Artist description Alternative Rock with powerful vocals, driving guitars and rhythms, and real lyrics that speak boldly to the listener.

Music Style Alternative Rock

Musical Influences U2, Creed, Nickelback, Fuel, Lifehouse, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Vertical Horizon

Similar Artists Creed, Pearl Jam, Lifehouse, Nickelback, Fuel, Live, 12 Stones, Kutless

Artist History | Nov. 1999 -- Formed "Eleventh Hour" | Nov. 2001 -- Released CD "Eleventh Hour" | 8/28/02 -- changed name to "Threefold7" | May. 2003 -- Released CD "Whisper My Name" |

Group Members | Stephen Wuertz - Lead Vocal, Lead Guitar | Caleb Magnino - Guitars, Backup Vocal | Andrew Bergquist - Bass, Vocals | Paul Denni - Drums |

Instruments Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums Eleventh Hour (2001) | Whisper My Name (2003)

Press Reviews The biggest obstacle any Christian alternative rock band has to overcome is sounding too Creed-y. And while Bakersfield's Threefold7 can bust out the biggest, most distorted power anthems of faith this side of a raised palm, it balances it with enough twists to keep things interesting: Singer Stephen Wuertz, 22, sounds more like matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas, and the band's stand-tall-in-the-shadow-of-angst lyrics have more in common with punk act Face to Face than Creed. "The last thing we want to be is a Christian band that shoves things down people's throats," guitarist Caleb Magnino, 21, said. "We want our lives to speak for ourselves." But his group isn't afraid of writing songs from the perspective of God, á la the poem "Footprints," on songs like "Why My Child":"For I did suffer the temptation of man / In all these things I did stand strong, / and I offer you the strength to carry on." "It's totally trying to place human words and human emotions onto something that is so beyond human description," Magnino said. Threefold7 will celebrate the release of its second album, "Whisper My Name" (the first was under the band name Eleventh Hour), with a show at 7 p.m. today at Station 3:16, 930 18th St. (326-0316) with opening acts Jitow and No Other Name. - Chris Page (Bakersfield Californian)

Additional Info For booking email Sam Vonderheide -- samv@jesusshack.com

Location Bakersfield, CA - USA

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