About the Band
West Coast Revival (WCR) started out as a youth band in 1997. The original band started out with Jonathan and Ryan Baird as the principal songwriters and leaders of the band with Zach Boomsma on drums and Sean Curran on bass. In 2004, Aaron Baird, the oldest of the Baird brothers, moved out to California and was added as an electric guitarist. Aaron Baird brought a wealth of experience having already recorded on several albums as well as having a song he co-wrote, “Everlasting”, featured as the title track on the Sovereign Grace Ministries album “Everlasting” in 1999.
Continuing to write and progress as a band, WCR begain to gain interest from Sovereign Grace Ministries not only for their songwriting but also for their work as a band. In 2005 the band was invited to Maryland to create a five song EP called Fuse, which opened the door for the band to record their first full length album and further develop their relationship with writer/producer and Ugg Records founder, Steve Cook.
West Coast Revival’s first full album, released in October of 2006, was recorded at Citrus College in Azusa, CA, and engineered by Tim Jaquete. It was mixed by Sam Gibson (who also mixes Delirious, Chris Tomlin, Pearl Jam, and The Newsboys) and mastered by the legendary Bob Katz. The project was co-produced by WCR and Steve Cook for Ugg Records.
