Holy Soldier was formed in 1985 by bassist Andy Robbins during his junior year in high school. The band's concept was to form a group of individuals with common musical interests and faith in God. During the first few years the group had made a large impact on the LA club scene, selling out clubs and receiving attention from record companies and booking agencies. In 1989 the group inked deals with Word/A&M records and International Creative Management (ICM). Shortly after their debut release HOLY SOLDIER< they received international recognition launching a tour that covered 60 US cities, Japan, Canada, and Central America. HOLY SOLDIER went up Billboard's CCM sales charts to #7 and also, in 1991 received Dove Awards for Metal Album of the Year and Metal Recorded Song of the Year for the song "STRANGER". Radio wise, the group had treat success with "STRANGER" holding #1 on the CCM Hard Rock charts for 17 consecutive weeks and follow up singles "SEE NO EVIL" and "TEAR DOWN THE WALLS" also hitting #1.
In 1992 the band released LAST TRAIN, their follow up CD on Word/Epic records, and again hit the road for over a year covering the US, Europe, Japan and Mexico. LAST TRAIN charted #10 on Billboards CCM sales chart and received Dove Award nominations for Rock Song of the Year for the songs "LAST TRAIN" and "DEAD END DRIVE" and also received from The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), an award for the song "LAST TRAIN". The song "VIRTUE AND VICE" hit #1 on rock radio for 6 weeks and the song "LAST TRAIN" hit #2 for 8 weeks.
In 1994, the band signed with ForeFront Records and recorded their current release PROMISE MAN. This explosive CD brought Holy Soldier's sound straight to the heart of today's modern rock.
PROMISE MAN has already received Dove Awards for Hard Rock Album of the Year and Hard Rock Recorded Song of the Year for the title cut "PROMISE MAN". Radio wise, the song "PROMISE MAN" held the #1 position for 4 weeks, "RUST" hit #3 and the latest single, "MY WORLD" currently holds the #1 position on CCM's rock radio charts.
The first video of this release, "WHY DON'T YOU LOOK INTO JESUS" which is a remake of the Larry Norman classic, is receiving moderate rotation on CCM video programs.
Currently, the band is planning to tour Internationally throughout the fall and winter before heading back into the studio to record their next release in '97.
