Wish I had gotten to see Newsboys live with John James as frontman. First time I got to see them was on the Love Liberty Disco tour. Which was fantastic, but yeah wish I had caught them in the earlier years.
I remember several things about this era of the Newsboys. 1. How weird John James was. 2. How much energy he brought to a live show. 3. How much better their concerts were than their albums (IMO).
John James is a little weird but during that time. 1. It is called drugs. 2 It is called coke. 3. He sings some live, but the chorus is dubbed, it's very obvious. But still very entertaining.
Wow! This is newsboys back in the days! This brings back so many memories when I first started listening to modern Christian music! The newsboys were one of the first groups I listened too! Thank you for posting this!
Wow ! Thanks so much for posting this great piece of history from my glory days of Christian concerts ! This tour was the first time I saw them live. I came to faith in '89 and began to discover Christian bands around 1990ish. Early Newsboys were top of my list. Thanks again for bringing this memory !
Saw it! Honestly its cool tho. He bounced back now preaching. He's stronger than ever. But yeah, he is the only front man for newsboys in my opinion. The others are just good , but john james always amped his audience, natural born performer
This Not Ashamed tour came to my church September 17th in 1993(it was a busy day I remember details- lol) - this was pretty much what I remember the show being like. Good times! As far as John James testimony goes I think his drug problems were a few years later. Hard to hide habits for too long, but he was always physically fit.
Apparently Peter sang lead vocals far more then we realized during the JJ era. Go back to Not Ashamed through the next couple albums and you’ll realize a lot of it is actually Furler.
@@rockmediaproductions8780 I think you are right. Wonder why Peter started singing more leads when John was clearly the better singer. Kinda makes you wonder. Control freak perhaps?
@@garyricenc control freak? John James sang virtually all of the leads for the first 3 albums I think..it was not ashamed where furler started singing more.
+Doug Cline George left the band in 1990.(I think) I believe there are two in this Jody Davis and Duncan Phillips. Duncan played the keys before he moved to the drums.
I miss John James, played the drums! John James and Peter Fuller were the original newsboys FROM Australia. Now it seems like they are confused if there newsboys or newgirls or something like that. I no John James didn't want the fame and left the newsboys and went back home to Australia. And Peter Fuller continued and the band members changed every 3 to 6 month's. I'm really confused what their name stands for anymore. It's not. Newsboys with John James and Oi!!!!
