Mukala
Mukala was a Christian rock band formed in the late 1990s. The group consists of singer, songwriter and keyboardist Dan Muckala, guitarist Alex Nifong, and drummer Jason Collum. They released one album, Fiction, in 1998.
History
Dan Muckala was a musical composition student at Belmont University in Tennessee. In 1996, he became a professional songwriter and penned a number of Top Ten songs on contemporary hit radio. Prior to forming the band, Muckala had also toured with other artists and led worship for a youth group. According to Muckala, "the band got started out of a desire that God gave me to put together a group that . . . really was focused on reaching kids and not just playing music either. I've always felt that Christian music should be a medium that reaches into the mainstream." Signed in early 1998 to Essential Records, Mukala released their debut album, Fiction, in September. The band's musical style drew comparisons to Silage, Smash Mouth, and Beck. Their first single, "Soap", received airplay on Christian rock and Top 40 radio stations. In an industry first, the single "Regret" was released as an Internet download. "Regret" was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 movie Drive Me Crazy, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier. Since the album's release, Dan Muckala became a record producer.
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by: MukalaI saw my brother sitting by the road
Philosophizing about the signs, the times and the soul
He said, "I'm thinking about the state of the world
Of wars and famines and the things that we've unfurled
'Cause everybody wants to know
The way the world is going to go"(chorus)
Skip to the end, skip to the end
Skip, skip to the end
If you want to read the story flip the pages and then
Skip to the end, skip to the end
Skip, skip to the end
You will understand how the future world's gonna go
I saw beside him lying in the grass
An ancient book that was worn and wet and tattered
I said, "My brother won't you look into this
And you will find all the answers that you miss
'Cause everybody wants to know
The way the world is going to go"(chorus)
Deep in the history of our tortured race
Are all the blunders and mistakes we can't erase
But it ain't over yet; it's gonna turn around
See for yourself how it all goes down
'Cause everybody wants to know