Bleach (American band)

This article is about the Christian rock group. For the English indie band, see Bleach (British band). For the Japanese hardcore punk group, see Bleach (Japanese band).

Bleach
Origin	Grayson, Kentucky, United States
Genres	Christian rock
Years active	1995–2004, 2010–present
Labels	Tooth & Nail, ForeFront
Members	Dave Baysinger Sam Barnhart Jerry Morrison Milam Byers Jared Byers
Past members	Matt Gingerich Bradley Ford Todd Kirby Russ Fox

Bleach is an American Christian rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee.

History

It was formed at Kentucky Christian University, in Grayson, Kentucky, in 1995, originally under the name Muffin. The band announced that it would be disbanded in 2004, but in 2010, the band announced it was coming back.

In 1997, the band earned a Dove Award in the category of Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for its song "Epidermis Girl", from its first album Space. The follow-up album, Static, reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

In 2003, the band members announced that they were going to disband. The band said goodbye to its fans in the form of a farewell tour, which was followed by the final album Farewell Old Friends (2005). Their "last show" was performed on August 29, 2004, in Nashville, but on March 13, 2005, the band performed a reunion show to benefit the Aaron Marrs Memorial Fund. It also performed a reunion show at The O.C. Supertones's last show, at Biola University on October 7, 2005.

"Super Good Feeling" is on the Seltzer 2 album, "Waving Goodbye" on the Seltzer 3 album and a cover of dc Talk's "Heavenbound" on the Forefront Ten album.

Davy Baysinger and Jared Byers both have a side project band named Royal Empire Music. They have written songs for a compilation CD series called My Other Band for Mono vs. Stereo records. Russ Fox is now playing guitar in the rock band The Red Velvet and runs Huntington's Broadmoor Recording Studio.

Additionally, they made an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival in 2010, and at the Sonshine Festival in July 2010.

The band started their "Four States Tour" in July 2011.

In other media

• Bleach's music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "Heartbeat", "Rock N Roll", "Static" and "Super Good Feeling" are included with the game.
• "Heartbeat" is used in the romantic comedy film Extreme Days (2001) and in its accompanying soundtrack.
• "Rock N Roll" is used in the second season of teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (episode 16), "Static" in the third season (episode 4), and "Super Good Feeling" the third season (episode 6).
• "We Are Tomorrow" was used on ESPN's SportsCenter in 2003.
• "Broke in the Head" is used in the first season of the television series Roswell (episode 8) and "Knocked Out" in the second season (episode 13) titled "Disturbing Behavior".
• "Good as Gold" is used in the third season of the "CW" show One Tree Hill (episode 7).

Members

Current

• Sam Barnhart – guitar, vocals (1995–present)
• Dave Baysinger – lead vocals (1995–present)
• Milam Byers – lead guitar (2000–present)
• Jerry Morrison – bass guitar (1999–present)
• Matt Gingerich – guitar, keyboards, pan flute (1995–present)

Former

• Bradley Ford – keyboard, guitar (1995–1999)
• Todd Kirby – bass guitar (1995–1999)
• Matt Gingerich – drums (1995–2000)
• Russ Fox – bass guitar, guitar (1999–2000)
• Jared Byers – drums (2000–2013)

Discography

Title	Year	Label
Space	1996	ForeFront
Static	1998	ForeFront
Bleach	1999	ForeFront
Again, for the First Time	2002	Tooth & Nail
Astronomy	2003	Tooth & Nail
Farewell Old Friends	2005	Tooth & Nail
Audio/Visual	2005	Tooth & Nail

External links

• Bleach at AllMusic
• Bleach at the Internet Movie Database