Allies is a Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band. They released six album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

s during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Band members

The most notable band members were guitarist Randy Thomas

Randy Thomas (musician)

Randy Thomas is an American Christian musician best known for being a member of the Sweet Comfort Band and Allies. In 1984 He formed "Allies" with Sam Scott and teamed up with Bob Carlisle. They spent 9 years between 84-93 doing concerts and recording six albums...

, formerly of the Jesus music

Jesus music

Jesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This musical genre developed in parallel to the Jesus movement...

 group Sweet Comfort Band

Sweet Comfort Band

Sweet Comfort Band was a Christian rock band that first performed in 1973 in Riverside, California, and were active until 1984. The band was initially composed of keyboardist/lead vocalist, Bryan Duncan, and brothers Kevin and Rick Thomson. The band was the brainchild of the Thomson brothers...

 and vocalist Bob Carlisle

Bob Carlisle

Bob Carlisle is a Grammy Award and Dove Award-winning American musician who performs Christian music. He performed with several bands, most notably Allies and Billy Thermal, before launching a solo career...

http://www.bobcarlisle.com/bio/. Bob went on to pursue a solo career and recorded the hit song "Butterfly Kisses

Butterfly Kisses (song)

"Butterfly Kisses" is the title of a song written by Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas from Carlisle's third studio album Butterfly Kisses . The song was written for his daughter Brooke's 16th birthday. Carlisle also wrote a journal entitled Butterfly Kisses for fathers and their daughters...

", which was co-written with Randy.

Sam Scott and Jimmy Erickson were both formerly of Psalm 150

Psalm 150 (band)

Psalm 150 was a seven-piece Jesus music band notable for its horn section, rhythmic style and soulful sound at a time when Christian contemporary music was generally performed with acoustic or soft electric folk/pop songs.-History:...

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• Randy Thomas: guitars, vocals, bass (on first release)
• Bob Carlisle: lead vocals, guitars
• Sam Scott: electric keyboards, acoustic keyboards, vocals (1984–1986)
• Matthew Chapman: bass (1985–1991)
• Jim Erickson: drums (1985–1991)

• Kenny Williams: keyboards, saxophone, vocals (1987)
• Scott Sheriff: keyboards, vocals (1992)
• Mark Hill: bass, vocals (1992)
• Brian Fullen: drums (1992)

Discography

• Allies — 1985 (Light Records
  Light Records
  Light Records was a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records.-History:...
  
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• Virtues — 1986 (Light Records)
• Shoulder to Shoulder — 1987 (DaySpring Records)
• Long Way from Paradise — 1989 (DaySpring)
• The River — 1990 (DaySpring)
• Man with a Mission — 1992 (DaySpring)
• The Light Years (compilation disc) — 1995 (Light Records)