Recording artist abandons promising career to follow Christ -> phil fischer

Seattle� Singer/songwriter and wildernessaccentuated by bursts ofinstrumental virtuosity and
bad boy Phil Fischerhas walked away from his firsttight, catchysongwriting.It's a must hear and his
album, which is about to gosongwriting style remindsyou of early Bruce and an
Gold to record Christian music.older Seal.
Seattle hippie/wilderness guru, and songwriter PhilFischer is currently tracking his Christian work at
Fischer,best known for his hard hitting, Janice JoplinRobert Lang
style concertperformances in the Northwest duringStudios where Dave Mathews also records.
the late 90's and theearly part of the decade, and aWhen asked if he expected to receive the same
Bear attack that almost tookhis life in the Yukontreatment in the
finally got what he wanted; A hit album.Christian arena Fischer had this to say; "Well, I hope
Problem is; he has walked away from it. For God.not! Ijust hope and pray I am accepted. I'm trying to
Unable to get distribution or radio play in the statesdo somethingthat has never been done before in the
forhis first album "Wounded Soul" , Fischer signed aChristian market. I amgoing backwards. Most Christian
deal withartists make it and then hopover to the secular
Papa Lopez Records, Inc. in Santiago Chile inmarket. I am releasing an album in the
December of 2003.Christian market. We will see what happens. It's my
During 2004 Fischer sold almost 387,900.00 copies ofbest work,and God gave me each one of the eleven
"Woundedsongs."
Soul" in South America and sold an additional 122,000Fischer's dim hopes and fears about the Christian
cd's fromhis websitemarket maybe real.
Turns out Papa Lopez was not the good honest andWhile Fischer is well known for his in your face rock
wholesomerecord label like we have here in theshows,that kind of showmanship don't play well for
states. Fischer receivedone check for $80,000.00 andthe conservative
the rest is history. Not only didChristian crew.
Fischer lose 2.9 million owed to him by the label, butEven with his 8 top ten hits he co-wrote, slews of
so did aslew of other artists and the lawsuits flewawards, andjust flat out talent, word has it in the
around Santiago butnone has stuck.Christian world that
Fischer filed suit against Lopez but in the end LopezFischer cannot even lead Worship at his own Church.
fledApparentlythat's not a good sign in the Christian
Chile, and has not been heard or scene since. Givenworld.
the jungleatmosphere, and the lack of cooperationWhat is probably working against him is his 29 arrests
by South Americanofficials, it is doubtful justice willonrecord for everything from bar fights and public
ever be served to Lopez,and the other artists hedrunkennesstoo driving his Hummer over three Honda
signed and turned into South AmericanMotorcycles parked infront of the Central Tavern in
Rock Stars.Pike Street in the summer of
With sale numbers soon to break Gold, Fischer was2000(the old area of Seattle) just because they
bombarded inwere parkednext to Harley Davidson's.
2005 with label offers from labels in Buenos Aires andBouncer Adam Jenkins told police "Phil asked them to
as faraway as Japan but the rocker failed to takemove thebikes because in Phil's opinion they were
any of the offersup. Who can blame him? Afternot worthy to beparked next to a Harley. When
obtaining the sacred Gold andgetting the shaft whothey failed to move them, Philhoped in his H1 and
knows what state of mind he was in.drove over all three of the bikes crushingthem into
The album that he tracked and recorded under thethe pavement! It was crazy; everyone was
direction ofjuststanding there with mouths open. As a bouncer,
Grammy Nominee Paul Speer will probably never seeI've seen a lotof things in my time, but that was a
store shelvedhere in the states, and that's a pity.one of a kind thing. Helikes Harleys, and he is always
Fischer was quoted by Northwest Musician a weekwelcome here for a drink anytime he wants!"
ago on thesubject and when asked what he is goingThat kind of track record does not fly with the Jesus
to do now the rockerreplied "Well, what can you do.types,and it will be interesting to see just if his
You put your heart and soulinto an album and prayChristian albumfares as well as his first. Word is from
that it sells and then discover it soldbig time but youmy Christian contactsis that he cannot even get a
never get paid. How would you feel? Right nowvenue because the Jesus typesare afraid of him. Its
I am just going to concentrate on my Christian album.probably talent shock, but paddlinguphill seems to be
Maybethis was a message from the man above tosomething Fischer has to live with, andsomething that
use my talentselsewhere".he seems to be good at.
Who can blame Fischer for embracing Christ? With"Wounded Soul", Fischer's first and only world album
tragedy likethat anyone would start attending church.may neversee the light of day on store shelves here
"Wounded Soul" featuring the Smash singles:in the states, butthere just may be hope for his
"CobblestoneChristian album. As of thiswriting his website is
Streets", "Windey Road", and "Fool for Love".receiving 20,000 hits a week andcounting; not to
Produced bymention a growing underground of Christiansemailing
Grammy Nominated Producer Paul Speer, "WoundedFischer anticipating his album.
Soul" is a setofp pop/rock ballads that are