TJ Harris
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| Birth name | Timothy James Harris |
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October 30, 1982 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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Timothy James "T. J." Harris (born October 30, 1982) was born in Winston-Salem, NC. He is a credited musician, singer and songwriter in the genre of Christian rock. He is currently the lead vocalist of Decyfer Down.
Not much is known about Harris' early years. He was born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC.
TJ Harris formed the band Fighting Instinct, along with Dallas Farmer and Jason Weekly. The band started out in Greensboro, North Carolina. The band had a small fanbase and didn't receive much attention, initially. After they got signed by Gotee Records, they released their first album on July 27, 2006, which was self-titled. TJ Harris did the Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar on this album. A few singles of the album, including "I Found Forever", "Back to You" and "Just to Please You" charted in the top 10 of active Christian Rock charts, with virtually no touring. "Back to You" was also featured on "Gotee Hits", a Gotee Records compilation. Harris also recorded his vocals on an acoustic version of "Back to You", which was featured on one of Gotee's compilations, "Gotee Acoustic".
In October 2008, the band announced an upcoming 5-song EP on their MySpace page, along with an announcement, saying that they were going to disband by the end of the year. Although this wasn't ever stated in the announcement, Harris had been filling in for Decyfer Down's shows all along, and had been asked to join the band as their Lead Vocalist, Caleb Oliver, had to leave due to personal issues. Harris claimed in an interview that it was a tough decision to leave Fighting Instinct for Decyfer Down.
On October 28, 2008, Fighting Instinct released its 2nd and final work, the Under The Gun - EP. Although it wasn't announced, they added four bonus tracks and created a special edition 9-track album named Under The Gun.
Apart from the albums and the EP, Harris, along with Fighting Instinct, recorded a cover of "Like It, Love It, Need It" by DC Talk.
After being asked to join the band in late 2008, Harris agreed to it and moved on from Fighting Instinct to Decyfer Down. Their former Lead Vocalist, Caleb Oliver, had left the band after recording the Crash album, and only a while before its release. The record label let Decyfer Down release a 3-track EP, called Crash - Digital EP, consisting of Oliver's Vocals. However, the remaining songs were never released on the internet, and Harris had to record his Vocals on every track. He brought two tracks to the album, named "Desperate" and "Moving On", which were both written by him. The song "Desperate" was the first song on Under The Gun - EP and Under The Gun special edition album released by Fighting Instinct. Although "Moving On" was not released before this, Harris claimed in an interview that he had recorded a demo of it with Fighting Instinct and they were intending to release it, which they never actually did.
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