Bleach (American band)

Bleach was formed at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky, in 1995, originally under the name Muffin.^[1]

In 1997, the band earned a Dove Award in the category of Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for its song "Epidermis Girl", from its first album Space.^[2] The follow-up album, Static, reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.^[3]

In 2004, the band members announced that they were disbanding.^[4] The band said goodbye to its fans in the form of a farewell tour, which was followed by the final album Farewell Old Friends released March 1, 2005.^[5] Their "last show" was performed on August 29, 2004, in Nashville, but on March 13, 2005, the band performed a reunion show to benefit the Aaron Marrs Memorial Fund. It also performed a reunion show at The O.C. Supertones's last show, at Biola University on October 7, 2005.

"Super Good Feeling" is on the Seltzer 2 album, "Waving Goodbye" on the Seltzer 3 album and a cover of dc Talk's "Heavenbound" on the Forefront Ten album. ^[2] In 2010, Bleach reunited.

Davy Baysinger and Jared Byers have a side project band: Royal Empire Music. They have written songs for a compilation CD series called My Other Band for Mono vs. Stereo records. Russ Fox is now^[when?] playing guitar in the rock band The Red Velvet and runs Huntington's Broadmoor Recording Studio.

Additionally, they made an appearance at the Cornerstone Festival in 2010,^[6] and at the Sonshine Festival in July 2010.^[7]

The band started their "Four States Tour" in July 2011 and began work on a EP which was never released.^[8] The band has maintained an active social media site^[9] and reunites to plays shows periodically. Most notably the "Rock 2 Adopt" acoustic show and auction May 23, 2017, with MercyMe, Plumb and Rhett Walker and "Journey Fest" July 17, 2021.^[10][11]

• Bleach's music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "Heartbeat", "Rock N Roll", "Static" and "Super Good Feeling" are included with the game.
• "Heartbeat" is used in the romantic comedy film Extreme Days (2001) and in its accompanying soundtrack.^[12]
• "Rock N Roll" is used in the second season of teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (episode 16), "Static" in the third season (episode 4), and "Super Good Feeling" the third season (episode 6).
• "We Are Tomorrow" was used on ESPN's SportsCenter in 2003.
• "Broke in the Head" is used in the first season of the television series Roswell (episode 8)^[13] and "Knocked Out" in the second season (episode 13) titled "Disturbing Behavior".
• "Good as Gold" is used in the third season of the "CW" show One Tree Hill (episode 7).^[13]

Current^[14]

• Davy Baysinger – singer (1995–2004, 2010–present)
• Sam Barnhart – guitar, vocals (1995–2004, 2010–present)
• Jerry Morrison – bass guitar (1995–2004, 2010–present)
• Milam Byers – lead guitar (1995–2004, 2010–present)
• Jared Byers – drums, loops, pan flute (1995–2004, 2010–present)