My wife and I saw Stryper last night and they were extremely tight. They rocked the house down. It's rekindled my interest in the Christian bands I listened to in the 80's. Petra, Stryper, Rez, Whitecross, DeGarmo and Key, the list goes on. Excellent video!!!
No doubt stryper is still at the top of their game. I encourage you to subscribe and hang out here with the community! We're all about classic Christian metal and Jesus, and building each other up in our walk with him!
Pastor Brad, I'm a 61yo rocker. Thank you so much for this vid!! The only christian Rock/Metal band that was out there in the early 80's was Resurrection Band. Then came Stryper! Bloodgood, Barren Cross etc. I love ALL the Metal that was and is today!! Praise Jesus for this gift of music to us Metal Heads!!❤
Nice video! Reading the wonderful comments, I now have some Christian metal bands to search. Thanks fellow Christians for the info. Lets keep honoring Jesus and glorifying HIS name.
Absolutely Wonderful video pastor Brad. I have been a Metalhead since I was 13 & heard Quiet Riot & Saxon for the first time. Although I have an enormous Christian rock/metal collection, honestly it is very hard for me to give up on a ton of secular rock/metal music. When I heard Scorpions Rock Believer, I was on as much of a high as when I heard Van Zant’s Jesus Christ just today. Such a world of outstanding music. I’ll be digging into your other videos & I’m sure I will enjoy them. Thanks again Pastor! 😇
Thanks for your stand in Christ! About the Christian metal music, the guys of who sing this style, God used to strengthen me in my faith. I was saved and delivered on October 31, 1984 at 17, from hardcore animal sacrificing satanism. I got involved in satanism from occult based groups at age 9. Such groups as: kiss, lita ford, iron maiden, entombed fetus, led zeppelin, and many more.
Praising God for the gift of his son Jesus and the gift of salvation he offers! Thank you for sharing that part of your testimony! I grew up with all those same bands too! Thankful for the gospel!
Hey Pastor Brad, got nothing but love for you and got mad respect for Larry Norman. The one name that flies under the radar that truly launched Christian Rock was a Lady by the name Sister Rosetta Tharp. She had a Gibson SG (ooh, Devil Guitar 😂) and a Guitar Amp. She rocked the church service with her playing. Long Live Heaven's Metal.
To me, there's just no better sound than a Gibson SG hooked up to the right kind of ampage. I like the tone of a Gibson semi-hollow ES-335, but unfortunately, you can't play those too loud because of the feedback, but I think they sound just as pretty
@@PastorBradRocks Who da thunk it, right?! 😆 And by the way, would you mind checking out my band @lyonhartmusick here on TH-cam?! We are Industrial Rock/Metal group with influences of Static-X, Rammstein, and Ministry. Here's a link to our channel. youtube.com/@lyonhartmusick?si=A8Yfw7amHHdONz1B Also, can you check out the remix of an old song we just re-relwased in lyric video form called "The Obsolete Man". Thanks!
I think there's something to be said for staying plugged into a good bible fellowship/church that keeps a musician grounded and from going the way of the world. I've heard of too many Christian artists (and maybe this is what happen with Stryper in the early 90s?) who got so caught up in touring, recording, in their own celebrity, etc. that they forgot about the very One they were making music for. If you're not staying in the Word, the temptations of this life on the road will choke it out. That's what impressed me so much about the Petra guys, when I found out they were regular church attenders. Not that church alone gets you to heaven, but when you're always abounding in the Word and in fellowship with like-minded believers that keeps you on the right track
King's X, Galactic Cowboys, Helloween, newer WASP, Stryper, Jerusalem, Leviticus, Petra, Skillet...even some Casting Crowns is heavy and rocking. Good music, positive lyrics, scripture references...my criteria for Christian metal. Thank you for this video, I'll check out some new to me music.
Thanks PB! I’m sure a lot of research and time went into this updated video. This deserves to be in some sort of Christian Rock/Metal Historical Hall of Fame if there ever was one. This video kind of gives every Christian Metalhead an identity of where it all started…..such as Pastor Bob’s slogan "We are Metal, We are Family.” Great work!
Excellent video, Pastor Brad. I grew up with these bands starting when I was a little kid in the late '70s. I learned a LOT of scripture from Petra's music. Bob Hartman packed their songs with it. I saw another commenter say that Stryper used a y in their name so it wouldn't be misread as stripper. But I have always remembered the first time I saw them in concert on their Soldiers Under Command tour, Michael Sweet saying from the stage that Stryper is an acronym, standing for "Salvation Through Redemption, Yielding Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness," which I always thought was way cool. Maybe someone can correct me if Michael Sweet didn't say that & I picked that up somewhere else, but to my memory, he said it himself during that show.
Awesome.... so glad you enjoyed the video... Yes, absolutely--I've seen video of Michael breaking down S.T.R.Y.P.E.R. -- just as you said... Thanks for watching and sharing!!!
Honorable Mention to: Arkangel featuring Kemper Crabb Barnabas Servant Randy Stonehill David Zaffiro Trouble* Seventh Angel ....and of course, Darrell Mansfield Band *white metal
Stryper is my favorite Christian band, from the get-go. I saw an article, I think in Time magazine, showcasing this band, as an upcoming Christian band. I ordered their album on cassette. I was blown away! I've been a fan ever since. BTW, Stryper used the 'Y' because they didn't anyone to think they Stryper was pronounced "Stripper".
I have been front the Blue oyster cult and Black Sabbath time and came into the Christ center bands like Bride, Striper and now into Skillet and Red. So in the past 25-30 years it’s been hard to find metal bands in Christian Book stores. And even on the radio stations few play the harder music bands. So CD’s are about all there is. I’ve been to several concerts from anywhere like small churches to music clubs in the poorer neighborhoods to the main stage. I would like to see more Christian metal bands come to Arizona. Thanks for your support for these bands
Thank you for watching and sharing those thoughts! Yeah, I pretty much listen to all my music online now. Spotify, TH-cam, etc. Keep your eyes on Jesus brother!
Yeah, they're sort of the kind of bands that metal fans all know about, and probably would skip between their songs and battle songs and not know the difference but I'm not sure if they're technically metal. Thanks so much for sharing brother!
@@PastorBradRocksI consider GC to be Metal or at least Hard Rock. They are unique though, and have their own sound. I love their harmonizing Melodies set to crunching guitars.
Couple of bands/acts you might want to check out: Trouble, the first album they did for Def American I'd recommend. The second is Cliff Richard, more of an "influence", there is footage of him playing at a Billy Graham thing. A number of albums about Jesus, starting with 1967s Good News, which could be seen as the "first" Christian Rock record.
@PastorBradRocks Cool. I was born in Batesville, raised in Greensburg, and lived in Muncie for several years. You were raised not too far from my old friend Benjy Gaither! Bob Hartman is the reason I'm a guitarist and songwriter.
Personally, I point to Resurrection Band as the first ones to crank their Marshall or SUNN stacks up past 10. Glenn Kaiser even discussed this---there was too much timidity early on from Jesus hippies to play anything that would disturb grandma sitting in the church pew. So much of the early stuff was Crosby, Stills and Nash-type stuff. Folky, singer/songwriter based. But then when kids like Glenn got saved, he was listening to Black Sabbath and he always wondered why there couldn't be a Christian version of louder bands like Cream, Sabbath, and Zeppelin. So he went about creating Resurrection Band for that very purpose
Was there for the 8os christain metal. Loved all those bands from deliverance to bride and especially stryper whitecross and bloodgood. For your gabs In the 90s I liked 20/20 blind and gs megaphone but not much else. I will always love messiah prophet and saint bloodgood and sacred warrior. Some new stuff like theocracy and disciple I am there. God bless
Great video! Thank you. One band that really deserves a mention here is POD. Formed in 1992 and still going today, POD has sold over 12 million records with their combination of metal, rap and reggae for Jesus.
Great trip down memory lane! I started listening to a short lived CHM band called Tempest…but the big missing one that I see is One Bad Pig. They were a great Christian thrash band.
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for adding one bad pig. It was hard to fit all 17 trillion Christian rock metal thrash bands into this one video! Keep your eyes on Jesus!
Another band or group i listened in the 90s was Mad At The World, but more for metal would be the solo albims by Randy Rose. I remember there were 2 albums and one of those live at pachyderm(?) . There were some bangers there for sure.
Why isn’t anyone mentioning Maranatha Music? The Way had songs like Livin On The Bottle, 2nd Chapter of Acts w Phil Keagy-Yahweh, Blessed Hope- We’ve Got Somthing More, Sweet Comfort Band-Get Ready, Now or Never , Sweet Comfort- Now or Never, Valerie, Gentle Faith- Livin in the Sonshine, and so many other great bands. Randy Stinehill, In His Name/Aslan, Without these guys, many others never exist.
Great thoughts... I love many of those artists... I guess I was focused on the rise of harder rock & metal... so many of the artists you mentioned are great... and no doubt they played key roles in the Christian "rock" landscape... I just didn't associate them with the heavier side of things... thanks again for sharing those thoughts!!! Blessings!
Great video! Wow! So many things can be said on the various style of Christian Music and it's history. I cracked up laughing when you imitated the growls of metal at about the 28:40 mark - I lost it! My apologies! Seriously though - I want to make a few points. 1. If you look at music 200-500 year ago when some great hymns of our faith were written - these writers were ridiculed for using the same music as that what was sung in bars and taverns. In the 1950s then artist like Elvis started, that version of Rock was derived from Blues, Country, Jazz and Black Gospel. Much of these types of music consisted of songs about life, love, hardships and faith in God - which pretty much is the subject matter of the Bible but with the finished work of Christ. 2. If you take the year that each type of the few or couple main categories started, they only predate when Christian artists started using that style by about 10-15 years: Rock - Elvis 1955, Larry Norman late 1960s. Hard Rock/Metal - Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin/Deep Purple late 1960s, Petra, Rez, Jerusalem mid to late 1970s. So by a mere 10 years or so which is nothing compared to eternity. Some say that Awaiting Your Reply was the first official Christian Metal album but Petra and Jerusalem had some pretty Hard Rocking songs in the 70s and 80s and while the guitars were held back on some of the early releases, they were heavier live. Petra and Jerusalem can be considered proto type Hard Rock where they walked the line or bounced between Rock and hard Rock just like there were proto type Christian Rock Bands in the early to mid 1960s before Larry Norman and proto type Hard Rock Bands in the same period before Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple. 3. Much of what so called preachers like Jimmy Swaggart have stated are opinions with no Biblical foundation. However some musicians will claim that they are there to reach those that don't go to church or turn on some preaching on TV. I don't know if I agree with that - I guess it depends on the testimony. To me, as a body of Christ with talents, Bible based preaching, a Rock Concert, VBS, a youth rally are all tools that can be used together or separately to strengthen believers and reach out to the lost. Jimmy Swaggart is overlooking the Bible verse that by their fruits - the results - you will know them. Unfortunately - these folks will even question folks accepting Christ at a rock concert which is also sad. We will never totally get a grasp of the countless lives that we will see in Heaven because of bands like Petra, Stryper, Rez, Jerusalem and many others. Our minds will be blown! I don't mean to get off track and as a side note - there is a couple of on line preachers - Paul Washers and Justin Peters - who like Jimmy Swaggart has that legalistic bent and are Calvinists (I don't think Jimmy is) and this view clouds much of what they are saying. 4. I think there are around 30-45 subgenres of Hard Rock and Metal and Similar to you, I only like a few of them for the most part but I dabble in different styles. My favorite styles are: Hard Rock (Rez, Jerusalem, Petra), Commercial or Glam Metal (Holy Soldier, Angelica, Stryper, Guardian), Progressive and Technical Metal (Dream Theater, some of Theocracy), Shred Metal (Impellitteri), Classic Metal (early Bloodgood, Messiah Prophet), Power Metal (Theocracy, Narnia, Barren Cross, some of Impellitteri) and I like a bit of Speed and Thrash (Deliverance and Vengeance Rising) and and bit of straight forward Rock like Whiteheart. 5. Rock music should neve replace Bible Reading and Prayer, but how many of us would take the scripture reference in the booklet next to a song or placed in general inside and get a greater understanding by reading that verse or the few before and after that verse and highlighting it for future reference? I do that sometimes. What an awesome way to better understand a song or to see what the artist was thinking when the song was written or the idea behind the album. 6. How many of us were blessed by these bands? During the highs and lows of life - It may not always be the Shadow of Death moments necessarily - but these songs makes like a little more enjoyable and sweeter and our problems don't seem to be that bad. Cranking a song that we love is kind of like that Paul and Silas moment - make you feel liberated in a way and that Christ is still on the throne and He will have the last say and one day we will see Him and there will be no more issues and limitations keeping us down. 6. I'm not only grateful for the bands but those who work behind the scenes and in the public eye to support these bands who don't get the credit. Here are some - Michael Sweet's wife and daughter - Lisa and Elena, Doug Van Pelt for launching Heaven's Metal and related media, Pastor Bob (who we all consider our own Heavy Metal Pastor) and many others. Some 90s bands not mentioned are Die Happy and Red Sea. Similar to you, bands of the 80s is what I started with when I got into Christian Hard Rock and Metal in 1985.
I never knew that Petra was the band that covered it first, I must confess I always thought it was Kiss. I am sure Gene Simmons never gave credit to where credit is due to the original band in public 😂
(From the perspective of an actual, thinking Agnostic...) Have you listened to any Christian music?? There are exactly 2 Christian songs: 1. How much you love Jesus 2. How much Jesus loves you The Bible isn't exactly "overflowing" with relatable characters (see also: No good music about Dante's Inferno, or the Greek Odysseys or such things as Manifest Destiny).
Hey thanks for watching sharing your thoughts. Honestly there's nothing more exciting to write or sing about then the greatest rescue story in history, AKA The Gospel! But, that's something that you and the Lord have to work out. I will pray for you tonight.
Feel Like a Monster was played on a "secular" Rock station when I first heard it. It wasn't till several years later I discovered they were a Christian Rock band. Although I did listen to to Petra and The Rez Band. I prefer The varied Alternative Christian music like Zack Wild, and Lauren Dagle. Sometimes I still like the regular Heavy Metal. If a co-worker is listening to it. However only the Fix 91.3 is programed on my car radio. Btw I'm 54. 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
I personally think that's cool. I think often about the fact that Jesus left heaven and came to this sinful world, put on flesh and walk them on this. That's pretty unconventional in the religious mindset. Any calls us to press through the gates of hell and share the good news! Oh, the challenge is, keeping our heart and our minds devoted to him no matter where we find ourselves in terms of physical contacts. Light is only effective when it is shown in the darkness! Blessings Brothers, thanks for sharing that!
Yeah there's 23 gazillion bands hard to mention them all. I did read somewhere about trouble. I think they're kind of a doom metal band. I read that they used biblical lyrics but I'm not sure they personally professed Christ is lord? I'm not saying I know that, I'm just saying I read that. Anyway thanks for watching and sharing.. maybe you can check that out and let me know for sure.
Hey! Is this a compilation of previous videos series you made? I think I saw these awhile ago. Great videos though. The history of Christian Rock is so interesting. Recently I was at a Petra concert, and Bob Hartmann shared about the early years of Petra. He originally wrote the song "Lukas McGraw" as a sort of icebreaker, since people were skeptical of Christian Rock and he wanted to lighten the mood. He recounted one story about a man who rushed the stage and said "This music is demonic, and if anyone wants to leave, follow me!" and the entire crowd booed him off the stage and told Petra to keep playing. Then you have Resurrection Band and Awaiting Your Reply, which many Christian record stores banned from being displayed, and instead people had to ask for the album over the counter, and many Christian radio stations only played their songs late at night as to not cause any controversy. In a strange way, these early Christian rockers were like the disciples, blazing a trail where the wasn't one and having to overcome opposition from every side in order to spread the Gospel message.
Yes, it is kind of a compilation, it does include footage from my previously released segments on the history of Christian rock, but I added quite a bit of additional footage and edited it in a fresh way, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for sharing those stories that was awesome!
No doubt there are "spiritual vibes" in BS music... but "Jesus is Lord of All vibes?" ... not so much... I've never heard any of the members of BS profess Jesus as Lord,.. so I'll leave that in the Lord's hands.
@@PastorBradRocks Tony Iommi (who wrote After Forever) is a Christian (during Sabbath's career, he's well known for wearing a cross, aannnnd... he is wearing a white hat during the Stone's Rock n Roll Circus, he was playing with Jethro Tull, but that's another rabbit hole), however... while a lot of the songs can be seen as Christian (Hard Road, Spiral Architect)... stuff like Dirty Women... are "problematic".
My Wife Seen Stryper Twice Before We was Dating and They was starting out at Clubs. Then When We was Dating They was At Calvary Chapel in West Covina Sitting in Front of Us. Later That Year We Loaded Up My Mini Truck With Friends And Seen them on their To Hell With the Devil Tour. The Band Warrant was Starting out and Open for Them. It Was Way Too Kewl. Too bad My Truck Broke down on the Way Home "Everybody get out and PUSH" =P
I don’t even know what’s okay to listen to anymore 😂 I’m jammin some skillet then I see these fools throw up the devil horns and I’m like okay but why?….
Bless you! I love your heart and desire to be close to and to honor jesus! May God fill you with a sensitivity to his spirit, wisdom, discernment, and a strong clarity about your listening choices. I personally think John Cooper has demonstrated genuine love for jesus. I don't know what to think about the whole devil horns thing. If you hold your thumb out a little bit it actually means love or I love you. I honestly would not personally feel comfortable doing it, I know it's become a part of the metal culture on both sides of the equation Christian and secular. Pastor Bob Beeman has a good video about this. If you look up his name, Pastor Bob Beeman and devil horns you'll find it. I can honestly say I won't be throwing any devil horns up personally, and I guess if bands we love throw them up, a proper response would be to pray, and walk in obedience to what the Lord leads us to do. May God, as I said earlier, bless and lead you strongly!
surprised you didnt mention the heaviest Christian band in the 80s, Vengeance Rising , do a youtube search on cant get out by them lol , yes they are 100% a christian metal band or were all thru the 80s anyway
I don't think I said they were a DEVIL BAND, my point was simply that they never professed to be creating music for The Glory of Jesus or to live as followers of Jesus Christ as their lord. IE Christians
@@PastorBradRocksI hear what your saying. I wasn’t implying you said Black Sabbath was devil music. It just seems like people latch onto the bands name and are off to the races
Awesome documentary, bro. Jesus is LORD and rock/metal is awesome. My band Spenningsgutta has a song called Forever that is a rap rock about The Gospel (th-cam.com/video/YsXsVewFO-4/w-d-xo.html). Fun fact: I've actually connected with a Christian TH-camr who believes rock music and rapping is a sin. And even though I'm literally a Christian rock-rapper myself, I think he's a cool dude and it's an honor to connect with him. XD
Of course it hasn't because we're not Christian music-ians, we are Christians. Only Christ can save, Christian artists never professed that they save anyone, they just point to the one who does and can! And I can sure testify this stryper and whitecross and bloodgood and Saint played massive roles in my early steps of Faith as a Christ follower. So I'm sorry for whatever experiences you have had that led you to that conclusion but I'm One voice who can tell you your dead wrong. Not in the literal sense that I already discussed above but in the sense that this music absolutely points people to the savior and encourages people in their walk with him! Thanks so much for watching sharing your thoughts.
You're either a non-believer... don't like great rock... or haven't listened to much Christian rock/metal... or some combination of the three---but, sincerely, thanks for sharing!
It's great to see Larry Norman. I played for him for a few years. Such a beautiful man
Love to hear those testimonies and stories! Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing!
One Bad Pig summed up the problem with Christian metal/rock, "Our music was too radical for church, and our message was too radical for bars."
Wow... Great quote... Thanks for sharing!
My wife and I saw Stryper last night and they were extremely tight. They rocked the house down. It's rekindled my interest in the Christian bands I listened to in the 80's. Petra, Stryper, Rez, Whitecross, DeGarmo and Key, the list goes on. Excellent video!!!
No doubt stryper is still at the top of their game. I encourage you to subscribe and hang out here with the community! We're all about classic Christian metal and Jesus, and building each other up in our walk with him!
There’s just something about those riffs that grab me by the heart and revs me up like nothing else does.
Amen brother! Thanks so much for sharing man!
Pastor Brad, I'm a 61yo rocker. Thank you so much for this vid!! The only christian Rock/Metal band that was out there in the early 80's was Resurrection Band. Then came Stryper! Bloodgood, Barren Cross etc. I love ALL the Metal that was and is today!! Praise Jesus for this gift of music to us Metal Heads!!❤
Blessings! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Nice video! Reading the wonderful comments, I now have some Christian metal bands to search. Thanks fellow Christians for the info. Lets keep honoring Jesus and glorifying HIS name.
Amen and amen! Lifting up Jesus high and honoring him! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and sharing that thought!
Bride got its start in West Point, Kentucky with the Thompson Brothers and Bride really took off from Kentucky.
Yeah, I knew they were from kentucky. That's cool, thank you for sharing that!
Absolutely Wonderful video pastor Brad. I have been a Metalhead since I was 13 & heard Quiet Riot & Saxon for the first time. Although I have an enormous Christian rock/metal collection, honestly it is very hard for me to give up on a ton of secular rock/metal music. When I heard Scorpions Rock Believer, I was on as much of a high as when I heard Van Zant’s Jesus Christ just today. Such a world of outstanding music. I’ll be digging into your other videos & I’m sure I will enjoy them. Thanks again Pastor! 😇
Hey, welcome in! I look forward to connecting with you lots more! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
Thanks for your stand in Christ! About the Christian metal music, the guys of who sing this style, God used to strengthen me in my faith. I was saved and delivered on October 31, 1984 at 17, from hardcore animal sacrificing satanism. I got involved in satanism from occult based groups at age 9. Such groups as: kiss, lita ford, iron maiden, entombed fetus, led zeppelin, and many more.
Praising God for the gift of his son Jesus and the gift of salvation he offers! Thank you for sharing that part of your testimony! I grew up with all those same bands too! Thankful for the gospel!
Essential viewing for all Christian rockers
Wow, thank you so much brother! I'm really glad it was a blessing to you man! God is good!
Hey Pastor Brad, got nothing but love for you and got mad respect for Larry Norman. The one name that flies under the radar that truly launched Christian Rock was a Lady by the name Sister Rosetta Tharp. She had a Gibson SG (ooh, Devil Guitar 😂) and a Guitar Amp. She rocked the church service with her playing. Long Live Heaven's Metal.
To me, there's just no better sound than a Gibson SG hooked up to the right kind of ampage. I like the tone of a Gibson semi-hollow ES-335, but unfortunately, you can't play those too loud because of the feedback, but I think they sound just as pretty
You made me smile.... I can invision Sister Rosetta... :-)
@@PastorBradRocks Who da thunk it, right?! 😆 And by the way, would you mind checking out my band @lyonhartmusick here on TH-cam?! We are Industrial Rock/Metal group with influences of Static-X, Rammstein, and Ministry. Here's a link to our channel. youtube.com/@lyonhartmusick?si=A8Yfw7amHHdONz1B Also, can you check out the remix of an old song we just re-relwased in lyric video form called "The Obsolete Man". Thanks!
I think there's something to be said for staying plugged into a good bible fellowship/church that keeps a musician grounded and from going the way of the world. I've heard of too many Christian artists (and maybe this is what happen with Stryper in the early 90s?) who got so caught up in touring, recording, in their own celebrity, etc. that they forgot about the very One they were making music for. If you're not staying in the Word, the temptations of this life on the road will choke it out. That's what impressed me so much about the Petra guys, when I found out they were regular church attenders. Not that church alone gets you to heaven, but when you're always abounding in the Word and in fellowship with like-minded believers that keeps you on the right track
Well said, Acts 2:42 Blessings.
King's X, Galactic Cowboys, Helloween, newer WASP, Stryper, Jerusalem, Leviticus, Petra, Skillet...even some Casting Crowns is heavy and rocking. Good music, positive lyrics, scripture references...my criteria for Christian metal. Thank you for this video, I'll check out some new to me music.
Thanks for watching and sharing. Onward and upward for jesus!
Dude, that's right, KINGS X....they were awesome, perhaps prog, and their song "Black Flag" got a lot of radio airplay.
STRYPER!!!!
They've certainly played a big role in my walk in life! Blessings bro!
I just have to say---Pastor Bob Beeman is one of the most Christ-like men I have ever known
Sweet. We are metal, we are family!
Thanks PB! I’m sure a lot of research and time went into this updated video. This deserves to be in some sort of Christian Rock/Metal Historical Hall of Fame if there ever was one. This video kind of gives every Christian Metalhead an identity of where it all started…..such as Pastor Bob’s slogan "We are Metal, We are Family.” Great work!
Thank you very very much. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! & thank you for sharing those encourageing words--indeed--WE ARE METAL, WE ARE FAMILY!
Excellent video, Pastor Brad. I grew up with these bands starting when I was a little kid in the late '70s. I learned a LOT of scripture from Petra's music. Bob Hartman packed their songs with it. I saw another commenter say that Stryper used a y in their name so it wouldn't be misread as stripper. But I have always remembered the first time I saw them in concert on their Soldiers Under Command tour, Michael Sweet saying from the stage that Stryper is an acronym, standing for "Salvation Through Redemption, Yielding Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness," which I always thought was way cool. Maybe someone can correct me if Michael Sweet didn't say that & I picked that up somewhere else, but to my memory, he said it himself during that show.
Awesome.... so glad you enjoyed the video... Yes, absolutely--I've seen video of Michael breaking down S.T.R.Y.P.E.R. -- just as you said... Thanks for watching and sharing!!!
Honorable Mention to:
Arkangel featuring Kemper Crabb
Barnabas
Servant
Randy Stonehill
David Zaffiro
Trouble*
Seventh Angel
....and of course, Darrell Mansfield Band
*white metal
Quite a list! Thank you for sharing!
@PastorBradRocks and thank you Pastor for the Documentary Video and for your witness for Christ!
Stryper is my favorite Christian band, from the get-go. I saw an article, I think in Time magazine, showcasing this band, as an upcoming Christian band. I ordered their album on cassette. I was blown away! I've been a fan ever since.
BTW, Stryper used the 'Y' because they didn't anyone to think they Stryper was pronounced "Stripper".
Blessings to you my brother! So glad you enjoyed the video! No doubt about it
STRYPER rocks! 😊👍❤️
Im so thankful for Christian metal. It was influential in my salvation in 1990. Mortification, Crucified and Deliverance are my favorites
Dude, love those stories! Thank you so much for sharing that! God is good!
Tooth and Nail Records for late 90s early 2000s… Project 86 and Living Sacrifice….Chevelle’s first album, Viva Voce…. 5 Iron Frenzy….
Awesome... thanks for sharing bro! Metal Blessings!
Thank you for making this! Awesome and very in depth! Enjoyed it!!
Hey it's so good to hear that feedback! I'm really glad it blessed you! Blessings!
I have been front the Blue oyster cult and Black Sabbath time and came into the Christ center bands like Bride, Striper and now into Skillet and Red. So in the past 25-30 years it’s been hard to find metal bands in Christian Book stores. And even on the radio stations few play the harder music bands. So CD’s are about all there is. I’ve been to several concerts from anywhere like small churches to music clubs in the poorer neighborhoods to the main stage. I would like to see more Christian metal bands come to Arizona. Thanks for your support for these bands
Thank you for watching and sharing those thoughts! Yeah, I pretty much listen to all my music online now. Spotify, TH-cam, etc. Keep your eyes on Jesus brother!
I call it Gospel Hard Music, it was when I read Head's book, that I deep dived into it. Also check Gold Frankincense and Myrrh, they were intense.
Blessings brother, I always appreciate your thoughts and comments!
Second chapter came to my church when they first started out
Yeah dude... I saw Second Chapter (of Acts) back in the late 80s! Blessings!
Yes, 2nd Chapter of Acts, brother and sisters were vocalists. Seen Phil Keagy perform live also in Virginia Beach, 1983.
That 90s decade I was listening a lot to Galactic Cowboys and Kings X, which idk if they would be considered metal.
Yeah, they're sort of the kind of bands that metal fans all know about, and probably would skip between their songs and battle songs and not know the difference but I'm not sure if they're technically metal. Thanks so much for sharing brother!
@@PastorBradRocksI consider GC to be Metal or at least Hard Rock. They are unique though, and have their own sound. I love their harmonizing Melodies set to crunching guitars.
King's X and GC are rock/metal bands, I have seen both bands 3 times and GC opened for KX all those times.
Kings X was doing Alternative before it was called Alternative.......
Thanks Pastor Brad for this great video
Hay, thank YOU for taking the time to watch and share! Metal Blessings!
So glad to see you recognize Recon as one of the first ones of the 1990s they deserved way more recognition then they got.
Yeah dude, I remember when I stumbled on to them I was like, dude this is epic! I'm really surprised they didn't have more success!
Couple of bands/acts you might want to check out: Trouble, the first album they did for Def American I'd recommend. The second is Cliff Richard, more of an "influence", there is footage of him playing at a Billy Graham thing. A number of albums about Jesus, starting with 1967s Good News, which could be seen as the "first" Christian Rock record.
So much good music....... so little time :-) Thanks for sharing!!!
You're a Hoosier too? Awesome. And Petra is my very favorite band of all time!!!
Nice, yup, Anderson--born and raised :-) Living in Tennessee now, ironically about 30 minutes down the road from Bob Hartman. Blessings!
@PastorBradRocks Cool. I was born in Batesville, raised in Greensburg, and lived in Muncie for several years. You were raised not too far from my old friend Benjy Gaither!
Bob Hartman is the reason I'm a guitarist and songwriter.
Personally, I point to Resurrection Band as the first ones to crank their Marshall or SUNN stacks up past 10. Glenn Kaiser even discussed this---there was too much timidity early on from Jesus hippies to play anything that would disturb grandma sitting in the church pew. So much of the early stuff was Crosby, Stills and Nash-type stuff. Folky, singer/songwriter based. But then when kids like Glenn got saved, he was listening to Black Sabbath and he always wondered why there couldn't be a Christian version of louder bands like Cream, Sabbath, and Zeppelin. So he went about creating Resurrection Band for that very purpose
Love Glenn and his heart! Thanks for sharing that bro!
Was there for the 8os christain metal. Loved all those bands from deliverance to bride and especially stryper whitecross and bloodgood. For your gabs In the 90s I liked 20/20 blind and gs megaphone but not much else. I will always love messiah prophet and saint bloodgood and sacred warrior. Some new stuff like theocracy and disciple I am there. God bless
Hey brother we're riding the same Lane musically! Thanks so much for sharing that! Metal blessings!
Great video! Thank you. One band that really deserves a mention here is POD. Formed in 1992 and still going today, POD has sold over 12 million records with their combination of metal, rap and reggae for Jesus.
Super familiar... no doubt POD has been a "force!" Thanks so much for sharing!
DC Talk was a great rock/rap band in the 90s. Michael Sweet appears in the song Time Is... on the Free At Last album.
DC Talk also did I Wish We'd All Been Ready with Larry Norman.
Yes, really enjoyed the Jesus freak cd! Thanks for watching and sharing that!
Great trip down memory lane! I started listening to a short lived CHM band called Tempest…but the big missing one that I see is One Bad Pig. They were a great Christian thrash band.
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for adding one bad pig. It was hard to fit all 17 trillion Christian rock metal thrash bands into this one video! Keep your eyes on Jesus!
Another band or group i listened in the 90s was Mad At The World, but more for metal would be the solo albims by Randy Rose. I remember there were 2 albums and one of those live at pachyderm(?) .
There were some bangers there for sure.
Cool! thanks for sharing that man!
What about secular bands that became Christian? W.A.S.P., Megedeth
that would be a totally different video... but an interrestiong topic to consider. Thanks for sharing that!
With all the f-bombing even during recent interviews by Dave and Blackie.... really mixed messages re where those 2 are coming from imo.
Why isn’t anyone mentioning Maranatha Music? The Way had songs like Livin On The Bottle, 2nd Chapter of Acts w Phil Keagy-Yahweh, Blessed Hope- We’ve Got Somthing More, Sweet Comfort Band-Get Ready, Now or Never , Sweet Comfort- Now or Never, Valerie, Gentle Faith- Livin in the Sonshine, and so many other great bands. Randy Stinehill, In His Name/Aslan, Without these guys, many others never exist.
Great thoughts... I love many of those artists... I guess I was focused on the rise of harder rock & metal... so many of the artists you mentioned are great... and no doubt they played key roles in the Christian "rock" landscape... I just didn't associate them with the heavier side of things... thanks again for sharing those thoughts!!! Blessings!
I call them Vinny and The Dominos, I dig that band even if I can't say their name correctly.
That's funny, thanks for watching and sharing brother!
Angelica's guitarist is Dennis Cameron, Brad.
Yes, he is!!! Did I mess something up in the video? Thanks for sharing!
Great video! Wow! So many things can be said on the various style of Christian Music and it's history. I cracked up laughing when you imitated the growls of metal at about the 28:40 mark - I lost it! My apologies! Seriously though - I want to make a few points. 1. If you look at music 200-500 year ago when some great hymns of our faith were written - these writers were ridiculed for using the same music as that what was sung in bars and taverns. In the 1950s then artist like Elvis started, that version of Rock was derived from Blues, Country, Jazz and Black Gospel. Much of these types of music consisted of songs about life, love, hardships and faith in God - which pretty much is the subject matter of the Bible but with the finished work of Christ. 2. If you take the year that each type of the few or couple main categories started, they only predate when Christian artists started using that style by about 10-15 years: Rock - Elvis 1955, Larry Norman late 1960s. Hard Rock/Metal - Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin/Deep Purple late 1960s, Petra, Rez, Jerusalem mid to late 1970s. So by a mere 10 years or so which is nothing compared to eternity. Some say that Awaiting Your Reply was the first official Christian Metal album but Petra and Jerusalem had some pretty Hard Rocking songs in the 70s and 80s and while the guitars were held back on some of the early releases, they were heavier live. Petra and Jerusalem can be considered proto type Hard Rock where they walked the line or bounced between Rock and hard Rock just like there were proto type Christian Rock Bands in the early to mid 1960s before Larry Norman and proto type Hard Rock Bands in the same period before Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple. 3. Much of what so called preachers like Jimmy Swaggart have stated are opinions with no Biblical foundation. However some musicians will claim that they are there to reach those that don't go to church or turn on some preaching on TV. I don't know if I agree with that - I guess it depends on the testimony. To me, as a body of Christ with talents, Bible based preaching, a Rock Concert, VBS, a youth rally are all tools that can be used together or separately to strengthen believers and reach out to the lost. Jimmy Swaggart is overlooking the Bible verse that by their fruits - the results - you will know them. Unfortunately - these folks will even question folks accepting Christ at a rock concert which is also sad. We will never totally get a grasp of the countless lives that we will see in Heaven because of bands like Petra, Stryper, Rez, Jerusalem and many others. Our minds will be blown! I don't mean to get off track and as a side note - there is a couple of on line preachers - Paul Washers and Justin Peters - who like Jimmy Swaggart has that legalistic bent and are Calvinists (I don't think Jimmy is) and this view clouds much of what they are saying. 4. I think there are around 30-45 subgenres of Hard Rock and Metal and Similar to you, I only like a few of them for the most part but I dabble in different styles. My favorite styles are: Hard Rock (Rez, Jerusalem, Petra), Commercial or Glam Metal (Holy Soldier, Angelica, Stryper, Guardian), Progressive and Technical Metal (Dream Theater, some of Theocracy), Shred Metal (Impellitteri), Classic Metal (early Bloodgood, Messiah Prophet), Power Metal (Theocracy, Narnia, Barren Cross, some of Impellitteri) and I like a bit of Speed and Thrash (Deliverance and Vengeance Rising) and and bit of straight forward Rock like Whiteheart. 5. Rock music should neve replace Bible Reading and Prayer, but how many of us would take the scripture reference in the booklet next to a song or placed in general inside and get a greater understanding by reading that verse or the few before and after that verse and highlighting it for future reference? I do that sometimes. What an awesome way to better understand a song or to see what the artist was thinking when the song was written or the idea behind the album. 6. How many of us were blessed by these bands? During the highs and lows of life - It may not always be the Shadow of Death moments necessarily - but these songs makes like a little more enjoyable and sweeter and our problems don't seem to be that bad. Cranking a song that we love is kind of like that Paul and Silas moment - make you feel liberated in a way and that Christ is still on the throne and He will have the last say and one day we will see Him and there will be no more issues and limitations keeping us down. 6. I'm not only grateful for the bands but those who work behind the scenes and in the public eye to support these bands who don't get the credit. Here are some - Michael Sweet's wife and daughter - Lisa and Elena, Doug Van Pelt for launching Heaven's Metal and related media, Pastor Bob (who we all consider our own Heavy Metal Pastor) and many others. Some 90s bands not mentioned are Die Happy and Red Sea. Similar to you, bands of the 80s is what I started with when I got into Christian Hard Rock and Metal in 1985.
Blessings you always have so many good thoughts! Thanks for sharing!
I never knew that Petra was the band that covered it first, I must confess I always thought it was Kiss. I am sure Gene Simmons never gave credit to where credit is due to the original band in public 😂
:-) just smiling... Blessings!
I love all 3 Petra versions. The best one is the original on Come and Join Us
(From the perspective of an actual, thinking Agnostic...)
Have you listened to any Christian music?? There are exactly 2 Christian songs:
1. How much you love Jesus
2. How much Jesus loves you
The Bible isn't exactly "overflowing" with relatable characters (see also: No good music about Dante's Inferno, or the Greek Odysseys or such things as Manifest Destiny).
Hey thanks for watching sharing your thoughts. Honestly there's nothing more exciting to write or sing about then the greatest rescue story in history, AKA The Gospel! But, that's something that you and the Lord have to work out. I will pray for you tonight.
I still have Petras first album on cassette
Dude, that's wild, does it still work?
@@PastorBradRocks yes. I even have new Leviticus I Shall Conquer cassette
Feel Like a Monster was played on a "secular" Rock station when I first heard it. It wasn't till several years later I discovered they were a Christian Rock band. Although I did listen to to Petra and The Rez Band. I prefer The varied Alternative Christian music like Zack Wild, and Lauren Dagle. Sometimes I still like the regular Heavy Metal. If a co-worker is listening to it. However only the Fix 91.3 is programed on my car radio. Btw I'm 54. 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
I personally think that's cool. I think often about the fact that Jesus left heaven and came to this sinful world, put on flesh and walk them on this. That's pretty unconventional in the religious mindset. Any calls us to press through the gates of hell and share the good news! Oh, the challenge is, keeping our heart and our minds devoted to him no matter where we find ourselves in terms of physical contacts. Light is only effective when it is shown in the darkness! Blessings Brothers, thanks for sharing that!
You never said anything about Trouble who were an amazing band but also Christians too
Yeah there's 23 gazillion bands hard to mention them all. I did read somewhere about trouble. I think they're kind of a doom metal band. I read that they used biblical lyrics but I'm not sure they personally professed Christ is lord? I'm not saying I know that, I'm just saying I read that. Anyway thanks for watching and sharing.. maybe you can check that out and let me know for sure.
Cool !!!
Hey, thank you SG! Metal blessings!
Petra and Degarmo and Key were my favorites. I don’t like hair metal so I never listened to Stryper
All good... love D&K and Petra! Thanks for watching ans sharing!
You forgot about Barnabas
Nope... just didn't have time/room to fit in EVERY awesome band... sorry bro.
Hey! Is this a compilation of previous videos series you made? I think I saw these awhile ago. Great videos though. The history of Christian Rock is so interesting. Recently I was at a Petra concert, and Bob Hartmann shared about the early years of Petra. He originally wrote the song "Lukas McGraw" as a sort of icebreaker, since people were skeptical of Christian Rock and he wanted to lighten the mood. He recounted one story about a man who rushed the stage and said "This music is demonic, and if anyone wants to leave, follow me!" and the entire crowd booed him off the stage and told Petra to keep playing.
Then you have Resurrection Band and Awaiting Your Reply, which many Christian record stores banned from being displayed, and instead people had to ask for the album over the counter, and many Christian radio stations only played their songs late at night as to not cause any controversy.
In a strange way, these early Christian rockers were like the disciples, blazing a trail where the wasn't one and having to overcome opposition from every side in order to spread the Gospel message.
Yes, it is kind of a compilation, it does include footage from my previously released segments on the history of Christian rock, but I added quite a bit of additional footage and edited it in a fresh way, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for sharing those stories that was awesome!
I WANT TO BE A CLONE!!!!
STEVE TAYOR!!!!!! Yes indeed!
What, no mention of First Strike? Wow!
Hey bro... didn't know about them... just looked them up... I will be featuring them in an upcoming "underrated bands" video soon! Thanks for sharing!
I would say Black Sabbath was the first Christian Metal band. Listen to after forever for example and many other songs
No doubt there are "spiritual vibes" in BS music... but "Jesus is Lord of All vibes?" ... not so much... I've never heard any of the members of BS profess Jesus as Lord,.. so I'll leave that in the Lord's hands.
@@PastorBradRocksthey have all admitted they believe in God, BUT never heard any of them say "Jesus is Lord"
@@PastorBradRocks Tony Iommi (who wrote After Forever) is a Christian (during Sabbath's career, he's well known for wearing a cross, aannnnd... he is wearing a white hat during the Stone's Rock n Roll Circus, he was playing with Jethro Tull, but that's another rabbit hole), however... while a lot of the songs can be seen as Christian (Hard Road, Spiral Architect)... stuff like Dirty Women... are "problematic".
Deliverence did a cover of After Forever
Stryper also covered after forever
Demon Hunter is a good Christian metal band
I agree!!! Thanks for sharing that brother!
Pretty things where the first metal band sabbath copied there sound
Ahhh... okay... thanks for sharing that.
mate , check out X-Sinner
Yup... love em!
When I think of "Christian Rock", I think of 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 NASB1995.
When I think of Christian music I think of 1 Corinthians 2:15 and 9:22, Romans 12:21, and Matthew 16:18. Thanks for sharing brother!
My Wife Seen Stryper Twice Before We was Dating and They was starting out at Clubs. Then When We was Dating They was At Calvary Chapel in West Covina Sitting in Front of Us. Later That Year We Loaded Up My Mini Truck With Friends And Seen them on their To Hell With the Devil Tour. The Band Warrant was Starting out and Open for Them. It Was Way Too Kewl. Too bad My Truck Broke down on the Way Home "Everybody get out and PUSH" =P
What a cool story! Thanks so much for sharing that! "Those were the days." :-)
Would you consider doing a video of rockers who's music isn't Christian based but they are personally like Alice Cooper
Brutal planet sounds pretty Christian
I thought about that, perhaps sometime. Thank you for the suggestion. And thanks for watching and sharing!
Start with *Dick Dale* when you want to know where *HeavY MetaL* originated.
The next time I run into dick I'll ask him! Blessings brother!
The band pentagram invented heavy metal in 1966
Hey thank you for sharing that, I will add them to the list. A number of people have named different bands they think started it. 😊👍
I don’t even know what’s okay to listen to anymore 😂
I’m jammin some skillet then I see these fools throw up the devil horns and I’m like okay but why?….
Bless you! I love your heart and desire to be close to and to honor jesus! May God fill you with a sensitivity to his spirit, wisdom, discernment, and a strong clarity about your listening choices. I personally think John Cooper has demonstrated genuine love for jesus. I don't know what to think about the whole devil horns thing. If you hold your thumb out a little bit it actually means love or I love you. I honestly would not personally feel comfortable doing it, I know it's become a part of the metal culture on both sides of the equation Christian and secular. Pastor Bob Beeman has a good video about this. If you look up his name, Pastor Bob Beeman and devil horns you'll find it. I can honestly say I won't be throwing any devil horns up personally, and I guess if bands we love throw them up, a proper response would be to pray, and walk in obedience to what the Lord leads us to do. May God, as I said earlier, bless and lead you strongly!
Petra Stryper degarmo key. Fear not whitecross
All gray bands! Thanks for sharing brother!
surprised you didnt mention the heaviest Christian band in the 80s, Vengeance Rising , do a youtube search on cant get out by them lol , yes they are 100% a christian metal band or were all thru the 80s anyway
For whatever reason they never got onto my radar. I don't really know that much about them, but I have heard the name. Thanks for sharing!
Go read Sabbath lyrics. They were never a devil band.
I don't think I said they were a DEVIL BAND, my point was simply that they never professed to be creating music for The Glory of Jesus or to live as followers of Jesus Christ as their lord. IE Christians
@@PastorBradRocksI hear what your saying. I wasn’t implying you said Black Sabbath was devil music. It just seems like people latch onto the bands name and are off to the races
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❤️👍 Metal blessings!
Awesome documentary, bro. Jesus is LORD and rock/metal is awesome. My band Spenningsgutta has a song called Forever that is a rap rock about The Gospel (th-cam.com/video/YsXsVewFO-4/w-d-xo.html).
Fun fact: I've actually connected with a Christian TH-camr who believes rock music and rapping is a sin. And even though I'm literally a Christian rock-rapper myself, I think he's a cool dude and it's an honor to connect with him. XD
Hey, thanks for watching and sharing! Keep your eyes on our Lord!
It hasn't saved a soul...
Of course it hasn't because we're not Christian music-ians, we are Christians. Only Christ can save, Christian artists never professed that they save anyone, they just point to the one who does and can! And I can sure testify this stryper and whitecross and bloodgood and Saint played massive roles in my early steps of Faith as a Christ follower. So I'm sorry for whatever experiences you have had that led you to that conclusion but I'm One voice who can tell you your dead wrong. Not in the literal sense that I already discussed above but in the sense that this music absolutely points people to the savior and encourages people in their walk with him! Thanks so much for watching sharing your thoughts.
Christian rock hasn't an ounce of originality or invention.
You're either a non-believer... don't like great rock... or haven't listened to much Christian rock/metal... or some combination of the three---but, sincerely, thanks for sharing!