The Insyderz
The Insyderz are a Christian ska-core band from Detroit, Michigan. They are… Read Full Bio ↴The Insyderz are a Christian ska-core band from Detroit, Michigan. They are one of the last existent bands of this type, filling a void in the mid to late 1990s along with The O.C. Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy.
The Insyderz began as a project of Joe Yerke and Nate Sjogren, who led worship at their church at the time. The band found their break at the 1996 Cornerstone Festival. They began playing on their campsite, and wound up garnering the attention of Michael Sean Black and Gene Eugene, who signed them to his label Brainstorm Artists International. While that label folded soon after, the bands first album, Motor City Ska (1997), effectively established their presence in the Christian music marketplace and garnered the attention of Steve Taylor's Squint Entertainment.
Their subsequent release, Skalleluia, was probably their most widely known and successful album. The album, which was devoted to ska-based praise and worship, included an all-star lineup of Gene Eugene, Terry Scott Taylor, and Steve Taylor. Despite the backing of well-known artists the album faced criticism from the outset. Praise and worship music, heralded by artists such as Hillsong, Rich Mullins, and Matt Redman, was experiencing substantial growth as a genre at the time, and some accused the band of "jumping on the bandwagon". Skalleluia was extremely well received; Beyond charting on Billboard's "Hot 200", "Heatseekers", and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts, their rendition of Rich Mullins' song "Awesome God" won the band a Dove Award for "Hard Music Recorded Song Of The Year" in 1999. Part of the reason for its success was that most of the songs on the album were fairly recently written, and were widely known as contemporory worship songs. Covers included Twila Paris's "We will Glorfiy" and Keith Green's "Oh, Lord, You're Beautiful". Their manner of playing worship songs is still relatively unique.
While Skalleluia was an unexpected hit for the band, the sound of the band was significantly different than they had displayed on their first album. For their next album, Fight of My Life, the band returned to their previous sound. The band also made a point of returning to their ministry roots by turning down several major record deals and choosing to tour in secular clubs with ska bands such as The Skeletones and Jeffries Fan Club.
It was widely rumored for awhile that the Insyderz, who apparently recorded their first album in a garage (sounded like it, but not true), had in fact broken up. The truth be known they were sick of record label politics and decided to go "underground" until things got sorted out. Their webpage, rarely updated, had few changes for several years after the release of Skalleluia Too! in 1999. In 2001 a compilation CD entitled The Greatest & The Rarest (or alternately Tails of a Comet) was released. Many of the members of the band married including Nate Sjogren (drums), Bram Roberts (Trumpet), Beau McCarthy (Bass), Kyle Wasil (Guitar), and Joe Yerke whose gravelly vocals mark the band. The band decided to spend more time working and ministering in other locations, and other projects.
Most of their fan base dissolved during this absence, yet in 2003 they re-activated, appearing at Cornerstone, and releasing an album entitled Soundtrack to a Revolution. This album received little hype but is considered by most to be the best to date. After the release the Insyderz went through another lineup change adding Royce Nunley (Suicide Machines) and Dan Powers (Blueprint 76) on bass.
In the first half of 2005, the band announced on their website that they would be playing their last three shows in August and September of that year, which lead to confusion on whether they were the band's last three shows or the tour's last three. Later, in August of the same year, the site was updated to announce that the band would be breaking up after their final show on September 24, 2005, as a part of the I'll Fight Fest presented by The Salvation Army.
They later reformed in 2009 for a European tour with Good Weather Forecast.
In 2012, The Insyderz launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their next album, The Sinner's Songbook, and succeeded in raising the funds to do so, and was released on September 3, 2012 independently at http://theinsyderz.bandcamp.com
Discography:
1996: Rockin' the Hubcat (7")
1997: Motor City Ska
1998: Skalleluia!
1998: Paradise CD Single
1998: Fight of My Life
1999: Skalleluia Too!
2001: The Greatest & The Rarest
2003: Soundtrack to a Revolution
2012: The Sinner's Songbook
Current Members:
Joe Yerke - vocals
Nate Sjogren - drums
John Miller - bass
Matt Darcie - Guitar
Alan Brown - cornet
Tim Reynolds - trombone
Past Members:
Beau McCarthy - bass guitar
Bram Roberts - trumpet
Pedro Zapata Hernandez - trombone
Michael Lloyd - guitar
Kyle Wasil - guitar (until 2000)
Sang Kim - trombone (until 2004)
Mike Rowland - trombone (until 1998)
Todd Miesch - drums (until 1997)
The Insyderz began as a project of Joe Yerke and Nate Sjogren, who led worship at their church at the time. The band found their break at the 1996 Cornerstone Festival. They began playing on their campsite, and wound up garnering the attention of Michael Sean Black and Gene Eugene, who signed them to his label Brainstorm Artists International. While that label folded soon after, the bands first album, Motor City Ska (1997), effectively established their presence in the Christian music marketplace and garnered the attention of Steve Taylor's Squint Entertainment.
Their subsequent release, Skalleluia, was probably their most widely known and successful album. The album, which was devoted to ska-based praise and worship, included an all-star lineup of Gene Eugene, Terry Scott Taylor, and Steve Taylor. Despite the backing of well-known artists the album faced criticism from the outset. Praise and worship music, heralded by artists such as Hillsong, Rich Mullins, and Matt Redman, was experiencing substantial growth as a genre at the time, and some accused the band of "jumping on the bandwagon". Skalleluia was extremely well received; Beyond charting on Billboard's "Hot 200", "Heatseekers", and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts, their rendition of Rich Mullins' song "Awesome God" won the band a Dove Award for "Hard Music Recorded Song Of The Year" in 1999. Part of the reason for its success was that most of the songs on the album were fairly recently written, and were widely known as contemporory worship songs. Covers included Twila Paris's "We will Glorfiy" and Keith Green's "Oh, Lord, You're Beautiful". Their manner of playing worship songs is still relatively unique.
While Skalleluia was an unexpected hit for the band, the sound of the band was significantly different than they had displayed on their first album. For their next album, Fight of My Life, the band returned to their previous sound. The band also made a point of returning to their ministry roots by turning down several major record deals and choosing to tour in secular clubs with ska bands such as The Skeletones and Jeffries Fan Club.
It was widely rumored for awhile that the Insyderz, who apparently recorded their first album in a garage (sounded like it, but not true), had in fact broken up. The truth be known they were sick of record label politics and decided to go "underground" until things got sorted out. Their webpage, rarely updated, had few changes for several years after the release of Skalleluia Too! in 1999. In 2001 a compilation CD entitled The Greatest & The Rarest (or alternately Tails of a Comet) was released. Many of the members of the band married including Nate Sjogren (drums), Bram Roberts (Trumpet), Beau McCarthy (Bass), Kyle Wasil (Guitar), and Joe Yerke whose gravelly vocals mark the band. The band decided to spend more time working and ministering in other locations, and other projects.
Most of their fan base dissolved during this absence, yet in 2003 they re-activated, appearing at Cornerstone, and releasing an album entitled Soundtrack to a Revolution. This album received little hype but is considered by most to be the best to date. After the release the Insyderz went through another lineup change adding Royce Nunley (Suicide Machines) and Dan Powers (Blueprint 76) on bass.
In the first half of 2005, the band announced on their website that they would be playing their last three shows in August and September of that year, which lead to confusion on whether they were the band's last three shows or the tour's last three. Later, in August of the same year, the site was updated to announce that the band would be breaking up after their final show on September 24, 2005, as a part of the I'll Fight Fest presented by The Salvation Army.
They later reformed in 2009 for a European tour with Good Weather Forecast.
In 2012, The Insyderz launched a kickstarter campaign to fund their next album, The Sinner's Songbook, and succeeded in raising the funds to do so, and was released on September 3, 2012 independently at http://theinsyderz.bandcamp.com
Discography:
1996: Rockin' the Hubcat (7")
1997: Motor City Ska
1998: Skalleluia!
1998: Paradise CD Single
1998: Fight of My Life
1999: Skalleluia Too!
2001: The Greatest & The Rarest
2003: Soundtrack to a Revolution
2012: The Sinner's Songbook
Current Members:
Joe Yerke - vocals
Nate Sjogren - drums
John Miller - bass
Matt Darcie - Guitar
Alan Brown - cornet
Tim Reynolds - trombone
Past Members:
Beau McCarthy - bass guitar
Bram Roberts - trumpet
Pedro Zapata Hernandez - trombone
Michael Lloyd - guitar
Kyle Wasil - guitar (until 2000)
Sang Kim - trombone (until 2004)
Mike Rowland - trombone (until 1998)
Todd Miesch - drums (until 1997)
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The Insyderz Lyrics
A Good Sailor Knows Palm trees bending Sets are heavy Over dams And over levies …
All In All You are my strength when I am weak You are the…
All That I Am All that I am, All I can be All that I…
Ancient of Days Blessing and honor Glory and power Be unto the Ancient of da…
Another Sleepless Night I don't think I'm gonna sleep tonight I don't think its…
Awesome God When He saw what had to be done He sent His…
Buddy Boy I've broke away from a lot of things That I thought…
Call To Arms No longer will I just sit back as this world's…
Carnival Move over Satan I'm a God blessed sinner Try Chewing on…
Common Riddle I don't know what's wrong with society I don't know but…
Enthos The walls are closing in on me I'm getting dizzy and…
Fight of My Life We're the hated ones That take a stand in life Against the…
Forgive and Forget It was a cold October day I wish it didn't have…
Funktified Brother Love That's right You're going around acting like you don't care …
Game Day Oh, boy, it's a brand new day and I can't…
God Almighty Well I know its hard to think and its hard…
He Has Made Me Glad I will enter his gates with Thanksgiving in my heart I will…
Here We Come Here we come (Here we come) (4x) Here we come…
House For Sale Oh, Lord I love You so I Never want to let…
I Could Sing of Your Love ... Over the mountains and the sea You're river runs with love…
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever Over the mountains and the sea You're river runs with love…
I Say Well I can't understand why you treat me this way You…
In the Secret In the secret, in the quiet place In the stillness you…
Jesus Jesus draw me close Closer Lord to You Let the world around…
Jesus Name Above All Names / More Precious Than Silver Jesus, name above all names Beautiful Savior, Living Word Em…
Jigsaw When I was a kid Puzzles were the best You took a…
Joy I got the light, light, light, light, light, light (3X) Down…
Just What I Needed I don't mind you coming here And wasting all my time 'Caus…
Like Drawing Blood From A Baby My soul crashed down With the poke of a pin To drain…
Lord Lord, I lift Your name on high Lord, I love to…
Morning Into Dancing You turned my mourning into dancing again You've lifted my s…
Oh Lord, You're beautiful Your face is all I see And when Your…
Oh Lord Lord, You're beautiful Your face is all I see And when You…
Oh Lord You're Beautiful Lord, You're beautiful Your face is all I see And when Your…
Old Rugged Cross On a hill far away Stood an old rugged cross The emblem…
Our Wars If the world is an empire, I must be a…
Paradise I awoke on a beautiful day I stepped outside to see…
Patron Saints of Underdogs We’re unprofessional, we’re the monkeywrench From the burbs …
Peace of God Father of Life Draw me closer Lord, my heart is set on…
Pour Out My Heart Here I am once again I pour out my heart For I…
Psalm 121 Oh how I need You Lord You are my only hope You're…
Psalm 139 O lord you've searched me And you know me My going out…
Rat Race I don't want to be a race car driver in…
Sacrifice Taken in the night from a prayer with his father He…
Shout to the Lord My Jesus, my Savior Lord, there is none like You All of…
Soundtrack To A Revolution Battle hyms are being sung The War is almost won Civil war…
Steadfast Love The steadfast love Of the Lord never ceases His mercies ne…
Step by Step Oh God you are my God And I will ever praise…
The Hunted I'm hiding in my secret place Built up in my mind Searching…
Trigger Happy Man this world's going down the tubes With gangs and guns…
True of You Unshakable, immovable Faithful and true Full of wisdom St…
Walking Dead Everything looks the same We're all just playing a game Wond…
Walking On Sunshine I used to think maybe you loved me now baby…
We Will Glorify We will glorify the King of Kings We will glorify the…
Weebles My Father is the King but I already know this The…
What Happened to Joe Why do they hate me What did I do to them They…
When I Look Up I want to walk into your sanctuary And all around me The…
Who Is This Who is this that appears Like the dawn? Fairer than the moon…
You Are My All in All You are my strength when I am weak You are the…