Relient K
is an American rock band formed in Canton, Ohio in 1998 by Matt Thiessen on vocals, guitar and piano, Brian Pittman on bass, and Matt Hoopes on guitar [1] between the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone College in Canton, Ohio. The band is named after guitarist Matt Hoopes' Plymouth Reliant K car, with the spelling intentionally altered to avoid trademark infringement over the Reliant
name.
The group is associated with the Contemporary Christian Music culture, most notably the Christian rock and Christian punk scene. Despite being a Christian band the group has performed alongside secular artists, and has had critical success with mainstream pop punk and alternative rock. The band's sound incorporates piano and acoustic elements; and the lyrical content often refers to God, Jesus, and the terms "You" and "Him" are used in reference to God. Since its formation, Relient K has released five studio albums, seven EPs, two Christmas albums, and one collection of rarities. The band has received numerous awards including a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Rock Gospel Album and two Dove Awards. [2] [3] [4]
Relient K is best known commercially for their two studio albums which peaked in the top 15 of the US Billboard 200 chart. After signing with Capitol Records, they broke into the mainstream in 2004 with the release of Mmhmm
, which debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200. In 2007, their fifth album brought the most success for Relient K, Five Score and Seven Years Ago
debuted at #6 on the US Billboard 200 and sold 60,000 records in its debut week. [5] The band has sold over 2 million records, with three albums being given Gold certification by the RIAA. The band is also highly successful throughout the Christian Albums and Contemporary Christian Music charts.
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History
All Work and No Play
(1998–2000)
thumb in 2005.
After Relient K was founded by Matt Theissen, Matt Hoopes and Brian Pittman in 1998
[6] Todd Frascone joined for a short time in 1998 as a drummer. However Frascone left the band after recording first
demo,
All Work and No Play
. The demo was recorded by
Mark Lee Townsend, the former live guitar player for
dc Talk. Townsend had met the band members because his daughter, Danielle, was friends with the band. She eventually married guitarist Matt Hoopes.
[7]
All Work and No Play caught the attention of
dc Talk's
Toby McKeehan (tobyMac), who later signed the band to his label,
Gotee Records. With the label Relient K released their debut
EP entitled
2000 A.D.D.
in 2000, with
Stephen Cushman on drums. Soon after, they released
Relient K
, their first full-length CD. It was distinctly
Christian rock and featured lyrics with a wide range of pop-culture references.
[8] Cushman left later that year to join the
Christian metal band Narcissus. Brett Schoneman of Christian rock band
Philmore filled in temporarily,
[9] [10] [11] followed by
Jared Byers, drummer of the
Christian rock band
Bleach, until
Dave Douglas joined in December 2000.
In an interview Matt Thiessen said that when the band started, he was the only one who sang, but he knew Matt Hoopes could sing as well. Hoopes was reluctant, but Thiessen said he "got it out of him". Hoopes became the primary back-up vocalist from then on.
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
(2001–2002)
The band released their second album,
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
, in 2001. Though there were still plenty of pop-culture references on this album,
it contained many more softer songs and slightly lighter guitars.
[12] They would continue chords through tracks in order to fluidly transition in between songs, a trend that continued on their later albums.
Anatomy
landed them in the Christian rock limelight, and Relient K was offered a clothing deal with
Abercrombie & Fitch in 2001.
Gotee, their label, accepted the offer on Relient K's behalf; Pittman recalls, "The choice was never really given to us. The label made the choice."
[13] After significant pressure from
conservative Christian organizations such as
Focus on the Family, Gotee backed out of the contract.
Relient K was then asked to do a rendition of the popular
VeggieTales
song "
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" for the 2002 feature length
VeggieTales
movie
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
. The song was released on three different albums, two in single form. The first version also included their song "Breakdown" being sung by
Larry the Cucumber. There was also a promotional version which included the original version of "Breakdown". A cut-down version (missing the bridge) was included on the Christian rock compilation
Veggie Rocks!
. This song mixes the sounds of
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
and their third album,
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
.
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
(2003)
In 2003, Relient K released
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
. The album had multiple covers of different colors, each depicting a vehicle in some kind of wreck. As pop-culture references became less specific, sound and vocals became far more defined.
[14] Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
(often called
Two Lefts
by fans) combined the soft, meaningful songs of
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
and threw in fast-paced songs with deep lyrics.
It was nominated for a
Grammy in the category of "
Best Rock Gospel Album"
and won the
Greg Award for "Modern Rock Album of the Year" in 2004.
During this time, Relient K also released a limited edition red
vinyl EP entitled
The Vinyl Countdown
, only released in one printing. The EP included two versions of the song, "Five Iron Frenzy is Either Dead or Dying." The album was dedicated to Jesse Alkire, contest winner and friend of Matthew Thiessen, who inspired the song "The Vinyl Countdown."
[15]
Since
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
was released in March 2003, Relient K released a bonus disc for Christmas, entitled
Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand
. The album was packaged with
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
from November 2003 to December 2003.
Mmhmm
(2004–2006)
The group released their fourth album,
Mmhmm
, in late 2004. Pop-culture references were even less specific than on their third album, if present at all. The album was significantly more on the serious side with very few of the silly songs the band was known for.
[16] The album had the band experimenting with their sound a bit more, which included incorporating piano,
Hardcore punk and some
pop music.
In July 2005, the album was
certified gold for shipping over 500,000 copies. It is reported that it has sold approximately 796,000 copies.
[17] Driven by newfound recognition from
Mmhmm
,
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
was also certified gold in spring 2005. Also, it was announced in 2006 that their second record,
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
, had reached the
Gold rank as well as certified by the
RIAA.
[18]
Shortly before the Mmhmm's release, longtime bassist
Brian Pittman left the band, citing that he was tired of touring and wanted to start a landscaping company.
[19] He also joined
Christian metal band
Inhale Exhale shortly afterward. Matt Thiessen announced Pittman's departure in fall 2004, saying,
"After almost seven years of being in Relient K, our cherished and lifelong friend, Brian Pittman has decided to move on to other things. That IS crazy, huh? Brian decided to leave the band in July, so we've had plenty of time to let the initial shock die down. We're aware that a lot of you already knew, so we apologize for not announcing this sooner. There were many reasons. He thought long and hard about his decision, and he came to the conclusion that he would like to do other things than play bass for the band. We respect him for it. We'd be lying to say that we're not all completely bummed that Brian won't be a part of Relient K anymore. And though we know things won't be the same without him, it must be said that we have always valued our friendships with him more than our on-stage relationship.
Anyway, all of us still hang out, and its like nothing is different at all. I feel like that's how you know that you've made a friend that will be there for the rest of your days. We want to thank Brian for all the years he gave the band. You're the best, buddy."
Pittman reunited with the band for one final show, which was the release party for "Mmhmm" at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on November 1, 2004.
John Warne, lead singer and guitarist of
Ace Troubleshooter, filled in as bassist for the remainder of 2004 and became full-time bassist in 2005. Also in 2005,
Jon Schneck joined as a third guitarist, as well as a banjo and bell player, to create a fuller, more distinctive sound. This was also because the band planned to add more piano, and having another guitarist gave Matt Thiessen the freedom to do that.
[20]
Mmhmm
features two
top 40 hits which both made it on
MTV's Top Ten. The track "
Be My Escape" is the band's most popular mainstream song to date. Its music video entered
MTV's Top Ten, and landed them an appearance on
The Tonight Show
and
Jimmy Kimmel Live
. "Be My Escape" is also featured on
Now! 19
, a popular secular and quasi-annual compilation series. It was classified as a gold single in October 2005.
The
music video for "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" has also made its way onto the
TRL countdown,
[21] many
top 40 radio stations, and was included on
Now! 21
. Mmhmm was awarded a
Dove Award in 2006 for the "Rock Album of the Year."
The band was also nominated for "Artist of the Year" and "Band of the Year" at
GMA Canada's 2006 Covenant Awards
[22]
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
(2007)
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Purple Door 2006
Recording sessions for another studio album,
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
, started on June 18, 2006 and continued for parts of July and August. Some tracks on the album were produced by
Howard Benson, (
The All-American Rejects,
My Chemical Romance,
P.O.D.). Thiessen had said that the title of the album comes from the fact that it's the band's fifth album, it is the first time all five of them are on a record together, and it has been seven years since they made their first record.
[23]
While the band hoped for a November 2006 release, the official release date was announced as March 6, 2007.
The album is considered, by the band, to be their happiest record to date. On March 2, 2007 the entire album (except the last track, "Deathbed") was made available for streaming on the band's
MySpace.
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
debuted at #6 on the
Billboard
200 chart, selling about 64,000 copies in its first week.
[24] The album also peaked at #2 on the
iTunes Store chart.
The band's first single from the album, "
Must Have Done Something Right," was released on the iTunes Store on November 28, 2006 and to radio on January 9, 2007. "
Forgiven" was the first radio single directed at
Christian stations. "Forgiven" was the most added song on Christian radio and entered
Billboard
s Hot Christian Songs chart on January 11, 2007. The single received enough airplay to be the fourth most played song on Christian Hit Radio (CHR) stations in 2007 according to
R&R magazine.
[25]
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The second single from the album, "
The Best Thing," was released to radio on April 10, 2007, taking the 7th most adds in its first week. Thiessen has said that "The Best Thing" is "the anti-
Daniel Powter "
Bad Day" song. It's straight-up positive." A video was filmed for the single.
[26] The second single released on Christian CHR radio stations was "Give Until There's Nothing Left", which was the 20th most played song on CHR radio stations in 2007.
In the early morning of June 28, 2007, Relient K's bus caught on fire from an oil spill from the engine. Everyone made it out safely, but the band lost many instruments, laptops, cameras, phones, iPods, clothes, and merchandise. Matt Thiessen said he lost a laptop that had roughly 100 unfinished songs on it, and Dave Douglas lost his Battlefield drum set. In the midst of it, the band still laughed at the situation, calling it "cinematic".
[27] On a blog post on their website, Matt Thiessen stated that the next day after the fire, the band went to view the damage of their van and found that while 85% of their gear was intact, Douglas's drum kit set was not salvageable.
[28] A member of the Switchfoot forums first announced it, asking everyone to pray for the band. The band had just played Creation Northeast, and had to cancel their appearance at
Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, which the band has named as one of their favorite shows to do. They did, however, play their next scheduled show in Greeley, CO on June 30, 2007. In the months following, the band played more
Christian rock festivals.
The band released a
Let it Snow, Baby... Let it Reindeer,
a Christmas album, on October 23, 2007. The CD contained all of the tracks from
Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand
as well as 6 new songs.
[29] [30] [31] [32] This
Christmas themed
re-release has so far been met with success, peaking at #15 on iTunes music store and #96 on the
Billboard
200.
[33]
Relient K, Switchfoot and Ruth recently recorded a song together titled "
Rebuild". It is available for download on Switchfoot's website, fans can choose between paying for the song (with proceeds going to
Habitat for Humanity) or downloading it for free.
On October 18, 2007 drummer Dave Douglas announced his departure on the band's website due to a desire to pursue his side-project Gypsy Parade with his wife Rachel. There is no animosity between any of the members, and he finished to tour with the band until his last show on December 29, 2007.
[34] [35] On February 12, 2008 it was announced that
Ethan Luck, former guitarist of
The O.C. Supertones and current guitarist for
Demon Hunter, would be replacing Douglas as the band's new drummer.
[36] Luck and Warne were in a short lived band together called
Guerilla Rodeo.
The recording of
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
Relient K did for the 2002 movie,
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, was reused in
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie.
The Bird and the Bee Sides
(2008)
On July 1, 2008 Relient K released a
double EP. The double EP is contained on a single disc and contains the
The Nashville Tennis EP
and
The Bird and the Bee Sides
.
The Nashville Tennis EP
included 13 tracks of new material that allowed the band to explore their sound a bit by allowing other band members, besides Thiessen and Hoopes, to compose/record a few tracks, as well as adding some influences from
Country music and
Ska.
The Bird and the Bee Sides
contained tracks which had previously been released on hard-to-come-by records.
[37] [38] After turning in The Bird and the Bee Sides Relient K officially fulfilled their contract with Gotee Records, and signed to and now manage Mono Vs. Stereo (an imprint of
Gotee Records) .
[39]
Forget and Not Slow Down
(2009–present)
In early 2009, the band began to write music for an album to be released later in 2009.
[40] Thiessen stated that they were keen on finishing the album for a 2009 release and had begun recording the new album with their "favorite" producer,
Mark Lee Townsend at Dark Horse Recording in Tennessee. After recording a few tracks, they stated that they would travel to California to record some more tracks with
John Feldmann. Webisodes released weekly via the band's MySpace and Facebook pages show the recording progress in the studio.
[41] On May 8, 2009, Thiessen announced on his Twitter account that the new album would be called
Forget and Not Slow Down
, which will also be the title of a song on the album.
[42] The album will be released on October 6, 2009.
[43]
Members
Current members
- Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitar, piano, cowbell (1998–present)
- Matt Hoopes – guitar, backing vocals (1998–present)
- John Warne – bass, backing vocals (2004–present)
- Jon Schneck – guitar, banjo, bells, backing vocals (2005–present)
- Ethan Luck – drums (2008–present)
Former members
- Todd Frescone – drums (1998)
- Stephen Cushman – drums, backing vocals (1998–2000)
- Brett Schoneman - drums (2000) Fill In
- Jared Byers – drums (2000) Fill In
- Brian Pittman – bass (1998–2004)
- Dave Douglas - drums, backing vocals (2000-2007)
Tours and Live Performances
- Relient K performed in the 2005 and 2008 Vans Warped Tour,
- Between September and November 2006, Relient K played on the Nintendo Fusion Tour with Hawthorne Heights, Emery, Plain White T's, and The Sleeping. [44]
- The band also took part in McDonald's Summer 2007 music tour. Every band involved in the tour has the chance to be involved in a future McDonald's ad. Votes by viewers will be counted to decide who will win. All live shows are available for viewing. [45]
- Relient K and Switchfoot both played at the Los Angeles premier of the movie Evan Almighty on June 22, 2007. [46] They also played at the Lizard Fair in Midland, Michigan on August 15, 2007 with Chris Daughtry.
- "Must Have Done Something Right" and "The Best Thing" were performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
respectively. Relient K appeared again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 17, 2008. They performed their cover "Sleigh Ride" from Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer
, Actor Tom Wilson accompanied the band.
- As of September 8, 2008, Relient K was on tour with Ludo, featuring This Providence and House of Heroes. The tour was title "The Uncle Fest Tour" and was during the month of October, with a few in early November. The last tour date was November 2.
- In November 8' and early December 8' Relient K joined TobyMac and Family Force 5 on a month long tour called .
- Toured with Runner Runner and Owl City
Live Covers
During tour dates and shows the band has been known to perform live
cover songs from various sources. The covers have included the following:
- "You're Still the One" by Shania Twain on a tour early in their career.
- "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys for some of their sets in 2000. [47]
- "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul, "We Built This City" by Starship, and "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer, on the summer festival season of 2001.
- At Cornerstone 2003, Relient K played a cover of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" after which Matt Thiessen stated, "That was uh... that was a joke." [48]
- "That Thing You Do", "Everywhere You Look", the theme song from the TV show Full House
, and Kenny Loggins' Highway to the Danger Zone, during the See Spot Rock tour. They brought back the Full House
theme for their late 2005 tour, "The Panic With A K Tour". They brought back "That Thing You Do" and "The Top Gun
Medley" for "The Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour" in early 2006, as well as the summer festival season of that year.
- "Manic Monday" by The Bangles for the compilation Punk Goes 80's
in 2005. [49]
- "Between You and Me" by dc Talk for the 2006 Jesus Freak tribute album, Freaked!.
- "Surf Wax America" by Weezer during an Alternative Press radio show in late 2006.
- The DVD released with the special edition of Five Score and Seven Years Ago
features a video of the band's cover of The Beach Boys' "Sloop John B", which is also a bonus track when the album is purchased through iTunes.
- Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears as well as the theme song for the TV show The Office on the Appetite For Construction tour in 2007. [50]
- "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley was covered by the band in early 2008.
- "Good Life" by Kanye West and the theme song from "The Office" on the 2008 Vans Warped Tour and earlier that year.
- "The Adams Family" TV Show theme for the Uncle Fest Tour in 2008.. [51]
- The jingle for "Five Dollar Footlongs" of Subway commercials in 2009. [52]
- "The Distance" by CAKE in 2009. [53]
Other projects
The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind
In 2004, Relient K released a book entitled
The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind
. The book clues in the confused male Relient K fans on some of the inner workings of the female species.
[54] The band gives advice on the opposite sex through personal experience, stereotypes (including The Rock Chick and Vanilla Pudding), and
Biblical advice—presented in the attitude found in their music. The title of the book is taken from the last line of the song "Mood Rings," which is found on their third album,
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
.
Woodland Forest
In June 2006, Relient K released the first episode of their own
flash cartoon. The cartoon features all five band members, and takes place in a fictional land known as Woodland Forest. It is animated by
bassist John Warne. There have only been two episodes thus far, and can be found on YouTube.
[55] [56] The cartoons also feature "Merle the Squirrel," as well as "Crosby the Reindeer".
Podcasts
Relient K has made a total of nine audio podcasts and eleven video podcasts. The nine audio podcasts were made during the band's time on the Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour. They included interviews with the band members, their guitar techs, and various other people who help them on tour. There were also interviews with the other touring bands,
The Rocket Summer and
Maxeen.
The five video podcasts include various scenes in the studio, as well as the band doing things outside the studio, much like the video podcasts made by Switchfoot. The first two video podcasts showed the band in the studio preparing for the recording of
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
, and Dave Douglas recording the
drum parts, respectively. The third video podcast was a collection of footage and discussions from the Nintendo Fusion Tour, and a
Mario Kart DS Tournament between the five band members. The fourth video podcast showed Jon Schneck and Dave Douglas preparing for a boxing match (which is also included and completed in the Wal-Mart "Devastation and Reform" video), and the fifth video podcast showed the completion of the battle. There is a sixth unreleased video podcast including John Warne fulfilling his lifelong dream of walking into a room with the
AutoZone Theme Song playing. It shows Warne recording the song with the assistance of Dave Douglas and Jon Schneck. It can be found on YouTube at the present time, and it is currently unofficially released on the site, as it has not made it to the band's official site. Their eighth video podcast is about the band going to see millions of bats fly at sundown. BATS! (that's the name of it). The last podcast is a short video showing the band playing a game they made up called"Gum Golf" which they came up during the release of their Christmas album " Let it Snow, Baby... let it Reindeer." Just recently Relient K released four podcasts telling of their new album.
Related Projects
Outside of Relient K, Matt Thiessen has a piano-focused solo project called
Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes. He started it in 1998, around the time Relient K was started. He has released seven songs either online or on various CD releases. Thiessen also has The Makeout Girls, a less serious side project that features himself and his friend, Kevan Peden. They have released one known song, which was the hidden track known as "Silly Shoes" from
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
.
Former drummer Dave Douglas created a project called
Agnes, a solo rock project that somewhat resembles the sound of Relient K's earlier music with his own twist. Douglas also started a project called
Gypsy Parade, a softer project that he started with his wife, Rachel. They have released two demo songs on their MySpace with more expected. Douglas amicably left Relient K to further pursue this project.
Ethan Luck, the current drummer, is involved with the
Christian metal band
Demon Hunter, but he also has a side project called My Red Hot Nightmare. which included drummer Josh Abbott, who was the drummer for Bassist John Warne's band, Ace Troubleshooter for the band's entire existence.
Three tracks were featured on the compilation album
My Other Band, Vol. 1
on Mono vs Stereo records in 2006, from Matt Thiessen's side project Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes, Dave Douglas' side project Agnes, and Ethan Luck's My Red Hot Nightmare project. Relient K was part of a fundraiser called "Habitat for Humanity" with other Christian bands. Matt Thiessen and Jon Foreman (Switchfoot's lead singer and guitarist) wrote a song called "Rebuild" to help raise even more money.
Kelly Clarkson's new CD entitled "All I Ever Wanted" featured Matt Thiessen who co-wrote along with Katy Perry the song "Longshot."
Discography
Studio albums
- Relient K
(2000)
- The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
(2001)
- Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
(2003)
- Mmhmm
(2004)
- Five Score and Seven Years Ago
(2007)
- Forget and Not Slow Down
(2009) [57] [58]
Online Scavenger Hunt
Relient K held a scavenger hunt for tracks that were meant to be made available on
The Bird and the Bee Sides
, but due to various issues the band decided to release them in an Online Scavenger Hunt.
[59]. There were originally meant to be five songs, but only three have been released thus far. The clues led to
Hope For Every Fallen Man
,
Where Do I Go (Acoustic)
, and
Just Between You and Me
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