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It all started with a pair of rowdy homeschooled boys running around half-naked in Superman capes to Star Wars music. Those brothers are Eric and Christian Barfield, and this is the strange, yet true story of how Watching Judas began.
Growing up with the works of T.S. Elliot, Hemingway, and Poe, as well as a unhealthy number of Three Stooges and Looney Tunes episodes, Eric began to compose as an outlet at the tender age of 7 years, co-writing a song with his father and musical mentor, Michael Barfield. Christian soon followed, stretching his ever-changing voice to sing along with groups like DC Talk, Jars of Clay, and A.D.
Both boys took piano lessons after protest, and began the tedious chore of progressing past "Heart and Soul". After driving music lovers everywhere to the brink of suicide with countless renditions of originals on any piano not glued shut, Eric was able to convince Christian to lend his peculiar vocal/piano talents to the music. After a short debate, they christened the band "Watching Judas" and set out to form the other half of a group.
Soon after the talented bassist and long-time friend Paul Nahrgang joined Watching Judas. Life was blissful for a time, then tradegy struck- the drummer that had been with the group from the inception was suddenly whisked away to college, never to be heard from again. After a desperate search for a replacement, they stumbled upon the quiet talent of Aaron Wahoff, also a homeschooler and close friend. After some tweaking, the group came together in a dimly-lit corner of a Borders Books in front of a crowd high on coffee and cheese cake.
These days, Watching Judas packs a pair of blazing keyboards, and they're not afraid to use them. Armed with an battery of thought-provoking lyrics, hooks, and a healthy appreciation for all those that attempt existence in a fallen universe, Watching Judas keeps busy creating music to illuminate the unkept stories of struggles and triumphs of ordinary people, each dancing the razor's edge between cynicism and hope.
I would just like to say St. Charles is WAY too small. One of my friends has been talking about you for a few weeks because she knows Eric really well and had told me about the concertlast week but I was out of town and tonight she had told me about your concert this weekend and low and behold...I get on and see that you guys had friend requested me. Irony at its best? I think so... Anyways great music I love the undertones that lie in the music that give it that little extra kick... If all goes well I'll see you on Saturday!
What's gud guys? I just stopped by to show some love.Have a great day NB:My album "The Return"is available in all major online stores. One love Pamoja Holla atcha boy
You guys keep getting better and better as you all go along. Don't become complacent with the fact that you'll never be better than some bands. It's all a matter of influence. You guys will get there. And with more performances like the one on Wednesday. You'll get there a lot faster than you'd expect.
Hey guys, amazing job last night. I think you should've gotten first, but that's just me, but at least you guys made it to the finals. Hope to see you guys at that show. Love ya guys. :D
I am glad I got to see you guys again!! I had lots of fun, thanks for the autographs!! Sorry I couldn't hang out longer, someday I'd liek to know you better! You seem down to earth and gunuine. I hope to see you again soon.
Awesome show friday night! Leslie and I had so much fun and I'm so glad we could come up and see you again! Great CD too- we listened to it like 15 times all the way back home lol! Can't wait until the next roadtrip to see ya! Rheannon
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I just started gettin the lyrics to the songs from your first CD off your website, and I started singin along readin the lyrics, and there's some parts that don't match up right. What I'm tryin to say is I've had to fix some stuff on there so it's right, so you might wanna cheek on that unless I'm wrong, but if I'm right, you might wanna change it so your fans are singin what you're singin. LOL! Great job last night guys, can't wait to hear you guys again, and maybe I'll actually be able to sing the right words to your songs. LOL!
hey guys..!! well i listen to your songs yesterday and i must say i like your sound.. lol as you can tell i added your 7o'clock song to my profile..!!! so when are you going to be coming through oklahoma..???
