In 1983 Dale and Troy Thompson started a band named Matrix (later changed to Bride) in Louisville, Kentucky. Matrix recorded four self-financed demos, which were distributed at live shows and through the mail via Contemporary Christian Music Magazine (CCM) and various fanzines of the day. Their ministry continued to grow in the Christian rock underground but it was not until 1986 that they managed to break into the mainstream. Opening for Daniel Band in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Matrix caught the eye of the representatives of Refuge Records who were forming their subsidiary label Pure Metal.

In October 1986, Bride began work on the first album of a three album-recording contract. The three albums recorded for Refuge/Pure Metal were, Show No Mercy, Live To Die, and Silence Is Madness. In late 1990, Star Song Communications purchased Pure Metal Records. Bride believed that Star Song, a powerful force in the industry, could take them in directions never before possible. Not all of the former Pure Metal acts were retained. But Bride was immediately signed to a one-album contract to produce a Best of... project with two bonus tracks. "Everybody Knows My Name", would rapidly rise to the top of both the CCM and Pure Rock Report charts and occupy that #1 position for several months. Needless to say, Star Song went on to sign Bride to a multi-album contract.

While their first Star Song release entitled "Best of Bride, End of the Age", signaled the end of a chapter in Bride's history, it more importantly signaled a new beginning in Bride's future. Bride went on to record 3 albums with Star Song - Kinetic Faith, Snakes In The Playground, and Scarecrow Messiah. Star Song even compiled another "best of" from these three albums and released it in 1995 under the name Shotgun Wedding. The 11 songs on Shotgun Wedding were the #1 radio hits that Bride had. During the four years that Bride worked with Star Song, they were awarded 4 DOVE awards, 11 #1 radio singles, and numerous awards from SESAC, their performing rights organization.

Bride went on from there to record multiple albums with such legendary music producers as Dez Dickerson (Prince) and John & Dino Elephante (Kansas). In 2003 the band self-released “This Is It” and have sold 4000 units at shows and from the website.

With “Skin For Skin” Bride still maintains the trademark Bride sound that has endeared them to legions of fans over the last two decades. Yet, with songs like End of Days and the title track, the band has never sounded tighter or more current that it does right now.

Bullet Points:

• Classic Bride lineup re-united
• High production values
• Full embrace of classic style, made popular by Bride with a modern feel that will appeal to new fans of the band
• Ultra-loyal fan base world-wide
• Appears on Lightning Strikes Twice …Again label promotional sampler
• Appears on HEADBANGIN’ 101 label promotional sampler
• Will appear on early ’07 & ‘08 HM/Heaven’s Metal subscribers CD sampler
• Full radio/advertising promotional campaign
• Full Uprise/HM/Heaven’s Metal Magazine promotional campaign
• Still touring internationally
• Universally recognized and a world class live band
• Pre-release copies have garnered SKIN FOR SKIN significant critical acclaim
• Recording and releasing music since 1986
• 1990’s Dove Award winners
  
• Appeared on several covers for Heaven’s Metal Magazine and HM Magazine
• Voted favorite vocalist, favorite guitarist, and favorite band by HM & Heaven’s Metal Magazine readers multiple times in 80’s and 90’s.