The Petra Zone

Never heard of them. Were they official members or just fill-in musicians? They seem pretty into it to be passing members. At least the drummer who is even singing a song and doing it pretty well.

Found this really cool video from Petra in Rob Frazier's official website. It is from 1978 and features Petra singing a couple of old songs from their first three albums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtrMfRdCC_Y Obviously Frazier is the one on keyboards, but anyone know who the other two are? That...

I also love beyond belief. I have a slight preference to the original but love both versions and I can see why they do the newer live version with the direction music took. I'm curious. What changes did they do to "Beyond Belief" live? The only live version I've heard is the one that's on Farewell....

I didn't even hesitate on this one. It may sound cliche, but "Creed" is my all-time favorite song. Plus Beyond Belief is the album that really got me into the band back in the day. For the most time, I would say this is probably my #1 album, but t o be honest, nowadays I don't revisit this one as mu...

Now to what's probably Petra's most popular album... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Petra_Beyond_Belief.jpg Didja know... Beyond Belief is the band's most successful album, earning Petra their first Grammy as well as peaking at #1 on Christian charts, and being certified Gold by RIAA.

Blondie
Alanis Morissette
Meredith Brooks
Joan Jett
Lita Ford
Gwen Stefani
Jennifer Knapp
Andrea Ferro (Lacuna Coil)
Amy Lee (Evanescence)
Tarja Turunen (Nightwish before)
Floor Jansen (Nightwish now)


Just some examples of girls that can rock.

Yeah...but a choir is a bit different. I would kind of like to have some Petra/black choir Bob gets funky riff stuff. I really liked what they did with "Who's On The Lord's Side" on Unseen Power and some of these could have used that treatment. Watching & hearing Petra do that song live was awesome...

Yesterday I revisited the Spanish version of the album, and found myself enjoying it more than I do the original. As a matter of fact, I think I've always enjoyed more the Spanish version than I do this one. Maybe it's because it was the first of the two that I heard, or because I'm a native Spanish...

but unlike the other two praise albums, it doesn't feel like a Petra album at all. What? I think it's the opposite for me. Well, yeah. This one has several songs were it hardly sounds like Petra. Maybe because a lot of the songs have male and/or female choirs headlining that makes it unlike any Pet...

This isn't a bad album, but unlike the other two praise albums, it doesn't feel like a Petra album at all. I like it, but it would probably be near the bottom of my ranking. Another weird fact is that being a Native Spanish speaker and living in a Spanish-speaking country, I happened to stumble upon...

And now to the first praise album... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Petra_Praise_1.jpg Didja know... Petra Praise is the second most successful album from the band, and was certified Gold in 1998. Forum only allows for 10 poll options, so if you want to vote for any of the last four:...

I've been listening to the album during the last day and I've narrowed it down to three: "Hit You Where You Live", "Defector", and "Somebody's Gonna Praise His Name". Coin-toss time. *tosses coin* "Somebody's Gonna Praise His Name" it is. I really love that song, particularly the break near the end ...

I have a question to those that are more familiar with the early albums. I was reading some old interviews and found out that Louie Weaver didn't record the drums in this album. Apparently, JDB brought back Keith Edwards, who had previously recorded the drums for Never Say Die , to do this one as w...

I have a question to those that are more familiar with the early albums. I was reading some old interviews and found out that Louie Weaver didn't record the drums in this album. Apparently, JDB brought back Keith Edwards, who had previously recorded the drums for Never Say Die , to do this one as w...

I have a question to those that are more familiar with the early albums. I was reading some old interviews and found out that Louie Weaver didn't record the drums in this album. Apparently, JDB brought back Keith Edwards, who had previously recorded the drums for Never Say Die , to do this one as we...