True Vibe was a CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 group that was active from 1999-2003. composed of members Jonathan Lippmann, Nathan Gaddis, Jason Barton, and Jordan Roe, was born out of Lippmann's desire to pursue musical excellence without watering down his Christian faith.

Biography

Jonathan Lippmann left 98 Degrees

98 Degrees

98 Degrees is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California....

 just before they signed a recording contract

Recording contract

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; he had already signed on to several roles as an actor, but also found himself somewhat uncomfortable with his understanding of religion. After performing in Sweet Valley High

Sweet Valley High

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and doing commercials for Burger King

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, Lippmann formed True Vibe in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, and signed with Essential Records

Essential Records (Christian)

Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...

. The group released two albums on Essential.

The second album (See The Light) was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop/Contemporary Christian Album. Sometime in 2003, the group parted ways. Jonathan Lippmann told a Christian magazine that he thought about replacing the other three guys but decided against it.

They may be best known to mainstream audiences for appearing on the title track to 'N Sync

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 members' Lance Bass

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 and Joey Fatone

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's movie, "On the Line

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."

True Vibe performed on the David Letterman Show

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 and are featured on the Jimmy Neutron

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 soundtrack.

Member Jason Barton later became lead singer of the band 33 Miles and is still a part of the band to this day.

Member Nathan Gaddis is now Worship Pastor and Creative Director at The Church at Rock Creek in Little Rock, AR and is still writing and performing occasionally.

Discography

• True Vibe (Essential Records
  Essential Records (Christian)
  Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...
  
  , released May 2001.)
  • Charts: US Billboard 200 #178, US Contemporary Christian #10.
  • The album spent 16 weeks on the charts and spawned a Radio Disney hit with "Jump, Jump, Jump" and a Christian radio hit with the single, "You Are The Way."
• See the Light (Essential, released July 2002.)
  • Charts: US Contemporary Christian #22.
  • This album was Grammy
    Grammy Award
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    -nominated for Best Pop/Contemporary Christian Album of the Year.