A new crop of bands on Christian-owned labels, many playing Christian-owned clubs, has appeared. Unlike their forebears, who made weak imitations of already-popular music as a way to spread the Gospel, these new bands are making original, high-quality music and attracting fans for their sound, not their message.
“The whole thing about the Christian market is that all these bands are able to tour because youth groups and churches have the ability to put on shows,” he said. “Like the old punk rock, you have an infrastructure that allows all these bands to play. Because much of it is in the suburbs, a lot of these kids going to the shows aren’t even Christian kids, but their parents won’t allow them to go to rock shows. So then they tell their moms that their friend Mike’s youth group from church is putting on the show, and their parents can call Mike’s mom to check. This is where I found P.O.D.”
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