Feeling really confused about the Newsboys world? Have you visited any Newsboys message boards or perused any Newsboys fan sites and not had a single solitary clue what ONIP is, why people want to eat poachels, and who this FauxJo guy was/is? Well, this page is here to help you! And if you're a veteran NB fan and know some other snippet of info that belongs on this page, please e-mail it to me. Thanks!
People in the Newsboys Universe
NB = The Newsboys
Newsies = The Newsboys
'Boys = The NewsboysPeter Furler = Lead vocals, occasional guitar
Phil Joel = Bass guitar, occasional vocals
Bryan Olesen = Lead guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Frankenstein = Keyboard
Duncan Phillips = Drums
dc = The Newsboys' former webmaster and all-around graphic design guru. Has claimed at times that he is actually a robot. He says dc stands for nothing except that which is right and just (or something along those lines...). His official portrait (as drawn by Mookie) is at the right.
Dunny = Duncan's nickname. In Australia, a dunny is a toilet (sometimes an outhouse). That doesn't keep his bandmates from using the name occasionally.
Squiz = Duncan's nickname. Claims it's his middle name. No one believes him. In Australia, squiz means look, "Take a squiz at that thing over there!"Oinch = Jeff's nickname. Some claim it stands for "Oi, Never Chew Ham." However this is more of a joke than a real guess as to Oinch's meaning.
Dr. F or Dr. Frankenstein = Usually a nickname for Jeff Frankenstein, especially since he showed up in a lab coat at the LLD tour! In the Oi!-eos world, Dr. F shows up occasionally to help sick cookies. He may or may not be the Jeff cookieHelmet = Jody's nickname.
McKracken = Phil's nickname. Hasn't been used in a long time, I believe.
Philip Urry = Phil Joel. This one fooled me for the longest time. They ARE the same person. Phil changed his name. I've heard it was because Urry was mispronounced so often.Newswives = The wives of the Newsboys
Summer = Peter's wife
Heather = Phil's wife
Phynley = Phil and Heather's daughter
Eden = Phil and Heather's son
Breeon = Duncan's wife
Taylor = Duncan and Breeon's daughter
Madison = Duncan and Breeon's daughter
Erika = Jody's wife
Bethany = Jody and Erika's daughter
Jeni = Jeff's wife
Jenni = Bryan's wife (confusing, ain't it?)
Jadyn = Bryan and Jenni's daughter
Myles = Bryan and Jenni's son
Liam = Bryan and Jenni's sonJody Davis = Former Newsboy. Lead guitar, backing vocals. Left band due to ill daughter.
John James = Former Newsboy. Lead singer. Founded the band with Peter Furler.
Kevin Mills = Former Newsboy. Bass. Is now dead.
Cory Pryor = Former Newsboy. Keyboards.
Vernon Bishop = Former Newsboy. Guitar.
Jonathan Geange = Former Newsboy. Guitar.
Phil Yates = Former Newsboy. Guitar.
Sean Taylor = Former Newsboy. Bass.
George Perdikas = Former Newsboy. Guitar. Left the band before their first album.FauxJo = Nickname given to Randy Williams (previously of "The Big Tent Revival" fame) who subbed for Jody Davis for a while as Jody stayed home with his baby Bethany, who was very ill. (As a side note, I'd like to point out that it was my brother Paul who originally coined this term...)
Jay (Jason) Baskin = Newsboys' former guitar tech/roadie. One of the coolest guys around.
Bob Smiley = Christian comedian and the Newsboys' traditional emcee. He has been with them for at least the "Take Me To Your Leader" tour, the "LoveLiberyDisco" tour, and Festival con Dios" tour.
Albums and Videos
RAAI = "Read All About It," the Newsboys first CD release, in 1988
HIFW = "Hell is For Wimps," Newsboys CD released in 1990
BWBB = "Boys Will Be Boyz," Newsboys CD released in 1991
NA = "Not Ashamed," Newsboys CD released in 1992 (considered by Peter Furler and others to be the first "real" Newsboys CD)
GP = "Going Public," Newsboys CD released in 1993
TMTYL = "Take Me To Your Leader," Newsboys CD released in 1996
SUTTM = "Step Up to the Microphone," Newsboys CD released in 1998
LLD = "Love, Liberty, Disco," Newsboys CD released in 1999 (also called "loveliberydisco")
STH = "Shine...The Hits," Newsboys CD released in 2000 (compilation with some new songs)WOY = "Watching Over You," Phil's CD released in 2000
DUTBT = "Down Under the Big Top," Newsboys' hour-long movie released direct-to-video in 1996. Based loosely on the song "Reality."
ONIP = "One Night in Pennsylvania," a video of the "Step Up to the Microphone" tour appearance in Hershey, PN back in 1998.
Other stuff
FCD = Festival con Dios, a tour which was held in Spring and Fall of 2001 and toured throughout the country. The first of its kind. Featured Newsboys, OC Supertones, Audio Adrenaline, and several others.
Poachel = A fictional food. In "Down Under the Big Top" (see above) Jody and Jeff were discussing the nature of bagels. Jody suggested they were boiled in water. Jeff said that would be poaching. "You don't poach dough! They're not called poachels! They're called bagels. They're baked. Get it?!" And so the legend begins! Yum.
Never pet a burning dog = Quote attributed to Phil (originally to Kevin Mills, former band member).
Never take food from a stingy man = Quote attributed to Phil, taken from the book of Proverbs.
The Disco Ball Incident = During the LLD tour, a huge disco ball fell on Peter's head. He bled some and had to go to the hospital after the show, but he was okay.
The Collar Bone Incident = Phil broke his collar bone while motorbiking on the first day of the Steven Curtis Chapman tour. Phil made it through the rest of the tour, though. A sling and lots of aspirin! Phil's collarbone looks a little weird on that side now.
CCMBuzz Lore:
Oi!-eos = Fictional living cookies in the shapes of the Newsboys. Invented way back when by a gal named Sarah. Cookietalkers request a bag of cookies which arrive (fictionally) at their house. The bag contains the five Newsboys, sometimes their wives, and occasionally a Bob Smiley or a John James (those last two being very rare). The cookies have adventures, which the Cookietalkers tell us about in the form of a Cookie Convo (a script-like telling of their tale). Typically the cookies are prank-pullers and are always getting into trouble.
Cookies = see Oi!-eos
Cookietalkers = see Oi!-eos
Cookieconvos = see Oi!-eosUp = (I'm not even sure this exists anymore, but I'm sure a lot of people remember it) If you want a particular topic to appear at the top of the list of topics in a particular forum, you have to post in it. Once you've posted, it's kicked up to the top of the list. So if you want to bring a topic to everyone's attention, but don't have anything to add to it, just put "up." The message will get lifted to the top of the list (because of the new post) and everyone will see it and hopefully go read it. Up!
The Three Great Mysteries of the Newsboys = Mookie originally came up with this term.
(1) Peter's birthdate (including year)
(2) Duncan's middle name (probably not Squiz as he claims it is)
(3) The meaning of Oinch (Jeff's nickname)
CCM Chat Lore:
Chunky Noots = A typo of "chunky boots." As in, someone wanted to take chunky noots with them to a concert because they wanted to see above tall people. It has now become the classic replacement for anything which makes one appear tall. As in, "Duncan is taller than you in that photo. Was he wearing chunky noots?"