"Honestly, Seven Stories Up is more than just a band. It's a movement of worshippers towards the God of all creation," says Andy Rocker [vocalist]. "It doesn't really matter what name you give it, or what genre you try to classify it in. We simply want to be people who desire to worship God and help others do the same thing."

Since the summer of 2002, Andy Rocker knew that he had a life of full-time ministry ahead of him. Though he tried his best to avoid it, there was no stopping what the Lord had put into motion. For four years he honed his skill and spent countless hours practicing guitar and taking vocal lessons. What finally put him over the top was his year-long stint in 2004-2005 living in Seattle, Washing leading worship for a small church plant. "It's quite different in the Northwest. People are different. They don't want anything but you. No frills, no masks, just you. I learned a lot about myself during that year, and the Lord taught me that worship has very little to do with me and A LOT to do with Him. When I finally realized that, ministry became a lot clearer and I became much more focused."

Rocker has been traveling all around the U.S. leading worship for various youth groups, camps, conferences and festivals since returning to Atlanta in 2005. In October of 2007 he teamed up with record producer Jason Hoard [Fee, John Waller] and released his first full-length project "This Is My Song." Just a year later he signed with VSR Music Group, and EMI CMG distributed label. Not long after signing came the decision to mold the sound that Rocker had developed over the years as a solo artist into a band. Though the group [Seven Stories Up] may be fairly new to the general public as a whole, this is not a collection of inexperienced musicians. There has been nearly 30 years of experience on stage at any given time. "It's an interesting dynamic," states Rocker, "the Lord has just been giving me these amazing relationships and friendships with really talented musicians who desire to use their talents to worship Him."

On May 19th, Rocker and the guys released their debut project with VSR, a 6-song EP entitled "Falling." When asked about the inspiration for the title of the project, Rocker had this to say, "We must daily understand that we cannot live this life and be who God desires for us to be by our own strength. We simply must 'fall' into grace and let Him live through us. We cannot love like He wants us to unless we have His love flowing through our veins. Paul put it this way, 'If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal' [1 Corinthians 13: 1]."

The group is excited to see what the future holds. "We're just ready to do more ministry," concludes Rocker, "whatever that looks like and wherever that takes us, we're open to what God has in store." Be on the lookout for Seven Stories Up coming to a town near you! You won't want to miss a chance to see them live! For booking information to bring Seven Stories Up to your church or event, please contact crownbookinginfo@gmail.com.