The Christians will be performing their Live & Unplugged set at The Jamhouse, Edinburgh. Thursday March 27th, 2008
9pm till midnight Tickets available from www.thejamhouse.com


The Christians are a soul-influenced Sophisti-pop band from Liverpool, England, who scored several UK and international chart hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Their first three singles all made the Top 40 in Britain, and their self-titled 1987 debut album The Christians entered the UK Album Chart at number 2, and eventually sold over a million copies. The highest placed single from this album was "Ideal World", which reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 1988 they released a cover of the Isley Brothers' "Harvest for the World", with all proceeds going to charity. The video for the track was an animation, created by four leading animation companies, including Aardman Animations, of Wallace and Gromit fame. The video won several awards and the single reached number 8 in the chart.
The early 1990s saw the band continuing to tour and their "Greatest Hits" album, The Best of the Christians was released in 1993, and peaked at number 22.
Garry Christian moved to Paris in 1995 to record a solo album, effectively breaking up the band, although no formal announcement was made, and the door was open to future reformation. Four years later, they began to perform together again in an "unplugged" acoustic format. In 1999 they carried out a thirty six date tour of the UK, with a similar tour undertaken in 2000.
By 2001 The Christians began to write songs for a 'comeback' album, Prodigal Sons, which was released in 2003. This was also supported by a UK tour in October 2003, and further promotion in France, Spain and UK throughout 2004.
In 2005 Russell Christian decided he no longer wished to tour, and a decision was made to return to a full band format, rather than the four-man unplugged line-up that had been touring since 1999.
This new 'band' comprising Garry Christian (vocals), Joey Ankrah (acoustic guitar/backing vocals), Stewart Boyle (electric guitar), Bobby Kewley (bass guitar), and Jay Irving(drums) was unveiled on the 2007 tour.
2008 and will see Garry and the guys releasing their Christians Live & Unplugged album and Garry along with Stewart Boyle, Joey Ankrah and Jay Irving are consistently touring round the UK and also internationally with their unplugged set.