Hawk Nelson
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| Country | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Genres | Pop Punk Christian Rock |
| Labels | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Members | Jason Dunn Jonathon Steingard Daniel Biro Aaron Tosti |
| Past members | Davin ("Dave") Clark Matt Paige |
| Website(s) | http://www.hawknelson.com |
Hawk Nelson is a GMA Canada Covenant Award winning Christian rock band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become popular on the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards.
The band played independently in Ontario for a few years before they signed with Tooth & Nail Records, largely on the recommendation of Trevor McNevan, the lead singer of fellow Tooth & Nail band Thousand Foot Krutch. McNevan, also from Peterborough, is credited with discovering the band. In July of 2004, Hawk Nelson released their major label debut Letters to the President. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle and McNevan, who also co-wrote nine of the album's fourteen songs.
The band has achieved some success in the mainstream as well. They portrayed The Who on an episode of the NBC drama American Dreams, and they recorded a song named "Bring 'Em Out" for the 2005 motion picture Yours, Mine, and Ours. "Things We Go Through" from Letters to the President was also featured in Yours, Mine, and Ours.
In October of 2005, the band re-released Letters to the President, with new material including their cover of The Who's My Generation, three acoustic versions of some of their hits, and a limited edition cover. The band has recently finished recording a new album, Smile, It's The End of the World, and released it on April 4th. The album's first single, "Everything You Ever Wanted", went on to hit #1 on Christian radio. The band spent the summer of 2006 touring the major Christian music festivals; they recently finished touring with Jeremy Camp (Beyond Measure tour), and released a 3-track Christmas EP titled Gloria on November 21.
As of October 11, 2006, Hawk Nelson's MySpace has reached over 100,000 friends. In late October, there was an invitation on myspace for a December concert in Las Vegas. However, it was void in many places, including Canada.
They are currently a part of tobyMac's Winter Wonder Slam tour with The Afters, Family Force Five, and Ayiesha Woods.
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[edit] Current members
- Jason Dunn (vocals, keys)
- Jonathon Steingard (guitar)
- Daniel Biro (bass)
- Aaron "Skwid" Tosti (drums)
[edit] Past members
[edit] Trivia
- In an interview [1], Dunn, the band's frontman, revealed the meaning of the band's name. He said that when he was about 14 years old, there was a video game he had played called "Too Extreme" on the Sony Playstation. It required the player to create a name for the character. He got the first name from Tony Hawk. "Nelson" he got from a boot repair store in his hometown: Nelson Boot Repair.
- Before/during the early stages of recording Saturday Rock Action (2003), the band's name was Reasonbeing
- Prior to the formation of Hawk Nelson, Dunn, Clark, and Paige had formed the Peterborough-based group called Swish, while Biro sang lead vocals in a four-piece group called the Cheese Monkeys from planet nine from Barrie, Ontario.
- In 2006, Hawk Nelson won Best Artist in Ignite Your Faith Magazine's Golden Ear Awards. Jason Dunn also won best male vocalist, and Letters to the President won the #3 spot in the Best Song category.
[edit] GMA Canada Covenant Awards
- Modern Rock/Alternative Album Of The Year Award
[edit] Discography
- Saturday Rock Action (2003)
- California EP (2004)
- Letters to the President (2004)
- Letters to the President: Expanded Edition (2005)
- Bring 'Em Out (2005) (Digital EP only available on iTunes Store)
- Smile, It's The End of the World (April 2006)
- Gloria EP (November 21, 2006)
