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 ==== Youth Choir ====
-Daugherty and Hindalong met each other in 1979 through Tim Chandler. Daugherty and Chandler were playing for TV Evangelist Paula Jan Crouch at the time, while Hindalong and Chandler were in college together. They wanted to put together a band, so they did in 1979. Youth Choir originally formed in the early 1980s. Youth Choir was part of the Calvary Chapel Christian punk and alternative music scene, which also included the bands [[Undercover]], [[Crumbächer]], [[Altar Boys]], and [[4-4-1]].
+Daugherty and Hindalong met each other in 1979 through Tim Chandler. Daugherty and Chandler were playing for TV Evangelist Paula Jan Crouch at the time, while Hindalong and Chandler were at Azusa Pacific University together. Hindalong and Chandler were playing together in Jazz, Top 40, and other music style groups. Chandler approached Hindalong about Daugherty because Derri was a good songwriter, and he knew the guys in [[Daniel Amos]]. Daugherty was also a roadie and sound-man for the Calvary Chapel movement for their Saturday Night concerts.
-The band's first official recording was the track "It's So Wonderful", released in 1984 on the compilation album //[[Whats Shakin]]//, which also included early work from [[Undercover]], [[Altar Boys]], and [[The Lifters]]. This song was one of the few times that lead singer Daugherty wrote both lyrics and music; as the band developed, the majority of The Choir's lyrical output would come from drummer/percussionist Hindalong. In 1985, the band independently released a 7-inch single with "I Can't Take It" b/w "Here in the Night (live)." The band then signed to [[Broken Records US]] and released their debut album //Voices in Shadows// in 1985, with Mike Saurerbrey on bass. Their first EP //Shades of Gray// followed a year later, when Dan Michaels joined the band.
+The three of them wanted to put together a band, so they did in 1979. Chandler ended up joining Daniel Amos, so they got Mike Sauerbrey in 1983. That is when they officially became the Youth Choir. Youth Choir was part of the Calvary Chapel Christian punk and alternative music scene, which also included the bands [[Undercover]], [[Crumbächer]], [[Altar Boys]], and [[4-4-1]].
+The band's first official recording was the track "It's So Wonderful", released in 1984 on the compilation album //[[Whats Shakin]]//, which also included early work from [[Undercover]], [[Altar Boys]], and [[The Lifters]]. This song was one of the few times that lead singer Daugherty wrote both lyrics and music; as the band developed, the majority of The Choir's lyrical output would come from drummer/percussionist Hindalong. In 1985, the band independently released a 7-inch single with "I Can't Take It" b/w "Here in the Night (live)." The band then signed to [[Broken Records US]] and released their debut album //Voices in Shadows// in 1985, with Mike Saurerbrey on bass. The band used a "Drumulator" instead of Hindalong for the drums (because this was popular at the time), leading Steve to hate the album for a long time. Their first EP //Shades of Gray// followed a year later, when Dan Michaels joined the band.
 When the band signed to [[Myrrh Records]] (a sub-label of Word Records) in 1986, their new label wanted the band to change the name. The label wanted a fresh start for the band, but didn't want them to throw out all of the support they had garnered as Youth Choir. So they decided to drop "Youth" to become The Choir.
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 | 2018 | The Choir | Bloodshot | [[Galaxy21 Music]] |
 | 2021 | The Choir | Deep Cuts | [[Galaxy21 Music]] |
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+==== Diamonds and Rain ====
+Hindalong's original title for //Diamonds and Rain// was //Love and Fear//, because the songs had a theme of love and fear and the tension between the two. However, the band's A&R guy Tom Willet didn't like that name. He asked Hindalong to see if there were any symbols of those two themes, or something more poetic. Hindalong felt that diamonds could symbolize "love," and rain could symbolize "fear," so that is where the title came from.
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