Ruscha

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Ruscha - Come Alive (CD cover)
Origin	Liberty University in VA
Genre(s)	Christian Rock
Label(s)	Pan-Trax Records, Inc. & Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Former members
(see Members of Ruscha)

Ruscha was a Christian rock band formed in the mid 80s, by two Siberian immigrant brothers Nikolai and Peter Pankratz who escaped Communist Russia, then testified to the plight of their fellow believers after safely reaching the USA, where they formed a band at Liberty University in VA.

At first, the band released three albums under the name "The Russians" (The Russians, I Want To Talk To You & Love Forever More).

The band under went a name change for the fourth album called "Ruscha" Testimony in 1987.

Their fifth & most popular album was "Ruscha" Come Alive which in 1988 rose to moderate success. The album included the song "Come Home", which went to #4 at Christian radio in the US in 1988.^[1] The original album (defunct Pan-Trax Records, Inc. in Dickson, Tennessee) has been long out of print, but a CD was re-issued in 1996 on an import label (Victor Entertainment, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan). This newer version doesn't have the printed lyrics the US version had, but does have all the same songs in English and cover art.

Their sixth and final album was "Ruscha" Invisible Hands in 1992. This album was very rare due to the fact that it was entirely sung in Russian.

Four of the members of Ruscha (Andy Denton, Randy Ray, Mike Jacobs, & Billy Williams) went on to form Legend Seven in 1992 by Word, Inc. Andy Denton created the two solo albums Midnight Of Hope in 1999 by KMG Records (Nashville, TN), and At The Cross (CD single & Interview). Andy Denton was also half of Identical Strangers (Damascus Road Records) with Randy Thomas (Allies & co-writer of Butterfly Kisses) in 1995.

1 Come Alive track listing
2 Band members through its duration
3 Come Alive credits
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Come Alive track listing

1. Come Alive (4:52)
2. Someone Listening (3:51)
3. Broken Heart (4:09)
4. Holy & True (3:41)
5. Come Home (4:22)
6. Thy Word Stands Forever (4:43)
7. Burning Bridges (4:22)
8. Exalt The Name (3:43)
9. Do You Care? (3:51)
10. Lord Of The Impossible (3:17)

[edit] Band members through its duration

Nikolai Pankratz - keyboard programming, bgvs
Peter Pankratz - bgvs, lead vocals
Andy Denton - lead vocals, bgvs
Billy Williams - percussion programming
Michael Jackson - keyboards, bgvs, vocoder vocal, keyboard programming, string programming
Michael Jacobs - lead guitar, background vocals (now currently solo artist. See www.sacrednation.com)
Mike Radovsky - drums
Duncan Mullins - bass, drum programming
Tom Hemby - guitar
Phil Naish - keyboards, bass programming
Tim Akers - keyboards
George Cocchini - guitar
Mark Douthit - sax
Jeff Teague - drums
Bubba Smith - cymbals