Visual Cliff ~ Info & Bios
Our mission as a band of Christian musicians is to honor our Heavenly Father with all the Glory for blessing us with the gift of music.
Hopefully you will find our tunes uplifting and positive as they are (in our most humble opinion) spiritually inspired.
With all the above being said, we must also make sure you understand that we are far from perfect (really far from perfect actually) and we will never claim to be. Our walk with our Savior Jesus Christ is and will be a life long work in progress. We are all sinners. The only difference between us and somebody that hasn't received Jesus Christ as their personal savior is the knowledge that by confessing him as Lord we are forgiven and assured through our salvation of eternal life with him in paradise. We hope that this page may raise some element of investigation and intrigue if it so applies to you, if not, then please enjoy the music and we look forward to getting to know you either way.stions like:
- How do I get to Heaven?
- Is Jesus the real deal?
Getting to Heaven is actually determined upon a single act of receiving the gift of salvation. It is available to all…(Romans 10:1-13) through faith (Acts 16:16-34) by grace (Ephesians 2:1-10). at his death on the cross was payment for your sin and ask for forgiveness and ask the Lord Jesus to be your savior, you will be saved.
Jesus is the real deal…
We read this a while back and it totally puts the obvious into an awesome perspective. The Old Testament contains over 400 predictions about the birth and life of Jesus. These predictions were made by different folks and at different times in history prior to his birth. Secular non-Christian scientists choose only 8 of those 400 predictions to come up with a mathematical equation to demonstrate the unbelievable chances of just these 8 predictions coming true in one single person. It works out to be 1 out of 10 to the 17th power. This equates to filling up the state of Texas with half dollars about two feet thick and making a mark on only one coin and throwing it in the pile and then asking someone blindfolded to pick that coin on the first try.Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmm.
If you're intrigued about learning more we highly suggest these sites for some great info.
www.johnankerberg.org and www.intouch.org
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Current Members
Guitars ~ Rob Perez
Vocals & Lyrics ~ Shane Lankford
Drums ~ Thomas Schuffert
Keys/Hammond/Synth ~ Mike Florio
Bass ~ David Michael
Past Members
Keys ~ Rob Klan
Bass ~ Eric Fuller
Drum Composer ~ Rick Mals
Rob Perez and Rick Mals got to know each other back in the late 80’s when Rob was in a recording project with some mutual friends. After the project was completed, Rob moved to NYC in 1987 to play the clubs and Rick moved to
Fast forward to 1999… Rob Perez started to get back into writing and composing again and wanted to form a group to record with. After not seeing Rick for about 10 years, Rob stopped by the music store Rick teaches at to say hello. The two friends rekindled the spark of friendship and after catching up on the years that went by decided to work together on Rob’s new music. A couple of months later Rob was eating dinner with his wife at a local restaurant and in walks Rob Klan with his wife. (The two Rob’s now lived within 5 minutes of each other and didn’t know it.) Being seated across from each other at the restaurant, it didn’t take long before Rob K. was handed a demo of songs to review. The very first time the two jam band buddies sat down to play, it was evident the reforming of that friendship was long overdue!
Topping off the year 1999, Rob Perez meet Eric Fuller and the two quickly formed a friendship that resulted in the demo material called “The Visual Cliff Project”. After taking a break to finish his degree and plan his wedding, Eric returned to the fold permanently for the 2004 “Key To Eternity” album. His technical contributions (all things PC related) to the 2003 album “Lyrics For The Living” were essential for its success.
Both “Lyrics For The Living” & “Key To Eternity” sold out of their respective first printings and are now in their 2nd pressings. The success of both CD’s prompted the band to look for a singer to add another dimension to the music. After an exhausting search for the right vocalist that resulted in auditioning a handful of really great folks, but none that fit the bill in total. Rob P. happened upon a review on the Virtuosity website for the band Orphan Project and was blown away. Rob knew the powerful and inspiring voice that was present on those mp3’s was the guy the band needed. After basic tracks were completed for the 3 tunes written for vocals for the 2005 album “Freedom Within”, Rob contacted vocalist Shane Lankford to see if he would be interested in working on the tunes. After hearing the material, Shane contacted Rob and said yes!
The Freedom Within CD is now in it’s third pressing!
In 2006, the Perez/Lankford collaboration produced a special project called Fall Of Echoes. This 12 track all vocal album showcases Shane’s huge talent and gave Rob P. the opportunity to write a collection of rock songs that focused more on traditional song structures.
2007 found VC releasing "Into The After". Critical acclaim followed for this effort and it is now in its second pressing.
2008-2009 saw everyone take time off from recording and to persue other projects and business/family interests.
Early 2009 Rob started a hard rock worship band called Overture Divine. This band was created specifically to lead worship at an alternative service for his church. This lead to meeting David Michael. Over the next year Overture Divine jammed once a month for the service and even landed a gig jamming on TV on the Cornerstone TV channel. It was early 2009 as well when Rob meet Thomas Schuffert. Thomas was doing some recording with his band at Rob's recording studio and the two quickly stuck up a friendship and started jamming together.
Late 2009 Rob started feeling and hearing the Lord call him back into Visual Cliff mode. Once it was clear that the other original members lives were way too busy to commit to another album, the new line up easily fell in place in a way that seemed like it was always meant to be. Rob was always a fan of Mike Florio's keyboard playing and in September of 2010 Mike hopped on board for the "Collective Spirit" album.
2010 - An all new line up is now at work for the 2010 release of Collective Spirit.
Stay Tuned!
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