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Artist: Petra Song: More Power To Ya CD: More Power To Ya Genre: rock Label:Star Song Homepage
After the turn of 70's ... Hartman and Volz regrouped to try again. They hired bass player Mark Kelly and keyboard player John Slick while giving Greg X. Volz full lead singing position. With this newly reformed band, they went to the studio again for a new more rock-focused album.[citation needed] They also hired Mark Hollingsworth as manager. Hollingsworth, who had experience in the general market, is closely associated with the swift success that was to come.
Never Say Die in 1981 started the band\'s rise to popularity and commercial success. It gave Petra the audience and radio space the band needed. The band toured for the album as an opening act for Servant. During the tours they strengthened their existing fanbase which continued to grow, while starting a new era of Contemporary Christian music.[25] Sometime after the release of Never Say Die the band acquired drummer Louie Weaver, who would stay in Petra for the next 22 years.
With the momentum gathered by Never Say Die, the band released a string of three successful albums, More Power To Ya in 1982, Not of this World in 1983 and Beat the System in 1984, and toured as often as possible. During this period, Slick departed and John Lawry joined the band as the keyboardist. Being on the road for such lengthy durations began to take its toll on the band's members, and in 1985, Volz decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family and pursue a solo career.
The band released their first of two live albums, Captured In Time and Space, in 1985, while still touring with Volz on the Beat the System tour. Volz's departure ignited a frantic search for a suitable lead singer to replace him.
