Joel Hanson was the lead singer and guitarist for Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band PFR

PFR

PFR was a Christian music group in the mid 1990s. Although the group disbanded in 1997, they reunited in 2000 and have since recorded two albums, and they continue to play together.-History:...

. After the breakup of the band, he went on to a solo career with the albums Captured and Broken. Joel is a songwriter who has collaborated with several artists across the music industry, including Sara Groves

Sara Groves

Sara Groves is an American Contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author....

, Geoff Moore

Geoff Moore

In 1988, Geoff Moore and the Distance released their first official album together, entitled A Place to Stand. They also recorded Foundations in 1989 for Sparrow Records. After a while, they jumped to Forefront Records and recorded Pure and Simple in 1990.They followed in 1992 with A Friend Like U...

, and Phil Keaggy

Phil Keaggy

Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...

. Joel is currently performing with The Joel Hanson Band. His brother Jade is the lead singer for the Christian rock band Believable Picnic.

PFR

• Pray For Rain
• Goldie's Last Day
• Great Lengths
• Them
• The Late Great PFR
• Disappear
• The Bookhouse Recordings
• The Very Best of PFR

External links

• Joel Hanson on MySpace
• www.westwoodcc.org