The band also printed a limited edition, "pre-release" version of Set It Off sold only at their release party at The Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough, Ontario for their local fans. The band toured it extensively across North America and ended up garnering much label attention by selling 85,000 copies of the indie release out of their van.
Though the sound of the album was distinct in its heavily hip-hop influenced nu metal, a few songs from the record (including "Puppet" and "Supafly") impacted at both secular and Christian radio. It was the group's first indie label release. Set It Off was released on November 14, 2000.
They were also voted as the No. 1 band of the millennium on 100.3 FM in Barrie, Ontario. They were then awarded "Band of the Year" at the 2000 Wire Awards. They were also awarded "Best Indie Recording" and McNevan awarded "Vocalist of the Year" by the readers of The Wire Magazine. In 1999, TFK was chosen by 7 Ball Magazine as one of the top 25 bands in North America. It clicked with listeners and within two months ended up being one of the five most requested songs of the year. Reaching the ears of Ontario commercial radio, CKWF 101.5 FM in their home town of Peterborough added "Rhyme Animal", the band's first single from their independent recording, to their rotation. TFK climbed the ladder of local notoriety throughout Ontario and abroad. It was released independently in 1998 and is out of print. That's What People Do was written the year McNevan started TFK in 1997. The song "Lift It" first appeared here and was later re-recorded for Thousand Foot Krutch's first release, That's What People Do, and appeared again on Set It Off. He worked at McDonald's and other jobs to pay for the studio time. McNevan recorded it at Barry Haggarty's studio in his home town of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. There were 27 songs on the album, the first half rock, the second half hip-hop. McNevan had friends Dave Smith (guitar), Tim Baxter (bass) and Neil Sanderson (drums), play on the album. Shutterbug was released by Trevor McNevan in 1995 under the band name Oddball. He has written and released seven albums with Thousand Foot Krutch to date and another four with his side project FM Static. The band's name was conceived by McNevan "symbolizing the point in our lives that we realize we can't make it on our own strength". Oddball recorded only one album, Shutterbug, which was released in 1995. McNevan's first band was Oddball, and featured Dave Smith on guitar, Tim Baxter on bass and McNevan's good friend, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson, on drums. Trevor McNevan formed the band in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario, a city northeast of Toronto, with his childhood friend Joel Bruyere and drummer Steve Augustine.
1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart twice. Since forming, Thousand Foot Krutch sold over 1.1 million albums and reached No. The core members consist of founding member Trevor McNevan (vocals, guitar), Steve Augustine (drums), and Joel Bruyere (bass, backing vocals). The band has released eight studio albums, two live albums, and three remix albums. ∙ McNevan-who’d started FM Static as a pop-punk side band with Thousand Foot Krutch drummer Steve Augustine over a decade earlier-launched new hip-hop project I AM THE STORM in 2018.Thousand Foot Krutch (often abbreviated TFK) is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in Peterborough, Ontario, in 1995. 14 with 2012’s The End Is Where We Begin, and followed it with 2014’s Oxygen: Inhale, which peaked at No. ∙ Gradually climbing the Billboard 200, they reached No. ∙ They enlisted Ken Andrews (Pete Yorn, Tenacious D, Jimmy Eat World) to produce their 2007 album, The Flame In All of Us. 2 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.
∙ The group broke through with 2005’s The Art of Breaking, the first of six straight studio LPs that hit either No. ∙ The 2003 album Phenomenon-their debut for Christian indie label Tooth & Nail-earned Thousand Foot Krutch their first Dove and Juno Award nominations. ∙ The band, founded by vocalist Trevor McNevan, built a following by touring constantly on the back of independently released albums That’s What People Do (1997) and Set It Off (2000). Starting out as a Christian nu-metal band in the mid-’90s, Canadian outfit Thousand Foot Krutch has delivered a string of hits while moving toward a more refined hard rock sound.
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