Bradlee Dean
Hard, funky, loud, and fast seems to be the rule among the young today and it is the uniqueness of Bradlee's style that just happens to be the key that fits this lock. Born in South Dakota (of all places) his musical influences range from Metal Church, Janes Addiction, TNT to The Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five.
Mass Dog
Victor Wooten- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Jaco Pastorius- Solo Artist, Weather Report
Stu Hamm- Solo Artist, Joe Satriani
Sounds Like
Linkin Park , Dragonforce , Rage Against the Machine
Minneapolis is known for two things: cold weather and the Minnesota Vikings. Now it's time to add one more thing to this equation: Junkyard Prophet, the Rap-Core band out of “The Land of 10,000 Lakes.” For over a decade, the band’s primary focus has been the future of the youth; so much so that the band turned down major label offers, knowing that the mainstream music machine might ask them to water down their message. Bradlee Dean, drummer and no-holds barred mouthpiece for the group says, "We chose kids over the labels (money), because if we had chosen the label, we know that it wouldn't have been about the kids!"
Holding true to their word, Junkyard Prophet to date has played countless shows and has been able to reach over 500,000 young people all over America. Without distribution, or record company assistance, the band has sold over 35,000 CD’s in the Midwest alone. Helping to make all of this happen is a street team of ten people, who not only help move units, but promote the band in other ways by handling the sale of merchandise, ranging from T-shirts to publications.
After earning nationwide attention in the late-nineties after one show (Fine Line; Minneapolis, Minnesota) by being named best unsigned band next to P.O.D., the group felt it was time for a name change. This is when the name went from Reign of Kings to Junkyard Prophet.
More than just a catchy title, the band feels that the world is a junkyard that needs to be cleaned up in the best of ways. The image of the band is not all about the accolades of the "rock star" reaching thousands upon thousands of kids, or the "do-gooder" type thing; the whole Prophets camp is about their message first; then the music, which takes on a life all of its own when they hit the stage. After each performance they take time out to talk with the kids about the problems they may be facing and how they can overcome them; dealing with topics ranging from drugs, teen pregnancy and suicide to name only a few. Between 2003 and 2006 the band has toured incessantly, yet still managing to shoot four music videos: two of which reached over 111 million households worldwide, not to mention continuous airplay on XM/Sirius radio.
When not touring, they broadcast a two-hour radio program called Sons of Liberty on AM 1280 The Patriot, which can be heard all over the Twin Cities area, touching on a number of issues.
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"Then You Will Sing Psalms And Hymns And Spiritual Songs Among Yourselves, Making Music To The Lord In Your Hearts. And You Will Always Give Thanks For Everything To God The Father In The Name OF Our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:19-20)
With Love In Christ Jesus... Gods Lyric... Melissa...
Hey guys, thanks for jumpin' on the friends bus. Just moved here from LasVegas and it's real refreshing to see somebody acually useing thier talent for GOD. Keep it up.
Spoke with Bradlee today in Monticello about your ministry in the St.Cloud area. Just want to say thank you for your ministry I look forward to hearing more from you guys.
Hey.. Whats Up.. Thanks for coming to our school today it was Awesome!!! Ya'll gave a really good message today i sure did learn alot then what i already knew.. Thank you again and ya'll were Great!!!
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