Artist: Guardian
Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock
Discography:
Miracle Mile
Year: 1993
Tracks: 12
First Watch
Year: 1989
Tracks: 12
With melodious influences centered around such bands as Guns N' Roses and Motley Crue, Guardian has suit a powerful strength in the religious doctrine music industry. The Christian bikers, best known for such hits as "Power of Love" and "Shoeshine Johnny," take forged their way into the '90s with advanced gospel metallic element.
Protector was originally known as "Nuclear fusion" by its founders, bassist David Bach and vocalist Paul Cawley. Along with drummer Rikk Hart and guitar player David Caro, the band played at local gigs passim the early '80s earlier ultimately obtaining a record deal from the Enigma label in 1985. When they constitute that thither was already a band of the like name, they changed to Guardian and added guitar player Tony Palacios to replace Caro. Their album Offset Watch was released in 1989 and was followed by all-inclusive touring.
When the dance band finished their go in Japan, both Cawley and Hart left in 1990 afterward existence unable to handle the stresses of touring. Bach and Palacios asked to be freed of their Enigma contract, requesting a more than Christian tag. They would be released later that twelvemonth, and vocaliser Jamie Rowe and drummer Karl Ney would be added around that same time. The fresh card began to phonograph recording, finally cathartic their first album on their new Pakaderm tag, Fire and Love, in 1991. The response to the album was overwhelming, and the video filmed for their hit "Great power of Love" was added to MTV's Headbangers Ball. After a more than successful turn, Miracle Mile was released in early 1993, and the album reached the CCM Top Five. Miracle Mile was quickly followed by Swing Swang Swung in 1994, the band's experiment with acoustic music. By 1995, they had finally recognized the modern '90s mainstream rock that had suit such a strong furore, and in a new arrangement with Myrrh Records, they released Hum that come down. After some other tour and a Spanish disc recording, Guardian released Bottlerocket, their twenty percent studio album, in the spring of 1997.
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