Third Day
Background information
Origin	Marietta, Georgia USA
Genre(s)	CCM Pop Rock
Years active	1994 - Present
Label(s)	Essential Records
Website	http://www.thirdday.com/
Members
Mac Powell Tai Anderson Brad Avery David Carr Mark Lee

Third Day is a Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell and guitarist Mark Lee. The other band members are Tai Anderson (bass), David Carr (drums), and Brad Avery (guitars). The band's name is a reference to the biblical account of Jesus rising from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Historic Downtown Marietta Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Present may mean: present (time): time that is neither past nor future a gift: thing given free of charge, gratis This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian music label based in Franklin, Tennessee. ... Mac Powell is the lead singer for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... Tai Anderson is the Bass player for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... Brad Avery is a guitarist for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... David Carr is the drummer for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... Mark David Lee (b. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Historic Downtown Marietta Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Mac Powell is the lead singer for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Mark David Lee (b. ... Tai Anderson is the Bass player for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... David Carr is the drummer for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Brad Avery is a guitarist for the Christian rock band Third Day. ... The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

History

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Third Day performing live at Hillsong Church, Sydney.

Third Day had regional success with their Indie release entitled Contagious and were signed by an indie label called GrayDot Records in 1994. Third Day was the first band signed to Reunion Records in 1995, where they released their eponymous first mainstream album. They have since followed it with seven additional albums and one mini-album. Beginning with Southern Tracks, Third Day signed with Essential Records. The group won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2003, 2005 for Come Together, Wire (respectively), and a third Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album in 2007 for Wherever You Are. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 291 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Third Day performing live at Hillsong Church, Sydney. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 291 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Third Day performing live at Hillsong Church, Sydney. ... Inside Hillsong Church, Sydney. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920, in the city limits. ... Reunion Records is a Brentwood, Tennessee based independent record label started in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian music label based in Franklin, Tennessee. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album has been awarded since 1991. ... Come Together is the fifth album by Christian rock band Third Day. ... Wire is the seventh album by Christian rock band Third Day. ... The Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album has been awarded since 1991. ... Wherever You Are is Third Days sixth studio album, and the bands ninth album overall. ...

Members

Current

• Mac Powell - vocals/guitar
• Mark Lee - guitars
• Brad Avery - guitars
• Tai Anderson - bass
• David Carr - drums/percussion
• Scotty Wilbanks - keyboards

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Past

• Billy Wilkins, keyboards. Wilkins was one of the original members of Third Day, from 1991 to 1993, along with Powell and Lee. He was also with the group when Anderson and Carr joined, both of whom were still in high school at the time. He is currently a high school teacher at McEachern High School, where both Powell and Lee graduated in 1991. He has recorded with Third Day as recently as 2003, when he played "Blessed Assurance" on a project for author/speaker Max Lucado. In 2007, film footage of three of the band's earliest concerts were released on the project "Chronology I," in which Billy is included. The project reached #2 on Billboard's Album Charts within its first two weeks of release.

• Geof Barkley, keyboards. Barkley (formerly of Geoff Moore and the Distance) played keyboards on every live album in the band's history and every live show for nearly seven years. Barkley also performed on Wherever You Are. Although never officially a member of the band, Brad Avery has described Barkley as '"in the band", but he's not a "member" of Third Day, that's two different things. But he is in the band, and he plays with us live every night, and he rocks.' Barkley's background vocals in songs such as "God of Wonders" and "Took My Place" as well as "You Are So Good To Me" have become integral parts of Third Day's live sound. Barkley finished touring with Third Day on October 21, 2005 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Third Day February 25, 1997 Certified: US - Gold	Conspiracy No. 5 August 26, 1997	Time August 24, 1999 Certified: US - Gold	Offerings: A Worship Album July 11, 2000 Certified: US - Platinum
Come Together November, 2001 Certified: US - Gold	Offerings II: All I Have To Give March 4, 2003 Certified: US - Gold	Wire May, 2004 Certified: US - Gold	Live Wire 2004 Certified: US - Platinum
Wherever You Are November 1, 2005 Certified: US - Gold	Christmas Offerings October 17, 2006	Chronology, Volume One March 27, 2007

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EPs

• "Alien Single" (1997) - (Out of print. Released as a demonstration album on Reunion Records before "Conspiracy no. 5". Contains three tracks including songs "Alien," "Agnus Dei," and "You Are Not Alone.")
• "Southern Tracks" (1999) - (Out of print. Released with limited copies of "Time" and contains four tracks: "Long Time Comin'", "It's About Time", "She Sings in Riddles," and "Underwater.")
• "Carry Me Home" (2002) - (Out of print. Recorded to benefit HABITAT FOR HUMANITY during the Come Together tour. Contains five tracks including "Sky Falls Down (Live)", "King of Glory (Live)", "1000 Years" and "Cross of Nails" along with the title track.)
• "Wherever You Are (Bonus CD)" (2005) - (Out of print. Released with pre-order of "Wherever You Are". Contains 2 unreleased tracks ("Falling To Pieces" and "That's How the Story Goes") and a remixed version of "Cry Out To Jesus".)

Independent albums

• "Long Time Forgotten" (1993)
• "Contagious" (1994)
• "Third Day (Gray Dot Release)" (1995) - (Many of the songs released on these albums were remastered and released on their self-titled album.)

Music videos

• Consuming Fire (1996)
• You Make Me Mad (1997)
• Your Love Oh Lord (1999)
• Cry Out To Jesus (2006) - The original shooting of the "Cry Out To Jesus" music video.
• Cry Out To Jesus (Band Version) (2006) - A shooting of the "Cry Out To Jesus" music video in which the band enters the studio through one continuous shot lasting over half of the song. Released for the "Chronology: Volume I" DVD.

Live DVDs

• The Offerings Experience (2002)
• The Come Together Tour (2003)
• Live Wire (2004)

Awards

Grammy Awards

• 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Come Together
• 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album of the Year for Wire
• 2006 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year for Wherever You Are

Gospel Music Awards

• 1998 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Conspiracy No. 5
• 1998 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for Alien
• 1999 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for Exodus
• 2000 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Time
• 2001 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2001 Dove Award for Artist of the Year
• 2001 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for Sky Falls Down
• 2001 Dove Award for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for Offerings - A Worship Album
• 2001 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for City on a Hill - Songs of Worship and Praise
• 2002 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2002 Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year for Third Day Live in Concert - The Offerings Experience
• 2002 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year for Come Together
• 2002 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for Come Together
• 2003 Dove Award for Group of the Year
• 2003 Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for 40 Days
• 2003 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for City On A Hill - Sing Alleluia
• 2004 Dove Award for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for Offerings II - All I Have to Give
• 2004 Dove Award for RLong Form Music Video of the Year for Third Day Live in Concert, The Come Together Tour
• 2005 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year for The Passion of Christ: Songs
• 2005 Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year for Wire
• 2006 Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year for Cry Out to Jesus
• 2007 Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year for Christmas Offerings

Fans

Some Fans of the band are collectively called Gomers. Gomer, in a sense, is their last name. Each Gomer chooses a first name, such as Happy Gomer, Mac Gomer etc. In the Bible, Gomer is the name of the prophet Hosea's unfaithful wife. No matter how many times Gomer left Hosea, Hosea would always rescue her when she got into trouble. This story is explored in Third Day's song "Gomer's Theme". Fans began using the name for themselves on the forums of the Third Day website in 2001, as a way of identifying their human unfaithfulness to God and accepting his "purchase" as Hosea did. When attending Third Day concerts, Gomers wear the color orange, so that the band can see them easily from the stage.^[1] Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... Gomer (גֹּמֶר, Standard Hebrew Gómer, Tiberian Hebrew Gōmer) is the eldest son of Japheth, and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. ... See also Hoshea, who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew. ...

In San Diego, CA, Third Day's inspirational song "Tunnel" can be heard each Friday at 10:00am on Rock 105.3 (callsign KIOZ); it is used by the host of The Mikey Show, Mike Esparza. Esparza is a born-again Christian DJ who turned his life around after coming to grips with addiction and a stay at The Betty Ford Center. He closes the morning drive show out each Friday using the song as a backdrop while reiterating his love for God and encourages others to make changes in their lives for the positive by embracing Christianity. KIOZ-FM, also known as Rock 1053, is a Rock station in San Diego, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Rancho Mirage, California, co-founded by former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, in 1982. ...

Notes

1. ^ A longer explanation of what the term Gomer means

External links

• Official Third Day site
• Gomer Fan Site
• Gomertopia (Official Gomer Website)
• Official Myspace page