Daniel Band

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{{Short description|Canadian Christian metal band}}
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| origin = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| genre = [[Christian metal]], [[Christian rock]]
| years_active = {{start date|1979}}–present
| label = Streetlight, [[Lamb & Lion Records|Lamb & Lion]], [[Benson Records|Benson]], [[Refuge Records|Refuge]], Lexicon-Spectra, Magdalene/M8, Retroactive
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| current_members = Tony Rossi Dan McCabe Frank Catrambone
| past_members = Peter Cosman Bill Findlay Matt Del Duca Wayne Morgan Bill Davidson Stu Christie
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'''Daniel Band''' is a Canadian [[Christian metal]] group formed in 1979 in [[Toronto]]. They played in the [[contemporary Christian music]] industry with a sound that ranged from hard rock to [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]].

==History==
The group originated in 1979 in suburban [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], and were based out of a Brethren Assembly in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]] called Bendale Bible Chapel. In its basement, the chapel held a weekly coffeehouse, The One Way Inn, that featured Christian rock groups.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watling |first1=Helen |title=Bendale Bible Chapel's community open house...Sept 2019 |url=https://www.toronto.com/whatson-story/9554550-bendale-bible-chapel-s-community-open-house-a-free-fun-event/ |website=toronto.com |publisher=Toronto.com |access-date=2021-09-30}}</ref>

The band placed as a top three finalist in the 1982 ''Homegrown concert'' sponsored by Toronto radio station [[CILQ-FM|Q107]], and played at the [[El Mocambo]] with the champion, [[The Partland Brothers|Oliver Heavyside]], and runner-up, The [[Cameo Blues Band]], both longtime professional bar bands on the Toronto scene.

Their first album, ''On Rock'' (1982), offered a [[progressive rock]] sound that was typical of the era, in the tradition of [[April Wine]] and [[Boston (band)|Boston]], but with a harder edge.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The solid rock guitar and high register vocals reminded fans of the Canadian rock group [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. Their sound grew heavier with ''Straight Ahead'' (1983), laying down classic rock tracks in the vein of the Canadian rock group [[Triumph (band) |Triumph]] with then current era elements of [[Scorpions (band) | Scorpions]], [[Iron Maiden]], and [[The Police]]. With their third album ''Run from the Darkness'' (1984) more prominent keyboards were added to the guitars with a sound that was closer to Canadian rock group [[Loverboy]]. As such as a heavy metal act it came with all the trappings.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> This was their spandex and studded dog collar stage. Their fourth album ''Rise Up'' was their heaviest metal oriented album but did contain the ballad ''Right Heart'' reminiscent of their first album's melodic ''Spiritual Game''.

The band has never officially broken up, although a "farewell concert" was held in Toronto in April 1988, and its members have been involved with various projects in Churches, including Bendale, and Schools where the members now live. Tony Rossi released a blues based album on [[R.E.X. Records]] in 1990. Dan McCabe was involved with a band called Dreamer which released one album in 1991 titled ''Full Metal Racket'',<ref>{{harvtxt|Powell|2002|loc=Dreamer p. 268}}</ref> released a solo CD and played with his older children in a band called Nine-O-Five.

In 2000, Daniel Band played at the [[Cornerstone Festival]] in Illinois where the listed ''Live at Cornerstone CD'' was recorded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live at Cornerstone 2001 - Greatest Hits Videos |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9304311-Various-Live-at-Cornerstone-2001-Greatest-Hits-Videos |website=Discogs |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>

In November 2006, Daniel Band was featured as the opening group for [[Audio Adrenaline]]'s farewell tour concert in [[Toronto]], along with [[Geoff Moore]]. Earlier in the year, there were two appearances in [[Sarnia]], including an August festival that also saw a reunion of a local ([[Arkona, Ontario]]) group named ''Elim Hall'', who were contemporaries of Daniel Band in the mid-1980s, and [[Glenn Kaiser|Glenn Kaiser Band]] (featuring two members of Resurrection Band).

In 2007, the band played at a May celebration of the One Way Inn's (now a drop-in) 35th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of Bendale Bible Chapel, and ''Freedom Festival Canada'' in [[Oro-Medonte]], [[Ontario]] during August. They also played a show in Ajax in February 2009 with Glenn Kaiser opening, and in May 2009, again at Bendale. In July 2010, the band travelled to [[Chibougamau]], [[Quebec]].

In October 2011, the band was awarded the [[GMA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award]] recognizing their pioneering influence on Christian rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmacanada.ca/?page_id=213 |title=2011 Covenant Awards - GMA Canada |publisher=GMA Canada |date= |access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> Earlier in the year, they played with [[X-Sinner]] over a Spring weekend in Southern Ontario (at Toronto's El Mocambo, St. Catharines, Ottawa, and Kitchener).

== Band members ==
* Tony Rossi (lead guitar, vocals)
* Dan McCabe (lead vocals, bass) Executive Pastor Olive Branch Community Church, Markham, Ontario, Canada
* Bill Findlay (guitar, keyboards, vocals) (to 1987)
* Peter Cosman (to 1982),
* Matt Del Duca (drums) (to 1987)
* Wayne Morgan (bass, vocals) (to 1991) Pastor of a [[Baptist Union of Western Canada|Baptist]] church in [[Prince George, British Columbia]], now based in Kenya.
* Bill Davidson (bass)
* Stu Christie (drums)

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''On Rock'' - 1982 Released on Streetlight in Canada and [[Lamb & Lion Records|Lamb & Lion]]/[[Benson Records|Benson]] in the US.
* ''Straight Ahead'' - 1983 Released on Streetlight in Canada and [[Refuge Records]]/Benson in the US.
* ''Run from the Darkness'' – 1984 Released on Streetlight in Canada and Refuge/Benson in the US.
* ''Rise Up'' - 1986 Released on Refuge in the US.
* ''Running Out of Time'' - 1987 Released on Refuge/Lexicon-Spectra in the US.<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=116}}</ref>

=== Live albums ===
* ''Live at Cornerstone'' - 2001 (limited edition) Released on Magdalene/M8 in the US.

=== Compilations ===
* ''Best of Daniel Band'' - 1993 Released on Refuge-Alternative in the US.

=== Re-releases ===
* ''On Rock'' - 2001 (2 CD limited edition) Released on Magdalene/M8 in the US.
* ''Rise Up / Running Out Of Time'' - 2003 Released on Retroactive in the US.
* ''Straight Ahead / Run From The Darkness'' - 2003 Released on Retroactive in the US.
* ''Straight Ahead'' - 2006 Released on Retroactive in the US.(includes two bonus tracks)
* ''Run from Darkness'' - 2006 Released on Retroactive in the US. (enhanced CD which includes the video of 'Walk on the Water" and two unreleased bonus tracks)
* ''On Rock (Collector's Edition)'' - 2010 Released on Retroactive in the US.
* ''Rise Up (25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION)'' - 2012 Released on Retroactive in the US. (includes one bonus track) Remastered
* ''Running out of Time'' - 2012 Released on Retroactive in the US. (includes one bonus track) Remastered

=== Songs on compilations ===
* ''Heavy Righteous Metal'', "Black or White" (Pure Metal, 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Various – Heavy Righteous Metal |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5770277-Various-Heavy-Righteous-Metal |website=discogs |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
* ''History of Canadian Christian New Music'', "Run from the Darkness" (2000)
* ''[[GMA Canada presents 30th Anniversary Collection]]'', "He's the Creator" (CMC, 2008)

==References==
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* {{cite book|last=Powell|first=Mark Allan|author-link=Mark Allan Powell|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music|year=2002|publisher=Hendrickson Publishers|location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]]|isbn=978-1-56563-679-8|oclc=50002632|edition=First printing|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark}}
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==External links==
* [http://onewayinn.com/history-4/daniel-band/ One Way Inn]. Daniel Band information.
* {{cite news | url=http://www.drewmarshall.ca/listen2009.html | publisher=The [[Drew Marshall]] Show (JOY 1250) | first=Drew | last=Marshall | title=(Podcast) Daniel Band & Rez Band - Christian Rock Pioneers | date=7 February 2009 | access-date=2009-03-30}}
* [http://www.tollbooth.org/2003/reviews/dband.html The Phantom Tollbooth: review of 2003 ''Straight Ahead''/''Run From the Darkness'' reissue].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZqXyZWFOg Daniel Band In Concert Live Video]. The One Way Inn 30th Anniversary.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhLMWVwM6nY&feature=channel_page February 2009 performance of I'm Sorry]

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