Julian Drive are an American

contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and s ...

and

Christian alternative rock Christian alternative rock is a form of alternative rock music that is lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview. Some critics have suggested that unlike CCM and older Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical ...

band from

Athens, Georgia Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...

, and they were formed in 2002. Their members are Shane Bowers, Tyler Ivory, & David Sosebee. Their debut album came on the heals of winning the 2004 Exalting Him Talent competition and they released singles, "Famous" and "Any Way the Wind Blows" with Daywind Records. Their follow up,''

My Coming Day ''My Coming Day'' is a studio album by Julian Drive. Inpop Records released the album on January 27, 2009. Julian Drive worked with Lynn Nichols, in the production of this album. Critical reception Awarding the album four stars for AllMusic, Jar ...

'', came with

Inpop Records Inpop Records is an independent contemporary Christian music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was launched in July 1999 by Australians Peter Furler, Dale Bray, and Wes Campbell. The name was derived from the idea of wanting t ...

, in 2009. This saw the single album breakthrough on the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, and the song, "The Reason", place on the Christian Songs chart. Their single, "From Your Hands" also received favorable reviews.

Background

The

and

band formed in

, in 2002. They count as their members; lead vocalist and guitarist, Shane Bowers, drums/guitars, Tyler Ivory, bassist, David Sosebee.

Music history

The group formed in 2002, with their first major label release studio album, ''

'', was released by

on January 27, 2009. This album was a ''Billboard'' magazine breakthrough release upon the

Christian Albums Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...

chart at No. 31, while it placed at 38 on the

Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ...

chart. The song, "The Reason", peaked at No. 46 on the

Christian Songs Hot Christian Songs is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It ranks the popularity of Christian songs using the same methodology developed for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the magazine's flagship songs ...

chart.

Past & Current Members

;Current members * Shane Bowers – vocals, guitar * Shaun Bennett – keyboard * James Nitz – bass * Jesse Triplett – guitar * Brian Wilson – drums * Josh Seagraves - drums * Tyler Ivory - drums * David Sosebee - bass

Discography

;Studio albums

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Julian Drive Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state) Inpop Records artists