Israel Beachy Disciple, 2011 (5721170301)

Israel Beachy was the bass guitarist for the Christian rock bands Staple and

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. Israel was born in

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, United States and lived there with his three brothers and father. Israel graduated from Delaware Christian School in

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in 1998. He was the bassist for Staple from 2000 to 2006, when they broke up. He then started playing in a smaller band called Flowerdagger with A.J. (bassist/backing vocals for

House of Heroes House of Heroes is an American alternative rock band from Columbus, Ohio. They have released six albums: ''What You Want Is Now'' (2003), ''House of Heroes'' (2005), '' The End Is Not the End'' (2008), '' Suburba'' (2010), ''Cold Hard Want'' ( ...

). He became the bassist for

in January 2008, and was on 3 of their albums before he left in December 2012. All the while he was in the legendary band known as "The Awesomist"

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