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From: U6183@WVNVM.BITNET (Mike Karolchik)
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Subject: Re: Christian Rock
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Date: 5 Feb 90 22:06:01 GMT
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   One of my all-time favorite bands went Christian for a while,
and they could really rock. Yes, I'm talking about Kansas. Check
out the "Vinyl Confessions" album for a good example of this
phase in the band's career.

   Kansas didn't get hard-core about the religion element, but
Kerry Livgren (pretty much the group's leader and major
songwriter) did some solo works that were much more pointed to
religion. Livgren's "Seeds of Change" album is really great, and
it rocks as much as most of the Kansas albums. There are a few
cuts where Ronnie James Dio (heard of him?) does the vocals.

   I would really like to know details about what happened to
Kansas and Livgren, by the way, if anybody knows about them. I
saw the "new" Kansas on their recent "Spirit of Things" tour, and
they were quite good (with Steve Walsh back on vocals and
keyboards, and ex-Dregs guitarist Steve Morse pounding out the
riffs).

-Karolchik