| Abandon | |
|---|---|
| Origin | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Genres | Christian rock, alternative rock, pop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | ForeFront Records |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | |
| Josh Engler Justin Engler Dave Vela Stevan Vela Bryan Fowler |
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| Past members | |
| Ryan Reavis | |
Abandon is an American Christian rock band from San Antonio, Texas. The group has five members: brothers Josh (lead vocals) and Justin Engler (guitar), cousins Stevan (guitar) and Dave Vela (drums), and Bryan Fowler (bass).[1] They signed onto ForeFront Records in late 2007 and released the Abandon EP in July 2008. Their first single "Providence" was released to radios in August and has reached #7 on R&R's Christian rock charts.
The group's name was inspired by the Bible verse of Matthew 10:39 which reads "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.".[2]
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History [link]
The group of two brothers, two cousins, and friend (and former bassist) Ryan Reavis,[3] formed as an independent band in the 2002, playing worship music at their church.[1][4] In 2005 they began to play local concerts and released their first album Ambush, which was produced by the band and Tavis Wilson.[4] Soon after the release of their second album, Who You Are (produced by Kevin Bruchert), Reavis chose to leave the band. Not long afterwards, Bruchert introduced the band to Bryan Fowler after they played at his church. Soon after, Fowler joined the band.
They signed a deal with ForeFront Records in the fall of 2007.[2] The record label's A&R manager Chris York discovered the band by hearing them play at a club next door to where York was at a restaurant with his wife. He says, "I was having dinner at a Mexican restaurant with my wife, and she started to get frustrated with me because she could tell I wasn’t paying full attention to our conversation. This was because I could hear a band playing live at the club next door, and it sounded really, really good. I got in touch with the band later, and after we got to know each other, we knew it was a fit and started working together!"[1]
Abandon's initial ForeFront release, the Abandon EP (produced by Chris Stevens), was released on July 22, 2008 and contains five tracks that will be released on their forthcoming studio album.[5] Alternative rock song "Providence" and "All Because of You", which has a more contemporary style, were both released as radio singles on August 1, 2008.[1] "Providence" has reached number-seven on R&R's Christian rock chart as of October 24.[6]
Abandon released its sophmore album Control on April 19, 2011.[7]
The band's single "Live it Out" is currently featured on The Food Network for their promotion of the show Food Network Challenge and was used on the 2011 ESPY Awards Show on ESPN. It was also used in some of Channel Seven's highlights for the 2012 Australian Open
Musical style [link]
Abandon's music and lead singer's voice have often been compared to The Killers.[8]
Band members [link]
- Josh Engler – lead vocals/guitar
- Justin Engler – rhythm guitar
- Stevan Vela – lead guitar
- Bryan Fowler - bass guitar
- Dave Vela – drums
Former member(s) [link]
- Ryan Reavis - bass guitar
Discography [link]
- 2005: Ambush (independent)
- 2006: Who You Are (independent)
- 2008: Abandon EP (ForeFront Records)
- 2009: Abandon II EP (ForeFront Records)
- 2009: Searchlights (ForeFront Records)
- 2011: Control (ForeFront Records)
References [link]
- ^ a b c d "Abandon Signs To ForeFront Records". Jesus Freak Hideout (Overture Media). 2008-07-31. https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2008/07/31.ABANDON%20SIGNS%20TO%20FOREFRONT%20RECORDS.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b "Abandon Biography". MusicFaith.com. https://www.musicfaith.com/Artists/Abandon. Retrieved 2008-10-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Abandon". fuselage.org. https://www.fuselage.org/flightcrew/abandon/abandon_presskit.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ a b Paul Portell (2005-07-12). "Abandon, "Ambush" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Ambush.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ Timothy Estabrooks (2008-10-14). "Abandon, "Abandon EP" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/AbandonEP.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Christian Rock National Airplay". R&R. 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. https://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Christ_Rock_Chart.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Abandon Releases CONTROL". WeSpreadtheWord.net. https://www.wespreadtheword.net/musicnewsarticles/abandonreleasescontrol.html. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ Andrea Dawn Goforth. "Abandon - Abandon EP". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. https://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2008/abandonep.html. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Abandon_(band)
Abandon (film)
Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller film released by Paramount Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall.
It is based on the book Adams Fall by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titledAbandon for the movie tie-in paperback printing.
The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews, with Variety magazine dismissing it as "a tricked-up Fatal Attraction wannabe".
Plot
Senior college student Katie Burke (Holmes) is struggling to deal with the stress of completing her thesis and succeeding in an upcoming rigorous interview process. To make matters even more complicated, Detective Wade Handler (Bratt), a recovering alcoholic, reopens the two-year-old police investigation into the disappearance of her boyfriend, Embry Larkin (Hunnam). An orphaned young man of considerable means, Embry had purchased two tickets for Crete before his disappearance; the tickets had never been used and Embry's financial assets had not been touched since his disappearance. With the official reopening of the Larkin case, however, Katie begins to see Embry lurking around campus, seemingly stalking her.
Abandon (album)
Abandon is the sixteenth studio album by Deep Purple released in the Spring of 1998. It was Deep Purple's second album with Steve Morse on guitar and the last one with founding member Jon Lord.
The album was followed by a successful 1998/1999 world tour which brought Deep Purple to Australia for the first time in 15 years. In 1999 a live album and DVD Total Abandon: Australia '99 recorded in Melbourne on 20 April 1999 was released.
The album title is actually a pun from Ian Gillan – "A Band On" – and the album was followed by the "A Band on Tour". Uniquely for a Deep Purple studio album, it features a reworking of a previously recorded song -"Bloodsucker" from Deep Purple in Rock (here re-titled "Bludsucker"). "Don't Make Me Happy" was mistakenly mastered in mono, and not amended on the final release. One of the two versions of the song released on single was, however, mastered in stereo.
Track listing
All songs written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice, except where noted.
Higher
Higher may refer to:
Education
Music
Songs
- "I Want to Take You Higher", a 1969 song by Sly & the Family Stone, a reworked version of "Higher"
Higher (The Saturdays song)
"Higher" is a song performed by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays taken from their debut extended play, Headlines!. Written by Ina Wroldsen and co-written & produced by Arnthor Birgisson, the song confirmed to be the EP's second single when it was released on 1 November 2010 by Fascination Records. In preparation for its release, the single was remixed to feature new vocals from American rapper Flo Rida after the rapper's single "Club Can't Handle Me" beat the group's previous single "Missing You" to number one; it was the second time they had lost the position to Flo Rida. Rochelle Wiseman jokingly said that the group would never get a number one until they collaborated with him.
Flo Rida personally offered the collaboration for both his and the group's fans. Critics generally praised the song as the strongest offering from Headlines!, for being infectious, catchy and feisty, although it received negative reception for overproduction. An accompanying music video for the song was shot in Los Angeles at Fox Studios, at the end of August 2010, and features the girls dancing through a New York traffic jam. The single remix of the song premiered on 16 September 2010 through Capital FM, while a new version of the video featuring Flo Rida premiered on 9 October 2010. "Higher" was successful, peaking in the top-ten in the Scottish and UK singles charts as well as top-fifteen in Ireland. It also won the 2011 Popjustice £20 Music Prize.
