Hawk Nelson Jon Steingard takes over lead vocals

As Hawk Nel­son front­man Jason Dunn pur­sues a solo career, the band will keep the name with gui­tarist Jon Stein­gard tak­ing over the lead singing roles.

Stein­gard has been with the band for eight years and grew up with Dunn. The band will also retain bass player Daniel Biro and drum­mer Justin Ben­ner. I had the plea­sure talk­ing with Stein­gard right after Dunn announced his depar­ture and here’s a link to the story.

“The chem­istry we share as a band can­not be fab­ri­cated. In other words, we know we have some­thing spe­cial here,” Biro said in a state­ment. “We’re very excited to be work­ing on a bunch of new songs for every­body. It’s a new day, and we want to make the most of it.”

The band is work­ing on a new record and Stein­gard said, “these are some of the most inspir­ing songs we’ve ever worked on.”

Dunn is work­ing on a solo project called Lights Go Down. Here’s a clip of a song he is work­ing on. I’m lik­ing what I hear.