by Andrew Baker
Hardcore Christians | Growing Up | Music Education | The Beginning | Faith on the Road | Getting Personal | Ministry Opportunity | Music and Their Future
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Alyssa Duncan – Lead Singer
Lindsey Pierce – Rhythm/Lead Guitar
Melissa Newman – Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Katie Knott – Bass Guitar
Jessica Frizzell – Drums
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| "We still feel like a tiny little band doing what we can do.We're sitting out here in a cabin just hanging out, and we don't have a clue what's going on in the rest of the world. We have no idea how many people really know about us." |
I was able to catch up with the young women of Ilia while they were stuck in a southern Texas cabin following some van trouble. This would be their first interview since becoming a band.
Ilia consists of five young women with a common love of hard-core music and a desire to use that music to reach out to other young people, especially younger girls within the hard-core community.
This is truly a group of friends. Katie, Lindsey and Melissa have known each other since they were toddlers in Arkansas. After meeting Jessica at a youth retreat when they were 16, the four teens formed their first band.
A couple of years later, Melissa, Lindsey and Jessica attended a Music and Worship Arts College together in Memphis. Then in spring of 2007, Alyssa joined the group and they have been touring almost non-stop every since.
Each member of Ilia has their own story of heartache and the struggle to become who they were called to be.
Hardcore Christians | Growing Up | Music Education | The Beginning | Faith on the Road | Getting Personal | Ministry Opportunity | Music and Their Future
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