Stellar Kart

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Stellar Kart
Stellar Kart
Stellar Kart
Background information
Genre(s) Christian pop punk
Pop punk
Power pop
Christian punk
Label(s) Word Records
Website http://www.stellarkart.com
Members
Adam Agee
Cody Pellerin
Jordan Messer
Jamven Uba

Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to Word and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, All Gas. No Brake - including "Finish Last" and "Life Is Good" - have been played on Christian radio stations such as Air 1. Their album, We Can't Stand Sitting Down was released on July 25, 2006. The album's first single "Me and Jesus" hit #1 for 7 weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart and won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song". [1]

They derived their band name from working with kids on youth camps. Their name is often abbreviated SK, as seen in the band's music videos to "Activate" and "Life is Good".

Their latest album, Expect the Impossible, was released on February 26, 2008.[2]

Contents

[edit] Members

  • Adam Agee; Vocals, Guitar
  • Cody Pellerin; Guitar
  • Jordan Messer; Drums
  • Jamven Uba; Bass

[edit] Publicity

Stellar Kart has been interviewed in magazines such as CCM Magazine, Brio Magazine, and Awake Magazine. They were also interviewed on various television shows, including TMW and The Zone (on the Christian IPTV service Sky Angel). Stellar Kart has also appeared on a season finale of The Logan Show.

[edit] Concerts

Stellar Kart has been an opening act for bands such as Kutless on the Strong Tower Tour and Newsboys on the Go Tour. The band's first headlining tour began on December 1, 2006, and was called the Punk The Halls Tour. Support for this Christmas tour came from Run Kid Run, Eleventyseven, and Esterlyn; it went so well that they decided to do the Punk the Halls Tour every year. Stellar Kart performed on the main stage at Onefest and the main stage of Creation 2007. Stellar Kart recently played on a Lifelight circuit concert in Mitchell, South Dakota with the bands, The Switch, and Remedy Drive. On June 9, 2007, Stellar Kart played it's first international concert at the E.O. Youth Day in the Netherlands in front of an audience of 35,000. In the beginning of 2008 the band began the Expect the Impossible Tour; this was their first headlining tour that wasn't for the holidays.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Title Label(s)
February 15, 2005 All Gas. No Brake Word Records
July 25, 2006 We Can't Stand Sitting Down Word Records
February 26, 2008 Expect the Impossible Word Records

[edit] Singles

Year Title Peak Chart Positions Album
Hot Christian Songs
2005 "Spending Time"  ? All Gas. No Brake
2005 "Finish Last"  ? All Gas. No Brake
2005 "Life Is Good"  ? All Gas. No Brake
2006 "Me and Jesus" #1 (7 weeks)
#11 most played song of 2006 [3]
We Can't Stand Sitting Down
2006 "Activate"  ? We Can't Stand Sitting Down
2006 "Hold On" #4 [4], 16th most played song in 2007[5] We Can't Stand Sitting Down
2007 "I Wanna Live" Top 15 [6] We Can't Stand Sitting Down
2008 "Jesus Loves You" Expect the Impossible
2008 "Innocent (Video Single)" Expect the Impossible
2008 "Shine Like The Stars" Expect the Impossible

[edit] Music Videos

  • Student Driver
  • Life Is Good
  • Activate
  • Innocent
  • Me and Jesus

[edit] References

  1. ^ "38th Annual Dove Award Recipients". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
  2. ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review for "Expect the Impossible"
  3. ^ As played on the January 7, 2007 Weekend 22 program (Christian CHR)
  4. ^ As played on the March 27, 2007 Weekend 22 program (Christian CHR)
  5. ^ 2007 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs, R&R magazine, Retrieved January 6, 2008
  6. ^ As played on the October 7, 2007 Weekend 22 program (Christian CHR)

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