From: alpo@wam.umd.edu (Doug Johnston)
Subject: Re: Intermosh Vol. 3 / THRASH?!
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:11:15 GMT

In article <6SEP199220574764@zeus.tamu.edu> tll6551@zeus.tamu.edu (Scholar and Fool) writes:
>kowtko@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Jacqueline Kowtko) writes...
>>I am somewhat surprised to hear of people who actually listen to
>>`thrash' music.  (Yes, true!)  Especially what seems like a
>>substantial Christian Music audience.  Seriously, what is its appeal?
>
>appeal.....appeal.....I guess an enjoyment in the sound being produced.
>Perhaps to enjoy the intense feelings that can be produced (and, btw, 
>anger and violence are not the only moods that can be 'intensified' by
>thrash/metal/alternative/etc). To listen to lyrics that are in your
>face, that have really probing, deep, heart-felt questions or statements
>that wouldn't be screamed :) or sung with your typical mellower styles
>of music. It's sorta like brocolli (which I don't like, btw) - some 
>people don't like it, some people do like it, and some people do or 
>don't like it because that's what the peer group they want to be accepted
>by tells them. It's a choice. It's a preference. It's a taste.

For me, I love Christian Rock, Metal, and Thrash.  It appealed to me because
I can only stand listening to the slow mushy stuff for a little while before
I get bored or fall asleep.  Its not that the mushy stuff is bad for me, but
its just to slow.  I prefer to listen to heavier music.  I know that many
Christians turn to secular music because they don't know that there is faster
and heavier Christian music.  For example, I used to always listen to secular
radio, but I heard of some Christian bands that played some heavier stuff and I
bought the tape and I loved it.  Not only was the music awesome, but the lyrics
were 500 times better than any secular band.  Christian Rock, Metal, and Thrash
is just a way we can enjoy our kind of music with Christian lyrics.  Also for
myself, I didn't start to seek out God until I started listening to Christian
music and I still learn from the lyrics.  These Christian bands have a great
ministry.

>
>>Do you need to be in some sort of aggressive/wild mood to listen?
>
>Hhhhmmmm....no, although it might help (for me, at least) to be in an
>energetic or 'pumped up' mood. Or at least not minding getting into that
>type of mood by listening.
>
I don't think its based on your mood.  Sometimes I mellow out when listening
to music and sometimes I just feel like headbanging or moshing.  If its the 
only music that you listen to, your are going to listen to it whenever you
are in your car or by your radio, no matter what your mood.

>>Is anyone in the industry (performer or fan) over age 25?
>
>I'm pretty sure that there are, although I can't say *for sure*. I would
>bet that Roger Martinez is over 25....  I, personally, am 23.
>
>>The only time I ever heard thrash was when listening to a sample
>>of One Bad Pig in a bookshop.  (It was in the pop section...)  
>
>I bet the members of One Bad Pig are somewhere near the 25 mark, if not
>over it. My bet would be on over it. But I don't know that you could 
>classify them purely as 'thrash' - some of their music is fairly thrashish,
>but they've mellowed out over the last couple of albums, too (imo).
>
As far as One Bad Pig is concerned, they are in a class by themselves, more 
along the lines of a Christian Punk.  But many Christian Book Stores don't sell
Christian Thrash because it doesn't sell as well as the mushy stuff and is not
as popular either.
 
>>Please inform me on the subject.
>
>Hope that helps a little, for anyone who might have been wondering the
>same thing. :)

Hope my additions helped too.
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