About

Desperation Band, birthed out of the student ministries of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, is a recording artist with Integrity Music. They continue to lead worship both within the student ministries and in the main services at New Life Church, as well as at the annual Desperation Conferences.

The Desperation Band has recorded five albums for Integrity music, including their self-titled debut, their sophomore effort "From the Rooftops", "Who You Are", the critically acclaimed "Everyone Overcome", and their very first studio worship record “Light Up The World”.  In addition to albums, the band released the Everyone Overcome DVD, produced by Jon Egan, Andy Catarisano, and Jared Newman.  They have also been featured on two New Life Church recordings, 2006's "My Savior Lives", and 2008’s “Counting on God”. Their albums appear on Integrity's Music label and feature "high-energy, passionate new worship songs that convey the hunger of their generation for God." Desperation Band was originally formed in 2001, when New Life youth pastor David Perkins launched a youth movement for local churches called Desperation.  They hold multiple Desperation Conferences every summer in Colorado Springs.  The Conferences draw thousands of high school and college students who are desperate for a deeper walk with God.  The emphasis of the conference is wrapped up in “the vow.”  Over 30,000 young people have signed the vow…committing their life to passion and purpose. 

The Desperation Band leads worship on a weekly basis at New Life services.  Made up of several committed musicians, the band also travels to conferences, churches, and concerts throughout the country. Desperation is best known for writing songs like "Rescue", "I Am Free", “My Savior Lives”, “You Hold It All’, “Overcome”, and more. Several of these songs have been covered by many other bands and churches. Desperation Band's songs are sung in churches throughout America and around the world.

Led by Jon Egan, the band has found great purpose in “Heartwork”, a ministry to the orphans of the world that started with New Life’s student ministry Tag.  In an effort to build one orphan home, and with the help of a spiritual dad in the youth group, tag raised enough funds to build four orphan homes!  Then in an act of spontaneity, the desperation conferences jumped in and raised money for 3 more orphan homes!  This movement has turned the young people involved upside down for the kingdom.  Starting June of 2010 at the Desperation Conference, Heartwork is launching the “1k Campaign”.  1,000 orphan projects built by 1,000 student ministries in 1,000 days. 

The band has always been more of a ministry than a band.  They believe that true change comes when people lay aside their agenda’s to encounter the true and living God.  They are passionate about the presence of God and they don’t hide it.  They are well aware that music will never impact souls…only the power of God.  They don’t perform or entertain.  They want to join with real people to worship a real God.  The Desperation Band exists to advance His Kingdom and to pray as Jesus told us… “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

“The Desperation Band has always been and always will be about the presence of God.  We exist to bring Him glory and reveal His truth to a broken world.  If we know who His is, we know who we are.  If we know who we are, we can live as God meant us to live.  Its all about His purposes.”           

-Jon Egan, Desperation Band