| Stellar Kart | |
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Stellar Kart at the GMA Dove Awards of 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Christian punk, pop punk, power pop |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Word Records (2005–2008) INO Records |
| Website | http://www.stellarkart.com |
| Members | |
| Adam Agee Nick Baumhardt Jeremi Hough |
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| Past members | |
| Taylor Sitera Cody Pellerin Jon Howard/ Jordan Messer Brian Calcara |
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Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to INO Records 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]
Stellar Kart 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". The band has been 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.
The band's third album, Expect the Impossible, was released on February 26, 2008.[2] Their new album, titled Everything Is Different Now, was initially made available during November 2009 at concerts/online only—its official release in stores was March 9, 2010.[3]
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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 its 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.They performed on the Fringe Stage at Creation 2008 and 2009. In 2009 they played at Rock the light in Kansas City, Missouri. The year 2010 sees them touring with Barlow Girl and VOTA.
The Phoenix-based band started in a youth group. Adam and Jordan led worship, with former bass player Tay joining them on weekends. Cody joined them prior to being signed and Brian replaced Tay after their debut release. In 2009, Cody left the band to spend more time with his wife, and in 2010 joined the band Our Hearts Hero as lead guitarist. Jon Howard (formerly of Dizmas) stepped in on lead guitar for Stellar Kart. After Jon Howard left the band to become a touring guitarist for Paramore, former Thousand Foot Krutch touring guitarist Nick Baumhardt (husband of Superchick lead singer Tricia Baumhardt) has joined the band.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US | US Rock | US Christ. | US Heat. | ||||||
| 2005 | All Gas. No Brake | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | We Can't Stand Sitting Down
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135 | — | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 2008 | Expect the Impossible
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66 | 18 | 2 | — | ||||
| 2009 | Life Is Good: The Best of Stellar Kart
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| 2010 | Everything Is Different Now
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| 2011 | A Whole New World EP
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
| Year | Title | US Christ. | Album | |||||||
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| 2005 | "Spending Time" | — | All Gas. No Brake | |||||||
| "Finish Last" | — | |||||||||
| "Life Is Good" | — | |||||||||
| 2006 | "Me and Jesus" | 18 | We Can't Stand Sitting Down | |||||||
| "Activate" | — | |||||||||
| "Hold On" | — | |||||||||
| 2007 | "I Wanna Live" | — | ||||||||
| 2008 | "Jesus Loves You" | 24 | Expect the Impossible | |||||||
| "Shine Like the Stars" | — | |||||||||
| "Innocent" | — | |||||||||
| "I Give Up" | — | |||||||||
| 2009 | "We Shine" | 46 | Everything Is Different Now | |||||||
| 2010 | "Something Holy" | 23 | ||||||||
| 2011 | "Everything Is Different Now" | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Award | Result |
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| 2006 | New Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Rock Album of the Year (All Gas. No Brake.) | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus") | Nominated | |
| Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Activate") | Nominated | |
| Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus") | Won | |
| Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (We Can't Stand Sitting Down) | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Procrastinating") | Nominated |
| 2009 | Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Shine Like the Stars") | Nominated |
| Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Expect the Impossible) | Nominated |