The Petra Zone

As a guitarist, I believe 'All about who you know' is a song that showcases the wizardry of Petra more than any other song in the album. No doubt 'Jekyll and Hyde' is a really powerful and great song and I love it, but I just love the guitar work and arrangement in 'All about who you know' better. B...

Hi all, Now that no official studio music videos were released for the below listed albums (as far as I am aware) including Jekyll and Hyde which was a live concert recording, which TWO songs would you have wished to see a music video for each? e.g. my choice Petra Praise2 -We need Jesus, Holiest na...

Ok, so I understand that "The Dream Team" era was when Petra was at their popularity pinnacle, but isn't the dream team supposed to be the best members? No knock on Ronnie, but I think he was one of the least talented bass players Petra ever had. Mark Kelley was better. Greg Bailey was better. Lonn...

I really love the title song God Fixation. I love it coz of the The bass intro, powerful guitar slides, short and focused (but beautiful solo), and the fast reverberating bass solo and the dissonant sounding chords in the chorus. The arrangment of the several guitars is quite superb. It truly is a g...

Whiteheart, Guardian?

Love the new melodies coz it makes them sound more current and not dated, but dislike the too many strings and harmonicas, which drown out the guitars. Don't take me wrong-I still love the melodies of the original songs but it would unfortunately sound dated if they still maintained them. The change...

Hi, I have heard quite a lot on this debate and I finally come to believe that both sides of the divide are absolutely right and that there should be a balance of both Christian music with christian lyrics and positive and positive sacred music by Christians in the secular market (Charlie Peacock's ...

Wow. Thank God for the ceasefire above. Was wondering whats up with the Zone. Alls well that ends well. In addition to whats been voiced above about prayer for John and Viktor, we need to know whats up with the all the other ex-members so we can hold them up in prayers in their various pursuits. Our...

Well, it all goes around in a perfect circle back to CCM and the Christian Music Industry. No exposure, no awareness. No awareness, no popularity. No popularity, no sales. From my country here in Kenya, I get to see a lot of Material on older bands such as Uriah Heep, Aerosmiths and a host of many o...

Hi all,

Here are nice reads abt Larry Norman and his music. Enjoy.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... orman.html
http://www.internetmonk.com/articles/L/larry.html

Vic

Wow. That would be great. I was wondering, in addition to having several Petheads pulling together to work on the site, how about creating a multi-themed site. This is coz each of has a memory of Petra which we cherish. Some of us belong to the 80's Petra, others are still in the Beyond Belief era, ...

I've always fantasized on how Petra would have sounded if it collaborated with a rap artist like T-bone for example, on a song like Dance, with a funky beat, and rap verses, and John as the chorus vocals. Ha Ha. Woulda Shoulda can be in too and a number of their heavily rythmic tunes. Well unfortuna...

1. Joe Satriani's the Extremist- A friend gave to me. Its an instrumental Rock album dated 1992. No vocals. For : Great guitar melodies and exhilerating virtuoso soloing. Against: Some 80's Rock Rythms appear in 3 or so songs (apologies to 80's Rock enthusiasts- it just doesn't hold up in this day a...

I reside in Nairobi, the capital city, but I'm from a highland town called Eldoret. You'll need a map to see where it is- but all you need to know is that most of Kenya's record breaking athletes hail from around Eldoret. Mombasa (and Kenya) is really a beautiful place ya'll Petheads need to experie...

Hi guys let me first take the opportunity to introduce myself as a guy who's been silently viewing your forums (abt 5 years) but without the guts to join. You see, I'm a big Petra fan but the problem is that I'm a Kenyan. I have a small collection of Petra albums (which I play over and over till my ...