Delirious? are an English Christian rockand worship band, featuring Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stuart Garrard (also known as Stu G) on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Paul Evans on drums and percussion. Former drummer Stew Smith left the band at the end of April 2008[1]. His retirement was announced first at his last UK performance and then at his last ever performance at Hillsong Church in Australia.
Their 1994 song "I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever" has been called a "modern worship classic"[2] and is their best-known song in the United States.
It was announced via a press release on the 6th of July 2008 that Delirious? would break up at the end of 2009.
Delirious? began life as a worship band for a youth outreach event called "Cutting Edge", instigated by the Arun Community Church in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England.[3] As the popularity of these events increased, and the band also played at other "Cutting Edge" events along the South Coast reaching as far as Southampton.
The music became well known in Christian circles, and demand grew for recordings. Four EPs were released under the "Cutting Edge" name before the group made the decision to turn professional and change their name to "Delirious?" in 1996.[2] By that time, they had already sold over seventy thousand EPs by mail order.
Many of the band's most famous songs were written during this era, including "I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever", "The Happy Song", and "Lord, You Have My Heart". A composite edition of Cutting Edge was released to retail and sold Gold in Canada according to the CRIA and the band's Canadian distributor CMC Distribution.
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