Artist description Modern Electric/Acoustic/Electronic with strong spiritual themes. God is the great creator, and I try to tap into him for my creativity.

Music Style Spirtual Pop, Rock and Electronic

Musical Influences David Bowie, ELO, The Beatles, The Who, Larry Norman, Johnny Cash, Alan Parsons Project, Daniel Amos

Similar Artists David Bowie, Jars of Clay, U2, DC Talk, Newsboys, Alan Parsons Project, Audio Adrenaline, Elton John, The Echoing Green, Flock of Seagulls, ELO, Moby, Raze, Spacehog

Artist History Songwriter for more than 20 years. Played guitar for band Destiny in the mid 80's. Have sang for crowds of 5 to 5000.

Group Members John Riley

Instruments Guitar, Keyboards, Computer and my Voice, the insturment my creator gave me.

Albums Wild Struggles 1991, I Wonder 1999, The Passion 1999, Closer 2000, Song of the Second Coming 2000, The Power and the Glory - Coming soon in 2000

Press Reviews On the song, "Time Keeps Slipping Away" - I persued the lyrics to this track and found them to be very timely... The apocalyptic, futuristic sound of the track would do well in a movie scene that depicts Jesus splitting the sky and those that are not in him crying for the rocks to fall on them. John uses his computer and guitar very effectively fo this track. The guitar licks are pretty slick and the computer adds to the cacophonic "The End is Near" message... Lil' T.L at EnTune, a great new e-zine, at http://eternalpraise.com . Artist assertation that "the second coming will be joy for some, terror for others fits in nicely with the ominous feel of these Techno Christian tunes. Loops and synthesizers swirl around acoustic guitar and voice. - Listen.com

Additional Info Need Love? I wrote the book and you can find it at http://www.homestead.com/rileymusic/bol1.html

Location Phoenix, AZ - USA

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