tour with Project 86 and Write this Down in early 2011. Later, they joined Kutless and Newsboys on the Born Again Experience tour. More recently, they joined Skillet for their Awake and Alive Tour beginning Fall of 2011.
Disciple has announced via Twitter that they are currently writing a new album due to be released in mid-2012.

Members

Current

• Kevin Young – vocals (1992–present), Bass guitar (1992–2002)
• Israel Beachy – Bass guitar (2008–present, formerly of Staple)
• Andrew Welch – Guitar (2008–present, formerly of Capital Lights)
• Micah Sannan – Guitar (2008–present, formerly of Falling Up)
• Trent Reiff - Drums (2010–present)

Former

• Joey Fife – Bass guitar (2003–2008)
• Tim Barrett - Drums (1992–2010)
• Brad Noah – Guitar (1992–2008)

Touring

• Nathan Ehman – Guitar (2010) (formerly of Kids in the Way)
• Jay Mattingly- Bass Guitar (2003)

 Discography

 Studio albums

• What Was I Thinking (1995)
• My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy (1997)
• This Might Sting a Little (1999)
• By God (2001)
• Back Again (2003)
• Disciple (2004)
• Scars Remain (2006)
• Southern Hospitality (2008)
• Horseshoes & Handgrenades (2010)