Lord Dweedle

Is it a genre on its own?

Ive noticed no one here speaks of music that represents the word, I find the word catchy sometimes, I was listening to some Christian Heavy Metal and wow, kinda cool.

Anyone else listen to Christian Rock?

someonecompletelyrandom

I don't find contemporary Christian to be much different from whatever genre it's affixed to besides the lyrical aspect of it. I can dig positivity and everything but I'm not a mainstream Christian and I usually disagree with their interpretation of the scriptures anyway, so I don't really care/notice a particular distinction.

supermarlin

Lyrically there's a distinciton, but other than that it's the exact same as whatever genre of music it is. I don't feel the need to label it as 'christian whatever'.

LOLPOCALYPSE

Often when stores group music they have an established Christian section. I don't know what they base their selections off of though. 30-40% of the metal bands alone could be placed there as well. The only difference is many "Christian" groups have lyrics more directly or openly Christian (maybe quoting scripture or speaking directly to God/Jesus), while other bands write more cryptically or obscurely even though they have the same Christian values. However, as a non-Catholic who attends a Catholic school and hear examples and discussions of "Christian" music straight from the source, it is hard not to draw a line between, say "Christian" rock and "regular" rock, although I know none exists. The Christian-genre-prefix, if you will, is useful to identify no-nonsense and direct Christian lyrics. Just don't look only in Christian-labeled music for those values, you can find them anywhere.

someonecompletelyrandom

That's my feeling on it. There's plenty of music out there made by Christians that you wouldn't label as "Christian-whatever". I find this music far more compelling as it sometimes deals with doubts of faith or other struggles and is overall more human in nature.

supermarlin

I'm a christian myself. I find that the only time the label 'christian music' should be used is on worship songs. That's the only place it really fits. Talking about religion in music has always been done whether by christians saying it's good, or atheists saying it's bad. And just because the members of a band are christians doesn't somehow make it christian music either. I don't understand why people feel the need to put it in that box.

Janszoon

I've heard it but generally speaking it's pretty bad, which is usually what happens when a band is more concerned with spreading propaganda than writing good music.

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Howard the Duck

it's pretty much a misnomer calling it a genre, as it's pretty faceless generic rock

no Jesus-specific chords or melody

i listen to Delirious? mostly

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Casting Crown's Who Am I is a personal favourite of mine.

djchameleon

one of my fave Christian rock bands


Flyleaf is also very christian-like even though they try to avoid being labeled that.

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