Sonseed was an American

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

pop band formed by Aaron Ball, Josh Ingold, Travis Geske, and Jacob Clevenger.Sun, Eryn (March 15, 2011).
Tonight's Glee Features Sonseed's 'Jesus Is My Friend'
, ''

The Christian Post ''The Christian Post'' is an American non-denominational, conservative, evangelical Christian online newspaper. Based in Washington, D.C., it was founded in March 2004. News topics include the Church, ministries, missions, education, Christi ...

''. Retrieved February 10, 2013. The line-up included Sal Polichetti (bass, vocals); his then-wife Patricia Costagliola (keyboards, vocals; deceased); Frank Franco (guitar, vocals); and Nicky Sciarra (drums; deceased). Anne Lessing (vocals) was also involved in the band from the start. There were others including Jim Archer (vocals; deceased) and Karen Archer (acoustic guitar; deceased), Tom Zawacki (tambourine, percussion and vocals), Brother John Weiners, CSC (vocals; deceased), and Melody Sorrentino (vocals; deceased). Their sole album, '' First Fruit'', was released in 1981, with only 1,000 copies printed.Rimmer, Mike (October 24, 2010).
Sonseed: Back in the spotlight with a YouTube hit
,

Cross Rhythms Cross Rhythms is a Christian media organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates an FM and online radio station, produces radio shows sent internationally, and its website has resources about contemporary Christian music. His ...

. Retrieved February 10, 2013. In 2009 Sonseed released an EP on Arena Rock Records which includes selections from the original ''First Fruit'' album. A proposed follow-up, ''Just can't get enough (of Jesus!!!)'', with more new wave and

New Romantic New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The movement emerged from the nightclub scene in London and Birmingham at venues such as Billy's and The Blitz. The New Romantic mo ...

elements, never saw official release, but some bootleg tracks have surfaced. Sonseed disbanded in 1983. As Patricia Costa, Costagliola recorded two albums, ''Walk forward'' and ''Give Your Love Away'', with Polichetti, Franco, and Sciarra as the backing band. Nicky Sciarra became district manager of Community Board 7 in

Sunset Park, Brooklyn Sunset Park is a neighborhoods of Brooklyn, neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park t ...

. He died in 1993 after apparently choking on a sandwich. The band came back into the spotlight in 2008 when a recording of them performing their song "Jesus Is a Friend of mine", from a religious TV-show called ''The First Estate'', appeared on the Dougsploitation blog, and subsequently became a

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

hit, where it spawned several parodies. Polichetti performed the song live at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on November 14, 2009 with the ska-swing band

Tri-State Conspiracy Tri-state may refer to: *Tri-State Airport, a public airport located in West Virginia, United States *Tri-state area, an area where three states of the U.S. meet at one point or share a metropolitan area *Tri-State (basketball), the 3-on-3 basketba ...

."Jesus Is a Friend of Mine with Sal Polichetti and Tri-State Conspiracy"
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, November 14, 2009. In 2011, Fox Television's hit-show ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' also did a cover of the song "Jesus Is a Friend of Mine". During the Regional competition, the group Aural Intensity sang the song.(March 16, 2011).
'Glee' takes an 'Original Song' to Regionals
, Starpulse.com. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

References

External links

Copyright info for ''First Fruit''.

- Library of Congress entry for "sonseed".
Sonseed on Arena Rock Recording Company
First Fruit Real80sCCM.com list on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonseed American Christian rock groups Musical groups established in the 1970s Musical groups from Brooklyn Catholic musical groups Viral videos