spoot wrote:
Many people blow off Christian music because it sucks, sucks, sucks. If 99.9% of something is lousy, that's pretty good cause to skip the latest Tooth and Nail release. That doesn't mean you're not open to pleasant surprises when they come along.

Too right. Most of the stuff I've heard by religious musicians (where the religion is an integral component to the music) is in general unrewarding comical shite. That isn't to say that writing religious music precludes it from being any good. I couldn't live without my Low records, I love Buddhist Tantric chanting and quite like gospel music.
But most Christian rock is too ripe with cliche and pomposity to take seriously. I'd say that this is because people that write this kind of Christian rock have an eye on prosletysing, and that doesn't make for easy listening... Actually, maybe Christian easy listening would be more successful...

I think I could get into Christian rock if it was in mashup format.

Angry_Dragon wrote:I think I could get into Christian rock if it was in mashup format.

Psalm 69 vs Psalm 69 maybe?

Jesus Christ I am such a funny motherfucker. Scratch that, because am am THE funniest motherfucker.

Rimbaud III wrote:

Angry_Dragon wrote:I think I could get into Christian rock if it was in mashup format.

Psalm 69 vs Psalm 69 maybe?

Jesus Christ I am such a funny motherfucker. Scratch that, because am am THE funniest motherfucker.

Who is am am?
I couldn't find him on google.

Angry_Dragon wrote:Who is am am?
I couldn't find him on google.

That was an "ironic" typo. That is why I IS the funniest motherfucker. And by motherfucker, I don't mean to refer to the actual act of fornication with my mother, I use it in an Eddie Murphy-cum-Richard Prior-cum-Bill Cosby way. These people were also "motherfuckers".

my band has all christian members.

One of my favorite Christian Rock bands is Black Sabbath. They sort of 'played the fence', sure, but the classic early stuff is straight off the pulpit.

Oh, and Blackhouse is pretty cool. Noise, though. Not rock.

Anyone ever hear a Xian rap band called The Firefighters? Wow.

kanye west

Actually damien jurado is really good, I liked him a lot when I saw Low- and usually I *almost* hate acoustic music in general. I didn't realize he was christian. I don't know if sufjan stevens is really christian or not but I can't stand his shit.

Here in salt lake there are tons of mormons in a lot of bands. It really isn't even an issue, probably since most people here have come to terms with it after living here a while. Provo is a little weird though.

I guess the guy from the killers is mormon, but that only perpetuates the stereotype.

Actually, the word with most folks into garage rock is that the Knights Of The New Crusade are a prank. Mike Lucas (used to be in the Phantom Surfers, plays with the reunited version of Crime) supposedly started the band, and Russell Quan (Mummies, Dukes of Hamburg) is playing drums with them.

There are certainly Christian musicians that I like, but most of them tend not to proletyze in their songs -- T-Bone Burnett, Sam Phillips, Peter Case, folks like that.