Foolish Things

Christian 5-piece band Foolish Things hails from Aurora, Colorado. The band consists of five members: Mark Labriola II (Vocals/Guitar), Isaac Jorgensen (Vocals/Guitar), James Rightmer (Vocals/Guitar/Keyboad), Nate Phillips (Bass) and Shaul Hagen (Drums). Labriola and Jorgensen are the bands main songwriters and cite being influenced by bands such as Switchfoot, Coldplay and DC Talk. TitleTrakk.com’s Tracy Darlington describes the sound of the band thus: “Think Delirious? meets Downhere. Throw in some early U2, a dash of Edison Glass, and a slight melancholy feel, and you have their winning recipe.” This sound is coupled with a talent-riddled collection of honest and poignant lyrics. The band was formed out of local youth ministry in 1998 when the main person responsible for worship left the Church. Foolish Things stepped out in faith and volunteered to fill the gap, before any of the members knew how to play an instrument. "We have absolutely nothing to boast about. We never set out to do the band thing. We're just a group of friends who wanted to serve our youth group." Nate Phillips. Their name is taken from 1 Corinthians 1:27-29. From their humble, local roots Foolish Things went on to win the “Seminar in the Rockies” Christian band competition in 2000 and were signed to InPop Records. Since then they have opened for other notable Christian artists including Skillet, Building429 and Jennifer Knapp. The vision of the band is perhaps best described by bassist Nate Phillips: “From the beginning, we’ve used music as a tool to strengthen and challenge the body of Christ, as well as to reach out to the lost. We will stay true to this mission by loving people with music and writing songs that are relevant and real. Our relationship with Christ is a journey with ups and downs, and the songs will reflect our journey.” After several independent releases, they released Let’s Not Forget The Story in 2005 (re-released with InPop in 2006). The CD included Can’t Believe, which suite101.com’s Kevan Breitinger describes as “what Van Gogh would play if he had a guitar” and Spirit Come which he describes as “infectious pop rock”. Their sophmore album with InPop entitled Even Now was released in January 2008 with tracks such as Fly and Shooting In The Dark. Foolish Things have also launched a tour called “Three Who Need” which seeks to provide a place for Christians to reach their friends by encouraging them to pray for three friends and bring them to the concert to hear both the band and the Gospel. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.