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Why is Christian Rock Music So Popular?

By: Sam Wilko

â€oeChristian Rock”, the genre often ridiculed at by traditional rock artists, enthusiasts & critics alike is gaining popularity and stamping its place as a sort after genre for the young generation of rocking headbanger, mosh-pitting gurus! Didn’t Christian rock die a couple of years ago, you ask? Christian rock music is growing faster than ever before with Daily News of Christian Rock Music, new artists & albums streaming across the Internet and pumping the airways continuously every day. So where did this God Rock come from? I mean this is new right?

This type of rock music wasn’t around 20 years ago, was it? Well I didn’t think so until recently, the reality is Christian music or should I say Christian rock music has been around seemingly since the dawn of creation! So why seeing it today all the time? Where were the God Rocker's for so long and what happened to the voice of damnation for those participating in anything other than a church hymn or Sunday school choir? The chastity belt of today's Christian rock is alive and well. There are many religious organisations who oppose this form of music, I will talk more about this opposition later.

Most Christians are in favor of this â€oemovement” feeling that Christian rock music is another way to reach people with the importance of the Christian faith. So why the controversy?, what is so different about secular rock music in comparison to Christian rock? Many have asked this question and instead of quoting my mate Bobby Dylan â€oethe answer is blowing in the wind”, I thought I would look into this more closely and check out the facts and see why there is so much â€oeopposition” to the sounds of â€oethumping grace”. After reviewing many rock & heavy metal music bands and on stage productions and then compared them to their Christian counterparts, I did see differences but not many! The stage performance was very similar with the exception of secular heavy metal revealing more of a dark or sadistic side at times in general there was little if no difference in presentation from Christian rock to secular or Non-Christian music. The only real difference I could observe was in lyrical content, with Christian rock music singing words from the Bible and preaching family values.

So why was Christian rock music introverted for so many years, seemingly hiding in the shadows from more upright members of the Christian community? Well apparently they weren’t seeking refuge in some dark cave at all, it’s just that I like many people didn’t even know they were around back then! Good old fashioned Christian rock bands like Petra, Stryper, Bloodgood, Whitecross and Tourniquet have been rocking Christians and secular music lovers alike for generations.

The voice of rock abstinence is still screaming louder than ever in some Christian spheres although seemingly falling on deaf ears of a Christian Rocker community that grows bigger every day. Who opposes this Christian liberation? Who else but other Christians! It seems some segments of Christianity who have not advanced to modern day sounds are Bible bashing these Christian rock music head bangers with eternal consequences for their â€oemisguidance”. The most extreme example I came across was the seventh day adventist (SDA) church who proclaim that Christian rock music is quote â€oeDevil music”. The seventh day adventist church preach that all rock music has the â€oebeat of the devil” borrowed from primitive heathen rituals, beating in time with the body’s â€oenatural rhythms”. I found it hard to understand that anyone could think this way at first, but indeed it is true and they are very serious about stamping out any and all rock music, or anything for that matter that resembles a drum beat!

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Sam J Wilkinson works as a volunteer designer of the Christian Rock Music Site ColdandUgly.net, which has the latest information about Christian music & artistis, aswell as other Christian music scene news & events. http://coldandugly.net

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