• JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    August burns red
    The devil wears prada
    Underoath
    Silent planet
    Texas in july
    Wolves at the gate
    Memphis may fire (some lyrics are cringey though)

  • BreadOven@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    There’s always Calibretto 13 (I copied the name hence the large font). A Christian punk band. I’ve only heard a couple songs.

    I just know of them because at least some of the members (including the guitarist/singer/songwriter aka the frontman) made another band:

    Harley Poe

    Pretty much the opposite of a Christian band, and I love it (used to be religious long ago). But it’s pretty much peak folk/horror punk. Really great music. But like I said…the opposite of Christian music.

    Would recommend (their version of) “the hearse song” or “transvestites can be cannibals too” (same album) or "Music for teenagers.

  • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
    18·
    3 days ago

    I’m a former Christian, if that counts.

    DC Talk - the album Jesus Freak is peak Christian Rock, but the earlier, hokey rap stuff was fun, too.

    Five Iron Frenzy - ska band that I absolutely adored as a teen. Saw them live at a reunion tour a few years ago (as an atheist) and had a great time.

    Audio Adrenaline - more Christian Rock, just a good all around band.

    Relient K - really fun and melodic punk/alternative. Went more rock than punk over time, but always solid quality. They made one of the better Christmas albums on offer, too.

    And just for fun, try singing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan’s Island!

    • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      You just described my teens. Also Jars of Clay (I went to one of their concerts once), The News Boys, and some more obscure ones like Pillar and Paul Ruben. I also loved P.O.D… It’s really weird to hear them on secular radio these days.

      Now-a-days, all of that is only for when I’m wallowing in self pity. There have been times in my life when casually mentioning a secular song around my family would make the shit hit the fan.

      • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 days ago

        My first concert was Newsboys and Supertones (Newsboys was the opener, it was pretty early for them). Saw FIF a year or two later. Saw Insyderz at a smaller event a few years after that. To this day I get to say I’ve seen the three “big” Christian ska bands live.

        What a wild time. Jars is still on a regular rotation for me (Flood and Liquid are both bangers, and their Christmas album is one of my favorite holiday albums).

        • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 days ago

          Right?

          I remember the local contemporary Christian station would sometimes play P.O.D., but only late at night. It was too “hard” or something for during the day when I guess kids might be listening or whatever. The DJ even chastised listeners once for requesting P.O.D. during the day.

      • FrChazzz@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Amazing Grace is one of those songs that uses a particular meter that allows for these kinds of tune changes. You can sing it to the tune of House of the Rising Sun as well (among others). One of my supervising/mentoring priests (Episcopal) from when I was in seminary did a Lent study on Amazing Grace and had people listen to all these different versions.

      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
        3·
        3 days ago

        Just one of those things kids learn at church, at least in the areas I grew up in. Kinda like the “cool S” but not quite as universally iconic.

  • Manticore@lemmy.nz
    3·
    2 days ago

    Learned about the band Jars of Clay when they were on MTV as a kid and thought they were pretty neat. Bought a couple albums ad a student. Still listen to them sometimes

    I like Flood (more rock), Sad Clown (more chill), and Boy on a String (in between)

  • temporal_spider@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Most older gospel is wonderful. Here’s a song by an artist you’ve probably never heard of, because she only released this one single. She had a gorgeous, rich gospel voice, and the record company was all set to promote her as the next Janice Joplin. But she feared the music business would corrupt her soul, so pop music lost a brilliant voice. She’s dead now. I like to imagine her cranking out great albums in heaven.

    https://youtu.be/Q2G1F8urLtE

    • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
      31·
      3 days ago

      They are not a Christian band but they are heavily themed on Christianity from what they said in an interview.

        • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          They still do, however, they refer to themselves as a entertainment focused band that loves Jesus and not a Christian focused band. Basically they defer to leaders in the church to actually teach and just promote that. You should listen to your pastor/priest and love Jesus! .To put it another way, all rectangles are parallelograms but not all parallelograms are rectangles sometimes it’s a square.

  • MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip
    121·
    3 days ago

    It’s not technically a Christian band but Creed has a couple banger songs that are very clearly about God/religion.

    If a song slaps a song slaps. I don’t care if it slaps while it talkes about something I don’t personally believe in. I still listen to all kinds of hardcore rap and I have never done any drugs harder than shrooms or shot anybody.