Ken Tamplin

ABOUT KEN TAMPLIN

Singer and songwriter in the Christian Rock genre. In 1987, he founded a glam metal Christian band called Shout.

He spent his early teen years selling and using cocaine and other drugs. At age fourteen, he ended his drug use and became a born-again Christian.

For his 1993 album Tamplin, he received one of several Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards.

He grew up in Marietta, Georgia. His cousin, Sammy Hagar , was lead vocalist of the rock band Van Halen.

He produced a 2001 charity album that featured gospel vocals by singer Andrae Crouch .