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Newsboys (sometimes stylized as [[AllLowercaseLetters newsboys]]) are a ChristianRock band of Australian origin, formed in 1985, and originally called "The News" before migrating to the US in 1987 and changing their name. Survived in obscurity until 1994, when a song called "Shine" suddenly caught on, catapulting them to the forefront of Christian popular music.

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Newsboys (sometimes stylized as [[AllLowercaseLetters newsboys]]) are a an Australian ChristianRock band of Australian origin, band, formed in 1985, and originally called "The News" before migrating to the US in 1987 and changing their name. Survived in obscurity until 1994, when a song called "Shine" suddenly caught on, catapulting them to the forefront of Christian popular music.
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-->--'''"Wherever We Go"'''

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Their music is pretty much everywhere on Christian radio, though songs with less of a "pop" sound don't get much play. Their style can be anywhere from pop rock, to slow ballads, to dance, to disco (especially ''Love Liberty Disco'', natch). Their lyrics have religious themes mixed in with wordplay and weird imagery.

Newsboys have changed their lineup quite a few times over the years: the only original member is frontman Peter Furler, who decided in 2009 to stop touring with the band - though he's still writing their songs and producing their [=CDs=]. He has gone on to pursue a moderately successful solo career in the Christian music scene. Recently he and former bassist/vocalist [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Phil Joel]] re-teamed with the current group to produce the aptly-titled album ''United''.

They've been produced by Music/SteveTaylor since their album ''Going Public,'' which is when the band's fortunes really started to take off. Probably not a coincidence, considering that Taylor has been involved heavily in writing the band's lyrics and mixing their songs.

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Their music is pretty much everywhere on Christian radio, though songs with less of a "pop" sound don't get much play. Their style can be anywhere from pop rock, to slow ballads, to dance, to disco (especially on ''Love Liberty Disco'', natch). Their lyrics have religious themes mixed in with wordplay and weird imagery.

Newsboys have changed their lineup quite a few times over the years: the only original member is frontman Peter Furler, who decided in 2009 to stop touring with the band - band, though he's still writing their songs and producing their [=CDs=]. He has gone on to pursue a moderately successful solo career in the Christian music scene. Recently he He and former bassist/vocalist [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Phil Joel]] later re-teamed with the current group to produce the aptly-titled album ''United''.

They've been produced by Music/SteveTaylor since their album ''Going Public,'' which is when the band's fortunes really started to take off. Probably This is probably not a coincidence, considering that Taylor has been involved heavily in writing the band's lyrics and mixing their songs.
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* PreachersKid: Peter Furler is the [[MassiveNumberedSiblings third of six children]] born to a pair of missionaries.
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* StealthPun: The song "Elle G." can be considered an elegy (which Wiki/TheOtherWiki defines as "a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead").

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* StealthPun: The song "Elle G." can be considered an elegy (which Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki defines as "a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead").
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** Wiki/TheOtherWiki's page on this band even has the band's discography split into "eras" depending on whether James, Furler, or Tait was the lead singer.

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** Wiki/TheOtherWiki's Website/TheOtherWiki's page on this band even has the band's discography split into "eras" depending on whether James, Furler, or Tait was the lead singer.
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* StageNames: Phil Joel dropped his surname, Urry, due to pronunciation issues.[[note]]It's an alternate spelling of "Urie" (as in [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon]]), and pronounced exactly the same.[[/note]]
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* TheMovie: ''Down Under the Big Top'', made in 1996 to promote ''Take Me to Your Leader'' and common viewing at many a church youth group meeting of the time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzNr54MV5s&t=1s Now available in its entirety]] on Website/YouTube.

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* TheMovie: ''Down Under the Big Top'', made in 1996 to promote ''Take Me to Your Leader'' and common viewing at many a church youth group meeting of the time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxzNr54MV5s&t=1s com/watch?v=IhBtwfYpx_8&list=PLCD59A485E78C098C&index=1 Now available in its entirety]] on Website/YouTube.
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* StageNames: Phil Joel dropped his surname, Urry, due to pronunciation issues.[[note]]It's an alternate spelling of "Urie" (as in [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon]]), and pronounced exactly the same.[[/note]]
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* StageNames: Phil Joel dropped his surname, Urry, due to [[NoPronunciationGuide pronunciation issues.]][[note]]It's an alternate spelling of "Urie" (as in [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon]]), and pronounced exactly the same.[[/note]]

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* StageNames: Phil Joel dropped his surname, Urry, due to [[NoPronunciationGuide pronunciation issues.]][[note]]It's [[note]]It's an alternate spelling of "Urie" (as in [[Music/PanicAtTheDisco Brendon]]), and pronounced exactly the same.[[/note]]

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