Stellar Kart

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Stellar Kart

| image = Stellar kart dove award.jpg

| caption = Stellar Kart received a Dove Award in 2007

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| background = group_or_band

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| origin = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

| genre = Christian punk, pop punk, power pop

| years_active = 2001–2014

| label = Word, INO, Inpop

| associated_acts = Audio Adrenaline

| past_members = * Adam Agee

Nick Baumhardt
Jeremi Hough
Aliegh Shields
Taylor Sitera
Cody Pellerin
Jon Howard
Jordan Messer
Brian Calcara

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Stellar Kart was an American Christian pop punk band{{Cite web |title=Stellar Kart Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stellar-kart-mn0000257233 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Inpop Records and Capitol Records. The band released their first album, All Gas. No Brake, in February 2005. Most of their singles have been accepted exclusively on Christian radio stations such as Air 1. Their song "Me and Jesus" from their 2006 album We Can't Stand Sitting Down hit No. 1 for seven weeks on the Hot Christian Songs chart and won the 2007 Dove Award for "Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song"."[http://www.doveawards.com/categories/ 38th Annual Dove Award Recipients] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322094922/http://www.doveawards.com/categories/ |date=March 22, 2005 }}". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved April 26, 2007. Their song "Something Holy" from their 2010 album Everything Is Different Now, an album which adopts a more "worshipful" flavor charted at No. 23 on Billboard Magazine for eighteen weeks.{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=stellar kart|chart=all}} |title=Something Holy- Stellar Kart |author= Billboard.com |date= September 11, 2010 |publisher= Billboard.com |access-date=October 13, 2012}} Their latest full-length album, All In, was released on August 27, 2013.

The band released an EP of covers of songs from the 2013 film Frozen, on April 15, 2014{{cite web|url=http://stellarkart.com/frozen-ep-everywhere/ |title='Frozen EP' is Now Available Everywhere! |publisher=Stellar Kart |access-date=May 30, 2014}}{{Better source| date=May 2014| reason=This is a primary source and a secondary source should be provided to show that the EP is somehow notable.}} before disbanding that same year. Lead vocalist Adam Agee subsequently became the lead vocalist of Audio Adrenaline{{cite news|last1=Thomasos|first1=Christine|title=Audio Adrenaline Frontman Adam Agee Talks Why Band Won't Change Name, Stellar Kart's New Music, God Calling Him to Audio A (Interview)|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/audio-adrenaline-frontman-adam-agee-talks-why-band-wont-change-name-stellar-karts-new-music-god-calling-him-to-audio-a-interview-139765/|work=Christian Post|date=May 31, 2015}} and later Newsboys.

History

The Phoenix-based band started in a youth group. Adam Agee and Jordan Messer led worship, with former bass player Tay Sitera joining them on weekends. Cody Pellerin joined them prior to being signed and Brian Calcara replaced Sitera after their debut release. In 2009, Pellerin left the band to spend more time with his wife, and in 2010 joined the band Our Hearts Hero as lead guitarist. Jon Howard (formerly of Dizmas) stepped in on lead guitar for Stellar Kart. After Jon Howard left the band to become a touring guitarist for Paramore, former Thousand Foot Krutch touring guitarist Nick Baumhardt (husband of Superchick lead singer Tricia Baumhardt) has joined the band. Stellar Kart derived their band name from working with kids on youth camps.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} Their name is often abbreviated SK, as seen in the band's music videos to "Activate" and "Life is Good". The band has been interviewed on various television shows, including TMW and The Zone (on the Christian IPTV service Sky Angel). Stellar Kart has also appeared on a season finale of the Logan Show.

The band's third album, Expect the Impossible, was released on February 26, 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ExpecttheImpossible.asp|title=Stellar Kart, "Expect the Impossible" Review|website=Jesusfreakhideout.com|access-date=September 16, 2020}} Their album, titled Everything Is Different Now, was initially made available during November 2009 at concerts/online only—its official release in stores was March 9, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/StellarKart.asp|title=Stellar Kart Discography|access-date=November 29, 2009|publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout}}

Stellar Kart has been an opening act for bands such as Kutless on the Strong Tower Tour and Newsboys on the Go Tour. The band's first headlining tour began on December 1, 2006, and was called the Punk The Halls Tour. Support for this Christmas tour came from Run Kid Run, Eleventyseven, and Esterlyn; it went so well that they decided to do the Punk the Halls Tour every year. Stellar Kart performed on the main stage at Onefest and the main stage of Creation 2007. Stellar Kart recently played on a Lifelight circuit concert in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with the bands The Switch and Remedy Drive. On June 9, 2007, Stellar Kart played its first international concert at the E.O. Youth Day in the Netherlands in front of an audience of 35,000. In the beginning of 2008 the band began the Expect the Impossible Tour; this was their first headlining tour that wasn't for the holidays. They performed on the Fringe Stage at Creation 2008 and 2009. In 2009 they played at Rock the light in Kansas City, Missouri.

In 2005, Stellar Kart released their debut album All Gas. No Brake. Singles include "Finish Last", "Life Is Good", "Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi cover), and "Spending Time."

In July 2006, Stellar Kart released their second studio album We Can't Stand Sitting Down. Singles include "Me and Jesus", "Activate", and "Hold On". "Me and Jesus" charted at No. 18 on US Christian charts for three weeks.{{citation needed|date= August 2012}}

Their album Expect the Impossible was released in February 2008. Singles include "Jesus Loves You", "Shine Like The Stars", "Innocent", and "I Give Up". "Jesus Loves You" charted at No. 24 for four weeks.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Their single "We Shine" was released in 2009, and charted at No. 46. Their first compilation album, Life Is Good: The Best of Stellar Kart was released in February 2009, which includes remixes of previous songs.

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Everything Is Different Now, 2010}}

On March 9, 2010, their album Everything Is Different Now was released. The single "Something Holy" was released on the same date, and charted at No. 23 for three weeks. Lead vocalist Adam Agee explained that rather than focusing on more relational matters, on "Everything is Different Now" the material has more of a worshipful flavor. “We had performed at a camp earlier in the summer before recording, and we really discovered that we loved leading worship for youth again,” he said. “So we tried to find some of the songs that were our favorites and wrote a few new songs, too, and that eventually became "Everything is Different Now".{{Cite web|url=http://validate.perfdrive.com/cd6bfa9f9cdd2a071aa114a9470966c5/captcha?ssa=eb49261b-3436-46d6-9eb5-c4ee12b01328&ssb=ffmk4ad60gcci64le25dfg2cp&ssc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.songfacts.com%2Ffacts%2Fstellar-kart%2Fwe-shine&ssd=280409528666173&sse=kdilojnjohhfmgj&ssf=f83cf323fda084b13f8baf4b5c6c2d10fa85d3c2&ssg=ac903b25-9a2f-1a35-7815-90d9ee057e7b&ssh=5f1145fd-1ede-1a35-7816-8bb7ca14802f&ssi=f23a9391-89ae-1a35-6d36-d0edcd02f171&ssj=685e52f1-9e0d-1a35-7816-b8560348fdec&ssk=support@shieldsquare.com&ssl=965561298499&ssm=13503367575575286105507096191786&ssn=aaec7e2d2c7900d31566e47cca82637147e55f621a35682928.82578b22a4&sso=d68194956c31eddbf85c99e8f2d5c20d697c8203886f&ssp=56332686801600253988160020940952701&ssq=21336796475785540666064757487342662883491&ssr=MjA4LjgwLjE1My42MQ==&sss=Mozilla/5.0%20(compatible;%20Googlebot/2.1;%20+http://www.google.com/bot.html)&sst=ZoteroTranslationServer/WMF%20(mailto:services@lists.wikimedia.org)&ssu=Mozilla/5.0%20(compatible;%20Yahoo!%20Slurp;%20http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)&ssv=2mt32s23v9o2ov4&ssw=&ssx=701030644135526&ssy=gjddhdnk@obpgg@bigcaflbfml@iamgjkljijimm&ssz=5d9b59363128866&4b5130512064c6db5236af934748ba40308141b4|title=ShieldSquare Captcha|website=Validate.perfdrive.com|access-date=September 16, 2020}}

Stellar Kart released an EP, A Whole New World, on August 16, 2011, which includes four songs from Disney{{cite web |title=Stellar Kart, "A Whole New World EP" Review |url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/AWholeNewWorldEP.asp |website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com}} films including The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.{{cite web |url=http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/AWholeNewWorldEP.asp |title=Stellar Kart, "A Whole New World EP" |author= Fryberger, Scott|date= August 30, 2011|publisher= JFH|access-date=October 22, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Stellar Kart: Can You Feel The Love Tonight |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC9tUguJGts |website=youtube.com}}{{cite web |title=A Whole New World EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-whole-new-world/1545536197?i=1545536214 |website=music.apple.com}}

The studio release All In was released August 27, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/albumdetail.php?album_id=12995 |title=All In by Stellar Kart |date= June 13, 2013|publisher= NRT|access-date=August 27, 2013}} "Ones and Zeros", was released in the motion picture soundtrack for the film, God's Not Dead.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indievisionmusic.com/reviews/various-artists-gods-not-dead-the-motion-picture-soundtrack/|title=Various Artists - God's Not Dead: The Motion Picture Soundtrack - Reviews|date=February 20, 2014|website=Indievisionmusic.com|access-date=September 16, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmaddict.com/reviews_page.php?review_id=121|title=CMAddict Review of soundtrack for God's Not Dead film|website=Cmaddict.com|access-date=September 16, 2020}}

Band members

Final lineup

Adam Agee — lead vocals, guitar (2001–2014)
Nick Baumhardt — guitar, background vocals (2010–2014)
Aliegh Shields — bass guitar, background vocals (2012–2014)
Jeremi Hough — drums (2011–2014)

Former members

Taylor Sitera — bass (2001–2005)
Cody Pellerin — guitar, background vocals (2001–2009)
Jon Howard — guitar (2009–2010)
Jordan Messer — drums (2001–2011)
Brian Calcara — bass guitar, background vocals (2005–2011)

Timeline

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Discography

All Gas. No Brake. (2005)
We Can't Stand Sitting Down (2006)
Expect the Impossible (2008)
Life Is Good: The Best of Stellar Kart (2009)
Everything Is Different Now (2010)
All In (2013)

Awards

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Rock Album of the Year (All Gas. No Brake.) \|{{nom}}
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Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus") \|{{nom}}
Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Activate") \|{{nom}}
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus") \|{{won}}
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (We Can't Stand Sitting Down) \|{{nom}}
\| 2008 \| Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Procrastinating") \|{{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| 2009 \| Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Shine Like the Stars") \|{{nom}}
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Expect the Impossible) \|{{nom}}

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Rock Album of the Year (All Gas. No Brake.)

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Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus")

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Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Activate")

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Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Me and Jesus")

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Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (We Can't Stand Sitting Down)

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| Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Procrastinating")

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rowspan="2"| 2009

| Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Shine Like the Stars")

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Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Expect the Impossible)

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References

External links

[http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/podcasts/11569211/ CCM's Stellar Kart Podcast]
[http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11568855/ CCM Magazine Interview with Stellar Kart]

Category:American pop punk groups

Category:American power pop groups

Category:Christian punk groups

Category:Christian rock groups from Arizona

Category:Musical groups established in 2002

Category:Musical groups from Phoenix, Arizona

Category:American musical quartets

Category:2002 establishments in Arizona

Category:Inpop Records artists

Category:American performers of Christian music

Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2014