Fireflight (band)

Fireflight
Fireflight at Gravel Hill Festival 2013
Background information
Origin	Orlando, Florida
Genres	Christian rock, hard rock, alternative metal, electropop
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Essential, Flicker, Eight Track
Associated acts	Search the City
Website	fireflightrock.com
Members	Dawn Michele Wendy Drennen Glenn Drennen
Past members	Phee Shorb Justin Cox Adam McMillion

Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in ShoutFest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down. While touring, they wrote their third album, Unbreakable (2008), and released their first single off the album, "Unbreakable". They performed at Winter Jam 2010 and released their fourth full-length album For Those Who Wait in February. On December 1, 2010, they were nominated for their first Grammy award. In 2012 they came out with their fifth full-length album Now.

Guitarists Justin Cox and Glenn Drennen had gone to school together. Glenn had the idea to start a band with his wife Wendy (bassist) and Justin. They were then in need of a singer. Glenn and Wendy went to Glenn's younger brother's graduation and heard Dawn Richardson (later Dawn Michele) (lead singer) singing during the graduation service; they asked her to be in the group and she agreed to it. The band was looking for a drummer at this point, and through a mutual friend they met Phee Shorb, who agreed to play drums.

The name "Fireflight" was suggested by Dawn Michele shortly before they did a small performance at a church. The name Fireflight has no meaning, as suggested by the band in an interview with Jesus Freak Hideout.

They independently released the album Glam-rök, which was produced by guitarist Justin Cox, in 2002. They followed it up with the five-track EP On the Subject of Moving Forward in 2004 before they were signed to the major record label Flicker Records.

After years of touring (it is estimated they play 140 shows every year), they released their major label debut album The Healing of Harms in 2006 with two No. 1 singles "You Decide" and "Waiting." The album was a hit, peaking at No. 37 on Billboard magazine's Top Christian Albums chart. The song "You Decide," featuring Josh Brown of Day of Fire, was the top request at TVU music television in August 2006. It was the second most played song on Christian Rock radio stations according to the September 1, 2006 R&R magazine airplay chart, No. 11 on the R&R Christian Hit Radio charts on October 23, 2006, and No. 1 on the Christian Radio Weekly chart. On Billboard's chart, it peaked at No. 27 on the Hot Christian Singles chart and it finished in the Top 25 of 2006 for the network radio station Air1.