I agree with you but I don't think being ambiguous with your lyrics is wrong cuz bands like Demon Hunter, Fit For A King, and Wage War are more ambiguous but if you care about digging into the lyrics, they are very biblical
@@Captain_Kirk116 I agree with you. I like the bands you listed also. I was just stating one of the reasons I like Disciple. When I want to listen to a band praise God, I listen to a band that does it clearly like War of Ages, Chaotic Resemblance, Holyname... When I just want to listen to music I tend to listen to Demon Hunter, Killswitch Engage, Love and Death and so on.
I became a Christian in 1982, and I went to my first concert with Sweet Comfort and DeGarmo and Key. DeGarmo and Key were so good. Blew me away. Lots of amazing songs, some blues, some Southern rock, ballads, worship songs, etc. Am I the only one?
@@i5150v1imo tourniquet’s later stuff do not compare to first 3 albums. Im not stuck in the past 😂 i just thought the music was heavier and loved the recorded vocals.
My personal favorites in no particular order. Except Petra. They’re #1 1. Petra 2. White Heart 3. Holy Soldier (with Steven Patrick) 4. Guardian 5. David Zaffiro (highly underrated) 6. Skillet 7. DC Talk (their rock years)
@@gemini8590- ZAFFIRO is my go to... Four albums, awesome style growth. ✅ The Other Side ✅ In Scarlet Storm ✅ Surrender Absolute ✅ Yesterday's Left Behind
Going through some old boxes after a move and found the Whitecross flyer from 1987. Love that album and what a live show. Starting diving back into some bands from back in the day, Undercover, Stryper, Petra... Then I found your channel and cannot wait to discover all the artists I missed along the way.
Besides Stryper, Petra has has always been my favorite. I got into Christian music back in the mid 80s, and finally in Sept, Ill be seeing Petra for the first time. Front row with a meet and greet.
Love that you commented on Audio A. I was a founding member. Barry and I were the rockers (metal heads) and always favored more edge in the music. So glad leadership with Forefront records changed. We were signed as a rock band but then were told to be hip hop. Once Dana Key became pres, the band was able to get back to rockin'.
Awesome list! I definitely lean toward the Schlitt era of Petra as my favorite Christian rock band. The first album I heard from them was a compilation album called “Power Praise” from 1994. As a teenager “Unseen Power” and “This Means War” were my go to albums. Side question: have you hard Stryper’s recent acoustic album, “To Hell with the Amps”? So good. It has been on repeat for me. Can’t wait for the Petra collection video! 🙌🏻 God bless!
The mid 70’s with Resurrection Band: ”Colours” is the album that rocks! My favorites of all time, though, are Phil Keaggy and Kerry Livgren (“When Things Get Electric” is in my opinion the best Christian rock album ever). Thanks brother for the video! 😊❤️
🙌🏻 We need to pray for these groupmembers. Their Spiritual gifts were given for a reason. They're lyrics are much more real and powerful than todays lyrics. A lot of wisdom of a liven life is contained into these musicians and we need to care about them, as rare elders🌾 Especially in the music branch we need bold forerunners. They've been at the front, so know they have been through rough attacks during life. 🦅But glory to God, He gives strenght, and clear sight as an eagle. God bless you, sir. Keep up the good work, promoting them, "old" as "young", rock is a powerful tool in our Lord and Saviours hand. May they never stop producing! Their mature vocals have such soul in it, The Holy Spirit never break, so will never their voices, and their lungs will be kept strong and healthy to go on until He comes, in The name of the ressurected Christ🔥🎸🎛️
Depends on when we’re talking but hard for me to imagine this list without Whiteheart, Sweet Comfort Band, Kerry Livgren’s AD, or the Joe English Band. The obvious problem with Christian rock bands has always been how to actually make a living at it, though, so you have quite a few that didn’t last very long yet made very good albums. Another couple I really liked were Jerusalem and the Daniel Band.
Great list! In the early 90s I was involved in the Atlanta Christian music scene, which was mostly alt-rock. Atlanta had some awesome local bands that gained national attention like the Waiting, Villanelle, Third Day, and Jacob's Trouble. (Three members of Villanelle went on to form Smalltown Poets.) For a couple years, Atlanta hosted the InnerSeeds Festival, which included some amazingly talented musicians like the Choir, Adam Again, the 77s, the Lost Dogs, One Bad Pig, Daniel Amos, the Prayer Chain, and the Violet Burning. Lots more. If you haven't looked into those, you're in for a treat!
Petra, Guardian, 77s, Phil Keaggy, Mastedon/John Elefante, Whiteheart, Chaggal Guevara/Steve Taylor, Kerry Livgren/AD, Magdallan/Ken Tamplin, Idle Cure, Iona, Loudflower, Mad at the World, PFR, The Choir, The Prayer Chain, and Undercover. I'm sure I missed a few.
Thanks for this video Tim🙏 My two favorites are also Petra and Rez Band. Although Petra started to loose me with Beat the System. When back to the streets came out I didn’t like the pop sound either and couldn’t adapt to the new vocalist. Now I love his voice and really want to get all of the back catalogue that I don’t have. I definitely agree on Back to the Rock, that’s my favorite one as well. I really wish they would’ve continued with that lineup and made more albums. It’s really too bad they didn’t because those two newer songs and the older songs they reworked were just absolutely incredible.
Grammatrain Flying might be the greatest Christian rock album of all time. And don’t forget the Elms, Stavesacre, Phil Keaggy, and All Together Separate, which was fronted by the greatest voice in the genre. And if you saw Burlap to Cashmere live during the Anybody Out There tour, you’d include them too. Best live Christian show I’ve ever seen and I saw them as a 6, 5, and 4 piece. All equally amazing. Skillet lost me after album one. Disciple live 99-03 was nothing short of jaw dropping. The Elms were probably the most complete Christian bands before click tracks and canned backing, and their first three releases were very tight. Phil Keaggy is the goat rock guitarist in CCM. Stryper’s Fallen was close to CCM perfection. Good list but lots of top tier missed IMO. My honorable mention would be a little band called Broomtree out of Ohio. Traveled with Petra some. Two albums. Sunny, poppy, and lyric forward. Very good live act and kind.
Cool video! I agree with you in regards to Petra. They were my first exposure to Christian rock, along with Resurrection Band, in '84. I would disagree in regards to Back To The Street in that I think it is among their best, but isn't that the beauty of music? Something for everybody! Keep 'em coming!
Petra is so great. Love Schlitt. Such a nice guy, too. My young adult son actually loves God Fixation. I saw Petra in Memphis on that tour and St. Augustine’s Pears got a huge reaction. Bob Hartman is a brilliant lyricist and underrated guitarist. I’ve always been sad that contemporary Christian radio abandoned Petra.
Solid list overall, but for those who like it more on the heavy side: Disciple and Chaotic Resemblance are the jam! Stryper and Bride would follow for my taste.
I definitely agree about Petra. Not saying they should’ve made the list however, one of my first Christian rock bands was Third Day. Thanks for the cool video man.
Thanks for commenting on Audio A. I was a founding member of Audio Adrenaline. When we started we created "You Turn Ministries". The band was a ministry, never designed to be anything more than a platform for the gospel. Eventually the band's focus went to promoting the mission, The Hands and Feet Project. The guys were faithful all those years with integrity in their lyrics. So much depth in what they wrote.
Good video with some bands I wasn't aware of and will definitely check out. May I recommend Deliverance, tourniquet, Bride, Jacobs Dream, Sleeping Giant.
Like your list and Petra is definitely the best ever. Thanks for honoring Fear Not and Novella which were definitely underrated. I would have agreed with you on most but missing Whiteheart. Their Freedom album is the best of all time imo.
I really appreciate this list. I have listened to some Christian rock for several years but have never heard of most of these except Skillet and Petra which I love. I was a little surprised that Stryper isn't on the list but I don't think that they are that great anyway. My favorite Christian band now is not really rock but it is Of King and Country. Their album Burn the Ships is probably my favorite Christian album since Petra in the 1980's.
Great video! I'm not much into the Modern Rock/Hard Rock and Metal Bands Like Skillet and Disciple except for the odd album like Holy Soldier Promise Man, Stryper Reborn and Apple Head Light Side of the Apple which all has some good songs. I watched some of Jim Coopers podcast in part or in full and that guy is into the word! Also, to me bands like Petra and Jerusalem over the years bounce from a little Light Rock but mostly Rock and Hard Rock slightly going into Metal but live they are much heavier overall. I never compared Fear Not to Motley Crue. Maybe during the Dr. Feelgood and Motley Crue 1994 era but I kind of see the resemblance. To me Fear Not is similar to Skid Row and Slaughter. From 1979 to 1994 Petra has that Bon Jovi, Journey, Styx, Foreigner, Boston vibe. Ever notice that on the song I Am On the Rock during the chorus it's similar to the Def Leppard Song Pour Some Sugar on Me, even down to the bass line? I can't listen to that song without thinking of that. I wonder how many wet socks and boots they went through filming the video on the beach near the water! I will be doing a video of ranking the top 10 or 15 bands as well.
@@christianrockmusiccollective I know. I didn't mention that where that was an obvious similarity that many people are aware of. I don't think the I Am On the Rock and Pour Some Sugar similarity is as commonly known, or as not mentioned as often.
I gotta throw Rob Cassels Band into this mix, along with The Daniel Band. The Daniel Band especially was so underrated, but they are amazing if you like April Wine.
I think you should be talking about Neal Morse. As a solo Artist and with The Neal Morse Band he has released 30 albums since 1999. His work on Testimony 1 & 2, One, ?, Sola Scriptura just show what an Artist can do concerning the scriptures in music. His double CD, 'Testimony' coming in at 120 minutes about his testimony in becoming a Christian is just phenomenal and no other Christian Artist has ever done anything like that nor ever will because they just don't how to do anything like that. His other work with Transatlantic, Flying Colors & D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings are superb also.
I'm an old school Christian metal head. I attended The Cornerstone Festival several times in the 80s (just outside of Chicago). I saw Bloodgood, Vengeance, The Crucified, Saint, Messiah Prophet, Barren Cross, Whitcross, Rez and many others.
Oh my WORD!! Loved yer take on these bands!! I’m 52 and agree with you on most of yer take! LOVE “house plant song”…and the Underdog album! Just wish you would have pushed Audio A up to at least number 3…maybe number 2..obviously Petra should be number 1!!! But…never the less..love yer commentary man!!!
For decades ive searched for christian bands I can enjoy. Its been challenging. I had grown up on some phil keaggy, Glass Harp, or more recently Quick and the Dead. I enjoy them but i keep looking for more. Its tough because my favorite bands arent Christian bands and i have a tendency to search for christian groups with a similiar sound as those i frequent most often (yeah... I'm aware of the paradox here). Anyway, Ive never heard of Omega Highway. Thanks for the recommendation. I enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work!
As an 80s kid that wasn’t allowed to listen to secular music…this list was like getting into a Time Machine. I have my Styper tickets for a show in the fall in ATL…there were some great Zondervan-rock bands.
I love Petra! I liked the Greg X Volz era in particular, though I also liked Rob Fraizer. Have you ever heard of Idle Cure? They're one of my favorites.
Ok. I need help. A friend of mine sent me a mix tape in the late 80s early 90s and one of the most awesome songs I've ever heard was on it, but when I asked him who it was he didn't rememeber. The chorus was" Come home, son, so many nights my tears fall to the rain. Come home son, it hurts so much, but you are worth the pain. Come home, son, I have so many things to give to you. Come home son, today we start, today all things are new...if you'll just come home." It was an epic power ballad. If anyone remembers this song, please point me in the right direction.
Some lesser known bands from the 80's most of you probably never heard of--Crossfire--they had one album called "Battlefront"--and then there was Solid Rock--they had three albums in the early 80's--priobably the best known was""Reel to Real"---and lastly a band called produgal--all three of their albums were cutting edge in the 80s.
What are your thoughts on five of my favorites in no particular order: Bride, Bloodgood, Guardian, Holy Soldier and Whiteheart? I was fortunate enough to see Petra and Whiteheart in concert at Great Adventure in New Jersey back in the day! Great Show!! Thanks 👍
@@christianrockmusiccollective I understand about Bride! You either like them or you don't but to be fair for me it was only three LP's, Kinetic Faith, Snakes in the Playground and Scarecrow Messiah. Thank you for taking the time to respond!
Nice picks! Ever heard of Squad 5-0? They were good. Spoken? Also great. Great video, my friend. Also, I was in a band called Strong Men Stoop, a punk rock\ska band. So I’ve played with John Schlit and Skillet before. Misfits too!
I think Audio Adrenaline got better as they got older. Underdog, Lift and Worldwide were all good albums. This Means War by Petra is one of the first "rock" Christian songs I remember hearing and liking. (I was 8 or 9). I liked Petra but I always saw them as "old guys" which is sad because they were probably ten years younger than I am now when I thought that. Skillet would be the top of my Christian rock bands. Part of that is because of the music but another part is I actually got to meet and talk with John Cooper for a about 15 minutes. He interacted well and was courteous which impressed me.
I think it is very appropriate that you chose Underdog for Audio A. I think that was their last great album and they started to go downhill from there. I think it is no coincidence that happened when Mark Stuart became sick. We shall completely dismiss the KMax album and that horrible attempt at a usurper with no previous members. I think Newsboys could be on the list but they almost completely changed when they released their first praise album. Thrive was their last great album, which also I think it's no coincidence that after that album is when the stable line up from the previous 4.5 albums (starting with Going Public and taking a slight detour with LLD) started falling apart and they never recovered. My final thoughts on the subject is that I hoped to see Guardian, POD, Benjamin Gate, or Pillar featured on one of the two lists (this or the metal one). 😢
It's so funny how things change. I remember when bands like Saint or Barren Cross were metal, now i hear them called hard rock. Bride "Snakes In The Playground" still sounds like metal to me. Fear Not are good, but musically i actually liked them better when they went by Love Life, but Blonde Vinyl just didn't know how to produce a metal record. Mike Knotts roots were always that raw, indie, underground vibe.
My favorite Christian band is Caedmon's Call. I also really enjoy most of the albums by Andrew Peterson, Bebo Norman, Jars of Clay and I definitely can't forget one of my all-time favorites: Rich Mullins. None of those bands are really rock though I guess. Did you ever get into Stavesacre, Project 86 or P.O.D.?
@@christianrockmusiccollective I agree on all points. Derek Webb has left the faith sadly, and went EXTREMELY woke. 😢 I've also had my reservations regarding POD's walk with God, but I did really like their album "Satellite". I will never tire of Rich Mullins music no matter how often I hear the songs. He was a one-of-a-kind musician/songwriter.
Just wondering if you've ever made playlist for Spotify? I've made my own playlist several times over and over again. Just wondering if you ever made a playlist of songs that you like that you would like to share?
Skillet is great and I really enjoy listening to John Cooper's podcast as well.
Nice list.
Disciple is my all time favorite band! Awesome live!!!
I also enjoy Pillar, Kutless, Falling Up
I opened for Pillar back in the day. They were so good, but not nice individuals.
I really like Disciple. A lot of their lyrics are very obvious Christian lyrics unlike some bands that seem to try stay ambiguous.
I agree with you but I don't think being ambiguous with your lyrics is wrong cuz bands like Demon Hunter, Fit For A King, and Wage War are more ambiguous but if you care about digging into the lyrics, they are very biblical
@@Captain_Kirk116 I agree with you. I like the bands you listed also. I was just stating one of the reasons I like Disciple. When I want to listen to a band praise God, I listen to a band that does it clearly like War of Ages, Chaotic Resemblance, Holyname... When I just want to listen to music I tend to listen to Demon Hunter, Killswitch Engage, Love and Death and so on.
they tried to be a BIT mainstream when they had their self-titled album, it was good but the lyrics were wayyyy toned down.
@@nascarsteve now that you mention it, I guess its their first couple albums that I'm talking about.
I became a Christian in 1982, and I went to my first concert with Sweet Comfort and DeGarmo and Key. DeGarmo and Key were so good. Blew me away. Lots of amazing songs, some blues, some Southern rock, ballads, worship songs, etc. Am I the only one?
Greetings from Czech republic! I would definitely add Stryper to this list. They are bit into metal. Best wishes. Jaroslav.
I consider them metal. They are on another video.
How is Stryper not included in this list? Best Christian band ever!
They are in my Top Five Metal Bands video.
Whitecross, tourniquet, Rob Rock, Narnia
They're considered metal
@@i5150v1imo tourniquet’s later stuff do not compare to first 3 albums. Im not stuck in the past 😂 i just thought the music was heavier and loved the recorded vocals.
@@Blake4625kHz I agree but MVTR is probably my favorite album of theirs
My personal favorites in no particular order. Except Petra. They’re #1
1. Petra
2. White Heart
3. Holy Soldier (with Steven Patrick)
4. Guardian
5. David Zaffiro (highly underrated)
6. Skillet
7. DC Talk (their rock years)
1,2 6, 7, 5, 3, never heard of David Zaffiro
The best concert I saw was white heart opening for Petra on their Fired up tour.
@@gemini8590- ZAFFIRO is my go to...
Four albums, awesome style growth.
✅ The Other Side
✅ In Scarlet Storm
✅ Surrender Absolute
✅ Yesterday's Left Behind
Going through some old boxes after a move and found the Whitecross flyer from 1987. Love that album and what a live show. Starting diving back into some bands from back in the day, Undercover, Stryper, Petra... Then I found your channel and cannot wait to discover all the artists I missed along the way.
Nice video. Living Sacrifice is my favorite Thrash Metal band. Top notch Stuff!
Absolutely a killer band!💕🙏👊
My favorites in no particular order:
Red,
Thousand foot Krutch,
Skillet,
Decyfer Down,
Pillar,
Disciple,
Wolves at the Gate,
Manafest, and
Spoken
Novella! One of the most underrated bands out there!
It's great to see Audio Adrenaline get some love.
Petra is definitely the greatest Christian rock band of all time.
Agree. Petra is the foundation of christian rock. Petra rockz.
Stryper? I like Petra too.
Definitely. I could do a long road trip with just their music.
White Heart ain't no joke either
Honestly, I hated Petra.
I'm defenitly missing Bride!
They believe in universal salvation for everyone
Ive returned to really appreciating Petra again. I actually live Back to the Street. Especially YOU are I AM, Shaking the Hous and Fool's Gold.
Captured in Time and Space was a great live album by Petra. ❤🇨🇦✝️
Besides Stryper, Petra has has always been my favorite. I got into Christian music back in the mid 80s, and finally in Sept, Ill be seeing Petra for the first time. Front row with a meet and greet.
Bloom is the best Audio Adrenaline album. My first Christian album and it's a classic.
Love that you commented on Audio A. I was a founding member. Barry and I were the rockers (metal heads) and always favored more edge in the music. So glad leadership with Forefront records changed. We were signed as a rock band but then were told to be hip hop. Once Dana Key became pres, the band was able to get back to rockin'.
Awesome list! I definitely lean toward the Schlitt era of Petra as my favorite Christian rock band. The first album I heard from them was a compilation album called “Power Praise” from 1994. As a teenager “Unseen Power” and “This Means War” were my go to albums.
Side question: have you hard Stryper’s recent acoustic album, “To Hell with the Amps”? So good. It has been on repeat for me.
Can’t wait for the Petra collection video! 🙌🏻 God bless!
I haven’t heard the Stryper one yet.
Enjoyed checking out Fear Not - really brought to mind early Guardian, especially the Miracle Mile album which I have a massive soft spot for. Thanks!
Cool list, but I’d also include Rage of Angels, X-Sinner, and Whitecross
The mid 70’s with Resurrection Band: ”Colours” is the album that rocks! My favorites of all time, though, are Phil Keaggy and Kerry Livgren (“When Things Get Electric” is in my opinion the best Christian rock album ever). Thanks brother for the video! 😊❤️
Hard rock : Petra , REZ , Jerusalem , Whitecross, White Heart , Leviticus, Shout , Legend , The Brave, Joshua.
@@jairobrenes1716 long time since I've heard Joshua. How could I forget
🙌🏻 We need to pray for these groupmembers. Their Spiritual gifts were given for a reason. They're lyrics are much more real and powerful than todays lyrics. A lot of wisdom of a liven life is contained into these musicians and we need to care about them, as rare elders🌾 Especially in the music branch we need bold forerunners. They've been at the front, so know they have been through rough attacks during life.
🦅But glory to God, He gives strenght, and clear sight as an eagle. God bless you, sir. Keep up the good work, promoting them, "old" as "young", rock is a powerful tool in our Lord and Saviours hand. May they never stop producing! Their mature vocals have such soul in it, The Holy Spirit never break, so will never their voices, and their lungs will be kept strong and healthy to go on until He comes, in The name of the ressurected Christ🔥🎸🎛️
Depends on when we’re talking but hard for me to imagine this list without Whiteheart, Sweet Comfort Band, Kerry Livgren’s AD, or the Joe English Band. The obvious problem with Christian rock bands has always been how to actually make a living at it, though, so you have quite a few that didn’t last very long yet made very good albums. Another couple I really liked were Jerusalem and the Daniel Band.
Great list! In the early 90s I was involved in the Atlanta Christian music scene, which was mostly alt-rock. Atlanta had some awesome local bands that gained national attention like the Waiting, Villanelle, Third Day, and Jacob's Trouble. (Three members of Villanelle went on to form Smalltown Poets.) For a couple years, Atlanta hosted the InnerSeeds Festival, which included some amazingly talented musicians like the Choir, Adam Again, the 77s, the Lost Dogs, One Bad Pig, Daniel Amos, the Prayer Chain, and the Violet Burning. Lots more. If you haven't looked into those, you're in for a treat!
Petra, Guardian, 77s, Phil Keaggy, Mastedon/John Elefante, Whiteheart, Chaggal Guevara/Steve Taylor, Kerry Livgren/AD, Magdallan/Ken Tamplin, Idle Cure, Iona, Loudflower, Mad at the World, PFR, The Choir, The Prayer Chain, and Undercover. I'm sure I missed a few.
Magdallan and The Prayer Chain are the jam, dude.
IDLE CURE!!!! YEAH!!!!!
David Crowder rocks! Based on the bands mentioned here I’d say it’s time to expand the horizons a bit.
Thanks for this video Tim🙏 My two favorites are also Petra and Rez Band. Although Petra started to loose me with Beat the System. When back to the streets came out I didn’t like the pop sound either and couldn’t adapt to the new vocalist. Now I love his voice and really want to get all of the back catalogue that I don’t have. I definitely agree on Back to the Rock, that’s my favorite one as well. I really wish they would’ve continued with that lineup and made more albums. It’s really too bad they didn’t because those two newer songs and the older songs they reworked were just absolutely incredible.
Grammatrain Flying might be the greatest Christian rock album of all time. And don’t forget the Elms, Stavesacre, Phil Keaggy, and All Together Separate, which was fronted by the greatest voice in the genre.
And if you saw Burlap to Cashmere live during the Anybody Out There tour, you’d include them too. Best live Christian show I’ve ever seen and I saw them as a 6, 5, and 4 piece. All equally amazing.
Skillet lost me after album one. Disciple live 99-03 was nothing short of jaw dropping. The Elms were probably the most complete Christian bands before click tracks and canned backing, and their first three releases were very tight. Phil Keaggy is the goat rock guitarist in CCM. Stryper’s Fallen was close to CCM perfection. Good list but lots of top tier missed IMO.
My honorable mention would be a little band called Broomtree out of Ohio. Traveled with Petra some. Two albums. Sunny, poppy, and lyric forward. Very good live act and kind.
Cool video! I agree with you in regards to Petra. They were my first exposure to Christian rock, along with Resurrection Band, in '84. I would disagree in regards to Back To The Street in that I think it is among their best, but isn't that the beauty of music? Something for everybody! Keep 'em coming!
Got to meet John Schmitt a few years ago, super nice guy… can still belt out any song too… can still wail on those high notes…..
Petra is so great. Love Schlitt. Such a nice guy, too. My young adult son actually loves God Fixation. I saw Petra in Memphis on that tour and St. Augustine’s Pears got a huge reaction. Bob Hartman is a brilliant lyricist and underrated guitarist. I’ve always been sad that contemporary Christian radio abandoned Petra.
Seen them in Houston for the beyond belief tour
Contemporary Christian Radio abandoned Petra and Jesus with their woke agenda.
This my top 7 Christian rock bands
1. Falling Up
2. Thousand Foot Krutch
3. Skillet
4. Pillar
5. Kutless
6. Disciple
7. Demon Hunter
Sacred Warrior, Barren Cross, Stryper as well.
Solid list overall, but for those who like it more on the heavy side: Disciple and Chaotic Resemblance are the jam! Stryper and Bride would follow for my taste.
Seven From Heaven…
1) Petra
2) Rez Band
3) AD/Kerry Livgren
4) Mastedon
5) The Brave
6) Crystavox
7) Jerusalem
These are all great.
REZ band is awesome!
Mastodon?
@@K.Dwizzle good for sure!
Jerusalem!
I definitely agree about Petra. Not saying they should’ve made the list however, one of my first Christian rock bands was Third Day. Thanks for the cool video man.
Have to agree with you about #1. Petra has inspired me from the beginning.
I bought Underdog when I was 14, saw them when I turned 18. Love their music. Skillet is amazing.
Thanks for commenting on Audio A. I was a founding member of Audio Adrenaline. When we started we created "You Turn Ministries". The band was a ministry, never designed to be anything more than a platform for the gospel. Eventually the band's focus went to promoting the mission, The Hands and Feet Project. The guys were faithful all those years with integrity in their lyrics. So much depth in what they wrote.
Good video with some bands I wasn't aware of and will definitely check out. May I recommend Deliverance, tourniquet, Bride, Jacobs Dream, Sleeping Giant.
Tourniquet is pure awesome! I love the guitar sound!♥️🇨🇦✝️
Disciple and Skillet are two of my favorite bands. Bow Down from Skeleton Psalms really gets me pumped
Rez Band was my was my high school times. Surprised White Heart wasn't here.
Like your list and Petra is definitely the best ever. Thanks for honoring Fear Not and Novella which were definitely underrated. I would have agreed with you on most but missing Whiteheart. Their Freedom album is the best of all time imo.
I'd add Stryper, Third Day, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, Thousand Foot Crutch and Jars of Clay
Stryper is on a separate video.
I really appreciate this list. I have listened to some Christian rock for several years but have never heard of most of these except Skillet and Petra which I love. I was a little surprised that Stryper isn't on the list but I don't think that they are that great anyway. My favorite Christian band now is not really rock but it is Of King and Country. Their album Burn the Ships is probably my favorite Christian album since Petra in the 1980's.
I would have put WhiteHeart on this list (probably as 1a with Petra being 1b)
The teamed up with Petra to form Union Of Sinners And Saints
@@princeknight9775 yeah, but I'm a big Ric Florian fan, so I have a hard time getting into their versions of WhiteHeart songs.
Great video! I'm not much into the Modern Rock/Hard Rock and Metal Bands Like Skillet and Disciple except for the odd album like Holy Soldier Promise Man, Stryper Reborn and Apple Head Light Side of the Apple which all has some good songs. I watched some of Jim Coopers podcast in part or in full and that guy is into the word! Also, to me bands like Petra and Jerusalem over the years bounce from a little Light Rock but mostly Rock and Hard Rock slightly going into Metal but live they are much heavier overall. I never compared Fear Not to Motley Crue. Maybe during the Dr. Feelgood and Motley Crue 1994 era but I kind of see the resemblance. To me Fear Not is similar to Skid Row and Slaughter. From 1979 to 1994 Petra has that Bon Jovi, Journey, Styx, Foreigner, Boston vibe. Ever notice that on the song I Am On the Rock during the chorus it's similar to the Def Leppard Song Pour Some Sugar on Me, even down to the bass line? I can't listen to that song without thinking of that. I wonder how many wet socks and boots they went through filming the video on the beach near the water! I will be doing a video of ranking the top 10 or 15 bands as well.
Seen and Not Heard also sounds like Kiss Heaven’s on Fire.
@@christianrockmusiccollective I know. I didn't mention that where that was an obvious similarity that many people are aware of. I don't think the I Am On the Rock and Pour Some Sugar similarity is as commonly known, or as not mentioned as often.
Ashes Remain is phenomenal.
I gotta throw Rob Cassels Band into this mix, along with The Daniel Band. The Daniel Band especially was so underrated, but they are amazing if you like April Wine.
I think you should be talking about Neal Morse. As a solo Artist and with The Neal Morse Band he has released 30 albums since 1999. His work on Testimony 1 & 2, One, ?, Sola Scriptura just show what an Artist can do concerning the scriptures in music. His double CD, 'Testimony' coming in at 120 minutes about his testimony in becoming a Christian is just phenomenal and no other Christian Artist has ever done anything like that nor ever will because they just don't how to do anything like that. His other work with Transatlantic, Flying Colors & D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings are superb also.
Mortification... Living Sacrifice... Sacrament! Love and missed the heavy Thrash Metal era.💕🙏👊
I'm an old school Christian metal head. I attended The Cornerstone Festival several times in the 80s (just outside of Chicago). I saw Bloodgood, Vengeance, The Crucified, Saint, Messiah Prophet, Barren Cross, Whitcross, Rez and many others.
Oh my WORD!! Loved yer take on these bands!! I’m 52 and agree with you on most of yer take! LOVE “house plant song”…and the Underdog album! Just wish you would have pushed Audio A up to at least number 3…maybe number 2..obviously Petra should be number 1!!! But…never the less..love yer commentary man!!!
For decades ive searched for christian bands I can enjoy.
Its been challenging.
I had grown up on some phil keaggy, Glass Harp, or more recently Quick and the Dead.
I enjoy them but i keep looking for more.
Its tough because my favorite bands arent Christian bands and i have a tendency to search for christian groups with a similiar sound as those i frequent most often (yeah... I'm aware of the paradox here).
Anyway, Ive never heard of Omega Highway.
Thanks for the recommendation.
I enjoy your channel.
Keep up the good work!
Do you know about ApologetiX?
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Ive never heard them but i will definitely check them out.
Thank you!
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I am almost always turned off by cover bands but these guys are hilarious and do a fantastic job!
Thanks again!
I’ve heard of them.
Here I go my 7 top Christian bands are:
Stryper
Disciple
Theocracy
Chaotic Resemblance
Seventh Day Slumber
Skillet Music
Relentless Flood
the best
Petra, Whiteheart, DC Talk (Rock and Pop years), White Cross, Stryper, Jars Of Clay, Mercy Me,
Whitecross has a PHENOMENAL guitarist!✝️♥️🇨🇦
Oz Fox Rocks.
Bloodgood
Petra
Stryper
Jerusalem
Jars of Clay
Mylon And Brokenheart
White heart
I know some might not be considered rock! 😉
Love all these bands. Disciple and Skillet are my favorite.
Please, maybe talk about/mention, ApologetiX? And in the future what about newsboys???! (God bless you and your endeavors!)
As an 80s kid that wasn’t allowed to listen to secular music…this list was like getting into a Time Machine. I have my Styper tickets for a show in the fall in ATL…there were some great Zondervan-rock bands.
Stryper Rules
Even bought a Stryper electric guitar to rock out with my amp
Best song- free.
For your female fronted video, check out Undefeated. They started breaking out of upstate NY in 2022. Great vocals awesome songs
I love Petra! I liked the Greg X Volz era in particular, though I also liked Rob Fraizer. Have you ever heard of Idle Cure? They're one of my favorites.
Ha! 😄 "Jesus on" . I think I must adopt that expression🌷
Ok. I need help. A friend of mine sent me a mix tape in the late 80s early 90s and one of the most awesome songs I've ever heard was on it, but when I asked him who it was he didn't rememeber. The chorus was" Come home, son, so many nights my tears fall to the rain. Come home son, it hurts so much, but you are worth the pain. Come home, son, I have so many things to give to you. Come home son, today we start, today all things are new...if you'll just come home." It was an epic power ballad. If anyone remembers this song, please point me in the right direction.
That was Crystavox, Home Again.
Thank you very much. I have been looking for this song for years. Sadly I've never even heard of this band.
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DAVID ZAFFIRO
✅ The Other Side
✅ In Scarlet Storm
✅ Surrender Absolute
✅ Yesterday's Left Behind
'Nuff said 😎👍
Some lesser known bands from the 80's most of you probably never heard of--Crossfire--they had one album called "Battlefront"--and then there was Solid Rock--they had three albums in the early 80's--priobably the best known was""Reel to Real"---and lastly a band called produgal--all three of their albums were cutting edge in the 80s.
Prodigal was a great band. Sadly, Loyd Boldman passed a few years back.
What are your thoughts on five of my favorites in no particular order: Bride, Bloodgood, Guardian, Holy Soldier and Whiteheart? I was fortunate enough to see Petra and Whiteheart in concert at Great Adventure in New Jersey back in the day! Great Show!! Thanks 👍
All good. Cannot get into Bride at all. I have tried.
@@christianrockmusiccollective I understand about Bride! You either like them or you don't but to be fair for me it was only three LP's, Kinetic Faith, Snakes in the Playground and Scarecrow Messiah. Thank you for taking the time to respond!
Plankeye for the win
Nice picks! Ever heard of Squad 5-0? They were good. Spoken? Also great. Great video, my friend.
Also, I was in a band called Strong Men Stoop, a punk rock\ska band. So I’ve played with John Schlit and Skillet before. Misfits too!
I’m be heard of Spoken but not the others.
Barren Cross,Bloodgood,Sacred Warrior, Stryper, Demon Hunter. These days I would also include Megadeth and W.A.S.P.
I think Audio Adrenaline got better as they got older. Underdog, Lift and Worldwide were all good albums. This Means War by Petra is one of the first "rock" Christian songs I remember hearing and liking. (I was 8 or 9). I liked Petra but I always saw them as "old guys" which is sad because they were probably ten years younger than I am now when I thought that. Skillet would be the top of my Christian rock bands. Part of that is because of the music but another part is I actually got to meet and talk with John Cooper for a about 15 minutes. He interacted well and was courteous which impressed me.
I think outside of Audio Adrenaline, I like Resurrection Band. The Civil Rites album seems to be full of great songs!
Great list Bro!!!
Maybe not in line as more Alt-Rock, but Switchfoot is a fave of mine. Also Lincoln Brewster, and my son really likes Amberlin.
I think it is very appropriate that you chose Underdog for Audio A. I think that was their last great album and they started to go downhill from there. I think it is no coincidence that happened when Mark Stuart became sick. We shall completely dismiss the KMax album and that horrible attempt at a usurper with no previous members. I think Newsboys could be on the list but they almost completely changed when they released their first praise album. Thrive was their last great album, which also I think it's no coincidence that after that album is when the stable line up from the previous 4.5 albums (starting with Going Public and taking a slight detour with LLD) started falling apart and they never recovered. My final thoughts on the subject is that I hoped to see Guardian, POD, Benjamin Gate, or Pillar featured on one of the two lists (this or the metal one). 😢
Novella is by far the best CRB I've ever heard.
Letter 7 is also a great band would recommend it to all Christian Heavy Metal fans.
Never heard of , Fear Not, gotta check em out!
Hey Tim. You should check out Ritual Servant if you haven’t already. Really good Christian metal band.
I like them.
Lincoln Brewster only one I like.
Never could get into him.
A big miss that was left out is Allies, led by Bob Carlisle before he went solo.
I liked Allies. Bob Carlisle also sang additional backup vocals with one of my favorite Christian bands, Idle Cure.
Surprised Guardian is not here. Stryper too.
I put Stryper in my metal video. Guardian isn’t top five for me but they are very good.
Hello, dear brother. What's your take on Stryper? That would be in the metal category. Right?
Yes. I made a metal one too.
I like your list , feel like Bride should be on the list
Could not get into Bride.
It's so funny how things change. I remember when bands like Saint or Barren Cross were metal, now i hear them called hard rock. Bride "Snakes In The Playground" still sounds like metal to me. Fear Not are good, but musically i actually liked them better when they went by Love Life, but Blonde Vinyl just didn't know how to produce a metal record. Mike Knotts roots were always that raw, indie, underground vibe.
Right?
Third Day
Broken Yoke is one of my favorite bands.
My favorite Christian band is Caedmon's Call. I also really enjoy most of the albums by Andrew Peterson, Bebo Norman, Jars of Clay and I definitely can't forget one of my all-time favorites: Rich Mullins. None of those bands are really rock though I guess. Did you ever get into Stavesacre, Project 86 or P.O.D.?
Loved Rich Mullins. The main guy with Caedmon’s call went far far far far woke. I liked POD but they’ve either gone off course or was never on.
@@christianrockmusiccollective I agree on all points. Derek Webb has left the faith sadly, and went EXTREMELY woke. 😢
I've also had my reservations regarding POD's walk with God, but I did really like their album "Satellite".
I will never tire of Rich Mullins music no matter how often I hear the songs. He was a one-of-a-kind musician/songwriter.
@@christianrockmusiccollective It sounds like Jars of Clay went super woke too. Ugh!
ohhhh there’s SOOOO much more
gotta listen to the Tooth & Nail/BEC catalog.
project 86, slick shoes, MxPx, underoath, hawk Nelson, dogwood, P.O.D 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Underoath and POD aren’t really Christian.
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band with Christian members, per se?
@@christianrockmusiccollective their early material was. I was greatly disappointed with the lyrical direction with Underoath latest material.
Danial Amos, Danial band, 77’s, barnabas, LSU, undercover, servant, prodigal, sweet comfort, rez band
80’ classics
Bride Snakes in the playground might be the greatest vocal record of all time!!
Never quite been able to take to Bride.
Stryper, Whitecross, Tourniquet, Rob Rock, Narnia
Just wondering if you've ever made playlist for Spotify? I've made my own playlist several times over and over again. Just wondering if you ever made a playlist of songs that you like that you would like to share?
I’m sort of old school. I use physical media. 🤷🏻♂️
You missed The 77's and Daniel Amos!
That’s because I don’t like them. Ha ha.
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Stryper yes of course
Disciple is always #1 for me.
No mention of Neal Morse...? Or would you consider him a solo artist?
What about Stryper? To be fair, this is the Rock list. Maybe they’ll make the Metal list? Curious to hear your opinion about them.
Already made that video of top metal bands.
OK, found it. Thanks
“Back to the Street” is Petra’s best chorus, in my opinion.