They were shot in the head after admiting they were Christian.

And most of our album reflects that'.įlyleaf released a song ' Cassie' that was about the shooting of Cassie Bernall and Rachel Scott. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?'' Mosley said.

says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing,' we kind of think about something P.O.D. This faith in Jesus influences their music, but lead singer Lacey Mosley doesn't necessarily believe that makes Flyleaf a strictly Christian band. The bassist was replaced by Kirkpatrick Seals in 2002 after he left his previous band The Grove.Īll five members of the band are of the Christian faith. When they were still playing as Listen, they played with bassists Josh C. 'Sameer and Jared are really experimental with melodies and pedals, and we all had different influences that were all blending together with the same passionate and hopeful heart, and that brought out this beautiful feeling. Later on guitarists Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya were recruited. The band cites influences such as Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Incubus, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana.Įarly on, vocalist Lacey Mosley began playing music with drummer James Culpepper. Their music is a mix of hard rock styles. And, that's kind of what our songs are – personal messages that provide a few moments of clarity before the story begins'. 'It's the dedication page, the place you write a message to someone you're giving a book to.

'A flyleaf is the blank page at the front of a book,' explains Lacey Mosley, Flyleaf's vocalist. They originated as a band called Listen, and then changed name to Passerby, but due to an existing band owning the rights to that name, their name was changed to Flyleaf after they were signed to their record label. Flyleaf is an American rock band, formed in Belton, Texas, United States in 2000.

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