my dad was in a band with a guy who left to join a christian rock band
the whole concept is fucking ridiculous

I've never once met a person who was in a Christian Rock band (or even interested in Christian Rock) that didn't instantly sketch me the fuck out.

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the same guy came 4th in the UK grand final of stars in their eyes impersonating Phil Collins. trufax.

I believe MxPx is considered a Christian punk/rock band. Their song Chick Magnet was a pretty good song when I was young, but their remaining 300 other songs are shit. I don't think they're really evangelical though since a decent amount of their songs do not deal with religion.

edit: Wow that last sentence I wrote really contradicts everything doesn't it? Oh well.

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Originally posted by denys envy the concerts are a great way to pick up hottie virgins that have been sheltered by their parents.

See, that's the thing - the vast majority of young Christian folk I've met who were big Christian rock/punkers were absolutely filthy. They'd go to their "youth groups" and talk about how they shouldn't drink or do drugs, and how they were saving themselves for marriage - then the same exact kids would be out utterly mashed and fucking/sucking whatever was there that evening.

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It's fallacious to judge a band as devoid of artistic merit just because you disagree with the band's ideology or religious beliefs, as a band's motivation for making music doesn't necessarily affect its members' skills as musicians and songwriters.

Look at bands like Atari Teenage Riot or Rage Against The Machine. Plenty of people acknowledge their artistic merit and musical talent, regardless of being in agreement with the radical views of Zack de la Rocha and Alec Empire or not.

As for Christian rock, I'm not a fan either, but that is mainly because the music itself recycles the same tired power pop/gospel cliches I've heard a million times already. However, this obviously won't apply to all people within the genre, such as Extol, whose early releases are solid handiwork within the metal genre. Even some of the guys from the black metal scene around here like them.

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Christian Rock is everything Rock'n'Roll isn't supposed to be. I have no idea why they even call it Rock

Wuss music.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper It's fallacious to judge a band as devoid of artistic merit just because you disagree with the band's ideology or religious beliefs, as a band's motivation for making music doesn't necessarily affect its members' skills as musicians and songwriters. Look at bands like Atari Teenage Riot or Rage Against The Machine. Plenty of people acknowledge their artistic merit and musical talent, regardless of being in agreement with the radical views of Zack de la Rocha and Alec Empire or not.

I disagree completely - but not because I'm judging them as devoid of artist merit solely on my interpretation of what they're doing, but rather because many of them not only openly admit to not creating, or even viewing, music as anything more than a tool - something that should be self evident in the striking lack of original material in the genre (when compared to other genres). I'm quite convinced there are maybe only three or four dozen Christian rock songs that even exist, and the vast majority of Christian rock bands just "cover" them tirelessly.

And I'm not even going to get started on my opinion of Rage Against the Machine.

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