Hard Rock
Dallas, Texas, USA

From the band's old website: “If you want some real music, you've dialed in to the right channel. Hope Radio is a band that formed in Lubbock, Texas. However, we are now located in Dallas, TX. The group was founded by friends, Chris Ray and Rebecca Bookout in April of 1994. Hope Radio performs original music which is defined only by the limits of our own imagination. We constantly strive to keep our performances fresh and to achieve an effective balance of cover songs and original songs in our concerts.

In the fall of 1996, Hope Radio (then Creed) completed our first recording project, Believe. This CD includes eleven original songs of various styles. The CD has been very well received in Lubbock and the surrounding areas. It is, however, not representative of our music now. We have just finished a new CD Phases. It will be released on April 21, 2001. You'll find a sample of the new songs on this site.

We are always working to make our shows exciting, musically tasteful (and tasty!), and fun for everyone there. If you need some real music for your club, church, or whatever, lock into Hope Radio.”

Melissa Fonner - Vocals
Rebecca Bookout - Vocals
Scott Marshall - Guitars
Chris Ray - Keyboards, vocals
Steven Ray - Bass Guitar

1996 Independent

11 Songs, including:

• The Clay
• Eve and I
• Like Eagles
• Storms of October
• Let Go
• Diminished Returns
• God's Eyes
• Rescue Me From Myself
• KSJ
• Unwanted Boy

1998 Independent

1. Star
2. Red Chameleon
3. The Clay

2001 Independent

Rebecca Bookout - Lead vocals
Melissa Fonner - Lead vocals
Scott Marshall - Guitars, vocals
Chris Ray - Keys, vocals, programming, horn and string arrangements
Steven Ray - Bass guitar, vocals

Ashley Brimmage - Drums on “Captain Super Freedom”
Tony Jimenez - Drums on “Noisemaker”
Arno Roensch - Drums on “Breathe on Me,” “Fairy Tales,” and “Through the Fire”
Chris Raay - Drum programmin on “Hope, Peace, Dream”
Matt Wideman - Drums on everything else
Steve Curry - Mandolin
Mark Gulley - Tenor and baritone sax on “Mystery,” auxiliary percussion on “Mystery” and “Captain Super Freedom”
Freddy Jones - Muted trumpet, trumpet, and flugelhorn
Doug Kim - Tenor sax on “Through the Fire”
Miranda Wilkins - Violin on “The Calm”

1. Phases
2. Star
3. Walls
4. Mystery
5. Red Chameleon
6. Noisemaker
7. Captain Super Freedom
8. Breathe on Me, Breath of God
9. The Calm
10. Like you
11. Fairy Tales
12. Hope, Peace, Dream
13. Whitewashed Tomb
14. Through the Fire