Christian Punk Bands?  Are you freakin' kidding me?
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Because to most people punk is a fashion.
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The bands before me are all Christian and good, but not really heavy or anything.\n\n\nAs I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, UnderOath, Norma Jean, The Chariot, As Cities Burn, Fire In The Eyes Of The City, Anberlin, Kids In The Way, Flyleaf, Disciple, Demon Hunter, Project 86, Pillar, Becoming The Archetype, Zao, Dead Poetic, Emery, Skillet, Haste The Day, Showbread, Switchfoot, Superchick, Kronicles, Thousand Foot Krutch, Kurios, A Place Tomorrow, Blessed By A Broken Heart, Blessed Is He, Burden Of A Day, Confide, Copeland, Crying Out Loud, Dizmas, Eleison, Foreknown, Gray Lines Of Perfection, If Hope Dies, Impending Doom, In Fair Verona, Innerveil, Life In Your Way, Mychildren Mybride, Nodes Of Ranvier, Still Remains, Once Nothing, Our Last Breath, Rodinia, Seven System, Sever Your Ties, Sinai Beach, Spoken, Stand To Say Goodbye, Stray From The Path, Subseven, The Devil Wears Prada, The Dog And Pony Show, The Heartland, The Hope Of Change, Twisted Logic, Underneath The Gun, War Of Ages, Winter Solstice, Written In Stone, akissforjersey\n\nand btw, P.O.D. aren't Christian.
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Hi, \n\nDon't worry they are alright!!\n\nI detest people that say punk is dying!!\n\nPunk will never die so get a fucking life!!\n\nCheers!!
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um...yeah, i'm not that impressed with whats newer lately, but someone mentioned "3 Days Grace" and what i heard from them seems ok, - Disturbed , Evanescence , AX7  are ok too. I know most people associate those bands with a sort of "scene" or trend - which i'm old enough NOT to follow trends, and i've not bought any of those cd's or anything , i just heard. It's all just one form or another of rock , isn't it?
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Yes, punks do exist.  Brilliant question.
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I'm excited that you want to listen to Christian rock!!  There is a TON out there!  A couple suggestions:\n1-use the search feature of Yahoo! Answers- lots of other people have asked this same question, and you could print out all of those answers.\n2- Call up the biggest church in your area- usually a non-denomination is a good start- that may have a youth center where local Christian bands can play, or maybe they have big names come in every once in awhile.  Some of these have a website that you could periodically check out and maybe catch a concert or two.  \n\nThere are also a lot of Christian radio stations to listen to online that are rock.  That may be a good start to find bands that you like before you buy all of the cds.
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Err... Christian Band?  I have to say my favorite is Phillips Craig and Dean, an "older" Contemp Christian Band.  Personally I have a personal thing against Christian Rock or Christian Rap.  I just dont really see it as worship when you have a guy on stage head banging, covered in long hair and tatoos, holding up the evil fingers and singing "Oh how I love Jesus".  You go to a "Soulstock" and all the kids there (who are usually between 12-16) bouncing around, screaming and shouting, just as high and drunk as they would be at the Metallica concert!  What levels dare we stoop to just to be accepted?!  \nBut what really just grind my gears is how the Christian music scene can put out music they claim as Christian when it really has nothing at all to do with God, Christ or his message.  One particular song I remember inparticular was a song with the lyrics "You are a Godsend" over and over and OVER AGAIN, it was a REALLY cruddy song, talking about an unmarried guy having "relations" with his girl.  I mean I REALLY dont have no SUPER conventions about that particularly but C'MON!!  I mean I go into a Christian Music store and there are "christian" CD's by big name Rap, Rock and Country artists?  It might not be the heavy stuff you'll find in the Metal section, but its still really not any good.  I say be hot or cold, bad or good, heavy or light, dont pussy around somewhere in the middle.
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I'm sure he specified Christians because it's probably a Christian hymn. No need to get so uppity! Sorry dude, I don't know the song.
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This website is not serious. At least not in the way you think. This is an elaborate parody or satire about Christianity. The person(s) responsible for the site must have strong feelings against Christianity in specific or religion in general to put out this kind of effort to ridicule people of faith. The humor is subtle on the pages I looked at and I would assume that it is throughout. Their intention is to make people believe that they really ARE Christians and to stir up anti-Christian sentiment. Yes, there are some Christians who DO believe in a lot of what is said on this site, but this site is not legitimate. Many Christians are ignorant, hateful, and frankly, stupid, but not all or even most of them. This is not the first site I have seen like this. I can say all this confidently because I have been a Christian for 23 years and I can tell the difference between a wacko Christian and a well constructed mockery.\n\nOkay, I looked at the site some more and some of the satire is not subtle at all! This is a joke people. Whoever did this site is not a Christian.
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I'm not much of a modern punk person, but I'm big into the old bands who formed punk.\n\nTry the Seeds, The Sex Pistols (big fav), the damned, and last but not least, The Clash\n\nI know those weren't really 5 CD's, but I hope it helped.
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umm... get over it. If a Christian band's song becomes popular w/ mainstream america they are sellouts? I thought a Christian would be happy for another Christian's success. They may be sellouts but you sound like a hypocrite
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No, but it's not a particularly imaginative genre, either.  While I'm blissfully ignorant of the current scene, the trend of "MOR" (middle of the road) acts that actually got play in the 80's and 90'on Christian Radio stations was to be musical milquetoast and about 5 years in arears of current forms.  Petra may have listened to Sting's albums, but they did precious little to become truly musically adventurous.  Add to that a general laziness of lyric writing, where long, a-rhytmic passages of theology are ripped from a King James Bible and shoehorned into a 4/4 backbeat.  There were exceptions, of course, but precious few.  Also add to that a theological content in the lyrics that's explicitly aimed at adolescents, and Christian Rock becomes something to grow out of(when I was a child, I listened to Christian Rock, but now that I have grown, I have set aside those childish things).  I refuse to "graduate" to the Gaiters or others of such ilk.
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Okay, you make a point of being Christian.  But, the point is, are you still alive?  Joplin, the Stones and a lot of other people did some brilliant work.  I think God enjoys most of it,  it's gotta be less boring than hearing people sing about you all the time.\n\nI swear, sometimes you Christians act as if Y'sua never had to take a dump, and you must be evil because you do.    Lighten up.
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If you like Barlow Girl, you may like the almost rock-folk of Sara Groves.  I listen to more Christian hip-hop than rock, but I do also like the artists that you mentioned.  In rock, I also like Audio Adrenaline, Superchic[k], Out of Eden, Peace of Mind, Toby Mac, and Thousand Foot Krutch.  I also like the sound of Family Force Five, but to put a small disclaimer, I haven't checked their lyrics yet.  ( I know, they sell them in the Christian stores, but I still check lyrics.....)  If you like it a little punky sometimes, then there is also the O.C. Supertones and Reliant K.  Those are pretty mainstream punkers.  Good stuff.  \n\nThere are also a lot of Christian garage bands out there, who God is using to reach their cities, and you might be able to get a good cd from them.  If you don't know of a Christian Club that lets groups play, try calling a larger non-denomination church (they are usually into music like that) and see if the youth pastor knows of any. I'm so encouraged that you like to fill your mind with Christian music!
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Very simple answer. And it has nothing to do with it being a Christian band.  Well... Almost nothing.\n\nSee, the whole point of Christian music is to spread a message.  The message is the foremost thing they work on.  \n\nThe music itself is secondary.  And whenever you create a song with an agenda, your sound is never going to live up to that agenda.
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What? Are you outing Christians? lol
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They're amazing.I don't think they're any "punk wannabe emo" crap,they are just themselves.I love their music,it has such a unique sound and feel to it.I can't wait for their album!It's coming out June 20th!