AVB (Acappella Vocal Band, or All Vocal Band), is a spin-off group formed from the former backup singers of the Contemporary Christian act Acappella. While Acappella maintained a more traditional adult-oriented vocal style, AVB's music was aimed at a younger audience. Their sound is similar to Take 6, Boyz II Men, and Tony! Tone! Toni!. In 1994 they scored a hit on the CCM charts with a cover of the Mr Mister hit "Kyrie".
The labels are taken from the original releases; many of the albums have been re-released with new distrubitors.
* Give Me Light (1987, Clifty Records)
* Steppin' On A Cloud (1988, Clifty Records)
* Song In My Soul (1989, Clifty Records)
* A Savior Is Born! (1989, Clifty Records, with Acappella)
* What's Your Tag Say? (1990, Word)
* Celebrate And Party (1992, Word)
* U And Me And God Make 5 (1993, Word)
* Caminando en la Luz (1994, Word)
* The Road (1995, The Acappella Company)
* Way Of Life (1996, The Acappella Company)
* Real (1999, The Acappella Company)
* The Early Years (2002, The Acappella Company)
AVB is not currently an active group.
From Wikipedia:Acapella Vocal Band, (All Vocal Band or AVB), was a vocal group put together by Keith Lancaster in 1986 to function as backup singers for Acappella, which at the time had only two members and used overdubs for recording, but still needed a full vocal ensemble for live concerts. AVB's popularity and ministry quickly grew, prompting Lancaster to launch AVB as a full time touring group in 1988. AVB went through various changes in style and lineups until disbanding in 2000.
In addition to their early duties as Acappella's opening act and backup group, AVB delivered entire concerts of their own and made their own recordings - Give Me Light (1987) and Steppin' On A Cloud (1988), many of which were later re-released on the The Early Years CD. But in June 1988, with Acappella's expansion to a quartet, AVB branched off to tour on their own under the Acappella Ministries umbrella. At this time, both Acappella and AVB began recording and performing mostly original music, much of it penned by Lancaster, whereas previously they had covered traditional hymns and praise songs and contemporary Christian pop music.
Acappella forged ahead with an adult-contemporary sound while AVB targeted the youth market. With Song In My Soul (1989), AVB made a major shift toward contemporary pop, rock and R&B sounds, though still entirely produced "a cappella" or without instruments (though there was much studio manipulation of the sounds). On What's Your Tag Say?, the shift toward slick hip-hop and R&B was even greater, with a strong lyrical focus on the youth market and extensive choreography incorporated into their live concerts. By Celebrate And Party, the transformation to an almost perfect a cappella mimicry of the New Jack Swing style had been achieved, with a sound similar to Take 6, Boyz II Men, and Tony! Toni! Toné!. U & Me & God Make 5 followed in 1993, producing a hit on the CCM charts with a cover of Mr. Mister's "Kyrie". That AVB lineup of John K. Green, Brishan Hatcher, Wes McKinzie, Max Plaster and Steve Reischl also recorded AVB's Spanish project, Caminando en la Luz (1994), and "greatest hits" compilation, The Road (1995).
After a brief hiatus, AVB returned with a different lineup for Way of Life and a different lineup and sound for Real. Though the group is no longer together, more than 20 former members reunited in Nashville for a concert in July 2009.