- Staple (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Staple
Background = group_or_band
Years_active =2000 –2006
Origin = Mechanicsburg,Ohio ,United States
Genres =Metalcore
Label =Flicker Records
Current_members =Darin Kiem Brian Miller Grant Beachy Israel Beachy Staple was a Christian rock/
metalcore group fromMechanicsburg, Ohio . Staple was founded in2000 when the members met atRosedale Bible College inOhio . They have played close to 300 shows in two years and have toured with Disciple,The Showdown ,Kids in the Way ,Demon Hunter ,Last Tuesday , Dizmas, The 7 Method and Spoken. Their 2005 release, "Of Truth and Reconciliation ", peaked at #49 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. [ [http://wm05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3zfqxqusldse~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com]On Wednesday,
May 17 ,2006 , Staple announced that they would be breaking up at the end of the summer. [http://www.staplemusic.com/v2/main.php?area=home&hid=8&showheadline=true] On May 29, 2006 Staple held a contest for fans to create a last tour t-shirt. The shirt was judged by the Staple band members and all designs were due by June 10th 2006. Winners received 2 free admissions to one of the dates on the "Last Crusade" tour, a free copy of the printed shirt that they designed along with a copy of Staple's CDsMembers
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Darin Keim – vocals
*Brian Miller –guitar
*Grant Beachy –drum s
*Israel Beachy – bass (Disciple's bassist since January 2008)New Members
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Josh McNeal (Drums '06)
*Paul DeLozier (Guitar winter of '05)Influences
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Living Sacrifice
*Project 86
*Stavesacre Discography
According to the band, they released an EP before their self-titled debut, but they refuse to show it to anyone.
EPs
References
* [http://www.christianhardrock.net/index.asp] ChristianRock.Net
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/staple Official Staple MySpace]
* [http://www.staplemusic.com/ Official Staple Website]
* [http://flickerrecords.com/index.php Flicker Records]
* [http://purevolume.com/staple/ Staple on PureVolume]
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