The Prayer Chain

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The Prayer Chain
Origin California, US
Genre(s) Christian alternative rock
Years active 1991 – 1995
Label(s) Reunion Records
Rode Dog Records
Website http://www.theprayerchain.com
Former members
Tim Taber
Andrew Prickett
Eric Campuzano
Wayne Everett

The Prayer Chain was a 1990s Christian alternative rock band. The band has been called "the epitome of the Christian underground".[1] The Prayer Chain was known for producing moody, angst-ridden music which was, in turn, the result of creative differences within the band and with their record label.[2]

The Prayer Chain appeared on 7ball in September of 1995.
The Prayer Chain appeared on 7ball in September of 1995.[2]

Their first album was recorded with Steve Hindalong at Neverland Studios and was entitled The Neverland Sessions. This was their first release, independent. After signing to Reunion Records they put out The Whirlpool EP and started touring, while focusing on their first LP Shawl released in 1993. After extensive national and international shows they started working on Mercury, which was released in 1995. This album, which engineer Chris Colbert has described by saying, "you can hear the band break up on the record, you can see them extend a warm and heartfelt middle finger to the industry"[3] was their last CD, not to mention some rarities following. The band did a reunion show in Chicago in 1998, then the Gene Eugene tribute show in 2000, but other than some local California shows and their 2003 reunion shows at Cornerstone Festival and the Flevo Festival in The Netherlands, they are finished.[4]

Contents

[edit] Members

  • Tim Taber - vocals, founder of Floodgate Records (Cool Hand Luke, Rita Springer), Transparent Productions, and Transparent Artists (The Myriad, Northern)
  • Andrew Prickett - guitar, now plays with CUSH and does extensive recording/producing/engineering, has also played with The Violet Burning, My Brother's Mother, Kevin Max and others.
  • Eric Campuzano - bass guitar, now plays with The Lassie Foundation and made a solo project Charity Empressa, also plays bass with CUSH, has played with Starflyer 59.
  • Wayne Everett - drums, now playing guitar and started The Lassie Foundation, has played in Starflyer 59 and CUSH, has done some producing, also released a solo album titled KingsQueens in 2003 on Northern Records.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-Length Albums

  • The Neverland Sessions (1991)
  • Shawl (1993)
  • Mercury (1995)
  • Antarctica (1996)
  • Here Comes the Rust (2003)

[edit] EPs

  • Whirlpool EP (1992)
  • Live (4-song EP) (1994)
  • Live (8-song EP) (1994)
  • Live at CBGB's (2005)

[edit] Singles (7-inch vinyls)

  • Shine (1992)
  • Crawl/Like I Was (1993)

[edit] 2-Disc Sets

  • Mercury & Mercurios Tin: Limited Edition Collector's Set (1995)
  • So Close...Yet So Far (1998)

[edit] Compilations

  • Live At The Strand (1997)
  • A Live Tribute Recording for Gene Eugene (2000)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 724-726. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 
  2. ^ a b Roth, J. Peter (September / October 1995). "The Last Prayer Chain Story". 7ball Magazine (02). ISSN 1082-3980. 
  3. ^ Chris Colbert (Part 1) on drones, breakfast with amy, the prayer chain's mercury, etc by Jason and Brent (2003). Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
  4. ^ Postma, Mike (January/February 2007). "The Prayer Chain". HM Magazine (123): 50–53. ISSN 1066-6923. 

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