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The roots of Jesus rock pioneers the All Saved Freak Band time back again to 1963, when aspiring pianist Larry Hill met guitarist Joe Markko on the Chicago street corner while ministering for the Christian youth program Teen Challenge; a couple of years afterwards, the duo started collaborating as songwriters, …

An obscure band which has nonetheless attracted interest from record enthusiasts (even more for the actual fact of their obscurity than some other reason), Agape was a hippie-era psychedelic very difficult rock act which used the music of youngsters rebellion to pass on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Fred Caban …

California duo Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley began their professions separately in the 1960s LA folk membership circuit before teaming up to create and perform together. Their tune “Keeper from the Seven Tips” was documented by H.P. Lovecraft and in addition appeared on the 1968 debut, Down in L.A. Their …

Gospel designer Aaron Spiro caused three-time Dove Honor champion Charlie Peacock in 2002 for his debut recording, Sing. Released by Sparrow Information, the recording showcased the Seattle artist’s devotion towards the chapel and closeness with God. Spiro co-wrote his strikingly insightful tunes of trust with Peacock, who experienced already caused …

Mike Curb has led an extended and varied profession in and away of music. Blessed in 1945, he was a university dropout who were able to discovered his very own record label in his early twenties, sell it for the six-figure amount, and parlay his popularity in the music sector …

Best-known for his 1970 hit “Spirit in the Sky,” singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was created November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA. He started his musical profession while students at Boston University or college, playing region coffeehouses before relocating towards the Western Coast through the middle-’60s and developing some sort of psychedelic …

Although they hardly ever achieved just as much notoriety as their Orange County neighbors Stryper, Los Angeles’ Barren Cross were one of the best-known Christian (or “white”) steel bands to emerge within the 1980s. Produced in past due 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Mike Lee, guitarist Ray Parris, bassist Jim LaVerde, and …

The founding dad of Jesus Rock and roll, Larry Norman wed the rhythms of pop music using the religious and social outlook of Christianity to make a sort of flower-power gospel. While his initiatives had been instrumental in shaping the audio and designs of modern Christian rock and roll, Norman …

This California-based melodic pop-style rock group, formed within the ’80s by Jesus music veterans Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, was influenced by blues-rockers and R&B groups.

California vocalist/songwriter Trent Thomason entered the globe of Christian music in the late ’90s, when Petra approached the keyboardist about signing up for the music group. Thomason was along the way of shifting to Australia when the music group had contacted him, therefore he spent enough time between homes considering …