The Innocence Mission (stylised in lower-case on all releases since 1995) is an American band centered on husband-and-wife songwriters Karen and Don Peris. The original group, including Mike Bitts (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the early 1980s when the members met during a Catholic school production of Godspell. Although all members of the band have contributed musically, Karen Peris is its principal writ...
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The Innocence Mission (stylised in lower-case on all releases since 1995) is an American band centered on husband-and-wife songwriters Karen and Don Peris. The original group, including Mike Bitts (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the early 1980s when the members met during a Catholic school production of Godspell. Although all members of the band have contributed musically, Karen Peris is its principal writer.
Their self-titled début album, released in 1989 on A&M; Records, was produced by Larry Klein, then-husband of Joni Mitchell, and recorded in the couple's Los Angeles recording studio. The album spent 10 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at #167 in 1990, with the album's lead single "Black Wall Sheep" peaking at #22 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Klein also produced their 1991 follow up, Umbrella.
Their third and final A&M; album, Glow (1995), was produced by Dennis Herring, who had previously produced two records for Camper...
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