Stryper Brings Heavy Metal Aesthetic to Christian Music
This classic article from 1985 shows how one pioneering rock band turned up the volume of contemporary Christian music to eleven! Singer Michael Sweet says the problem with most religious rockers is their theology is stronger than their music. “If you’re out there in the secular world, you’re not going to see a group because they talk about Christ. You’re going to go hear a band because they’re good, and because they have a good stage show.”
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/julyweb-only/7-9-42.0.html
The Stryper article (and the accompanying photo of the band decked out in chains and studs) convinced dozens of loyal Christianity Today readers that the world as they knew it was ending, leading them to cancel their subscriptions. See some of their reactions here.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/julyweb-only/7-9-43.0.html
