Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!GENESEO!SEG92 From: SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: RE: re:Frisbee Records... Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 90 19:22:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 11 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" Okay, I never thought I would find myself defending this stuff, but Stryper's first EP (the Yellow and Black Attack) which I picked up around 86 (?) really cranked. Soldiers under command was a yawn. But Y&BAttack was cool, IMWO (in my worthless opinion). This brings me to another question--why does Christian Rock bore me? One would think that I would be amused at the idea of Christian musicians playing rockin' stuff (actually I am. None of the Mainstream Christian Rock I've heard rocks, actually), but it all seems to lack oomph, if you ask me. Of course, I'm highly amused when I find out that a band I like has Christian members, but that's beside the point. Why does it seem that most Christian Rock doesn't? --the introspective drum