Christian Prog

This is for Christian proggers or decent non-christians. Please no "Christian music blows...satanic metal is the way to go!"


Hi, I am a Christian. I am also a really sketchy character, hence my need for a savior...however, I find it difficult to find musicians who are Christians that sound good. There are exceptions however, such as and not limited to - Phil Keaggy! John Standefer, Hyper Static-Union isnt too bad, Neal Morse is really good but I havent bought any of his albums yet.
Can anyone reccommend artists that are Christians, (I'd rather it wasnt just straight praise music) and can play really well...preferably prog artists.

To see what I'm into = My favorite bands are - but arent limited to

ELP

Genesis

Radiohead

Gentle Giant

Yes

Pink Floyd

Dire Straits

Chet Atkins

Tommy Emmanuel

Keane

King Crimson

Anglagard

Zappa

Muse



and many more...basically every band on progarchives




Is there anyone along these lines that play christian prog?


Thank you

What particular album should I get of Neal Morse...I want something that sounds somewhat close to Spocks Beard...

I have One and ? by Morse I wouldn't particularly recommend either, nothing comparable to his work with Spock's Beard. If you are really into guitar music then ? is good since it features him, keaggy, hackett and roine stolt and alan morse on guitars. I gotta say (as a christian and a prog-head) Morse's solo albums lack what I usually love about prog (which is difficult to describe) and his lyrics are especially lacking. Instrumentally I recommend One over ? but based on guitars alone ? is quite impressive.

The one and only Mr. Rick Wakeman.  He is not extremely outspoken about his faith, but it is there in many of his works.

I'd say try out Iona:

The best christian album you can buy right now IMO are ? (questionmark) and Testimony by Neal Morse :-)

the best christian song i know of from rock is Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" from their 1975 album "Physical Grafitti". you need to check that. also blues is the place where you'll find great christian music, rather than prog. as i remember, out of your list of favourites, pink floyd and ELP were actually anti-religion.

 Maybe you should try  After Crying.Not a preaching band, but their(many Hungarian) lyrics are often realted to the Bible and Christianity A Gadarai Megszállott, Júdás, De Profundis, A Világ Végén etc.

andu wrote: the best christian song i know of from rock is Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" from their 1975 album "Physical Grafitti". you need to check that. also blues is the place where you'll find great christian music, rather than prog. as i remember, out of your list of favourites, pink floyd and ELP were actually anti-religion.

I don't know if you aware of the fact that Led Zeppelin's songs hides satanic messages (if you don't believe me). So i don't think that Zeppelin fits in Christian category :-)

The album "Before became after" by Proto Kaw is excellent, almost puts you on a spiritual high!

Edited by WaywardSon - January 20 2007 at 09:10