{"id":373,"date":"2008-11-21T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/thousand-foot-krutch-firefligh.html"},"modified":"2008-11-21T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T08:37:41","slug":"thousand-foot-krutch-firefligh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/thousand-foot-krutch-firefligh.html","title":{"rendered":"Thousand Foot Krutch, Fireflight win Taco Bell Feed the Beat contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taco Bell&#8217;s inaugural &#8220;Best of the Beat&#8221; winners were announced this week as part of the leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant&#8217;s Feed the Beat program.<br \/>\nOf the three bands who won, two are openly Christian bands: Thousand Foot Krutch and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/flyleaf-oops-i-mean-fireflight.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fireflight<\/a>. Included in the top six was Christian rock band <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/tooth-and-nail-teams-up-with-m.html\" target=\"_blank\">Underoath<\/a>.<br \/>\nOne hundred Feed the Beat bands showcased their music, photos, bios and tour schedules on Taco Bell site, vying for the chance to become &#8220;Best of the Beat.&#8221; More than 180,000 votes were cast over the past six weeks. The winners will work with Taco Bell to identify and hire a well-known producer to record a single for them and then receive help in promotion by Taco Bell in the Spring of 2009.<br \/>\nVisit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedthebeat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taco Bell Feed The Beat <\/a>program website for more information.<br \/>\n<em>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet&#8217;s Christian music blog, Gospel Soundcheck,<\/a> daily for the latest news on your favorite Christian music artists as well as mainstream artists with ties to Christian music<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POSTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/flyleaf-oops-i-mean-fireflight.html\" target=\"_blank\">Flyleaf &#8211; oops, I mean Fireflight &#8211; at Kingdom Bound<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/tooth-and-nail-teams-up-with-m.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tooth and Nail teams up with Make A Wish foundation to help aspiring musician&#8217;s dream come true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taco Bell&#8217;s inaugural &#8220;Best of the Beat&#8221; winners were announced this week as part of the leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant&#8217;s Feed the Beat program. 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