1. John Schlitt began singing and showing interest in music from a very young age.

1. John Schlitt began singing and showing interest in music from a very young age.
However, during the time, John Schlitt developed a dependency on cocaine and alcohol.
John Schlitt's dependency reached a peak when he was fired from the band in March 1980.
John Schlitt confesses that he had already decided to end his life and agreed to the meeting only "so my wife would be able to say 'he tried' after I was gone".
John Schlitt was joined by former Head East drummer Steve Huston, along with the band's keyboardist Roger Boyd.
John Schlitt sang his first show on February 3,1986, beginning a career that would span nearly two decades.
Hartman and John Schlitt have performed several shows to promote the album.
In May 2008, John Schlitt toured India, playing eight dates in six cities with an all-new backing band, StoneJava.
In 2012, John Schlitt released his fourth solo project, titled The Greater Cause, on 4K Records.
In 2019 John Schlitt released his sixth studio album, Go.
John Schlitt has earned multiple Gold Records, Grammys and Dove Awards.
John Schlitt has toured all over the world and has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame as the lead singer of Petra.
John Schlitt was recently named the best rock singer in Christian music history by GospelMusicChannel.
John Schlitt is still active today lending his vocals to various projects and band, including to Project Damage Control, a Christian progressive hard rock band.
John Schlitt is the lead vocalist of a band, The Union of Sinners and Saints, with White Heart founder, guitarist and songwriter Billy Smiley.
John Schlitt lends his vocals to the Jay Sekulow Band.
John Schlitt has been married to wife Dorla since August 28,1971.