Peter Andrew Furler
Biography
Peter Andrew Furler was born in Australia on September 8, 1966. Peter Started playing
the drums when he was around ten and at the age fifteen he started a band called, "The
News" with his friend John James as Lead Singer. Their first gig was at Peter's sister's
birthday party. Later they Changed their name to Newsboys and started their career In
America after Wes Campbell discovered them. When John James quit Peter Became
lead singer. Peter is also a co-owner of the record company
InPop Records.
After ten
years of having been given hundreds of Demo's from various artists, Peter,
Campbell and Australian Friend Dale Bray decided to launch their own record
company. InPop records Has signed such artists as
Beanbag
,
Fusebox
,
Plus One
,
Petra
,
SuperChic[k]
, and fellow Newsboy,
Phil Joel,
who released "Watching Over
You" and "Bring It On" with
InPop. InPop Records has given great opportunities to
struggling christian artists and continues to do so. Peter is now married to
Summer LeFevre Furler and continues in the Awesome way he conducts the Newsboys.
Fun Facts
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Shaves his head because he "feels better without it there"
His Birthday is september 8th, 1966
His nicknames are Pete, Dude, And Baldy(I wonder why..)
Gets Nervous before every show
If he wasn't a newsboys he would be a Firefighter
His hobbies are MotorBiking and Paintballing
His first job was an Aquatic Instructor
His favorite cartoon character is Scooby Doo
His favorite school Subject was Lunch
His favorite Bible story is Joseph
His favorite food on the road is fruit
He has been to every state except Alaska