Allies (band)

Allies
Origin	United States
Genres	Christian rock, contemporary Christian music
Years active	1985 – 1992
Labels	Light, DaySpring
Past members	Randy Thomas Bob Carlisle Sam Scott Matthew Chapman Jim Erickson Kenny Williams Scott Sheriff Mark Hill Brian Fullen

Allies is a Christian rock band. They released six albums during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Band members

The most notable band members were guitarist Randy Thomas, formerly of the Jesus music group Sweet Comfort Band and vocalist Bob Carlisle. Carlisle went on to pursue a solo career and recorded the hit song "Butterfly Kisses", which was co-written with Randy.

Sam Scott and Jimmy Erickson were both formerly of Psalm 150.

• Randy Thomas: guitars, vocals, bass (on first release)
• Bob Carlisle: lead vocals, guitars
• Sam Scott: electric keyboards, acoustic keyboards, vocals (1984–1986)
• Matthew Chapman: bass (1985–1991)
• Jim Erickson: drums (1985–1991)

• Kenny Williams: keyboards, saxophone, vocals (1987)
• Scott Sheriff: keyboards, vocals (1992)
• Mark Hill: bass, vocals (1992)
• Brian Fullen: drums (1992)

Discography

• Allies—1985 (Light Records)
• Virtues—1986 (Light Records)
• Shoulder to Shoulder—1987 (DaySpring Records)
• Long Way from Paradise—1989 (DaySpring)
• The River—1990 (DaySpring)
• Man with a Mission—1992 (DaySpring)
• The Light Years—1995 (Light Records) (compilation disc: contains three tracks from Allies and nine of the ten tracks from Virtues)

References

• Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, Hendrickson Publishers. p. 30. ISBN 1-56563-679-1