Jesus Wept quick facts
Members (5)
- Adam Salaga drums
- Dan Quiggle vocals
- Dave Quiggle guitar · 2004–present
- Jon Beckman bass
- Sean Sundy guitar
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Jesus Wept is an American Christian rock band who primarily play hardcore punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, and post-metal. They come from Erie, Pennsylvania. The band started making music in 2004, and their members are Dan Quiggle, Dave Quiggle, Sean Sundy, Jon Beckman, and Adam Salaga. Their first extended play, Sick City, was released by Strike First Records in 2006. The band released a studio album, Show’s Over, in 2006, with Strike First Records.
Background
Jesus Wept is a Christian hardcore and Christian metal band from Erie, Pennsylvania. Their members are vocalist, Dan Quiggle, guitarists Dave Quiggle and Sean Sundy, bassist Jon Beckham, and drummer Adam Salaga. All the members of Jesus Wept were former members of xDisciplex A.D.
Music history
The band commenced as a musical entity in 2004, with their first release, being an extended play, Sick City, released by Strike First Records, in 2006. The first studio album, Show’s Over, was released on April 11, 2006, by Strike First Records.
Verified recording and career context
Independent source evidence also records an origin in United States and a record-label association with Facedown Records.
WTD Context: The xDisciplex A.D. Connection
Jesus Wept is best understood as a continuation of the Erie, Pennsylvania hardcore circle that had already produced xDisciplex A.D. Every member came from that earlier band, so Jesus Wept was not a clean break from the Christian hardcore scene but a heavier next chapter built from musicians who already had years of shared history. The result landed between hardcore, metal and the emerging metalcore language of the mid-2000s, with the same conviction-driven intensity carried into a more metallic setting.
The band’s recorded life was short enough to be easy to overlook, but it left two clear markers. Sick City appeared independently in 2004, while Show’s Over followed through Strike First Records in 2006. WTD’s saved Spotify catalogue preserves both releases, giving the band a firmer recorded footprint than the brief historical summary might suggest. For Waken The Dead, Jesus Wept matters because it connects the 1990s and early-2000s Christian hardcore lineage of xDisciplex A.D. directly to the metalcore-heavy landscape that followed.
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Discography
Albums
Show’s Over
EPs
Sick City
Band Bloodlines
Follow the musicians who connect Jesus Wept to other bands and projects. Confirmed release appearances are included when reliable source evidence is available.
Adam Salaga
drums
Dan Quiggle
vocals
Dave Quiggle
guitar and 2004–present
Jon Beckman
bass
Sean Sundy
guitar
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External links
References
- ^ a b c d Cummings, Tony (December 30, 2006). “Jesus Wept: Getting To Know The Hardcore Band From Erie, Pennsylvania”. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Jesus Freak Hideout. “Jesus Wept”. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ Binks, Andy (December 1, 2004). “Review: Sick City – Jesus Wept”. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Sammons, Greg (May 30, 2006). “Review: Show’s Over – Jesus Wept”. Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Jones, Brandon (August 20, 2006). “Jesus Wept “Show’s Over”“. Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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