A week ago, I checked to see who was coming to the Kingdom Come Festival this year and scrolled down the list. (Last year, I had the pleasure of interviewing Angie Leyda of Always One Ministries, who puts the festival together each year; if you missed it, click here to read it.) One of the bands listed was Forsaken Hero. I listened to their songs, and was impressed.
I'm interviewing guitarist/lead vocalist Casey Price. The other members of the band include Casey's sister Emily (vocals) and brothers Marcus (lead guitar), David (drums) and Matthew (bass, piano) Collins.
JR: When, how, and why did the band start, including the choosing of your name? Could you introduce who all is in the group?
CP: Forsaken Hero started in High School. Over 11 years ago! Crazy how time flies! The name was based on our love for Skillet. Both Forsaken and Hero are Skillet songs. But the scriptural meaning is Jesus is our Forsaken Hero. We forsake him and sin daily. But he still died for our sins anyway!
JR: How many CDs do you have out? Could you tell us about them?
CP: Forsaken Hero has released 4 albums. Only two of them are currently available as well as some singles that were released not on disc between those periods of time. The first two albums in 2013 and 2016. Where made before we rebranded and started making professional records in Nashville etc.
JR: I’m looking forward to hearing you this year at the Kingdom Come Festival this year. I also notice you have quite a long list of people you’ve opened for, including Stryper. Is there a concert that has been especially memorable?
CP: There's so many memories of so many different shows over the years. The two Stryper tours we did were wild. Kingdom come is always a blast because there are so many amazing bands we are friends with it's just such a great time of fellowship and worship. Probably our favorite show we've done was a youth conference in Indiana in 2020 right before the pandemic, over 1000 high schoolers on fire for God, worshiping and singing and jumping around and praising together was just such an amazing experience!
JR: I consider Christian musicians are often on the front-lines of Spiritual Warfare. What sources do you have for godly encouragement? Any mentors or authors or bands that lift you up?
CP: Mentors are definitely our church family and peers at Highlands Fellowship in the Virginia and Tennessee area. Most of our band members play at different campuses since our church has multiple locations so there's a lot of people to create friendship and Godly bonds with. Musically Skillet's Comatose and Awake albums were a huge blessing and influence in my life and music.
JR: The first song I heard of yours is “God of Revival”, and absolutely loved it. What inspired that song? I’m sure you agree the church – at least in the U.S. - needs an awakening – what do you think it will look like, and is there anything we need to do for it to occur?
CP: So God of Revival is actually a cover song. It's originally by Bethel worship. We just loved the song and the lyrics and message of the song but the real song is very soft until the end and it gets huge and I was like what if we made our own version and had it big right at the beginning?? That would be awesome! We don't release a lot of cover songs to streaming since there's a lot of red tape getting the rights to the song etc. But this song was very important to us to release to the world.
JR: Thank you for your time. What’s on the horizon, both in recording and in performing? How can we keep up with you?
CP: Forsaken Hero is currently writing our new record now. And we also came out with a hard rock side project called Sonflower Seed. Same message just heavier music. We currently have one single out "Fate Holds The Gun". And our next single will be releasing soon. And Forsaken Hero will be announcing new music soon as well!!
If you'd like to keep up with the band, you can click here to get access to their webpage and social media sites
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