Starfield

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Starfield
Background information
Origin	Canada
Genre(s)	Christian rock
Years active	2002–present
Label(s)	Sparrow Records
Website	http://www.starfieldonline.com/
Members
Tim Neufeld Jon Neufeld Shaun Huberts Gordie Cochran

Starfield is a multiple Covenant Award winning Christian music worship group from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Starfield was originally formed by two brothers, Tim and Jon Neufeld both from Winnipeg. Since then Shaun Huberts and Gordie Cochran both of Victoria, British Columbia have joined the band. Prior to Gordie, Johnny 5 was the drummer until he left around 2004. Shaun Huberts left the band Aug. 9th 2006, after his last performance at the DCLA Convention in Anaheim, CA. His replacement is Dave Crisp. The band moved back to Canada (Abbotsford, British Columbia) in the fall of 2006 after several years of living in Nashville.

1 Albums
2 Current Members
3 GMA Canada Covenant Awards
4 Tours

[edit] Albums

[edit] Tumbling After

Debut release (Canada only) was release through CMC Distribution in 2003 and featured the hit "Filled With Your Glory".

[edit] Starfield

Starfield's first international release was a self-titled album Starfield on Sparrow Records in 2004.

The album contained a re-recording of "Filled With Your Glory". The song "Tumbling After" appeared on Season Two of the television show, Joan of Arcadia.

[edit] Beauty in the Broken

Their second album, Beauty in the Broken, was released on Sparrow Records on May 16, 2006. Their first single from the album, My Generation, rose the United States R&R Christian charts. It includes one song recorded with Chris Tomlin. The album immediately soared to the top of the Canadian Christian music sales chart and remainded at the #1 position for three months. 2006 Year End charts placed the album at #2 for the year in Canada at Christian retail stores. The album peaked at #31 in the United States on the Billboard Christian Albums chart, and at #45 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. ^[1]

[edit] Current Members

Tim Neufeld (guitars, vocals)
Jon Neufeld (guitars, vocals)
Gordie Cochran (drums)
Dave Crisp (bass)

[edit] GMA Canada Covenant Awards

Special Events/Compilation Of The Year (Sea to Sea:Filled With Your Glory) (2005)
Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year (2006)
Album Of The Year (2006)
Group Of The Year (2006)
Song Of The Year (2006)

[edit] Tours

The group toured with youth ministry Dare 2 Share, a youth conference tour, for the 2005 - 2006 campaign. The group also appeared at X-fuge, a five day Christian youth camp that took place in the summer of 2006 at Panama City, Florida.

The group is also touring with Dare2Share on the 2006-2007 GameDay tour as the worship leaders.

Starfield played at Resurrection 2007 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee both weekends (January 12-14 and January 19-21). The combined crowd was over 30,000.