Monday, March 03, 2008
strangest combo ever
Back when I was in high school I was a big fan Christian music. Since then my taste have changed and a lot of the things I appreciate about music these days I find sadly lacking in most Christian music I hear.
As a former fan of Christian music I was sad to hear that Larry Norman, the man pretty much universally considered to be the father of Christian rock music, passed away.
The news inspired a little googling on my part - which led me to this surprising Pitchfork Media story. Apparently Frank Black of the Pixies is a huge Larry Norman fan - even going so far as to cover his songs and appear on stage with him a couple of times.
Turns out that Black and Norman were working on an album together - along with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. What an awesome, yet strange combo. The album's due out later this year. Should make for interesting listening.
Interesting becuase Danny Seim of Menomena who also was highly into the Christain Music sceen at the time wrote a poinant article where he basicly did everything but piss on the guys grave. I could write a boatload on Danny just becuase I'm a big fan of Menomena and Danny's musical project Lackthereof.... sort of like a more experimental David Bazan who isn't 100% sure of his faith. Which is interesting since he is such a big fan of Bazan himself. Speaking of which I would LOVE to hear Bazans take on the situation.
http://www.portlandmercury.com/pullout/the-left-behind/Content?oid=735216
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As a former fan of Christian music I was sad to hear that Larry Norman, the man pretty much universally considered to be the father of Christian rock music, passed away.
The news inspired a little googling on my part - which led me to this surprising Pitchfork Media story. Apparently Frank Black of the Pixies is a huge Larry Norman fan - even going so far as to cover his songs and appear on stage with him a couple of times.
Turns out that Black and Norman were working on an album together - along with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. What an awesome, yet strange combo. The album's due out later this year. Should make for interesting listening.
Interesting becuase Danny Seim of Menomena who also was highly into the Christain Music sceen at the time wrote a poinant article where he basicly did everything but piss on the guys grave. I could write a boatload on Danny just becuase I'm a big fan of Menomena and Danny's musical project Lackthereof.... sort of like a more experimental David Bazan who isn't 100% sure of his faith. Which is interesting since he is such a big fan of Bazan himself. Speaking of which I would LOVE to hear Bazans take on the situation.
http://www.portlandmercury.com/pullout/the-left-behind/Content?oid=735216
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