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The Knights of the New Crusade seem to be controversial to everyone. And that's probably the point. Their straight-ahead "Jesus is the only Way and without Him you'll perish" message is likely to turn off many non-Christians. Yet the other side of their message is an open rebuke to the "Christian" music market for watering down the message and chasing money and fame. Currently signed to Alternative Tentacles, the label owned by renowned non-believer, Jello Biafra, many wonder if the whole thing is not an elaborate gimmick. The Alternative Tentacles website explains their position: "we here at AT debated the...

Urban Knights is urban, R&B, smooth jazz band. The Urban Knights is an all-star smooth jazz band which features one of jazz greats, pianist Ramsey Lewis. Their first self-titled debut album in 1995 included prominent musicians Grover Washington Jr., Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey and the Emotions to name a few. Other great musicians have collaborated throughout the years with the Urban Knights such as Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), Gerald Albright, Najee, Jonathan Butler, Norman Brown, Dave Koz, Fareed Haque, and Earl Klugh. In 2000, Urban Knights III, was the supergroup's first album for the Narada label out of...

The Furys turned into the Wilde Knights around 1965 and they (Rich and Rick) wrote and recorded the original "Just Like Me", that Paul Revere and the Raiders had a huge hit with. Pat Benetar did a cover of "Just Like Me" as well. In that same recording session in Los Angeles in 1965, they recorded "Beaver Patrol" which was a little before it's time when it comes to being politically incorrect. "Beaver Patrol" was covered by a British group called "Pop Will Eat Itself". The Furys / Wilde Knights played many venues on the West coast including many night...

Jedi Knights is the neo-electro alias for Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton, best known as Global Communication AKA Reload & E621, Secret Ingredients, Link & E621, and The Chameleon. Jedi Knights first appeared on the Clear Label with their "May the Funk Be With You" EP and later releasing the "New School Science" LP on their own "Evolution/Universal Language" Records Label. They did remixes as Jedi Knights for Bomb the Bass (2 remixes of "Absorber"), Model 500 ("The Flow"), and a brilliant remix of "Antacid" by their Link & E621 alter ego. Upon remixing Depeche Mode's "Home" under their Jedi...