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Popular band MercyMe performs LIVE in this
`Sidewalks` interview
Since 2001, the
Christian-rock band, MercyMe has five bestselling
projects, nine consecutive No. 1 Christian singles
and four back-to-back mainstream radio hits. The
group is one of few Contemporary Christian music
groups to have had all of their recordings certified
Gold or Platinum.
MercyMe’s current members include Bart Millard
(vocals), Nathan Cochran (bass guitar), Michael John Scheuchzer (guitars),
Robin Troy Shaffer
(percussion), James Philip Bryson (keyboards) and
Barry Graul (guitars).
The group was originally formed in 1994 with
Millard, Bryson, and Scheuchzer. In 2001, the band
signed with INO Records and released their debut
album, “Almost There,” which had a Christian
and mainstream hit, "I Can Only Imagine.”
The Grammy®-nominated, American Music Award® and
multiple GMA® Music Award winners have sold over 5
million units in CD and DVD sales, including
“Almost There,” their 2003 project “Spoken For,”
“Undone,” the MercyMe Live DVD, and “Coming Up to
Breathe.”
In this 2007 interview with Sidewalks host Rafael
Siegel, the members talk about being a Christian
band in a mainstream music market and their 2007 CD,
“All That Is Within Me.”
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