Daily Blague

I have teenage nieces and nephews, but their music of choice is most definitely not 'Christian Rock' (they seem to lean more towards the hip-hop genre or singers like Christina Aguilera (not sure I spelled that correctly), Gwen Stefani and Pink), so I'm not certain how wide-spread the 'Christian Rock' phenomenon is. I did, though, attend a 'Christian Rock' concert in Chicago seven or so years ago (don't ask why, it's a long story). The concert was held at a fairly large venue, which was packed with teenagers, all of whom seemed to know all of the songs and the appropriate accompanying hand-gestures. To my ears, the music was as loud, and the song lyrics as indecipherable, as I remembered from many of the pagan rock concerts I attended when I was (much) younger. I did notice two unusual things: there were far more parents accompanying their teenagers than I remember seeing at rock concerts in my youth and, when the concert was concluded, the band invited the audience members to remain for a proselytizing session. I elected to beat the traffic out of the parking lot.

Sadly, I believe Christian rock to be HUGE, and as you and jkm note, virtually indecipherable from "regular" rock. The words are the key and I view it as a vehicle for transportation. Maybe we could use it instead of cars in NYC.