Around 2016, the band began to taper off their shows and activity on social media, marking the hiatus of the band.
In 2010, HM Magazine listed The Pillars of Humanity as #37 on their list of the Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time. Drummer Jason Dunn of No Innocent Victim and Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. commented on the album’s legacy as part of HMs list, with Dunn calling it…
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The band performed their first show overseas on October 31, 2009, at the Nordic Festival in Oslo, Norway.
The band played their first show in 14 years on June 14, 2009, at the Calvary Chapel Golden Springs in Diamond Bar, California. The band also returned to play at the Cornerstone Festival in July 2009, a reunion show that HM magazine reviewers called “a fantastic display of raw power…
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After their breakup, the band tried “for years” to acquire rights to re-release their music from their previous label, Ocean Records. This effort would ultimately lead to their reunion, with bassist Bellew approaching Chaffin and Solomon in 2009 and proposing that the band play enough shows to buy their music…
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In 1995 the band reunited and played their final show at Cornerstone Festival . The members all went on to join new projects including, Stavesacre , Neon Horse , The Blamed , CHATTERbOX , and Applehead.
After recruiting Bellew, the band started to write and record for their second studio album, The Pillars of Humanity . When the album was released 1991 on Ocean Records the band did not tour very much for the album. In 1993, the band announced their breakup. However, they did not…
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After almost a year of writing and practicing in the Palmer’s living room, the guys recorded 10 songs on a demo tape under the name K.G.B., but it was never circulated. Soon after, Kirk Palmer left the band and was replaced by his brother Trevor. In 1986, The Crucified gathered…
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In late 1984, drummer Jim Chaffin , guitarist Greg Minier, bassist Kirk Palmer, and vocalist Wayne Stonecipher started a band named K.G.B. in Fresno , California The four teens knew each other as high school classmates. The name K.G.B. had no meaning to it, the members just thought initials “sounded…
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Greg Sostrom saw The Crucified at a few shows and offered them a recording contract with his new start-up label, Narrowpath Records. The band accepted the offer and started to record songs at Casbah Studios in Southern California. The 15-track album was titled The Crucified . It was released in…
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