Hard Rock
United States
Flyleaf
About Flyleaf
Rock band Flyleaf’s self-titled debut took more than 18 months to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Album chart, where remained for 156 weeks.
∙ Formed in Texas in 2002, the band originally called themselves Passerby, until changing to Flyleaf, the term for the blank page at the beginning and end of a book.
∙ According to lead singer Lacey Sturm, their 2007 Platinum single, “All Around Me,” is “a song about meeting God.”
∙ Rolling Stone named Flyleaf one of 2008’s Breakout Bands.
∙ In 2009, the band undertook an acoustic tour of military bases in Afghanistan to perform for American troops.
∙ Their sophomore release, Memento Mori, debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, and also topped the Alternative, Christian, and Hard Rock album charts.
∙ Memento Mori was nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2011 Dove Awards.
Influenced by FlyleafFlyleaf has influenced the music of Emerson B. Ocampo, Nathan Hernandez, Eric Champlin and more.
Similar to: Flyleaf
Discover more music and artists similar to Flyleaf, like Lacey Sturm, Paramore, Evanescence
