Fear Not

Fear Not was a Christian hard rock band. Prior to Fear Not, three of the band's members had been in the band Love Life.
Fear Not released one self-titled album on Pakaderm Records in 1993. The sound is a mix of the first two Skid Row albums, with the commercial hooks of Skid Row and the heaviness of Slave to the Grind. Singer Larry Worley sounds reminiscent of Sebastian Bach. In spite of these similarities, Fear Not stand out because of well-written songs, and real attitude, something many Christian bands lack.
The band's drummer, Gary Hansen, spoke about the transition from Love Life to Fear Not. "We had a big dream with Love Life and it didn't really happen. The label we were on was an alternative label and didn't really know how to promote a rock band or have the resources to. In the rock industry, you're up against people who have a lot more money to promote and put out a better record. We went through some member changes and direction changes. We got a little heavier and the name Love Life didn't really fit the new sound. Michael Cutting (ex-Holy Soldier) came in the band for a little while and had a name Fear No Evil. He left, because he wasn't into the full time ministry and full time touring, and when he did, he took the name Fear No Evil. We thought, 'Shoot, we'll just call it Fear Not.' Two weeks after Michael left the band we did a showcase with Pakaderm and got signed." According to Hansen on how the ex-Holy Soldier guitarist first joined Love Life, "Michael and Larry started working together, out of the blue, painting apartment buildings," explained Gary. "They started talking and jamming at lunch a little bit. We let Michael in the band and Larry dropped the guitar. It was great, as far as chemistry, and musically it was a really cool sound. After we did some recording, Michael decided not to do the full time band thing. And Larry was itching to play guitar again anyway."
After the band signed to Pakaderm the band weren't particularly keen to recall the Love Life era. "We just wanted to start over with a new label and a new name and not really dwell on Love Life. But you know what's strange? That was our original idea, but after going to the Midwest (playing the Cornerstone Festival), we discovered there's tons of Love Life fans...so we might have to rethink that. We didn't realize how many people knew who we were. We played one of our Love Life tunes and the whole crowd was singing it."
When asked what the difference between Fear Not and Love Life was, Gary stated "Recording-wise and band member-wise, just musical and spiritual maturity, I would say. Also, Chris has a really different style of playing. I think Larry sings a little better now, too. The songs are a little slower and more heavy. There have been spiritual changes in the band. "I think we just realized where we're at, When Michael got in the band, we were thinking about looking for a secular deal and doing that route. We're not closing any doors on ourselves, but at this point we're more into reaching the lost sheep that are sitting out there bored. The sheep in the church rather than the people in the world, in the bars and stuff."