Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Andrew Gill and Leah Payne

Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Rock That Doesn’t Roll looks at how Christian music shaped the world we're living in now by telling individual stories from the peak era of the contemporary Christian …

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For 1990s evangelical teens, punk, hardcore, and ska were a gateway to a passionate, edgy way to express their Christianity outside the mainstream. But was …

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4.6 from 52 reviews

A clear eyed look at CCM when Rock was King

I would expect nothing less than stellar production from the PRX folks. And they deliver! But this subject content is close to my heart (I’ve lived it since 1979). GREAT interviews and song clips. Honest discussion of church culture and the CCM industry of the 1980’s-90’s. I wish this was not going to be a short series run!

hauserpromo Apple Podcasts

Throwback

So many things i didn’t know about the music I loved growing up

mhale85 Apple Podcasts

Such a great listen

I love this podcast! It’s very niche, for those of us who grew up in the ccm community (cult?) of the 90s and 2000s, but it’s both nostalgic and healing in many ways.

BotharMe Apple Podcasts

It felt like coming home

As a former Evangelical and a former “book store guy,” it was therapeutic to hear this podcast talk about experiences that I thought I was all alone in!

mrmccown Apple Podcasts

Not what you think

Not really a straightforward account of contemporary Christian music. It is also about sneaking in progressive views, thinking that’s a clever way to subtly malign the faith. Cheap shots and bitter, lazy thinking.

Jaympols Apple Podcasts

Fantastic so far

A wonderful journey down the rabbit hole of the particular, peculiar world of Christian rock.

CNich88 Apple Podcasts

Jennifer Knapp ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks so much for interviewing Jennifer Knapp! A an ex youth group kid who’s now a queer adult, I loved hearing more of her story.

Rabiosa Rocker Apple Podcasts

Subversive

I started listening to an episode about the Christian punk rock and ska era. I was so excited. It was very interesting and reminiscent. Then halfway through we started sneaking in gender ideology within the church. There’s a lot of subversive messaging in these podcasts. I was disappointed. You could almost tell by the NPR style editing that this was a potential outcome. Highly disappointed. Could’ve been great otherwise. Always sneaking sexual deviancy into Christianity. it should’ve been no shock. They were propping up the United Methodist Church early in one of these episodes. Also talking about how some Christian genres were just white colonialize versions of music that originated in other countries turned my stomach. This is a very leftist narcissistic academic podcast masquerading as a “hip” Christian culture commentary.

Coinymccoinface Apple Podcasts

Great storytelling in need of another viewpoint

Really enjoying this series but find myself wishing for another, less jaded viewpoint in addition to the somewhat cynical views that have the focus here. There are definitely more perspectives than have been captured…

cstonesparty Apple Podcasts

A fun story

A throwback to an impossibly insular time. Thanks for telling the story.

DanHoisington Apple Podcasts

It’s ok

If you like this type of thing and don’t want the spin and tongue in cheek mockery of the music scene check out the Labeled Podcast. More real musicians that lived it.

EthanRG Apple Podcasts

This podcast fulfills a niche void

As an elder millennial that grew up only allowed to listen to CCM, this really fills a void I didn’t know I had, and is very nostalgic and educational! If I hadn’t already been a fan of Kevin James Thornton I wouldn’t have stumbled upon this. I hope they are able to someday interview many of the Christian Rock/Pop stars I had posters of in my room and read about in the Focus on the Family teen magazines, like Audio Adrenaline, Rebecca St. James, and Jennifer Knapp.

Jomarie123 Apple Podcasts