Dance House Children was the early 1990s musical group of Ronnie Martin and Jason Martin that was the precursor to

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. In the liner notes of ''Jesus'', Ronnie described its music as trendy,

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-oriented music. The group was signed to the

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label and released two albums, ''Songs & Stories'' (

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) and ''Jesus'' (

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). ''Jesus'' was rereleased by Millennium Eight Records for a limited time. The band was originally named "Love Children," but the label's founder,

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didn't like the name and suggested "Dance House

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" instead. The brothers ended up combining both names, while the leftover ''Jesus'' became the name of their second effort. Like in those by The Brothers Martin, Dance House Children songs were composed by both Ronnie and Jason, while

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were performed individually, as opposed to in

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s. Ronnie later released ''Rainbow Rider: Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1'', which was created with friends Tom Danielson and Jeff Cloud. Many fans mistake "Rainbow Rider" as a separate band or music project. It foreshadowed the

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slant that would be dominant in Joy Electric, while retaining the "

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" elements of previous albums. His sister Amy is often mistaken as a major contributor to ''Rainbow Rider'', though she only appeared in a photo inside of the album. (One source claims that she played a

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for the album and another claims that she "assisted" in its production.)

Discography

* ''Jesus'' * ''Songs & Stories'' * ''Rainbow Rider''

See also

Discography

References

Further reading