The song Breakfast was a fictional story about these guys in their high school. They weren't athletes or jocks or smart students or anything like that. But they had their own breakfast club, every morning they'd get together and eat cereal together. One day the leader of their club gets sick and he's in the hospital on his deathbed, there he realises what's most important in life. And so his final words to his fellow breakfast clubbers were the chorus of the song. That's where it all comes from.

Hi guys, I'm going to see you in concert in Hershey PA!! I can't wait. I'm just curious, what is your favorite Christian Band (besides newsboys). I'm intrested to find out. See you on the 18th. I am the lead singer of a new band called the LIDS(little insugnificant dusty students) We have the same type of style as Seven Day Jesus ( another great band) see you later. Joe Giachero

With 6 guys in the band we all like a lot of different bands. Obviously Plankeye is one of our favorites. That's probably why we picked them to go on tour with us. We enjoy Third Day a lot too. We had a chance to tour with them and do some dates with them this year. We enjoy them as well. It looks like we're going to do the second leg of the "Take me to your Leader" tour with them and Plankeye starting next January and February.

From: PAUL TENPENNY (MTGD14A)

HELLO GUYS: I FIRST HEARD OF YOU VIA A MYLON LEFEVRE VIDEO...WHAT IS HE UP TO LATELY, BESIDES HIS BRIEF VISITS WITH KENNETH COPELAND. IS HE STILL RECORDING? PAUL TENPENNY MTGD14A

Mylon is mostly speaking at churches. We run into him every now and then. He is actually Peter's (our drummer) father in law. He was at Kingdom Bound doing some preaching. Pretty much speaking engagements. He's still doing music though and doing songs as well. He's keeping pretty busy. He's doing just as good as he's ever done.

My whole family loves your music!!! Is there any possibility you could come to the Napa, CA area? Brannon Johnson Napa CA CQFA23B@prodigy.com

We just wrapped up a string of shows that went all thru California. We played in Irvine, Fresno, Redding... We did about 5 or 6 shows in California. We'll probably be back next summer for the festivals.

NEWSBOYS: I REALLY LOVE YOUR MUSIC, AND APPRECIATE HOW YOU'RE REACHING THE KIDS OF THE 90's. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU ALL SPEND IN BIBLE STUDY, DEVOTION TIME, AND JUST GENERAL PRAYER?. your friend in Jesus k.j.

We all pretty much just go off on our own and have our own quiet times and read and stay in the word. We never get together for a formal prayer meeting on the bus but it seems like a lot of times we'll just start talking on the bus and it will turn out like a Bible study.

Hello, Newsboys! The first Christian conert I ever went to was a NOT ASHAMED concert in New York. Ever since that concert, I have only listened to Christian music, especially yours! I'm an "aspiring" singer, sort of. I love to sing, and I really want to try to start a band in college. Any suggestions? Thank you and God bless! All my love, Lauren Cuprill

Suggestions would be to stick with it. Practice and play wherever you can.

My kids want to know where John James learned to dance?
With that out of the way, looking forward to seeing them on Halloween, been reading great reviews about the tour. Loved "Under The Big Top" and last year on the tour, Peter and Duncan did a drum duet- AWESOME!!!!! Always looking forward to you guys coming to town!!!!
Thanx for being online. Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

John James' dancing comes from a complete lack of rhythm. That's how people with no rhythm dance.

Is it possible to pick a favorite album? I liked "Going Public" the best so far, none have been disappointing tho'. What about you guys? Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

I don't know if we could pick a favorite album ourselves. It's like having kids, you love them all the same. It's like every song has a special meaning. It would be hard to pick a favorite.

Greetings, I was amazed to read recently that y'all do something like 250 shows a year! How is life on the road (to that extent! I don't recall hearing of any other recent Christian group doing quite that many shows?)? Are any of you guys married? Have kids? Hope to get married <smile>? Peace, Chris Christian Music BB, Special Contributor Hebrews 12:14

Life on the road is good. It's been really long on this tour, doing 65 cities in 3 months. But we're all really good friends and we enjoy hanging out together. Yes, John's married to Vesna, Peter is married to Summer, Jody is married to Erika, Phil is married, his wife's name is Heather. Duncan just got engaged last week, getting married next May, and me, myself am not married but I hope to get married.

Hey! I've got a question for John!<G> I saw the band at Night of Joy and noticed you had hair! Why'd you decide to grow it out?<G> I'm just curious since you've had the bald thing going for so long.<G> By the way, great performance there! I didn't get to see the whole thing, but what I saw was great! I also enjoyed you all at Washington For Jesus! The crowd really responded well, It's too bad we were all separated about like 100 yards away from the stage! :-) Thanks! \o/ Jeremy

John grew out the hair because he lost a bet. (Classified info) But he has to grow hair for a year. He can cut it only at our discretion.

Hey! I just have one main question. What made you guys decide to use real instruments on "Take Me To Your Leader" instead of the electronic stuff of the past? It sounds really cool! Also, why'd you wait so long to do it? Well, that's all I have to say. God bless you on your tour and ministry! Daniel (ps. Come to Mobile again! I know we're small, but we're going all the way to Birmingham to see the show!)

Nothing really MADE us decide, we just thought it would be cool. When we started recording the album we were coming to a time in the band where we were just enjoying playing together live and we wanted to capture a lot of that live energy that you see onstage into the new album.

Hi! How are you doing? Good, I hope.I'm just typing to congradulate you on the awesome concert you put on at Ocean Grove in N.J. I especially liked the little testimony speech thing John James gave at the end,it was one of the best parts-even my mother agreed with me. That's one of the only times we agree!!(just kidding!!!)My friends and I also got the chance to see you at Creation,and were wondering if during the concert when Jodie (I think that's who it was) fell was it on purpose? In Christ, P.S.Tell Steve Taylor Hi!! Kim Mantuano 1Thessalonians4:16-17

Yes, thats one of Jody's favorite things to do is to fall all over the stage. He's actually getting quite good at it. (Just kidding, it was not on purpose and we all had a good laugh about it.)

Where did the "Take Me To Your Leader" idea come from? Or who? Thanx, see ya on Halloween!!!!! Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

It came from nowhere. Just all of a sudden somebody thought about it in the studio. We're all scifi buffs and thought it would be kinda cool and it blended it with what we're doing. John James is a major trekkie. He's one of the most psychotic trekkies I've ever seen. During our show, before the song "Take me me to your leader" we've got like two minutes of clips from like old scifi themes all pieced together to put a little plot before the song and its really, really funny.

One more for ya- my youth pastor ( my kids' youth pastor, I'm just a tad to old for a youth pastor but my kids sometimes say I belong there) always asks, "Newsboys? Are they a christian group? :-) What should I tell him in reply? And on Halloween, if there's a free minute, we can take you to our leader (youth) and you can tell him yourself :-). C-ya, Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

Yeah, I guess so!

Hi, Just wanted to ask about your upcoming tour with Josh McDowell. Will you approach your show any differently while touring with him? Why or why not? (I do wish you and Mr. McDowell the best...I think it's a great idea having a group like Newsboys touring with someone like Josh McDowell.) Peace, Chris Christian Music BB, Special Contributor Hebrews 12:14

No, we just go out and no matter where we play, we do our show. We just do what we do. We played with Tony Bennett two weeks ago in Boston. We got to meet him, take pictures...it was cool!

Hey Newsboys! I was wondering, as I ask this to most of our musical guests, what was one of, or the most awesome experiences "spiritually" that you have had at one of your concerts, are there any one's that stand out? If so, we'd love to hear about it and be blessed in the process! (this can pertain to you all personally or the crowd's response) Thanks! \o/ Jeremy

Yeah, there is one that stands out for me, it would have to be when we played Brazil ealier this year. We played in Sao Paulo, the capitol of Brazil. There's about 20,000 people there, none of which spoke English at all. But when it came time for the worship part of the show, there was like no difference between here and there. Even though we were in the whole other part of the world. These people were still worshipping God and totally understood what was going on. It was really incredible.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home, There's no place like home...click click click. So, how's life on the bus? Who keeps who entertained (aka..who keeps the bus driver awake?) Can you tell us a little of something of life on the road? Thanx See ya on Halloween!!!!! Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

Life on the bus, well, tag team wrestling until 4 in the morning on the bus keeps us entertained alot. We don't usually leave the hall we play in until 2 or 3 in the morning. We're usually pretty tired and we actually sleep every night while the bus driver drives. So when we wake up, we're in the next town already. I sleep pretty good on the bus, there are 12 bunks in our bus, stacked 3 high. They're about the size of a coffin. You crawl in there and go to sleep. We usually carry our dirt bikes on the road and when we have days off we go camping and riding.

I just want to say that your movie was really great. I used it in my Youth Group and it went over really well. Makes me want to go out and get the accompanying curriculum. My youth were saying "Furvent Prayer" with an accent over and over agin for days. Really great job guys!! This is a mustn see for any Youth Group.

Hey!! Finally, someone whose music I love is on here!! I went to your concert on September 23 in Pineville, LA. It was awesome!!! My friend Annie caught the guitar pick you threw, and our youth intern Cody almost got a drumstick. So, anyway my questions......How did you guys get started in music?? What song was the hardest to write?? How did you come up with "Newsboys"?? I guess that's about it for now!! Love ya, Jennifer

We all got started in different ways. We're from three different countries and we just met and somehow got hooked up together. Personally, I got started thru my mom. She made me take piano lessons when I was four years old. Although I hated it at the time, I'm glad I stuck to it. I think there really isn't a song that was hardest to write, they're all equally as challenging except for maybe "Lost the Plot," because it dealt with some really personal issues.

Just a Quick , curius question. How did you guys manage to get teamed up with Plankeye? No insult to either of the bands, I like both very much. But the two of you have very different styles. In Christ, Soren GOD RULES !!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know, we just saw them play and we really liked them a lot. It seems like we all became friends real quick and we asked them to join us for this tour.

Hey, Newsboys!!! I was wondering, is there any chance that you all will be stopping through West Virginia any time soon? My friend is crazy for you, and she wanted me to ask you. I want to know too though. Do you know 4HIM in person? I got to meet them once. Well, see you all later. P.S. I LOVE "Shine". Committed to the Finish--Anita

I have no idea when we'll be in West Virginia. Probably sometime between now and next april.

Hey guys! I was going to go to your concert in Pineville, Louisiana, but I had a play practice that night and would've gotten kicked off had I not gone. Well we may be tiny but I'm begging you to come back. Although I think I would drive to Lafayette or Dallas or wherever to see ya'll. Here's two questions. One of them is sorta stupid and the other's more down to earth. First, at the Pineville concert my friend Annie caught one of the guitar picks and won't let me buy it off her. As I play guitar myself I think I'd cough up any amount of money for it. So any chance you'd send me one? Second, I noticed you guys all come from three different countries. How did you all meet and form Newsboys? Oh yeah, one more. Sorry. When you did meet, what told you that forming a band was what God intended for you? (I'm assuming you did feel Him calling you.) Thanks a bunch! Michelle

The band met about eight years ago. I don't think we really knew at the time that was what God intended for us. I've been with them for three years. Even though we didn't know that was what God had intended for us at the time, we were just willing to work and play wherever we could and fortunately, God has really been able to use us.

Hey, I saw you guys at Icthus year before last and think you're great! Do you think you'll ever go on tour with The Waiting? It would be a great show! -Amanda-

Probably not but you never know.

Hi Newsboys! Me again! Did you guys have much input on the design of your website, or was it just put together by some guy named Jimmy in the back of his van down by the river? <G> Seriously...did you guys get to help with it at all or was it handled by others? God bless!! in His service, Brandon (OatBran) http://pages.prodigy.com/oatbran 10/21/96 5:32PM ET

Yes, we do. We carry that digital camera with us on the road and take pictures and send them in to our website from all the different cities we go to. Peter is the main photographer.

HI Guys, Some of the artists talk a lot about accountability, do you guys use your local churches or pastors to help you stay on track? I know some artists use other people, I read DCTalk met with Brennen Manning before heading out and a lot in the Nashville area counsel with Pastor Scotty Smith, how about Newsboys? See ya on Halloween! Take care, Lord Bless & Abide (He promised) Keith (Christian Music Board Memrep) http://pages.prodigy.com/creation/keith.htm

Yes, we definitely do. Our bus driver is the pastor of a local church in Franklin, TN. We're also accountable to each other in the band. You know, iron sharpening iron.