2 Quotes & Sayings By Hawk Nelson
Hawk Nelson is an award-winning Canadian Christian rock band who have released seven studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, one EP, four videos, and two DVDs. The band has also released two greatest hits compilations and two live albums. The band has won six GMA Canada Covenant Awards (2004 to 2010), eleven GMA Dove Awards (2005 to 2011), seven SOCAN Awards (2005 to 2011), eight Juno Award nominations (2006 to 2016), one APRA (ASCAP) Award (2011) and four CCM Magazine Awards (2006 to 2008). Hawk Nelson was formed in 2000 by vocalist/guitarist Joel Thiessen. Thiessen met bassist Ian Mahon at the age of 14. The two became friends through their mutual love for music and soon after began writing songs together
They formed a band with drummer Matt Wiebe in 2001. Hawk Nelson's first album, "Knowing Who You Are", was released on February 5, 2003. It peaked at No. 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Canadian Rock Albums Chart. The album produced three singles: "All That's Left", "What If It All Goes Right" and "I'm Not Okay".
The song "Jesus Said" was also released as a single but did not chart. In 2004 Hawk Nelson won their first Covenant Award for the album "Our First 100 Days" at the 17th Annual GMA Canada Covenant Awards ceremony held June 10 in Toronto, Ontario. They were also awarded for their first GMA Dove Award at the 7th GMA Dove Awards ceremony held May 18 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band's second album "This Love" was released on October 20, 2004 and peaked at No. 2 on both the Canadian Albums Chart and Canadian Rock Albums Chart. It was certified platinum by Music Canada in 2006 thanks to sales of 50,000 copies that year alone.
It produced two singles: "Lift Him Up" and "This Love". The song "This Love" appeared in the video game NHL 2004 as downloadable content for the game's soundtrack. A live rendition of "This Love" appears on Hawk Nelson's 2007 live album/DVD titled "Hawk Nelson Live".
A music video for this song was also made available on YouTube in 2006 via Take Five Records' VEVO account along with another video documenting the making of