Glenn Kaiser


Glenn Kaiser is an American, Chicago-based Christian rock, Christian blues musician, singer, songwriter and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.
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Personal life

Childhood

Kaiser's older brother and sister left the house while he was still young and his parents divorced when he was nine years old. Kaiser was active in Milwaukee's music scene, starting at the age of twelve, and was a member of more than twelve bands, leading two, before reaching nineteen years of age.
Glenn Kaiser was raised as a nominal Lutheran and used drugs before he became a born-again Christian, around the time of his eighteenth birthday. He was quoted as saying: "Nothing else gave me so much happiness or sense of purpose until I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and become absolute Lord of my life."

JPUSA

Kaiser joined and got involved in The USA Traveling Team of Jesus People Milwaukee, where he met Wendi, his future wife. Wendi's brother, John Herrin, Jr., and Glenn later became members of the pastoral team before the age of twenty-five. JPUSA is the community that organized the Cornerstone Festival, at which Glenn Kaiser and Resurrection Band have played.

Later life

Glenn Kaiser married former Resurrection Band member Wendi Herrin in June 1972. Glenn and Wendi have one son, Aaron, and three daughters: Rebecca, Heidi, and Ami. In 1994 Glenn Kaiser published a book, The Responsibility of the Christian Musician.

Resurrection Band

Glenn Kaiser's most successful and prominent band is Resurrection Band. Personnel included his wife Wendi, Wendi's brother John Herrin, Jim Denton, who was later replaced by Roy Montroy in 1987, and Stu Heiss. It began in mid-December 1971 as a band of the Jesus People of Milwaukee and was first known as "Charity". It was a traveling team and a mobile outreach of Jesus People of Milwaukee until the ministry disbanded in the summer of 1972. "Charity" changed its name to "Resurrection Band" around March 1972 and the band, as part of The USA Traveling Team left Milwaukee for the last time in early June 1972. They performed on the road for a few months, while loosely based in Florida, before calling Chicago home in early 1973 with Jesus People USA. They made several international tours to Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland and more. Though many considered it "the devil's music", Resurrection Band helped the movement of contemporary Christian music towards blues and rock music. It disbanded, after nearly 30 years, in 2000.
Although the band did break up in 2000, they have subsequently reunited for a few shows. Resurrection Band performed at Cornerstone Festival 2008 for the festival's 25th anniversary and also performed at the Chelsea House, a Chicago coffeehouse run by JPUSA. The key members of the band were the same at both shows, but Mike Choby filled in on keyboards.

Discography

Resurrection Band

Independent cassettes

Music to Raise the Dead

Studio albums

Awaiting Your Reply Rainbow's End Colours Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore DMZ Hostage Between Heaven 'N Hell Silence Screams Innocent Blood Civil Rites Reach of Love Lament

Live albums

Live Bootleg

Compilation albums

The Best of REZ: Music to Raise the Dead REZ: Compact Favorites The Light Years

Glenn Kaiser Band

Winter Sun Carolina Moon Blacktop GKB Live
  • ''Octane''

Solo and other albums

Trimmed and Burnin' Slow Burn All My Days Spontaneous Combustion Into the Night Throw Down Your Crowns You Made The Difference in Me Ripley County Blues No Greater Love Trimmed and Burnin' & Slow Burn Bound For Glory Blues Heaven II Cardboard Box Long Way From My Home
  • ''Swamp Gas Messiahs''