Biography
Hailing originally from Nebraska, Remedy Drive fuses alternative rock, contemporary pop, and post-punk accents into a platform for lyrics centered on hope and active engagement with a broken world. Their early recordings, such as 2006’s Rip Open the Skies and 2008’s Daylight Is Coming, relied on layered, processed guitars alongside keyboards whose atmospheric sheen invited comparisons to Coldplay. Subsequent releases 2014’s Commodity and 2021’s Imago Amor displayed a more aggressive edge, while frontman David Zach increasingly channeled the band’s audience toward anti-trafficking advocacy.
The group coalesced in 1998 when four Zach brothers from Lincoln, Nebraska—David on lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and keyboards; Paul on lead guitar and backing vocals; Philip on bass and backing vocals; and Daniel on drums—began performing together. Raised in a Christian home without television, they first encountered music through contemporary Christian artist Keith Green; exposure to alternative rock soon steered their sound in fresh directions. In 1995 David, Philip, and Daniel formed the Aslan Band, taking the name from the lion in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. That project issued its album Remedy in 1998; later the same year Paul joined, prompting a rename to Remedy. Under the new moniker the quartet independently released three studio albums—1999’s Remedy (The Blue One), 2001’s Remedy (The Red One), and 2004’s Magnify—plus a 2003 live set. By late 2004 they had adopted the name Remedy Drive, and the 2006 album Rip Open the Skies found success within the contemporary Christian market. Heavy touring followed, with the band averaging as many as 200 concerts annually.
Building on that momentum, Remedy Drive signed with Word Records, which issued Daylight Is Coming in 2008. A companion EP titled The Daylight EP appeared in 2010, coinciding with the group’s relocation from Lincoln to Nashville, Tennessee. The following year brought a major lineup shift when Daniel, Paul, and Philip departed, leaving David as the sole remaining original member. Philip returned to Nebraska, where he launched a recording studio and collaborated with Arrows and Sound, A Thousand Fires, and the Silver Pages—the last of which also included Paul. David reconstituted Remedy Drive with Dave Mohr on lead guitar and backing vocals, Corey Horn on bass and backing vocals, and Timmy Jones on drums. The revised lineup debuted on the independent EP Light Finds a Way in 2011; Centricity Music then released the full-length Resuscitate in 2012.
Timmy Jones exited in 2013, with Tim Buell assuming drumming duties for 2014’s Commodity, produced by former member Philip Zach. That album marked the first explicit focus on human trafficking, a cause that also shaped 2018’s The North Star (featuring Zach Hunter on drums) and 2021’s Imago Amor. Beyond songwriting, David Zach partnered directly with The Exodus Road, an organization whose operations have resulted in the rescue of over 1,500 survivors and the arrest of over 800 traffickers. In 2016 the band revisited earlier material on Hope’s Not Giving Up, presenting newly recorded versions of catalog favorites.
The group coalesced in 1998 when four Zach brothers from Lincoln, Nebraska—David on lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and keyboards; Paul on lead guitar and backing vocals; Philip on bass and backing vocals; and Daniel on drums—began performing together. Raised in a Christian home without television, they first encountered music through contemporary Christian artist Keith Green; exposure to alternative rock soon steered their sound in fresh directions. In 1995 David, Philip, and Daniel formed the Aslan Band, taking the name from the lion in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. That project issued its album Remedy in 1998; later the same year Paul joined, prompting a rename to Remedy. Under the new moniker the quartet independently released three studio albums—1999’s Remedy (The Blue One), 2001’s Remedy (The Red One), and 2004’s Magnify—plus a 2003 live set. By late 2004 they had adopted the name Remedy Drive, and the 2006 album Rip Open the Skies found success within the contemporary Christian market. Heavy touring followed, with the band averaging as many as 200 concerts annually.
Building on that momentum, Remedy Drive signed with Word Records, which issued Daylight Is Coming in 2008. A companion EP titled The Daylight EP appeared in 2010, coinciding with the group’s relocation from Lincoln to Nashville, Tennessee. The following year brought a major lineup shift when Daniel, Paul, and Philip departed, leaving David as the sole remaining original member. Philip returned to Nebraska, where he launched a recording studio and collaborated with Arrows and Sound, A Thousand Fires, and the Silver Pages—the last of which also included Paul. David reconstituted Remedy Drive with Dave Mohr on lead guitar and backing vocals, Corey Horn on bass and backing vocals, and Timmy Jones on drums. The revised lineup debuted on the independent EP Light Finds a Way in 2011; Centricity Music then released the full-length Resuscitate in 2012.
Timmy Jones exited in 2013, with Tim Buell assuming drumming duties for 2014’s Commodity, produced by former member Philip Zach. That album marked the first explicit focus on human trafficking, a cause that also shaped 2018’s The North Star (featuring Zach Hunter on drums) and 2021’s Imago Amor. Beyond songwriting, David Zach partnered directly with The Exodus Road, an organization whose operations have resulted in the rescue of over 1,500 survivors and the arrest of over 800 traffickers. In 2016 the band revisited earlier material on Hope’s Not Giving Up, presenting newly recorded versions of catalog favorites.
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