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Christian alternative music is a form of alternative rock music lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview. The degree to which the faith appears in the music varies from artist to artist. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (719x710, 375 KB)The Spark - Plankeye This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (719x710, 375 KB)The Spark - Plankeye This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in... The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ...

History

Christian alternative music has its roots in the early 1980s, as the earliest efforts at Christian punk and new wave music were recorded by artists like Daniel Amos, Andy McCarroll and Moral Support, Undercover, The 77s, Adam Again, Quickflight, Youth Choir (later renamed The Choir), Lifesavers Underground, The Altar Boys, Steve Taylor, David Edwards, and Vector. By the 1990s, many of these bands were being carried by independent labels, such as the growing Tooth & Nail Records, because their music tended to be more lyrically complex (and often more controversial) than mainstream Contemporary Christian Music. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City punk rock scene, itself... Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä) is the American rock band formed in 1974, by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. ... Look up Undercover in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Being undercover or wearing plainclothes is disguising ones identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information. ... The 77s are an American Rock_band consisting of Michael Roe on lead guitar, Mark Harmon on bass and Bruce Spencer on drums. ... Adam Again was the name of a rock band, lead by vocalist Gene Eugene, and backed by Riki Michele, Paul Valadez on bass, John Knox on drums, Greg Lawless on guitar, and Dan Michaels on saxophone. ... The Choir are an atmospheric alternative rock band. ... Michael Knott LSU (a. ... Steve Taylor performing at Cornerstone 2003, his first U.S. concert since 1996, and perhaps his last for some time to come. ... There have been several well-known people named David Edwards, including: David Edwards (actor) David_Edwards_(journalist) David Edwards (singer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Vector is a new wave rock band formed in Sacramento in the early 1980s by Jimmy Abegg, Steve Griffith and Charlie Peacock. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label founded by Brandon Ebel in Seattle, Washington in 1993. ... With Footnotes 2nd Chapter of Acts (1974) Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a somewhat outdated term originally used in the 1970s to describe a new form of pop/rock music that was lyrically based in the Christian faith. ...

Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... See also hymn - a program to decrypt iTunes music files. ... Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Jump to: navigation, search Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The Jesus Movement was the Christian component of the Hippie Movement, composed of the Jesus People or Jesus Freaks. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in any given society. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a conservative tendency in diverse branches of Protestantism, typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically-oriented faith, and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to cultural issues. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing North America (geographically) A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar used in Jazz features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Jump to: navigation, search A bass guitar is an electric or acoustic bass - a stringed instrument similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... With Footnotes 2nd Chapter of Acts (1974) Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a somewhat outdated term originally used in the 1970s to describe a new form of pop/rock music that was lyrically based in the Christian faith. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Jump to: navigation, search Holy hip hop, originally Christian hip hop, but also known as Gospel rap, or Christian rap is a form of hip hop music that uses Christian-themed lyrics to express the songwriters faith. ... Christian metal is a form of heavy metal music with explicitly Christian lyrics and themes. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Christian hardcore is a form of hardcore punk music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christian hip hop, originally Gospel rap, but also known as Holy hip hop, or Christian rap is a form of hip hop music that uses Christian-themed lyrics to express the songwriters faith. ... Main articles: Christian metal, Heavy metal (music) See also: Christian hardcore This list omits some bands of disputed status as a Christian band. Some bands could better be classified as hardcore, but have been referred to variously as metalcore, heavy metal or one of the many metal genres by fans. ...

List of bands

Main article: List of Christian alternative bands

Listing of most Christian alternative music bands // 1-9 1-4-1 100 Portraits 100 Watt Magnet 12 Multi-Colored Frozen Christian Rubbe 121 Mercy Street 12th Tribe 141 18 Inch Journey 1HOPE4U 2 Boys and a Girl 2 Edged Sword 2 Inch Pilgrim 20/20 Blind 25 Cents Flat...

External links

• God Save the Teens: Local Kids Seek a New Kind of Church Through Hardcore and Hip-Hop by Lauren Sandler in the Village Voice 30 May - 5 June 2001
• Review As I Lay Dying and Norma Jean by Ben Bishop in The Hard Music Magazine
• Rock and Pop > Christian Punk and Hardcore in the Yahoo! Directory
• Firestream.net - The Believer's Heavy Music Refuge
• Alternative Countdown To Xmas A live (alternative) countdown to xmas