101-731: Resurrection Band , also known as Rez Band or REZ , was a Christian rock band formed in 1972. They were part of the Jesus People USA Christian community in Chicago and most of its members have continued in that community to this day. Known for their blend of blues-rock and hard rock , Resurrection Band is credited as one of the forerunners of the Christian metal genre. Christianity Today called them "the most influential band in Christian music history." Following their debut in 1978,
202-535: A Christian, because I don't write music to be evangelical. Now, if that happens, it happens. Some of these bands, like Creed , played up the spiritual content of their music and were widely considered a "Christian band" by the popular media. Some bands reject the label because they do not wish to exclusively attract Christian fans, or because they have been identified with another particular music genre, such as heavy metal or indie rock . The aims for making Christian music vary among different artists and bands. Often,
303-521: A chromaticism which is at all times restricted in amount and lacking in emotionalism; and modality which creates an atmosphere unmistakably ecclesiastical". In the light of Archibald Davison's characterisation it is easy to see how different these two genres of music are. Christians in the United States did not want their children exposed to music with unruly, impassioned vocals, loud guitar-riffs and jarring, hypnotic rhythms. Rock and roll differed from
404-567: A favorable review in Rolling Stone . In addition, the Jesus People USA community established the annual Cornerstone Festival during this period, which would serve as a springboard to mainstream success for future Christian artists like Sixpence None the Richer and P.O.D. Even the lineup of REZ changed during this time as well. Bassist Jim Denton left to attend theological seminary and
505-494: A feat never accomplished before by any member of the band. However, there was a growing sense - not just among music critics but also within the band itself - that the formula was growing stale and that REZ had fallen into a creative rut. As a result, for the first time in the band's history, REZ reached outside the Jesus People USA community for creative inspiration. It came in the form of Ty Tabor , guitarist and co-lead singer of King's X . The result of Ty Tabor 's influence
606-486: A friend, Resurrection Band recorded their first album, Awaiting Your Reply , over a two-week period of marathon all-night sessions. Although the band had completed the album, including the cover art, no Christian record label would risk releasing it, as the Led Zeppelin / Jefferson Airplane inspired music was considered much too controversial for the Christian market at that time. Star Song Records were warned away from
707-475: A high-profile tour in 1982 with Swedish quartet Jerusalem —Rez Band was viewed by both fans and music critics as the preeminent Christian hard rock band. Capitalizing on the tour's success the live album Live Bootleg (Resurrection Band album) was recorded in the fall of 1983 and released in 1984 and is the band's biggest selling album and features a mixture of the band's most popular live tracks as well as two new hard driving songs: "Gameroom" and "Playground". As
808-446: A marginal part of the nascent contemporary Christian music (CCM) and contemporary gospel industry in the 1970s and 1980s, though Christian folk rock artists like Bruce Cockburn and rock fusion artists like Phil Keaggy had some cross-over success. Petra and Resurrection Band , two of the bands who brought harder rock into the early CCM community, had their origins in the early to mid-1970s. They reached their height in popularity in
909-486: A part of the contemporary Christian music (CCM) industry. Other bands perform music influenced by their faith or containing Christian imagery, but see their audience as the general public. For example, Bono of U2 combines many elements of spirituality and faith into his lyrics, but the band is not directly labeled as a "Christian rock" band. Such bands are sometimes rejected by the CCM rock scene and may specifically reject
1010-474: A pioneer of "alternative Christian rock." Knott's 1987 album Shaded Pain being noted for lyrics which challenged church morality. This resulted in the album being banned by churches and Christian bookstores. Nevertheless, Knott was still credited for changing the course of Christian rock, with his short-lived company Blonde Vinyl becoming a major source for Christian rock musicians during its existence. The 1990s saw an explosion of Christian rock. Many of
1111-515: A platform upon which future Christian musicians could build. In July 2008, the group reunited for the 25th anniversary of Cornerstone Festival. That same year, Grrr Records released Music to Raise the Dead 1972-1998 ; three CDs with 52 re-mastered songs, an 80-page full-color booklet detailing the history of Rez Band with scores of photos, and one DVD with over an hour of previously unreleased live concert video footage and special features. In April 2010,
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#17330856121601212-448: A powerful live act and effective evangelistic ministry (thanks to the fiery sermons preached at the end of Resurrection Band concerts by Glenn Kaiser ), the band gained a positive reputation among church youth leaders as well as an enthusiastic and devoted fanbase. In spite of the increased attention, Resurrection Band funneled any and all profits back into the Jesus People USA community, as members held all monies in common according to
1313-437: A result, received far more airplay on MTV than "Crimes" ever did. There was some controversy concerning this particular song as the guitar riff is almost exactly the same as AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie." However, the band's most controversial decision was to eliminate the traditional altar call at the end of their concerts as a concession to playing more secular venues for the tour that supported this album, leading some to accuse
1414-480: A result, when Rez Band released Hostage in late 1984, listeners were caught completely off guard. Moderately keyboard-driven, the album reflected the band's increasing interest in New Wave music with the first single "S.O.S." featuring almost no guitar whatsoever (although it does feature a Speak & Spell ). "S.O.S." shot to the top of the Christian rock singles chart, staying there for several weeks and in doing so,
1515-640: A sense close to that it would later acquire, and sociologist C. Wright Mills contended in his 1956 book The Power Elite that a democratically unaccountable class of military, business, and political leaders with convergent interests exercised the preponderance of power in the contemporary West. However, following its coinage in Eisenhower's address, the MIC became a staple of American political and sociological discourse. Many Vietnam War –era activists and polemicists, such as Seymour Melman and Noam Chomsky employed
1616-551: A shift toward mainstream exposure in the Christian rock scene. Rock label Tooth & Nail Records would be credited for having "altered the course of the Christian rock industry by launching and legitimizing the careers of MxPx , The O.C. Supertones and Underoath ." Among popular Christian rock bands of the first decade of the 21st century that exemplified this trend were RED and Fireflight . There are also some Roman Catholic bands such as Critical Mass . Some Eastern Orthodox Christian rock groups, mostly from Russia and
1717-504: A study of how Nazism came into a position of power in a democratic state. Within decades of its inception, the idea of the military–industrial complex gave rise to the ideas of other similar industrial complexes , including: Virtually all institutions in sectors ranging from agriculture, medicine, entertainment, and media, to education, criminal justice, security, and transportation, began reconceiving and reconstructing in accordance with capitalist, industrial, and bureaucratic models with
1818-542: A warning of the relationship's detrimental effects, in the farewell address of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1961. Conceptually, it is closely related to the ideas of the iron triangle (the three-sided relationship between Congress , the executive branch bureaucracy, and interest groups ) and the defense industrial base (the network of organizations, facilities, and resources that supplies governments with defense-related goods and services). U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower originally coined
1919-772: Is also a festival in Orlando, Florida called Rock the Universe , a two-day festival at Universal Orlando Resort that overlaps with the Night of Joy event at Walt Disney World. Ichthus, currently held in Kentucky, is a three-day festival that involves over 65 bands. There are also many in the UK, including Greenbelt Festival , Soul Survivor , BigChurchDayOut , 'Ultimate Events' at Alton Towers , Frenzy in Edinburgh and Creation Fest, Woolacombe, Devon , which
2020-500: Is entirely a live performance. Another early Christian rock album was Mylon (We Believe) by Mylon LeFevre , son of members of the southern gospel group The LeFevres . He recorded the album with members of Classics IV and released it through Cotillion Records in 1970. Norman Greenbaum recorded gospel pop hit "Spirit in the Sky", and the song reached #3 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. Ocean (Canada) gained gospel pop big hit "Put Your Hand in
2121-478: Is given as an example) of the late 1990s were experiencing a rapid decline in membership and were under threat of disbandment within the next decade, a trend that has been going on since the 1980s. McLean, using numerous quotes from theologians, Christian apologists and professors, goes on to offer contemporary Christian music as the reason for the falling popularity of more traditionalist churches. The definition of contemporary Christian, as offered by New Harmonies ,
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#17330856121602222-504: Is listed at No. 91 in the book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music , released in 2001. The band followed up the success of that album with Rainbow's End , which continued in the same progressive hard rock/metal vein akin to Black Sabbath and Aerosmith . Although the band was pleased with the effort, Star Song was not, and the band was forced to find another label shortly after its release. Rainbow's End
2323-527: Is not related to Creationfest in the United States. The Flevo Festival of The Netherlands, which offers seminars, theater, stand-up comedy, sports and movies as well as Christian music from a wide variety of genres, is considered to be one of the biggest Christian festivals in Europe. It was discontinued in 2013, due to financial issues. It has been unofficially restarted by a collection of Christian organizations who previously collaborated on Flevo Festival under
2424-543: Is now tied directly to the success of the MIC which has led to concerns of repression as Cold War-era attitudes are still prevalent among the American public. Shifts in values and the collapse of communism have ushered in a new era for the military–industrial complex. The Department of Defense works in coordination with traditional military–industrial complex aligned companies such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman . Many former defense contractors have shifted operations to
2525-404: Is of a genre not far removed from traditional hymns; it is simply more accessible. The reality is that while a form of modernized hymns do exist in today's churches and do affect church evangelism and growth, there also exists both within and outside these churches a form of music (Christian rock) that has only one element in common with previous religious genres: its worship of God. This element,
2626-468: Is significant for being the first album by an American rock band to address the racist system of apartheid in South Africa , a full year before Peter Gabriel brought the issue to the world's attention with his classic song " Biko ." Resurrection Band would eventually become known for grappling with a variety of social and political ills in its music, from the evils of the military-industrial complex to
2727-570: The American South - regarded it as anathema . He Touched Me , a 1972 gospel-music album by Elvis Presley, sold over 1 million copies in the US alone and earned Presley his second of three Grammy Awards. Not counting compilations, it was his third and final album devoted exclusively to gospel music. The song "He Touched Me" was written in 1963 by Bill Gaither , an American singer and songwriter of southern gospel and Contemporary Christian music. In
2828-646: The Catholic Church in Croatia , and state-owned record label Jugoton . They ended their activity in 1971, as the members of the band finished their studies of theology and went on to become priests of the Catholic Church. Another Christian rock pioneer, Randy Stonehill , released his first album in 1971, the Larry Norman-produced Born Twice . In the most common pressing of the album, side one
2929-479: The Jesus People USA , a community which formed during the Jesus Movement of the 1970s. The festival ceased operations in 2012. Military-industrial complex The expression military–industrial complex ( MIC ) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy . A driving factor behind
3030-459: The September 11 terror attacks and the ensuing global war on terror , as well as the more recent increase in geopolitical tensions associated with strategic competition between the United States, Russia , and China . Some sources divide the history of the military–industrial complex into three distinct eras. From 1797 to 1941, the government only relied on civilian industries while the country
3131-581: The Soviet Union , started performing in the late 1980s and 1990s. Alisa and Black Coffee are credited as the most prominent examples. The Orthodox Christian lyrics of these bands often overlap with historical and patriotic songs about Kievan Rus' . The musical genre that was once rejected by mainstream Christian churches is now considered by some as one of the most-important evangelism tool of their successor congregations. According to Terri McLean, author of New Harmonies, old-guard churches (United Methodist
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3232-546: The fascist government ties to heavy industry. It can be defined as, "an informal and changing coalition of groups with vested psychological, moral, and material interests in the continuous development and maintenance of high levels of weaponry, in preservation of colonial markets and in military-strategic conceptions of internal affairs." An exhibit of the trend was made in Franz Leopold Neumann 's book Behemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism in 1942,
3333-567: The "Jesus People USA Traveling Team", working primarily in Florida . Before their relocation to Chicago , the name "Resurrection Band" was chosen and the band became a primary focus of the community's ministry. After arriving in Chicago, the band recorded two independent cassettes that were given away after their concerts. The band performed anywhere they were allowed to play, from schools to prisons to street corners. The first cassette, Music to Raise
3434-717: The "father of Christian rock", and in his later years "the Grandfather of Christian rock", who, in 1969 recorded and released Upon This Rock , "the first commercially released Jesus rock album", challenged a view held by some conservative Christians (predominantly fundamentalists) that rock music was anti-Christian. One of his songs, "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?" summarized his attitude and his quest to pioneer Christian rock music. A cover version of Larry Norman's Rapture -themed "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" appears in
3535-501: The 1950s, even though country and gospel music often influenced early rock music. In 1952, Archibald Davison, a Harvard professor, summed up the sound of traditional Christian music and why its supporters might not like rock music when he wrote of "... a rhythm that avoids strong pulses; a melody whose physiognomy is neither so characteristic nor so engaging as to make an appeal in its own behalf; counterpoint, which cultivates long-breathed eloquence rather than instant and dramatic effect;
3636-529: The 1960s, rock music developed artistically, attained worldwide popularity and became associated with the radical counterculture , firmly alienating many Christians. In 1966 The Beatles , one of the most popular and influential rock-bands of their era, ran into trouble with many of their American fans when John Lennon jokingly offered his opinion that Christianity was dying and that the Beatles were " more popular than Jesus now". The romantic, melodic rock songs of
3737-609: The CCM label. Other bands may experiment with more abrasive musical styles. Beginning in the 1990s and 2000s there was much wider acceptance even by religious purists of Christian metal , Christian industrial and Christian punk . Many of these bands are on predominantly Christian record labels, such as Tooth and Nail Records and Facedown Records . Rock artists, such as Switchfoot , do not claim to be "Christian bands", but include members who openly profess to be Christians or at times may feature Christian thought, imagery, scripture or other influences in their music. I'm an artist who's
3838-480: The Day incorporate symbolism and Christian messages more indirectly. Bands such as Flyleaf do not call themselves Christian bands, though they state that their Christian faith affects their lyrics. Bands such as Switchfoot have said they try to write music for both Christians and non-Christians alike. Festivals range from single day events to multiple-day festivals that provide camping and other activities. One of
3939-414: The Dead , featured hard rock , while All Your Life comprised only their acoustic numbers. These were a reflection of the folk -oriented sets they would play at more conservative venues such as nursing homes and churches. The churches were deeply sceptical of Christian rock , especially the borderline heavy metal that Resurrection Band specialized in. Four years later, thanks to an $ 8000 gift from
4040-630: The Dead 1972–1998 (Boxed set) Christian rock Christian rock is a form of rock music that features lyrics focusing on matters of Christian faith , often with an emphasis on Jesus , typically performed by Christian individuals. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands . Many bands who perform Christian rock have ties to the contemporary Christian music labels, media outlets, and festivals , while other bands are independent. Most traditional and fundamentalist Christians did not view rock music favorably when it became popular with young people from
4141-615: The Devil " (1968), a song openly written from the point of view of Satan . Allegations of Satanic intent also arose from the Beatles and others of the controversial backmasking recording-technique. This further increased Christian opposition to rock music. Later, in the 1960s, the escalating Vietnam War , Civil Rights Movement , Paris student riots of 1968 and other events served as catalysts for youth activism and political withdrawal or protest, which became associated with rock bands, whether or not they were openly political. Moreover, many saw
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4242-637: The Evangelical Christian feature film A Thief in the Night and appeared on Cliff Richard 's Christian album Small Corners along with "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?". In 1966, the band Žeteoci (transl. The Harvesters ) was formed in Yugoslavia . Founded by four students of the Zagreb Catholic Faculty of Theology , Žeteoci performed beat music with religious lyrics, being
4343-510: The Hand" in 1971. In the late 1970s, Christian rock received exposure through more mainstream rock and folk rock musicians. Bob Dylan became a born-again Christian and released three albums between 1979 and 1981. This period would yield the Grammy winning single " Gotta Serve Somebody " and three successful concert tours that would later see release as The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 . Dylan's influence
4444-492: The MIC and vice versa. In 1993, the Pentagon urged defense contractors to consolidate due to the fall of communism and a shrinking defense budget. In the third era, defense contractors either consolidated or shifted their focus to civilian innovation. From 1992 to 1997 there was a total of US$ 55 billion worth of mergers in the defense industry, with major defense companies purchasing smaller competitors. The U.S. domestic economy
4545-524: The United States federal government intentionally paid a higher price for these innovations to serve as a subsidy for civilian aircraft advancement. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), total world spending on military expenses in 2022 was $ 2,240 billion. 39% of this total, or $ 837 billion, was spent by the United States. China was the second largest spender, with $ 292 billion and 13% of
4646-495: The United States increased its market share, accounting for a whopping 53 percent of the trade that year. Last year saw the United States on pace to deliver more than $ 46 billion in foreign arms sales." The military and arms industry also tend to contribute heavily to incumbent members of Congress. The datagraphic represents the 20 largest US defense contractors based on the amount of their defense revenue. Among these corporations, 53.5% of total revenues are derived from defense, and
4747-408: The United States went from around one percent of annual GDP to 40 percent of GDP. Various U.S. companies, such as Boeing and General Motors , maintained and expanded their defense divisions. These companies have gone on to develop various technologies that have improved civilian life as well, such as night-vision goggles and GPS . The second era is identified as beginning with the coining of
4848-465: The aim of realizing profit, growth, and other imperatives. According to Steven Best , all these systems interrelate and reinforce one another. The concept of the military–industrial complex has been also expanded to include the entertainment and creative industries as well. For an example in practice, Matthew Brummer describes Japan's Manga Military and how the Ministry of Defense uses popular culture and
4949-420: The band attracted an entirely new audience. Still, the move was controversial and the critical reaction highly divided. Rez Band had not completely abandoned its hard rock sound, though. The next single, "Crimes" - sung by co-lead singer Wendi Kaiser - is a traditional headbanging Rez Band number about inner-city violence, a topic that band members and the Jesus People USA community know first-hand. "Crimes"
5050-476: The band of selling out their message for greater mainstream acceptance. It would be three years before REZ returned to the studio to record their next album and much changed in the Contemporary Christian music industry during that time. REZ was no longer the dominant force in Christian rock ; instead, Stryper had burst onto the scene in all their yellow-and-black glory, bringing Christian metal to
5151-399: The band took advantage of the fact that Capitol Records now handled Sparrow's distribution. While the lyrics on the album represent a strong Christian worldview, explicit references to God or Jesus were almost non-existent. The catchy "Love Comes Down" was chosen as the band's first single and the music video - featuring much dance choreography - was a far more polished effort and as
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#17330856121605252-435: The band's early career had formerly been viewed as relatively inoffensive by Christians, but after the remark, churches nationwide organized Beatles-record burnings and Lennon was forced to apologize. Subsequently, the Beatles and most rock musicians experimented with a more complex, psychedelic style of music that frequently used anti-establishment, drug-related, or sexual lyrics, while The Rolling Stones sang " Sympathy for
5353-435: The band's greatest popularity was during the early 1980s, but later in the decade they received some crossover success when they had two music videos featured on MTV . Led by the husband-and-wife team of Glenn and Wendi Kaiser, the band sought to evangelize using Christian rock, and addressed a variety of social ills in the lyrics of their music. While the group is officially disbanded, they played several one-off dates at
5454-584: The band's next release, Live Bootleg , a live album recorded before an enthusiastic local audience at the Odeum in Villa Park, IL in October 1983. This was the band's first release for Sparrow Records , one of the largest and most successful Christian record labels, which at that time was seeking to sign more Christian musical acts with ministry as their primary focus. Live Bootleg was the first album to be released under
5555-411: The band's shortened moniker "Rez Band," a colloquialism created by fans, and it also featured a number of songs that directly addressed issues of concern to high school -aged listeners. The latter focus would continue for as long as the band recorded music. After a number of successful tours throughout the United States and Europe in the early 1980s with a variety of Christian hard rock acts—including
5656-507: The civilian market and sold off their defense departments. According to the military subsidy theory, the Cold War–era mass production of aircraft benefited the civilian aircraft industry . The theory asserts that the technologies developed during the Cold War along with the financial backing of the military led to the dominance of U.S. aviation companies . There is also strong evidence that
5757-478: The concept in their criticism of U.S. foreign policy, while other academics and policymakers found it to be a useful analytical framework. Although the MIC was bound up in its origins with the bipolar international environment of the Cold War, some contended that the MIC might endure under different geopolitical conditions (for example, George F. Kennan wrote in 1987 that "were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under
5858-676: The corrupting influence of American materialism , racism , homelessness , AIDS , drug addiction , prostitution and many other issues that the band personally confronted in its ministry to their surrounding urban community in Chicago. Once signed by Light Records , Resurrection Band shed its progressive rock leanings and went for a more radio-friendly hard rock/metal sound. Both Colours , released in 1980, and Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore , released in 1981, were solid collections of music that alternately addressed larger social issues such as poverty and divorce as well as personal spiritual issues of salvation and discipleship, along with
5959-445: The disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together. [emphasis added] The phrase
6060-503: The disenfranchised and hurting in the world around them. To that end, REZ returned to the studio in 1988, and the result was Silence Screams , a hybrid of blues , hard rock and heavy metal that served as a musical blueprint for all of the band's successive releases. Sporting unsettling cover art, Silence Screams deals forcefully with social concerns such as abortion , greed, racial profiling and even terrorism , proving that—as they did with confronting apartheid in 1979—the band
6161-469: The end of the 20th century. Among the first bands that played Christian rock was the Crusaders , a Southern Californian garage rock band, whose November 1966 Tower Records album Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars is considered one of the first gospel rock releases; John Joseph Thompson identifies it as "the first record of Christian rock". Brian Collins characterises Mind Garage as "arguably
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#17330856121606262-404: The entire album from beginning to end on the tour which supported this album. This was rare enough in rock music—save for The Who and Styx —but unheard of in Christian rock. As a result, the creative rebirth of Lament was highly praised among long-time fans of Resurrection Band as well as prominent Christian music critics, with some calling the album the finest the band ever recorded. Despite
6363-466: The example set by the New Testament church. In an attempt to be more efficient stewards of those monies, Resurrection Band built their own recording studio in the heart of their community, later nicknamed "Tone Zone." Although put together on a shoestring budget (with old mattresses on the walls in the studio's early incarnation), it was there that the band recorded its next album, D.M.Z. , during
6464-410: The federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex . The potential for
6565-507: The first Christian rock band in Yugoslavia and arguably the first Christian rock band in a communist country . Although they were not among the earliest Yugoslav rock bands, Žeteoci, as other 1960s rock bands from Yugoslavia, played a pioneering roll on the Yugoslav rock scene ; their first and only album, To nije tajna ( It Is Not a Secret ), released in 1969, was the second full-length album in
6666-409: The first band of its kind": they recorded the 1967 Electric Liturgy at RCA 's "Nashville Sound" studio in 1969. Both of these recordings were preceded by the rockabilly praise LP I Like God's Style , written and performed by one 16-year-old Isabel Baker and released on the private Wichita, Kansas Romco label in 1965, which no one published on until the 2000s. Larry Norman , often described as
6767-559: The first in the US was the six-day Explo '72 held in Dallas , Texas in June 1972 that was attended by around 80,000 people with around 100,000 – 150,000 at the final concert and which featured acts such as Larry Norman , The Archers , Love Song , Randy Matthews , Children of the Day , Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson . Significant festivals in the US are Creation Festival , Ichthus Festival , and Cornerstone Festival . There
6868-444: The formula first begun on Silence Screams . Each album dealt with current topics of social and spiritual concern, and each release contained more and more blues influence, thanks to lead singer Glenn Kaiser , who was beginning a new career as a blues artist outside of REZ. With Kaiser focusing more of his attention on his solo work, Roy Montroy became a greater contributor to REZ, and for Reach of Love , he wrote every single track,
6969-473: The global share. The privatization of the production and invention of military technology also leads to a complicated relationship with significant research and development of many technologies. In 2011, the United States spent more (in absolute numbers) on its military than the next 13 countries combined. The military budget of the United States for the 2009 fiscal year was $ 515.4 billion. Adding emergency discretionary spending and supplemental spending brings
7070-853: The group reunited once again for the annual Easterfest Christian music festival in Toowoomba, Australia. All Your Life Music to Raise the Dead Awaiting Your Reply Rainbow's End Colours Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore D.M.Z. Live Bootleg The Best of REZ: Music to Raise the Dead Hostage Between Heaven 'n Hell Silence Screams REZ: Compact Favorites Innocent Blood Civil Rites XX Years Live Reach of Love The Light Years Lament Ampendectomy Music to Raise
7171-579: The history of Yugoslav rock music. Although an openly religious band in a communist state, due to specific political and cultural milieu of the Non-Aligned Yugoslavia, for the most of their career Žeteoci enjoyed the attention of the media and notable popularity among the Yugoslav youth. Their only album was released in cooperation between Glas Koncila ( Voice of the Council ), the official newspaper of
7272-425: The intersection between the two. While the mainstream Christian press was still adapting to the idea of Christian hard rock, both albums were highly praised by alternative Christian music newspapers and their leading publication Harvest Rock Syndicate awarded both five stars. In addition, Resurrection Band began receiving greater airplay on radio stations that played Christian rock. Combined with their reputation as
7373-516: The late eighties alongside other Christian-identifying hard rock acts such as Stryper . The latter had videos played on MTV , such as "Calling on You" and "To Hell with the Devil", and even saw some airtime on mainstream radio stations with their hit song "Honestly". Christian rock has proved less successful in the UK and Europe, although such artists as Bryn Haworth have found commercial success by combining blues and mainstream rock music with Christian themes. Michael Knott would be credited for being
7474-581: The liberal editing of the original hymns, "gospel 'showed rock how to sing'". Howard & Streck go on to describe how the conflict between music and religion, spearheaded by southern fundamentalists, was originally racially based, but how in the sixties this moved on to a clash over the perceived lifestyle of rock musicians. There are multiple definitions of what qualifies as a "Christian rock" band. Christian rock bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use religious imagery in their lyrics, like Servant , Third Day , and Petra , tend to be considered
7575-436: The mainstream with To Hell with the Devil in 1986, which sold millions of albums and made the band a mainstay on MTV . Amy Grant had scored her first No. 1 US pop hit the same year with "The Next Time I Fall," a duet with former Chicago lead singer Peter Cetera . Even Christian alternative music had made inroads into the mainstream when The 77s signed with Island Records and their self-titled album received
7676-577: The median proportion is 63.4%; 6 firms derive over 75% of their revenue from defense. According to the Misplaced Pages entries for the companies, the headquarters of 11 of these corporations are located in the Washington metropolitan area , of which 5 are in Reston, Virginia . A thesis similar to the military–industrial complex was originally expressed by Daniel Guérin , in his 1936 book Fascism and Big Business , about
7777-451: The military industry, but the word "congressional" was dropped from the final version to appease the then-currently elected officials. James Ledbetter calls this a "stubborn misconception" not supported by any evidence; likewise a claim by Douglas Brinkley that it was originally "military–industrial–scientific complex". Additionally, Henry Giroux claims that it was originally "military–industrial–academic complex". The actual authors of
7878-427: The music as promoting a lifestyle of promiscuous "sex, drugs and rock and roll", also reflected in the behavior of many rock stars. However, there was growing recognition of the diverse musical and ideological potential of rock. Countless new bands sprang up in the mid-to-late 1960s, as rock displaced older, smoother pop styles to become the dominant form of pop music , a position it would enjoy almost continuously until
7979-428: The music makes evangelistic calls for Christian forms of praise and worship. Accompanying such music, street outreach, local festivities, church functions, and many alternative forms of internal or (soulful) expression may occur. Some Christian artists as Third Day , Kutless , Thousand Foot Krutch and Disciple have sung songs that carry overtly Christian messages. Bands such as Underoath , Blessthefall and Haste
8080-603: The new name of Flavor Festival. Skjærgårdsfestivalen is an annual music festival held in Norway, which headlines Christian rock bands. Many events are held in Australia called, Easterfest (in Toowoomba) Encounterfest, Jam United, Black Stump and Big Exo Day. Bogotá , Colombia hosts the summer festival Gospel al Parque . The most "underground" expression of Christian rock was the annual Cornerstone Festival sponsored by
8181-532: The norm, and thus it was seen by them as a threat. Often the music was overtly sexual in nature, as in the case of Elvis Presley , who became controversial and massively popular partly for his suggestive stage antics and dancing. However, "Elvis" was a religious person who released a gospel album: Peace in the Valley in 1957. Individual Christians may have listened to or even performed rock music in many cases, but conservative church establishments - particularly in
8282-457: The now defunct Cornerstone Festival , which members of the band helped establish. Currently Glenn Kaiser has an established solo career as a blues musician and is also a speaker on various spiritual issues to youth and adults. The band originally played together under the name "Charity" in 1972 with Jesus People Milwaukee, based in Milwaukee . When the community split into four groups, one became
8383-528: The popular 1990s Christian bands were initially identified as "Christian alternative rock ", including Jars of Clay , Newsboys , Audio Adrenaline and the later albums of DC Talk . Outside Anglophone countries , bands like Oficina G3 (Brazil) and The Kry ( Quebec , Canada) have achieved moderate success. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, the success of Christian-inspired acts like Skillet , Thousand Foot Krutch , Decyfer Down , Underoath , Kutless , Disciple , P.O.D. , Switchfoot , and Relient K saw
8484-464: The praise the band received for Lament , Resurrection Band called it quits at the end of the tour; however, it would play an annual live set at the Cornerstone Festival , which had become one of the Christian music industry's pre-eminent events. Then, in 1997, the band returned to the studio for one last recording. The MTV Unplugged craze was at its highest pitch, and Resurrection Band felt it
8585-455: The project by other gospel music executives, but the tiny label had nothing to lose so they signed the band and released the record as it was. To everyone's surprise, Awaiting Your Reply hit big in the Christian market, and reached No. 6 on the Gospel album sales charts. Although misunderstood by many critics at the time, the album has been re-evaluated and highly praised in recent years and
8686-444: The relationship between the military and the defense-minded corporations is that both sides benefit—one side from obtaining weapons, and the other from being paid to supply them. The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the armed forces of the United States , where the relationship is most prevalent due to close links among defense contractors, the Pentagon , and politicians. The expression gained popularity after
8787-402: The speech were Eisenhower's speechwriters Ralph E. Williams and Malcolm Moos . Attempts to conceptualize something similar to a modern "military–industrial complex" did exist before 1961, as the underlying phenomenon described by the term is generally agreed to have emerged during or shortly after World War II . For example, a similar phrase was used in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article in
8888-527: The sum to $ 651.2 billion. This does not include many military-related items that are outside of the Defense Department's budget. Overall, the U.S. federal government is spending about $ 1 trillion annually on military-related purposes. President Joe Biden signed a record $ 886 billion defense spending bill into law on December 22, 2023. In a 2012 story, Salon reported, "Despite a decline in global arms sales in 2010 due to recessionary pressures,
8989-530: The summer of 1982. A transitional work, the album was half Van Halen -inspired hard rock featuring blistering guitar solos from Stu Heiss , while the other half took a much more new wave -driven approach, a controversial musical direction the band would pursue with greater vigor on future releases. The split personality of the album was not well-received critically, although it generated two tracks that became live staples for years to come: "Military Man" and "White Noise." To that end, those songs appeared again on
9090-456: The term by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This era continued through the Cold War period, up to the end of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union . A 1965 article written by Marc Pilisuk and Thomas Hayden says benefits of the military–industrial complex of the United States include the advancement of the civilian technology market as civilian companies benefit from innovations from
9191-547: The term in his Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961: A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction... This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence—economic, political, even spiritual—is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of
9292-479: The waters of the ocean, the American military–industrial complex would have to remain, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented."). The collapse of the USSR and the resultant decrease in global military spending (the so-called ' peace dividend ') did in fact lead to decreases in defense industrial output and consolidation among major arms producers, although global expenditures rose again following
9393-538: The worship of God, is what was originally removed from or hidden within the lyrics of early, secular rock n' roll. Santino described one method of changing Christian lyrics as a process that transformed "lyrics that sang of the mystical love of God into lyrics that celebrated the earthly love of woman". Howard & Streck offer examples of this, comparing Ray Charles' "This Little Girl of Mine" to "This Little Light of Mine" and "Talking About You" to "Talking About Jesus". They claim that because of actions such as this, despite
9494-433: Was Lament , released in 1995. Unlike any of the band's previous work, Lament is the band's first concept album , a song cycle about one man's disillusionment with the harshness and cruelty of life and his growing realization that things cannot change unless he experiences spiritual redemption. Recognizing the importance of how the songs are ordered, Resurrection Band (which had now reverted to its original moniker) played
9595-522: Was actually at war. The government owned their own shipyards and weapons manufacturing facilities which they relied on through World War I . With World War II came a massive shift in the way that the U.S. government armed the military. With the onset of World War II President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the War Production Board to coordinate civilian industries and shift them into wartime production. Throughout World War II arms production in
9696-457: Was also felt in other members of the folk revival; Arlo Guthrie , for example, converted in 1979 (in part over his concerns over whether he faced a Huntington's disease diagnosis like others in his family) and released his own Christian folk-rock album Outlasting the Blues ; Outlasting the Blues received the biggest record label promotion of Guthrie's career. Christian rock was often viewed as
9797-403: Was an appropriate time to reinvent some of its hard rock material in an acoustic format. The result was Ampendectomy , featuring 15 selections pulled from the band's history. The reviews of the album were mixed. In July 2000, Resurrection Band brought almost 30 years of music and ministry to a close with a farewell performance, leaving behind them a transformed Christian music industry , and
9898-524: Was even more popular on Christian radio, and received airplay on some mainstream rock stations as well, thanks to its music video, one of the first from the Contemporary Christian music industry to be broadcast on MTV . That brief taste of mainstream success had a major influence on the band's next album, Between Heaven 'N Hell , which jettisoned most of the New Wave stylings of Hostage in favor of radio-friendly hard rock more akin to their Colours period. Shortening their moniker even further to "REZ,"
9999-496: Was once again ahead of the curve. The album is also unique in that it is the first to have been released on the band's own record label, Grrr Records, a wordplay on Myrrh Records , the most successful Contemporary Christian record label at that time. Now, the band could exercise complete creative and financial control over their music. Creatively invigorated, REZ released a new studio album every 18 months on average. Innocent Blood , Civil Rites and Reach of Love continued
10100-408: Was replaced by long-time REZ roadie and songwriter Roy Montroy , who would soon become a major creative force in the band. Although REZ had been left out of the mainstream success which arguably the band had spearheaded for others, REZ was nevertheless more interested in using its music to speak plainly to both non-Christians about the reality of God and to Christians about their responsibility to
10201-470: Was thought to have been "war-based" industrial complex before becoming "military" in later drafts of Eisenhower's speech, a claim passed on only by oral history. Geoffrey Perret , in his biography of Eisenhower, claims that, in one draft of the speech, the phrase was "military–industrial–congressional complex", indicating the essential role that the United States Congress plays in the propagation of
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