Chasing Furies was an American Christian band from
Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The band consisted of three siblings, with Sarah MacIntosh performing lead vocals and playing guitars, Rachel Meeker playing the piano and doing backing vocals, and Joshua Meeker playing lead guitars (often switching lead vocals with MacIntosh in some songs). Despite its brief active period, the band received good airplay with their single "Thicker" becoming the eighth most requested song of 1999 on the ChristianRock.net online radio broadcasting.
Their first album was featured on the ''Top Ten of 1999'' albums sharing the ninth position with
Wilco's ''
Summerteeth
''Summerteeth'' (stylized as summerteeth) is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Wilco (stylized as ''wilco''), released on March 9, 1999, by Reprise Records. The album was heavily influenced lyrically by 20th century li ...
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and was nominated for the 2000
Dove Awards in the category of Best Modern Rock/Alternative album.
Biography
The band's first album, ''
With Abandon'', released in 1999 via
Sparrow Records, received positive criticism.
The band had a short life, ending just after the promotional touring for their album. In a 2007 interview,
MacIntosh claims that there was no special reason for the premature demise.
After the band ended, MacIntosh began touring with
Michael W. Smith as an acoustic guitar player and background vocalist,
and now performs as a solo Christian artist.
Discography
Studio albums
*''
With Abandon'' (1999)
Compilations contributions
*''Listen: Louder'' (1999) "Your Faithfulness"
*''
Happy Christmas (album)'' vol.1 (1998) "O Come Emmanuel"
References
External links
"From Being 'Little Miss Texas' To Ministering the Good News in Poland"
Christian rock groups from Texas
Culture of Fort Worth, Texas
Musical groups established in 1997
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
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