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Changes...

My life is full of them, but that’s a good thing… usually. I know I say I am going to blog every day, but I never do. To be honest, I haven’t cared much for writing over the past couple of months, because I have been too busy living. God is doing so many great things in my life and amongst our people here in Gisborne that to a believer it’s impossible to explain and to a...

Jun 28th

All about Mike...

Today is all about my homeboy Drug Free Mike. One of my best friends for a long, long time. He turned 24 today so I was excited to spend the day with him and some close homies of ours just kicking back and celebrating. Mike is undoubtedly the most solid Christian friend I have, but we have been great friends since before we really knew the Lord, which speaks awesome testimony to the...

Apr 30th

Slack...

I don’t understand why I don’t update my blog more often, to be honest It really gets me down, because there is so much rad stuff that I want to share with all of you, but I get stuck in a rut of not updating. Maybe it’s because I am so anal that I think that everything needs to be documented in Chronological order?! Maybe it does… maybe it doesn’t. Maybe I just...

Apr 30th

Anonymous asked: Any video diarys from the recent south island tour? Keens to see some that lineup was killer!

Apr 20th

Anonymous asked: Will you and the others ever play a show at Cornerstone IL?

Apr 20th

Anonymous asked: Why is SG just a Pantera rip off band? You even look the same

Apr 20th

Anonymous asked: We have a similar addiction starting with "G" wanna work on breaking the stronghold together?

Apr 20th

Anonymous asked: Why are you so cool?

Apr 18th

Anonymous asked: Do you consider Festival George your number 1 fan?

Apr 18th

Anonymous asked: You seem like an awesome person, Can we be friends?

Apr 12th

Anonymous asked: Are you gay...;)?

Apr 12th

Anonymous asked: Why type of schecter are u playin, with what pick ups and what type of amp and stack do u play thru?

Apr 12th

Mar 16th

xSeventh Daggerx

Today we got our first shipment of swag from USA’s Seventh Dagger apparel. Seventh Dagger have some of the best Straight Edge merch available and are responsible for paving the way for many amazing bands by releasing records for the likes of xTyrantx, Awaken Demons, Eyes To The Sky, xArmed For Battlex, xRhinocerosx, xRepresentx and even the latest vinyl release from my all time heroes...

Mar 14th

How great is our God?

A little over a fortnight ago the Lord laid it on the heart of my wife and I to get back into youth ministry. Trust me… this was a total God thing, as I don’t have the desire, the patience and definitely not the time to take on a responsibility such as this out of my own accord. We attempted to start a youth group a few years ago when we welcomed a half dozen unsaved teens into our...

Mar 3rd

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“Thank You God for allowing me to live another day. Bless me with many more so...”

– Stewart Ball

Mar 2nd

What's the world coming to?

It’s crazy the feeling I have had in my spirit over the past year or so. It’s very hard to explain, but it’s disturbing, troubling and frightening. The more I think about it the more uneasy I become and I really don’t know what to think anymore… Is this a caution in my spirit or an attack from the enemy? because the scriptures tell us that ‘The Lord has not...

Mar 1st

My life this year...

Day job: Clients, paperwork, numbers, stress, coffee. Night job: Label, management, booking, contracts, promo, emails, emails, emails. Design: Clients, emails, coding, coding, emails. My God, my wife, my dogs and my home keep me sane. My mum got married last weekend… that was amazing. My band put out a new record which is now available worldwide, we toured again with our best friends...

Feb 25th

24 Years

Today I celebrated my 24th birthday, with a group of my closest friends and my darling wife Helen (who gave me the best gifts as always, and made sure I had an incredible day as she always does). It’s crazy thinking that I’m nearly in my mid-twenties now with a wife of over two years, a house and two dogs… it feels like it was only yesterday that I first moved out of home and...

Jan 19th

...otherwise fine

Sunny Gisborne is not so sunny right now. For me this brings joy and excitement. Farm owners everywhere are moshing. The forecast for the future ladies and gentlemen is gloooooooom… This weekend I will be watching many movies with my wife and dogs as well as listening to the likes of The Smiths, The Cure, The Dear & Departed and sleeping during the day time with the lights on and...

Jan 14th

Nanas, Loneliness, Bagels and Bradley

Today my wife returned home after flying down to Wellington to be with her family and attend the funeral of her nana Mary Harmer who passed away just last Saturday night. Mary was a lovely nan and the couple of times that I had the privilege of meeting her she showed me so much love and kindness, it’s easy to say that she will be greatly missed. Rest In Peace. I can’t believe how...

Jan 13th

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George: are you doing a poo?

Me: yes.

Jan 11th

2010

You are almost here and once again I have achieved only half of my year’s resolutions. This year I promise you nothing.

Dec 30th

"Unbreakable" Music Video

Facedown Records premiered our brand new music video a couple of days ago on their official YouTube channel. Pretty exciting to see so much great feedback . Logan Swinkels did a great job editing ‘Unbreakable’ and we are please to say that he will once again be working with us alongside Anthony Plant on a new video for the album in 2010. Looking forward to seeing this on TV in the...

Dec 16th

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My Best Friend Is Now A Husband

Last weekend my best friend Nick got married to his fiance Amy. I was in the honorable position of best man (as was Nick at my wedding two summers ago). It’s scary to think about how time flies and one second you are kids growing up discovering what life is all about, drinking the summer nights away and then the next minute you both have families and you’re in your mid-twenties. The...

Dec 15th

"Unbreakable" Pre-Orders Up Now!!!

My band’s new album ‘Unbreakable’ is officially up for pre-order now from Strike First Records on the Facedown/Merchnow online store. We have put a lot of work into this record and can’t wait for you all to hear it!We will be touring this album in the summer time here in New Zealand before making our way back to USA to see all of our extended family on tour in March. ...

Dec 1st

"Unbreakable" Video Shoot - November 2009

There is so much exciting stuff happening with Saving Grace this summer. We have a new record coming out in a few weeks on a label that we have looked up to, admired and listened to since we were kids growing up and getting into hardcore, we get to go on tour again all summer and play some of the biggest shows we have every played, we get to minster the truth and testimony of The Lord’s...

Nov 23rd