Lacey Sturm

Lacey Sturm
Sturm performing with Flyleaf in San Francisco, California during the Memento Mori Tour on November 1, 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Lacey Nicole Mosley
Born	(1981-09-04) September 4, 1981 Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Alternative metal, post-grunge, hard rock
Occupations	Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.laceysturm.com

Lacey Nicole Sturm (née Mosley, born September 4, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from Arlington, Texas. She is co-founder and former lead vocalist of the hard rock band Flyleaf.

Early life and education

Sturm was raised as an atheist prior to becoming a Christian.^[1][2]

Career

Flyleaf

In 2000, Sturm began to play with drummer James Culpepper. The pair worked with guitarists Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartmann. In 2002, Pat Seals, Flyleaf's current bassist, joined, forming a group named Passerby. Due to legal reasons, they renamed themselves Flyleaf in June 2004.^[3]

Sturm provided backing vocals on "Run to You" and "Born Again," two tracks on Christian rock band Third Day's 2008 album Revelation.^[4] Sturm received a pair of Grammy nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards for her work with Third Day: "Born Again" was nominated for Best Gospel Song and Best Gospel Performance.^[5]

Sturm has also worked with Apocalyptica on their song "Broken Pieces" and with Orianthi on the song "Courage."^[6]

Sturm recorded a song, "Heavy Prey", for the Underworld: Awakening soundtrack.^[7]

Sturm revealed on her website in September 2013 that she signed a publishing deal with Baker Publishing Group for a new book to be released in 2014.^[8]

On October 22, 2012, shortly before the release of New Horizons, Sturm revealed that she had quit Flyleaf.^[9][10] The album was nominated for the 2012 Rock Album of the Year Dove Award.^[11]

The Whosoevers

In 2008, Sturm, Brian "Head" Welch, formerly of Korn, Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D., Ryan Ries and freestyle motocross aerialist Ronnie Faisst created a Christian rock band called The Whosoevers. Annie Lobert is also involved with The Whosoevers. Taking the name "The Whosoevers" from John 3:16, the band "seek[s] to impact those whose pain has previously driven them to addictive or self-destructive behaviors."^[12]

Other work

Sturm has a role in the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's worldwide video, The Cross, released in November 2013.^[13] Lecrae and Sturm share the video in honor of Dr. Graham's 95th birthday. She sings the final song: "Mercy Tree". An accompanying album, My Hope, on which Sturm has two songs, "The Reason" and "Mercy Tree" will be released.^[14]

Sturm has previously been involved with Hot Topic; modeling for their new clothing line, LOVEsick.^[15]

She has also been featured as a solo performer in Franklin Graham's "Rock the Lakes", "Rock the Range", and "Rock the River" evangelistic tours throughout mid-August and late September 2011 where she gave her testimony and sang two songs: a self-written song entitled "The Reason", and an acoustic version of "Born Again" by Third Day. Sturm performed at most "Rock the Lakes" and "Rock the River" events again in 2012.^[16]

Shortly after giving birth to her second son in August 2013, Sturm embarked on a nationwide speaking tour with Nick Hall of PULSE, a Twin Cities-based nonprofit organization. The ResetMovement is described on their website as empowering a generation to live fully for Jesus.^[17]

Personal life

On September 6, 2008 she married Joshua Sturm, the guitarist for the band Kairos, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Flyleaf

• Flyleaf (2005)
• Memento Mori (2009)
• New Horizons (2012)

Guest appearances

• "Youth of the Nation" – P.O.D. (Satellite)(Live MTV New Year's Eve 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• "Alive" – P.O.D. (Satellite)(Live MTV New Year's Eve 2007)
• "Lights Out" – P.O.D. (Testify)(Live MTV New Year's Eve 2007)
• "Born Again" and "Run to You" – Third Day (Revelation)
• "Vendetta Black" – Resident Hero (The White EP, Look)
• "Time Is Nothing" – Resident Hero (Look)
• "The Nearness" – David Crowder Band (Church Music)^{[citation needed]}
• "Broken Pieces" – Apocalyptica (7th Symphony)
• "Courage" – Orianthi
• "Heavy Prey" – Geno Lenardo (Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
• "Take the Bullets Away" – We as Human (We as Human)

References