The Petra Zone

Think I missed last year. Sorry about that.

NASHVILLE - Legendary Christian rock band Petra has secretly been at work on a new CD of holiday-themed tunes. "We've always been fascinated with the way people use the word 'tree' to refer to the cross of Jesus," songwriter Bob Hartman explains. "We decided to look at that idea in more detail." "We...

Legendary Christian rock band Petra announced today that they will be re-recording one of their classic albums in an updated style. In 2005, Petra recorded a farewell CD and then formally disbanded. Last year, a previous lineup of Petra from the early 1980s re-formed and recorded a new CD of some of...

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - A song from the early years of a Christian rock band had been helping patients return to normal in a New Mexico mental hospital. The song is called "The Coloring Song," and it seems to connect with patients on a level that other music does not. "In the common room, we gene...

After 22 years and more than 2000 shows, newsboys frontman Peter Furler will no longer front the band in concert. Bob Hartman will be touring with the band as lead singer with Peter making special appearances throughout the year. Peter will continue with the band and his trademark songwriting and pr...

Today it was announced by Headspace Management that John Schlitt will be teaming up with former Head East bandmates Mike Somersalt and Tedd Bedderhead for a fifty-city Head East revival tour. "It was just the right time," said Somersalt via telephone. "We've all got a little time on our hands, and m...

A song from veteran Christian rock band Petra's first album has been voted Best Christian Rock Song of All Time by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Last February, delegates in 40 countries were sent lists of Christian bands to consider. Groups on the list, which included almost 100 bands from the past ...

Only a week and a half after the release of Petra: The Ultimate Collection , Bob Hartman has confessed that he had help in picking the songs that were included. �I did pick them,� Bob confessed in a press conference at his summer home in Palm Springs, �...well, sort of. I mean, I picked which ...

This season, get ready for the newest in TV reality shows: "Masters of God's Rock." PAX-TV has announced that it is adding this new show, starring Christain rock pioneers Petra, to its fall lineup, which also includes a recently-announced sports program which will feature "real" professional wrestli...

Christian rock band Petra, winner of ten Dove awards and four Grammy awards, today decided to call it quits after thirty years of producing some of the most popular Christian rock in the business. "The traveling was really starting to get to us," said frontman John Schlitt in a statement aired live ...