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.”