Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. The band played independently in Peterborough, Ontario for a few years before they signed with Tooth & Nail Records, largely on the recommendation of Trevor McNevan, the lead singer of fellow Tooth & Nail band Thousand Foot Krutch. McNevan, also from Peterborough, is credited with discovering the band. In July of 2004, Hawk Nelson released their major label debut Letters to the President. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle and McNevan, who also co-wrote the album's fourteen songs. He has also appeared on some of the band's songs, as well as in their video for the song "California". They won GMA Canada Covenant Award[1] for Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year in 2006. The band has achieved some success in the mainstream as well. They portrayed The Who on an episode of the NBC drama American Dreams, and they recorded a song named "Bring 'Em Out" for the 2005 motion picture Yours, Mine, and Ours. This song and another hit song "The Show" were used on Sunday Night Football comercials. "Things We Go Through" from Letters to the President was also featured in Yours, Mine, and Ours. In October of 2005, the band re-released Letters to the President, with new material including their cover of The Who's My Generation, three acoustic versions of some of their hits, and a limited edition cover. The band released their second studio album, titled Smile, It's The End of the World, on April 4, 2006. This album was also co-written by Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch). The album's first single, "Everything You Ever Wanted", went on to hit #1 for 9 weeks on the R&R Christian CHR chart, and was the fourth most played song of 2006.[2] The band spent the summer of 2006 touring t
1 | Things We Go Through | Letters to the President |
2 | The Show | Smile, It's The End Of The World |
3 | Zero | Smile, It's The End Of The World |
4 | Everything You Ever Wanted | Smile, It's The End Of The World |