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WHO ARE DELIRIOUS
Delirious are a Christian Rock group from England and they are from a little town called Littlehampton.Delirious started when 5 men meat up in this Christian Concert/Festival called Cutting Edge were they formed the group Delirious.That's how it all beagn
SO WHO ARE DELIRIOUS
5 Men named Martin,Stewart,Tim,Jon and Stu G
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Who are Delirious?
The Delirious Bio
It's not uncommon for a Christian band to be confident in the ministry to which God has called them. But it's unusual, even unique, for a band to have the conviction that the Lord has planted them in this exact place and time, in order that His will may be worked through them. Such fervent conviction is at the core of King of Fools, the brilliant modern pop release from Great Britain's Delirious.
They seem to have come out of nowhere, a hip soulful band with riveting U2 style and a life-changing message. While they are newcomers to the American music scene, they’ve been blazing trails up the British music charts for a while and they come complete with a healthy following of fans and a collection of web pages devoted to their comings and goings. With delightful innocence they seem to have stumbled into the limelight, starting with small church gatherings and riding a wave of grass roots enthusiasm all the way to the top. They are now on the leading edge of a roaring revival that has fanned the flames of faith in hearts throughout England and will perhaps catch on throughout the world.
"We really feel like we can change history," affirms lead singer Martin Smith. "Maybe that's kind of naive, but if we don't believe that, how can we expect anyone else to? What Deliriou5? is about is invading the culture, grabbing it by the scruff of the neck and saying, 'we're here to stay.' At the heart of it, we want to create an environment where God can come and meet people and people can come and meet God."
Reaching an entire generation doesn't seem an unattainable goal, when you examine the acclaim that Delirious has already amassed. The chunky power chords, insistent grooves and memorable choruses on King of Fools led the prestigious BBC Radio 1 to dub them "Pop's Best Kept Secret." With virtually no media support, their first four singles reached the Top 10 of the U.K. Indie charts - two of those made it to the BBC Top 20; between January 1996 and mid-1997. Deliriou5? has played for over 250,000 people; and to date the band has sold close to 200,000 copies of its U.K. singles, EPs, and albums.
In the states .their first album Cutting Edge, a two CD collection of worship songs, released this year and their newest album, King of Fools is slated to hit the stores in May.
So, comparisons to bands such as U2 and Oasis, who built their phenomenal careers on a grassroots fan base, don't seem far-fetched at all. But as flattering as those comparisons are, says Martin, he feels it's less important who Delirious sounds like than what Delirious is saying. "Our songs are really just prayers," Martin explains. "We want to push music outside the boundaries of the church. We are a band who plays for the church and the street. We're in faith that this music will appeal to people who understand the language of the church and those that do not. "
Although the band Delirious was born in January, 1996, the extraordinary story of these five musicians began six years ago in Littlehampton, a quiet little seaside town on the south coast of England. In an effort to reach a generation of British youth that seemed to be growing up without much hope and without much time for the church, the Arun Community Church in Littlehampton started a monthly outreach service called Cutting Edge. At that time, drummer Stewart ("Stew") Smith and Becca Jupp, wife of Delirious keyboard player, Tim, were leading the youth group at Arun. "What the kids wanted," recalls Stew, "was two hours of worship, but something new and dynamic.
They were after truth and reality. This provided an environment where they could express their relationship with God in away with which they were comfortable. It wasn't about rules anymore, it was about 'this is how God has changed my life.' It was also a comfortable place to bring their friends who weren't Christians."
Martin wrote new music for each of the gatherings, and when he, Stew and Tim had accumulated six songs, they decided to record a demo. "We just wanted to give kids something to take home with them," explains Tim. The band became known as Cutting Edge and the tape as Cutting Edge One. Increasing demand for new music led to Cutting Edge Two in 1994; by the time Cutting Edge Three and Four were released in 1995, bassist Jon Thatcher (son of Arun pastor David Thatcher) and guitarist Stuart Garrard (Stu G) had joined the fold. Then, it was decision-making time…
Tim confesses, "The decision to go full-time was prompted by an increase in offers to do gigs, a demand for the records and our desire to take our music to a wider audience - but there never was a master plan. We just kind of followed our noses really, trying to be sensitive to what God would have us do month to month, moving along at that pace. But looking back, we can see God's hand on it - that's undeniable."
Although the band felt it was important that they define this decision with a name change, Stu G admits that there isn't anything deeply spiritual about the choice. "Delirious rhymes with Curious? – our publishing company, and Furious? - our record label. It's just a bit of fun, really. We tacked on the '5' at the end of the name, because there's five of us. And the '?' was as much to keep ourselves off-balance as anyone else. We never want to put ourselves or God in a box."
In 1996, Delirious bridged the gap between their Cutting Edge days and their more aggressive musical direction with Live and In the Can, a concert tour souvenir that hinted at the mature, fully developed sound that would surface on King of Fools. The band spent December of 1996 and January of 1997 holed up in an old house (reportedly where the Queen Mother spent her honeymoon) in London, recording the tracks fo r King of Fools. "Sanctify" and "King or Cripple" demonstrate Martin's distinctive and heart-felt vocals; "Deeper" and "Louder Than the Radio" (rescued from the Cutting Edge days) display the excitement and joyous abandon which are the hallmark of a Delirious concert; "Promise" shows off Stu G's gritty guitar chops; "White Ribbon Day" addresses the tensions in Ireland with compassion and insight while "What A Friend I've Found," with its lilting chorus "Jesus, friend forever," leaves little doubt that Delirious is confident in Who they sing about. "We're really proud of the album," says Jon. "For us, musically, it's a big step up from the Cutting Edge days."
But as pleased as the band was with the results, even they didn't anticipate the success that lay around the corner. The first U.K. Delirious single, "White Ribbon Day," sold out within 24 hours of its release and debuted at #41; singles for "Deeper" and "Promise" both debuted at #20; the full King of Fools album followed in the summer (it landed at #13 the week of its release) and a "Deeper" EP, released last November, also debuted in the Top 40, and featured a live recording of the band performing for over 50,000 people at the "Champion of the World" worship celebration at Wembley Stadium in London.
Their initial chart success can be attributed to the fact that Delirious took great pains to make sure their records got into the mainstream music stores in England, such as HMV and Virgin. However, marketing their music to mainstream shops had much more far-reaching effect than even the band could have realized. "It was really the fans that were responsible for getting the singles into the charts," says Jon. "We think it shows that they're behind Deliriou5? in a way that a U.K. Christian band has not seen before." Tim adds, "The main thing that it achieved, on a spiritual level, is that it filled our supporters with such confidence - 'we're Christians and we're proud of it.' In that sense, it marked a real awakening and passion among young people. This isn't about Christians trying to crossover, this is about God moving in and taking control again and saying 'the music's Mine.'"
These days, the audience for a Delirious concert number in the thousands instead of the hundreds. "The kids have really adopted us as one of their bands," Tim enthuses. "There's been a hunger in England for God, especially in church youth groups. These kids are totally ready for a new move of God. They're seeing how their friends have been intimately changed. Our audience is very mixed now, with different people accessing the band on different levels - some just enjoying the music, some coming because they know they can experience God. For us, that is an incredible thing, and we're just a small part of it."
In keeping with the confident chorus of "History Maker," Martin saysDelirious is enjoying its new business and personal relationships inAmerica. "We are amazed at how much brilliant music comes out of theStates, so we feel it's a privilege to be here. We feel very much thatthis is our season to be here. We want to have an influence on thechurch but we also want to touch ordinary people. A word like 'worship' means very little to someone who knows nothing about church.
We want to let people know there's a man that came two thousand years ago and He can bring you hope. We hope wherever we go, in whatever environment, we can bring God into that place."
