The Insyderz is tagged as: ska, christian, christian ska, christian rock, rock The Insyderz were a Christian ska band from Detroit, Michigan. They were 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 o... Read More About The Insyderz Biography...  Send The Insyderz ringtones to your cell
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