If you are considering organising a worship gathering in your area, I would recommend YARDEN. They are a passionate band, gifted songwriters and skilled at leading people into God's presence.
Noel Richards

Let's keep things as simple as we can. This really shouldn't work: Four guys from different towns, musical backgrounds, Churches and fast-food tastes making music with a deep sense of unity and friendship for one another. But for some reason, it does.

Most bands will use a page like this to sell what they do and how good they are, a bit like a product. We want to try and do things differently. This is now our 11th year in existence..... that is quite a while. Between 1997 and 2005, we were known as NAMELESSMUSIC, a name that suited who we were and what we did. As we entered 2006, it was time for change.

After much discussion and consideration, we agreed it was the right way forward and agreed on a new name - YARDEN. Why? It is an old Hebrew word for the river Jordan and as Christians we believe God is telling us it was time to "get up from where you are and cross over to the other side". You know how sometimes you feel it's just time move on, like moving house or changing your job? Well, we leave all of those decisions to God and He has told us to move on as a band.

The kind of music we play can best be described as anthemic rock with a hint of classic singer-songwriter thrown in but with lyrics which speak of our love and devotion to God. We come from the same sonic stable as Coldplay, U2 and Keane but enjoy listening to a whole range of music. We currently have Tom Baxter, David Gray, The Fray, The Foo Fighters and whole bunch of other people in our CD player.

We want the music we play to be honest and open and honour God, touch lives and change hearts. God and our love for him is at the centre of who we are and what we do; He is the reason. Simple.

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Ben Dodgson: Drums and Percussion
Ben is our drummer, percussionist and general musical/recording bloke. He plays a hand-crafted Richmo Cherry Red birch drum kit. He also ensures that any loops and backing tracks are all working when we play live.

Si Akehurst: Bass and Vocals
Si is our bassist and backing vocalist and plays a Fender five string a lovely Ibanez five string. He is the band Games master and current band-champion at just about every racing game going.

Steve Mann: Guitars and Vocals
Steve is our lead guitarist and vocalist and plays a lovely Fender Strat and opens a Line 6 POD. Steve used to attract all of the attention in the band for owning and using an Ebow until Si got himself a lovely upright bass.

Tim Sherrington: Vocals, Guitar and Piano
Tim is our lead singer, guitarist and piano player and plays an Epiphone DOT Series, Telecaster Nashville and Yamaha Acoustic. He holds the record for the most amount of children, probably because he is the only one who has children.