Band Members: Joel Houston, Holly Dawson, Marty Sampson, Brooke Fraser, Jonathon Douglass, Gabriel Kelly, Jadwin , Annie Garratt, Michelle Fragar

The band formed as close friends from within youth ministry, originally called Powerhouse Youth, led for many years by Donna Crouch. As the house band for the youth meetings of Powerhouse, the band played covers of Hillsong Church and various other ministries' music, sometimes members contributing to Youth Alive and its' albums (Darlene Zschech was involved in Youth Alive before Hillsong Church). Dr. Mark Evans (Macquarie Uni) states in his Ph. D thesis, A youth band was formed from the Hillsong music team, which took what was happening in the church musically and played it louder and rockier, appealing directly to a youth demographic. Steve McPherson, Deb Ezzy and Donia Makedonez were significant members. Powerhouse grew and was split in the late 1990s into two youth groups, Powerhouse