Bleach is an American

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band based in

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History

Bleach was formed at Kentucky Christian University in

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, in 1995, originally under the name Muffin. In 1997, the band earned a

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in the category of Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for its song "Epidermis Girl", from its first album ''

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''. The follow-up album, ''Static'', reached No. 22 on the

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Top Christian Albums chart. In 2004, the band members announced that they were disbanding. The band said goodbye to its fans in the form of a farewell tour, which was followed by the final album '' Farewell Old Friends'' released March 1, 2005. Their "last show" was performed on August 29, 2004, in Nashville, but on March 13, 2005, the band performed a reunion show to benefit the Aaron Marrs Memorial Fund. It also performed a reunion show at

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's last show, at

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on October 7, 2005. "Super Good Feeling" is on the ''Seltzer 2'' album, "Waving Goodbye" on the ''Seltzer 3'' album and a cover of dc Talk's "Heavenbound" on the ''Forefront Ten'' album. In 2010, Bleach reunited. Davy Baysinger and

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have a side project band: Royal Empire Music. They have written songs for a compilation CD series called ''My Other Band'' for Mono vs. Stereo records. Russ Fox is now playing guitar in the rock band The Red Velvet and runs Huntington's Broadmoor Recording Studio. Additionally, they made an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival in 2010, and at the Sonshine Festival in July 2010. The band started their "Four States Tour" in July 2011 and began work on a EP which was never released. The band has maintained an active social media site and reunites to plays shows periodically. Most notably the "Rock 2 Adopt" acoustic show and auction May 23, 2017, with

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, Plumb and Rhett Walker and "Journey Fest" July 17, 2021.

Appearances in media

*Bleach's music is featured in the Christian video game '' Dance Praise''. The songs "Heartbeat", "Rock N Roll", "Static" and "Super Good Feeling" are included with the game. *"Heartbeat" is used in the

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'' (2001) and in its accompanying soundtrack. *"Rock N Roll" is used in the second season of

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'' (episode 16), "Static" in the third season (episode 4), and "Super Good Feeling" the third season (episode 6). *"We Are Tomorrow" was used on

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's ''

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'' in 2003. *"Broke in the Head" is used in the first season of the television series '' Roswell'' (episode 8) and "Knocked Out" in the second season (episode 13) titled "Disturbing Behavior". *"Good as Gold" is used in the third season of the " CW" show '' One Tree Hill'' (episode 7).

Members

Current * Davy Baysinger – singer (1995–2004, 2010–present) * Sam Barnhart – guitar, vocals (1995–2004, 2010–present) * Jerry Morrison – bass guitar (1995–2004, 2010–present) * Milam Byers – lead guitar (1995–2004, 2010–present) *

– drums, loops, pan flute (1995–2004, 2010–present)

Discography

References

External links

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