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Any christian bands that RAWK?

#30
DiabolusInMusic said:
King's X are not a christian band, they are all christians, but not a christian band. They used to sell a lot of CD through christian music stores until DuG came out. King's X lost a lot of fans because DuG came out, that just isn't cool, I think the proper words to define it would be that they judged him.

I don't listen to christian music, but I get a lot of students that play worship and I had somebody show me these guys. When I think of christian rock I think of these guys.

Because of Jesus - Whitecross
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I know lots about the King's X story and didn't think it all needed to be included here. But I think no matter how you classify the band, the song "We Were Born To Be Loved" is a Christian themed song. Hence the inclusion of the song.
 
#31
For some awesome old school stuff:
Petra is amazing.
DC Talk has some cool stuff.
Whitecross is rawkin.

For newer stuff:
Theocracy is incredible!
red is all right
effector is very interesting, the musicianship is amazing!
 
#33
I don't know if anyone included these guys:

Dogs of Peace

These guys only put out one album in about '96, but they are/were Gordon Kennedy and Jimmy Lee Sloas. Gordon co-wrote Clapton's Change The World and Jimmy Lee is one of Nashville's top session bassists. They also produced several albums for PFR.

 
#37
powmetalbassist said:
Check out 'Theocracy'. Christian Power Metal. if you listen to the music and ignore the christian vocal message it is actually really good power metal.
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+1, although I happen to be a fan of their message as well. Better lyrics theologically than most Christian bands.

The thing that sets these guys apart for me, is that most Christian bands are maybe "good for a christian band" or "alright by Christian standards, but totally sub-par compared to more universal standards" while Theocracy (with the most recent album, anyway) is not good only by Christian standards, but by any prog/power metal standard. Solid band.
 
#38
Luke19Boarder said:
Recently saw these guys at a festival ... didn't realize they were a christian band (not super praise-y, but you could see them praying behind stage before they played)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzi6LyHkgpc&feature=related



Oh, and my girlfriend listens to these guys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEMegwcNihc
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August Burns Red is another solid band that holds up to real standards, and the members are all strong Christians as far as I know. Some songs have stronger Christian themes than others... musically they are super tight, technical, skilled musicians.
 

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