I used to belong to this subscription service called Interlinc. For a few hundred bucks a year (!) they would send you a bunch of CDs and sometimes DVDs of new Christian music to try out and expose your youth group kids to. For many years, it was very cool... A lot of great music that I may not have ever been exposed to came out of it and it was worth the money.
A couple of years ago, I got a subscription to it, and was disappointed. There was nothing new and fresh coming out. Everything sounded the same or was just lame. There is a lot of good Christian music out there, its just getting harder to find. I just did a search on iTunes for Christian Rock, and sorted it by "Recent Bestsellers" - this is what I found:
You may notice that "recent" is subjective here as nothing on the list is from 2011. Am I missing something here? Is iTunes not the best place to look for good Christian new music? Possibly. Where are people buying it then? Christian bookstores? I can't remember the last time I bought an (extremely overpriced) CD from a Christian Bookstore.
Of course, maybe the thing here is that the best music coming out in Christian Rock isn't "popular". And maybe that is a good thing. I listened to a few samples of the tracks from Day of Fire. Their first two CDs were pretty shred-worthy, hard and "metal". The latest was very mediocre from what I heard. Why does success neuter bands? I loved Third Day when they were a pretty underground band. Good southern rock with a great message. Then, Offerings was a big hit and man, they've pretty much lost me ever since.
So, the question is - who are the good Christian rock bands out there that no one knows about yet? I don't know, but if I find out, I might just keep it to myself. :P
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