Vertical Church Band

Vertical Church Band
Origin Chicago, Illinois
Genres CCM, gospel, worship, rock[1]
Years active 2012–present
Labels Essential
Website www.verticalchurchband.com
Members

Vertical Church Band is a contemporary Christian and worship band from Chicago, Illinois as part of the Harvest Bible Chapel. The worship band includes Meredith Andrews, Andi Rozier, Kyle Fredricks, Jon Guerra, Tara Stutes, and Rochelle Burlock. They are signed to Provident Label Group and have released four albums through Essential Records: Live Worship from Vertical Church in 2012, Rock Won't Move in 2013, Church Songs on January 16, 2015,[2] and Frontiers on July 29, 2016.

Background

The music collective is from Chicago, Illinois, where they form Harvest Bible Chapel, and they started making music in 2012.[3] They count as their membership, Meredith Andrews, Andi Rozier, Kyle Fredricks, Jon Guerra, Tara Stutes and Rochelle Burlock.[3][4][5][6]

Music history

The band released Live Worship from Vertical Church on July 31, 2012 on Essential Records[7] and it peaked on Billboard's Christian Albums chart at No. 10 and No. 9 on the Heetseekers Albums chart.[8] Vertical EP was released on May 7, 2013.[9] It was followed by The Rock Won't Move on October 29, 2013[7] and charted at No. 58 on the Billboard 200, No. 2 on the Christian Albums chart.[8] White EP was released on November 4, 2014.[10] Their third album, Church Songs, was released on January 20, 2015[7] and peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Christian Albums chart[8] and was followed by the "Church Songs Tour & Workshop" national tour concluding in June, 2015.[11]

Members

Discography

EPs

Albums

List of Albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[8][12]
US US
Christ		 US
Heat
Live Worship from Vertical Church[6][13]
  • Released: July 31, 2012
  • Label: Vertical Church Band/Harvest Bible Chapel/Essential Worship
  • CD, digital download
 – 10 9
The Rock Won't Move[4][14][15][16][17]
  • Released: October 29, 2013
  • Label: Harvest Bible Chapel/Essential Worship
  • CD, digital download
 58 2 –
Church Songs[5][18][19]
  • Released: January 20, 2015
  • Label: Vertical Church Band/Essential
  • CD, digital download
 31 1 –
Frontiers
  • Released: July 29, 2016
  • Label: Vertical Church Band/Essential
  • CD, digital download
 46 2 –

References

  1. ↑ "Vertical Church Band Artist Profile - Biography And Discography - NewReleaseTuesday.com". newreleasetuesday.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Vertical Church Band". apple.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Leggett, Steve. "Vertical Church Band : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Davis, Kevin (November 22, 2013). "Rock Solid Worship". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Davis, Kevin (January 27, 2015). "Excellent Songs for the Church". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Andre, Jonathan (July 23, 2012). "Vertical Church Band – Live Worship From Vertical Church". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 AllMusic. "Vertical Church Band : Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Billboard. "Vertical Church Band : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Andre, Jonathan (May 7, 2013). "Vertical Church Band – Vertical EP". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Andre, Joshua (November 21, 2014). "Vertical Church Band – White EP". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ "TOUR". Vertical Church Band. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Chart search for Vertical Church at billboard.com/biz
  13. ↑ Parker, Samuel (November 24, 2012). "Review: Live Worship From Vertical Church – Vertical Church Band". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ Covington, April (October 28, 2013). "Vertical Church Band "The Rock Won't Move"". Christian Music Review. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ Holden, Tim (December 27, 2013). "Review: The Rock Won't Move – Vertical Church Band". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ Andre, Jonathan (November 2, 2013). "Vertical Church Band – The Rock Won't Move". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ Davies, Jono (October 14, 2013). "Vertical Church Band - The Rock Won't Move". Louder Than the Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  18. ↑ Andre, Joshua (January 19, 2015). "Vertical Church Band – Church Songs". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  19. ↑ Davies, Jono (March 2, 2015). "Vertical Church Band - Church Songs". Louder Than the Music. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
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