The Petra Zone

Which other Christian artists do you guys like? Rez had some good songs. I like a lot of Newsboys (Furler era). Don Francisco.

What are the best Larry Norman songs? Who else?

Andy

My favourite bands included:

Petra
Stryper / Michael Sweet Solo
Whitecross
Guardian
Holy Soldier
Tamplin
Deliverance
Siloam
Traxter
Bride
Eternal Ryte

There are others, but these were the one's I listened to the most.

Petra
Greg X Volz
John Schlitt

Kerry Livgren
Kansas (not all albums are “Christian”). Check out the albums Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures for some John&Dino Elefante songs.
AD
Proto-Kaw
John Elefante

Jerusalem

Leviticus/Björn Stigsson

Degarmo & Key

White Cross

Rick Cua

Imperials

Michael W Smith (The Big Picture)

Sweet Comfort Band (Perfect Timing [Produced by John&Dino Elefante])

Stryper

Back in the day:

Petra
Bloodgood
Rez
White Heart
D&k
Whitecross
English Band

Current

Fireflight
Skillet
Thousand foot
Decemberadio
Jonah33
Day of Fire

Jonah33 & Day of Fire are no longer together; there are probably a few on each list that I forgot.

Current and back in the day artists (in no particular order)
Jacob's Trouble
Petra
Newsboys (especially TMTYL)
Whitecross
Audio Adrenaline
S.F.C.
Tourniquet
Shout/ Tamplin
DC Talk (Free at Last and later)
D&K
PFR
Third Day

As you can see most of my favorites are gone, and there is nothing new that I really like.

Artists would have to include Rich Mullins, MWS, and Steve Taylor

Bands:

All things Petra and related, Styper, Rez, D&K, Guardian, White Heart, Whitecross, Shout/Tamplin, Casting Crowns, Newsboys and many others.

Artists:

Keith Green, Don Francisco, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Dion Dimucci, The Talbot Brothers, Bob Dylan (during his Christian period), and again, many others.

Phil Keaggy! How could I have left him off my list?

No particular order
Petra
House of Heroes
Guardian
Stryper
Audioadrenaline
Underoath
Flyleaf
Emery
Jars of clay
Vox Dei
relient k
MxPx
Disciple
Switchfoot
The O.C. Supertones
Red
Seabird

Old School:

Petra
White Heart
AD/Kerry Livgren
Daniel Band
D&K
Sweet Comfort Band (last couple albums)
Rez (mid-late 80s)
Guardian (Power of Love, Swing, Swang, Swung)
Idle Cure
MWS
Phil Keaggy (some, not all)
Rich Mullins
Steve Camp
Susan Ashton

Modern:

Third Day
Tait
Fee
Delirious?
Lincoln Brewster
Sanctus Real
Newsboys (With Tait fronting, not so much before)
Sixpence None the Richer (well, only This Beautiful Mess, before they were well known)
Three Crosses (short-lived, but good!)
John Elefante (I know he's been around, but I just discovered Revolution of Mind...excellent!)
Red (the non-screamo stuff)

My Top 25 (really hard to narrow down:)
Audio Adrenaline
Big Tent Revival
Bleach
Casting Crowns
dc Talk
Disciple
downhere
Jars of Clay
Keith Green
Leeland
MercyMe
MxPx
NEEDTOBREATHE
Newsboys (James and Furler Era)
NewSong
Petra
PFR
Pillar
Relient K
Rich Mullins
Switchfoot
The O.C. Supertones
Third Day
Three Crosses
Whitecross

Old school:

Petra
Whiteheart
REZ
Bride
Tourniquet
Steve Taylor

New school:

Demon Hunter
Project 86
Disciple

Kerry Livgren/AD/Proto Kaw
Glass Hammer
Petra
Ajalon
Neal Morse
The Praise Band
Lincoln Brewster
Vineyard praise and worship
Degarmo & Key
Sam Levine
Yellowjackets
Third Day
Phil Keaggy
Chris Tomlin
Paul Baloche

Classics in no order:

Petra and all related
Stryper
Servant
Guardian
DeGarmo and Key
Whitecross
Phil Keaggy
Larry Norman
Randy Stonehill
Rez Band/Glenn Kaiser

I admire the songwriting genius that is Terry Scott Taylor, but most of his recorded output hasn't really done anything for me, but the first couple of Daniel Amos albums are stellar.

I love how tastes vary...I used to LOVE DC Talk, but _Jesus Freak_ was their last great album. Supernatural did NADA for me. DC Talk is also a case of the total being greater than the sum of the parts...most of the solo stuff has completely eluded me. And while I appreciate the passion that Tait has brought to the Newsboys...they don't sound like the Newsboys anymore.

I also really enjoy Kinetic Faith-era Bride (KF, Snakes in the Playground, Scarecrow Messiah)...basically everything covered by the _Shotgun Wedding_ compilation.

Not classic, but not totally current either:

Focused (Early Tooth and Nail band featuring Dirk Lemmenes, later of Stavesacre)
Stavesacre
MxPx

Current stuff I'm digging:

Skillet
Disciple
Brian 'Head' Welch
Decyfer Down
The Letter Black
Project 86
The Wedding
P.O.D. (although _Angels and Serpents_ is probably my least favorite of their albums. It helps that I was a fan during the pre-Atlantic era, when you could actually go to a P.O.D. show and get up close to the stage.)

Dad's a big fan of White Heart, but only a few of their albums have really grabbed me (mostly Curb Records-era stuff like _Inside_.)

In 2004 at the C-stone 20th Anniversary party, I was sitting on the hill screaming out the lyrics to the Rez Band songs. The 12-year-old Relient K fans had no clue why I was so excited...I just looked at them and said, "Listen, I've been wanting to see these guys since before you were born!"