From: uscream@mcl.ucsb.edu (Screamin' Diane d.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Need music recommendations
Date: 29 Dec 92 03:54:52 GMT
Distribution: usa

In <1992Dec17.035940.21625@nuscc.nus.sg> isc30366@nusunix1.nus.sg (HO TUCK CHIUN) writes:
>: specializes in dance music.  If she is into the club scene, Scott
>: Blackwel's "Walk on the Wild Side" is perfect.  If she is into "rave"
>: try Jyradelix or DanceHouseChildren.


>: With this style of music (as with most), Christians are a little late
>: on the scene and somewhat unoriginal.  The ones I have suggested are
>: hopefully the most "authentic" dance beat makers out there.

	I am not sure that Scott Blackwell is really behind in the times.
	He was on the cutting edge of dance music.  Of course, this makes him 
	the jewel of the new CCM breed.  He really is almost straight out
	of the Studio 54 scene.  I think christian music is catching up.

	In some instances, artists such as tourniquet are turning out
	truly awesome stuff.  Perhaps this is more of a sensation
	with the more metal based artists.  I mean, Dig Hay Zoose sounds
	an aweful lot like the much-acclaimed (on secular college campuses)
	Fungo Mungo with the heavy guitars and funky bass grooves.
	Prayer Chain and Raspberry Jam are from Orange County.  Yhey 
	keep getting better and better.  They aren't metal based.  But, they
	aren't behind the times.  In fact R Jam is really original sounding.
	So is Adam Again.  These are the people who will venture into
	the uncharted ground of CCM land.  Prayer Chain is now even
	more popular than the 77's in the LA/Orange county area.  
	I went to a reacent concert, the 77's were the scheduled headliners
	and it ended up being Prayer Chain all the way.  The crowd wanted to
	mosh really badly.  And they did.  The 7''s were noticably annoyed.
	They are also not really all that original in my opinion, and they
	aren't alternative.  But not everyone can be measured by the majority
	of unoriginal material.  There are certainly some you have not yet 
	heard that may surprise you.  I haave been surprized all this
	past year by the alternative and metal market.

	Oh, nmy other point is that there are always people who are  a bit
	behind the times.  Have  you heard the new Fleshtones album??  They
	sound like a flashback to the music I listened to in 84.
	The Chistian market is actually better quality stuff compared to
	college oriented material bieng played on college radio stations.

	I am a DJ on my college radio station.  There is a guy who does
	a speed/death metal show before mine and he loves some of the stuff
	I play.  One time he said, "Man, this could just be a continuation
	of my show."  I was playing Bride, Tourniquet, Mad At the World,
	Die Happy, etc.  I have also Played the Newsboys after Lush and Curve.
	They actually have a similar British pop/fluff grunge sound.  I am
	trying to play all Christian stuff.  Iam doing pretty well o that.
	I have also played stuff off Myx and dance House Children along
	with Orb and Pop will eat Itself.  

	The more I think about it, the more I think you ought to go listen
	to both worlds so you can compare.  The music isn't so different
	like it was with Undercover and the Altar Boys.  Anyway, hope everyone \
	learned something.


When you are frustrated,

		uscream@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu