Body piercing saved my life : inside the phenomenon of Christian rock / Andrew Beaujon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaujon, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian rock music--History and criticism.

Christian rock music.

Rock music--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Rock music.

Genre:

Christian rock music.

Physical Description:

ix, 291 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006.

Summary:

Body Piercing Saved My Life is the first in-depth, journalistic account of a musical phenomenon that has exploded in recent years: Christian rock. Christian pop culture is booming, with numerous rock bands and everything from extreme teen Bibles to skateboarding ministries, from Christian tattoo parlors and paintball parks to Christian coffeehouses and nightclubs, all of them encouraging kids to form their own communities apart from the mainstream. In short, it's good old teen rebellion.

Profiling mainstream bands with roots in the Christian rock world, like P.O.D. and Switchfoot, as well as Christian groups such as the David Crowder Band, Mute Math, and Resurrection Band, journalist Andrew Beaujon lifts the veil on a thriving scene that operates beneath the secular world's radar. He also considers artists who occupy the uncomfortable middle ground between the sacred and profane, like Pedro the Lion, Sufjan Stevens, and Mewithoutyou. And he looks into many other facets of Christian rock culture, including the success of Seattle record label Tooth & Nail, the popularity of the enormous Christian rock festivals, and more.

Revealing, sympathetic, and groundbreaking, Body Piercing Saved My Life (named for a popular Christian rock T-shirt depicting Christ's wounds) is a fascinating glimpse into an enormous, and growing, youth culture.

Contents:

I swear

No more LSD for me (I met the man from Galilee)

Christian rock lifers #1: Doug Van Pelt

More than just a song

The baffled king composing hallelujah

Christian rock lifers #2 : Steve Taylor

Clarity

Drinking blood out of skulls, living high in the kingdom of death, and a new way to be Christian

Christian rock lifers #3 : Jay Swartzendruber

Salt and Life, Inc.

If we are the body

Christian rock lifers #4 : Bill Hearn

Black and white in a gray world

Christian rock lifers #5 : Mark Salomon

To be mad for my king

Just like heaven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.

ISBN:

0306814579

OCLC:

64453337

Publisher Number:

9780306814570