Peter Andrew Furler was one of the original members of Newsboys. He helped start the band in 1985 with bassist Sean Taylor, vocalist John James, and George Perdikis. Furler became the band's drummer. However, in late 1997, James left the band, so Furler became the band's new lead singer, and Duncan Phillips became the new drummer. His first album as vocalist was Step Up to the Microphone. In 1999, he founded Inpop Records. Furler remained lead singer until 2009. He did the vocals for In the Hands of God, Newsboys' thirteenth studio album, and then announced that former dc Talk vocalist Michael Tait would be performing vocals for the band during their tour for the album, The Way We Roll Tour.