[3] Their videos were played on MTV, their albums entered the college radio charts,[4] and they were nominated for a Dove Award.
[4] In addition to sporting an American Flag with the band's name cut out,[4] the cover image of Disgruntled shows a scene from the attack on Reginald Denny, part of the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
"[12] "When you grow up in a community like Long Beach that has such a wealth of culture, and you mix that with drive by shootings that happen within a few blocks of your house, It opens up a whole range of things to talk about."
Their debut album contained a cover of the Gil Scott Heron song "Whitey on the Moon" (with guests Gospel Gangstaz) that used the word "nigga".
[2][13] In one incident after a show, frontman Cookerly was surrounded by a crowd of Bible-bearing teenagers who told him that his actions were a reflection of what the Antichrist would do.
[2][9] On that topic frontman Cookerly stated "It has never been our position that Christ would be prostrated to gain industry status and give foundation to our [bands'] Christianity... Why, just for the sake of using his name, should I say Jesus?
Christians are still out there selling their testimony as if it's some great infomercial for the Super Salvation 9000, you know, "It slices, it dices, it saves you from your sin."
And any of the things that the world dictates happens to the average white family that's Christian in American society... Our God is a wonderful, just and redeeming Jesus Christ, but people see the need to bring out all these unnecessarily.
"[15] A reviewer in a more conservative publication disagreed, calling the lyrics "downright absurd" ramblings and criticized the album for the lack of direct references to Jesus.
The band fell back to KMG, which had then been resurrected as Fashion Pop Records by Frank Chimento,[3] releasing an eponymous album in 2001.
Though there was no news on whether EDL has disbanded or just put on hiatus, Wilkins, Weaver and guitarist Mike Nociasa had all joined Klank's live lineup.