High Flight Society

High Flight Society

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Background information
Origin Cedartown, Georgia
Genres Christian rock[1]
Years active 2001-2012[2]
Labels Selectric
RKT
Word
Independent
Associated acts Pacifico, Overflow, Sidestep, Three's Too Many, Tenth Leper, Clay Covered Souls, Picnic With Fish, The Elms, Seven Places, Overflow, Number One Gun, Holland, Fighting Jacks, Cool Hand Luke, Chasing Victory, Bleach, Disciple, Spoken, The Wedding, Wavorly
Website www.highflightsociety.net
Past members Jason Wilkes
Michael Packer
John Packer
Scotty Lockridge
Jerad Griffin

High Flight Society is an American Christian rock band from Cedartown, Georgia.[1] The band was founded by Michael Packer and Scotty Lockridge, and picked up John Packer later on. For roughly two years, the trio recorded demos and played local gigs before realizing that they required a frontman. Jason Wilkes was John's friend and the band's choice, and went on to become the band's frontman.

The band was originally on Selectric Records for the release of their EP From Far Above Somewhere. They were then signed onto RKT Music, a subsidiary of Rocketown Records, in March 2007.[3] Their song "Sweet Redeemer" reached No. 47 on the CRW Year End Top 100 Rock Songs chart for 2007.[4]

In late 2008, the label folded leaving High Flight Society without a label. On December 12, 2008 it was announced that they had added Jerad Griffin to take over Jason's rhythm guitar parts and to sing background vocals. In 2009, High Flight Society independently recorded and funded the release of the "Par Avion" which was released June 16, digitally online and in hard copy at shows.

On March 12, 2010, it was announced that they had officially signed to Warner Brothers/Word Records. Unfortunately, due to restructuring within the label, they were abruptly dropped, leaving them wondering how they would proceed as a band.

On December 21, 2010 it was announced that they had decided to part ways with Jerad. Using Kickstarter, the band raised over $5000 between December 21, 2010 and January 28, 2011 to fund their new six-song EP.

On Sunday May 20, 2012 Lockridge, aged 31, had a seizure while preparing for church and died of apparent trauma.

In early 2014, frontman Jason Wilkes joined the band Disciple as bassist and backing vocalist. Wilkes finally left the band after his last show with them on April 11, 2015, and is now a solo artist.

Members

Discography

Albums and Extended Plays

From Far Above Somewhere EP
High Flight Society
Par Avion (EP)
Lights Come Down (EP)

Singles

Compilation appearances

Compilation Contribution Label Year
Born After Vinyl, Vol. 1 Sweet Redeemer Rocketown 2007
Songs We've Been Trying To Tell You About (And Others We Haven't), Volume One Direction What Will People Think? 2012

References

External links

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