From: tll6551@sigma.tamu.edu (Scholar and Fool)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Is a certain type of music bad?
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:38:00 GMT
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titan@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Titanium Knight) writes...
>Is there anything wrong with a certain type of music?  What I mean is, 
>I've read a book that says certain music (extreme noises, distortion,
>etc.) is dangerous to listen to.  Now I know there are lots of Christian 
>thrash bands, and even some industrial and techno.  Is it bad?  

I don't think that any music is inherently evil in and of itself. What makes
the final product "evil" is the input of the persons who create the music...
ie, lyrics, etc. Plus, it also depends on you. For some people, certain types
of music may be "evil" for them - because they have bad previous experiences
with that type of music, because it would affect them somehow, etc. I don't
think any blanket statement can be made on any type of musical style being
"bad."  That's like saying certain colors in the spectrum are bad (evil),
certain types of rocks are bad (evil), etc. It may *sound* bad, but that
doesn't mean it's evil. :)
So, basically, I think it's a personal decision whether a type of music is
bad for you or not. Also, realize that just because a type of music is bad
for you doesn't mean that it will be bad for everyone.

>I really 
>like the industrial and techno sound, but I can't really get into it 
>because it's all secular (I don't agree with the lyrics, lots of it is 
>blasphemous and anti-religious).  I would love to get into Christian 
>industrial and techno if it has a similiar sound to the secular stuff.  I 
>don't have much of a tape collection, so I'm really interested.  Anyway, 
>back to the above question, I'd really like to know.  Thanks.

As far as Christian industrial goes, it's just starting to get into the
really growing stage. It seems to be the "up-and-coming" style in the
Christian market. (well industrial/dance/techno/etc)  As far as specific
albums to try out, I'd suggest:
Mortal           _Lusis_                      (Intense/Frontline)
Deitiphobia      _Fear of God_                (SLAVA/Blonde Vinyl)
Deitiphobia      _Digital Priests_            (SLAVA/Blonde Vinyl)
various          _SLAVA Compilation_          (SLAVA/Blonde Vinyl)
Code of Ethics   _Visual Paradox_             forgot...(REX?)
Circle of Dust   _Circle of Dust_             (REX)
Wigtop           _Revelation 1921_            (SLAVA/Blonde Vinyl)
Scott Blackwell  _Walk on the Wild Side_      (Myx/Frontline)
Jyradelix        forgot...(_Jyradelix_?)      (Myx/Frontline)

There's some more out there, but these are the ones I thought of that you'd
probably have access to without too much work.


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