Eric Champion
Eric Champion | |
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| Born | May 12, 1970 Valdosta, Georgia |
| Genres | Christian music |
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| Instrument(s) | Keyboard, drums |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Eric Champion (born May 12, 1970) is one of the pioneers of mid-1990s Christian pop and modern rock.[1] In the beginning of his musical career, he was a pop singer. His music had the flair of many of his Christian pop contemporaries but with more of a Michael Jackson–meets–Prince vocal approach with futuristic techno dance sounds.[1] Although his first album was released when he was only 18 years old,[1] one of Eric's biggest albums during his pop phase was Vertical Reality, which went on to sell nearly 100,000 units.
Eric also is noted for songwriting with various artists including Rebecca St. James and Plumb.[1]
In 1998, Champion was featured at the Atlanta Fest Christian music festival.
After the release of his eighth album, Natural (his second for Brentwood Essential), Eric left the Nashville scene and moved with his new wife and child to Orlando, Florida, where he started working at the recording college Full Sail University.
In 2005, Eric reappeared with two new projects: a solo EP, Unexpected, and a Brit pop rock project, Rook, which also included former GS Megaphone drummer Randall Shreve.
Discography
[edit]- Rook -Bad Memory EP, 2005
- Unexpected EP, 2005
- The Greatest Hits of Eric Champion, 2000
- Natural, 1998
- Transformation, 1996
- Lover's Heart (Soft Hits), 1995
- Vertical Reality, 1994
- The B/W Project, 1993 (Along with Rodney "T" Thomas) Released through Warner Alliance.
- Save The World, 1992
- Hot Christmas, 1992
- Revolution Time, 1991
- Eric Champion, 1990
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 153–4. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
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- 1970 births
- American pop rock musicians
- American male singer-songwriters
- American rock songwriters
- American rock singers
- Living people
- American performers of Christian music
- Musicians from Daytona Beach, Florida
- Singer-songwriters from Florida
- 21st-century American singer-songwriters
- 21st-century American male singers