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John Elefante is an American rock and roll vocalist, who got his start in the music business with the rock band Kansas. Elefante was the replacement for the original Kansas vocalist, Steve Walsh, who left Kansas in 1981. He appeared on two Kansas albums, Vinyl Confessions (1982), and Drastic Measures (1983), and sang the vocals on the hit singles "Play the Game Tonight" and "Fight Fire With Fire."

Elefante, along with founding Kansas members Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope, left Kansas at the end of 1983. All three by that point had become born again Christians, and began recording contemporary Christian music after leaving Kansas. Livgren and Hope formed the band AD, while Elefante pursued a solo career. John Elefante, along with his brother Dino Elefante, would go on to form the band Mastedon, as well as becoming noted as record producers under the Pakaderm Records label (motto "The Rock Stomps Here") for a number of contemporary Christian recording artists including Petra.

A song by John Elefante, called "Young and Innocent", is found on the soundtrack to the 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire. He also guested on a song of Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus together with Foreigner's Lou Gramm and Petra's John Schlitt.

Releases

Kansas

Vinyl Confessions (1982, Kirshner)
Drastic Measures (1983, Kirshner)

Mastedon

California Metal - Various Artists (1987, Regency Records) 1 Mastedon song unavailable elsewhere "What About Me"
It's a Jungle Out There (1989, Regency Records)
Lofcaudio (1990, Pakaderm Records)

John Elefante

Windows Of Heaven (1995, Word Records)
Corridors (1997, Pamplin Music)
Defying Gravity (1999, Pamplin Music)

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