Bill Church started out playing bass with Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album. Also part of Morrison's band at this time was guitarist Ronnie Montrose who went on to Edgar Winter Group's smash They Only Come Out at Night. Church remained with Morrison and appeared on the Saint Dominic's Preview LP. When Montrose left Winter to form his own hard rock outfit, Montrose, Church was recruited along with singer Sammy Hagar and drummer Denny Carmassi. Church was replaced on the second Montrose album Paper Money by Alan Fitzgerald. After Hagar left Montrose to start his solo career, Church rejoined the singer for eight studio albums from Nine on a Ten Scale (1976) to VOA (1984) until Hagar left to front Van Halen. Nicknamed "Electric Church," along with Ronnie Montrose and Denny Carmassi, had a "Montrose reunion" on Hagar's Marching To Mars CD (1997) on the song "Leaving The Warmth Of The Womb."
Albums:
- Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)
- Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)
- Sawbuck - Sawbuck (1972)
- Montrose - Montrose (1973)
- Sammy Hagar - Nine on a Ten Scale (1976)
- Sammy Hagar - Sammy Hagar (the "Red" album) (1977)
- Sammy Hagar - Musical Chairs (1977)
- Sammy Hagar - All Night Long (Live) (1978)
- Sammy Hagar - Street Machine (1979)
- Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone (1979)
- Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton (1981)
- Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box (1982)
- Sammy Hagar - Live 1980 (1983)
- Sammy Hagar - VOA (1984)
- Sammy Hagar - Marching to Mars (1997)
- Van Morrison - The Philosopher's Stone (1998) 2 previously unreleased songs recorded in 1971 "Ordinary People" and "Wonderful Remark"
Trivia
- Bill Church’s son, Trevor, plays guitar in the rock band An Angle.
- Bill is currently in [the DHC band] (Davis,Hodge,Church) with Tom Davis and Perry Hodge
