Pillar (band)

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Pillar
Country	United States
Years active	1998–present
Genres	Christian rock Alternative Rock Rapcore Hard Rock
Labels	Flicker Records
Members	Rob Beckley Noah Henson Lester Estelle Jr. Kalel (AKA Michael Wittig)

Current Pillar logo

Pillar is a Christian rock band. Pillar originally started with playing in a rap metal style, and has since moved more to a hard rock sound. Their second album Fireproof sold over 300,000 copies. Pillar then released their next album Where Do We Go From Here?.

Where Do We Go From Here was released as an instant hit among Christian rock fans everywhere, capturing #1 on sales in the genre for weeks. The album featured multiple hits, including "Bring Me Down" which topped the charts for months. Not only Christian shows and stations played "Bring Me Down", however, it was requested heavily on secular stations as well.

Pillar was voted Best Hard Rock Band in CCM Magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards.

Pillar recorded their fourth album, The Reckoning, in early 2006. Travis Wyrick (P.O.D., 10 Years, Disciple) produced the new album, which was released on October 3rd, 2006. Pillar is also releasing an EP soon called Nothing Comes for Free and it will feature 3 new songs (including Everything) and 4 live tracks. The other 2 new songs, Our Escape and Dangerous, will not be available on the new album. The EP will be only available at live shows and at their webstore. A limited number of copies (10,000) are being created.

Pillar has played at both Cornerstone Festival and Creation Festival.

1 Members
2 Discography
3 Band Member's recordings prior to forming Pillar
4 External links

[edit] Members

Rob Beckley (Vocals)
Noah Henson (Guitar)
Joey Avalos (Guitar)
Lester Estelle Jr. (Drums)
"Kalel" AKA Michael Wittig (Bass Guitar)

Pillar can suck my dick because they suck like hell

[edit] Discography

Albums

Above (2001)
Fireproof (2002)
Fireproof: Special Edition (2003)
Where Do We Go From Here (2004)
Where Do We Go From Here: Special Edition (2005)
The Reckoning (2006)
The Reckoning: Limited Edition (CD/DVD)

Indie Albums (Out of print)

Metamorphosis (1999)
Original Superman (2000)

Demos & EPs

Broken Down: The EP (2003)
Nothing Comes For Free (June 2006)

[edit] Band Member's recordings prior to forming Pillar

Kalel - AKA Michael Wittig

Godspeed - Self Titled: Recorded Christmas 1993 and released in a limited edition of 200 copies in January, 1994 in cassette format only. Contains 3 tracks: Searching (written by Michael Wittig), Your Life (written by Michael Wittig), and Her Tears (written by Robert Brouhard and Michael Wittig). The band's name changed from Q: The Source (named after the Q document) to Godspeed during the recording of this 3 song EP. Band Members at the time of the recording included: Michael Wittig on guitar and bass, Mahlon Tobias on bass, Robert Brouhard on vocals.