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| downhere | |
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| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Christian rock Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1999 — Present |
| Labels | Word Records Centricity Music |
| Website | www.downhere.com |
| Members | |
| Marc Martel Jason Germain Glenn Lavender Jeremy Thiessen |
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| Former members | |
| Tyson Manning | |
Downhere is a Juno, Dove, and Covenant Award winning Christian rock (melodic alt-rock) band from Canada. They have released six full albums to date, the latest being How Many Kings: Songs for Christmas, released on October 6, 2009.
The band was formed by Marc Martel and Jason Germain who were room mates at Briercrest Bible College in Caronport, Saskatchewan. Martel and Germain added fellow Canadians Tyson Manning and Jeremy Thiessen to the band and released a now out-of-print, self-titled debut CD on Slyngshot Records. That album was re-worked with new bassist Glenn Lavender and became their debut international release through Word Records.
Their second album, also released through Word Records was entitled So Much For Substitutes. In 2006 they were signed to Centricity Records and released Wide-Eyed And Mystified which led to Covenant Awards (GMA Canada) for Recorded Song of the Year (for "A Better Way") and Rock Album of the Year, and the 2007 Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year.
In 2007, the band released two additional CDs that were unique. In early 2007, they released Wide-Eyed and Simplified, which contained new versions of 8 songs from Wide-Eyed and Mystified, in addition to three popular songs from earlier releases.
Later in 2007, the band released Thunder After Lightning (The Uncut Demos). This album contained 15 previously unreleased demos which were considered for use on Wide-Eyed and Mystified but were not used. The CD also contained demo versions of 2 songs which were used on Wide-Eyed and Mystified.
The band completed recording sessions for new album, Ending Is Beginning, released on September 23, 2008. The band released the songs for a few days and gave fans the chance to give input on which songs they should put on the album, and as a pre-release to Ending Is Beginning in June 2008 they gave away the whole album Wide-Eyed and Mystified as a free download(1).
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| Year | Title | Peak Chart Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Larger Than Life" | downhere (album) | |
| 2001 | "Free Me Up" | downhere (album) | |
| 2001 | "Great Are You" | downhere (album) | |
| 2001 | "Protest to Praise" | downhere (album) | |
| 2001 | "Calmer of the Storm" | downhere (album) | |
| 2003 | "Breaking Me Down" | So Much For Substitutes | |
| 2003/2004 | "Starspin" | So Much For Substitutes | |
| 2003/2004 | "What It's Like" | So Much For Substitutes | |
| 2006 | "The More" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2006 | "Surrender" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2006 | "A Better Way" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2006 | "Little Is Much" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2007 | "Forgive Yourself" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2007 | "The Real Jesus" | Wide-Eyed and Mystified | |
| 2007 | "How Many Kings" | Christian AC - #4 (12/28/07) | Bethlehem Skyline |
| 2007 | "Glory To God In The Highest" | Bethlehem Skyline | |
| 2008 | "Here I Am" | Christian AC - #5 (10/10/08) | Ending Is Beginning |
| 2009 | "Hope Is Rising" | Ending Is Beginning | |
| 2009 | "My Last Amen" | Christian CHR - #5 (6/5/09) | Ending Is Beginning |
| Year | Album | Song(s) | Label |
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| 1999 | The Warehouse Mix | "Larger Than Life" & "Raincoat" | Slyngshot |
| 2001 | WOW Hits 2002 | "Protest To Praise" | Sparrow |
| 2006 | Launch: Starting Line | "Everything Will" | CMC Distribution |
| 2006 | Life Is Precious: A Wes King Tribute | "Excavate" | |
| 2007 | YourMusicZone. com #1s | "A Better Way" | CMC Distribution |
| 2007 | 28th Annual Covenant Hits | "A Better Way" | CMC Distribution |
| 2007 | Bethlehem Skyline | "Glory To God In The Highest" & "How Many Kings" | Centricity Music |
| 2007 | Win This War | "Grown Man" (re-work of the original song from their Indie release) | |
| 2008 | Canada Rocks | "A Better Way" | CMC Distribution |
| 2008 | GMA Canada presents 30th Anniversary Collection | "What It's Like" | CMC Distribution |
| 2009 | Sea to Sea: Christmas | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Lakeside Media |
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