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Rocking in the Cafetorium

He Is Only The Imposter — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:37:47 -0800

What was the name of that band that played the school assembly hall in 8th grade? Free Fare. What was their deal? They played a free show during the school day, and a pay show in the evening. I assume they were interested in keeping me off drugs? Yep, and to watch out for bullying. They probably wouldn't mind if you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior, either. They talked about Jesus in public school? Yeah, at first, but later not so much. Where'd they come from? They were one of many bands, including Shalom, Freedom Jam, The Edge, XL, and now New Anthem and Shade Tree, produced by Young American Showcase since 1969. Free Fare itself lasted for at least 20 years, with a rotating membership. Did anyone famous ever come out of that? Sort of.
And I can see this on YouTube? 1984 "Sunglasses at Night" 1984 "California Girls" 1987 "Jump" 1987 "Love Will Find A Way"

turns out not everything looks perfect from far away...

azarbayejani — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:37:48 -0800

Christian metalcore band Confide uses a Postal Service cover as a clever tactic to promote their god-awful music. Previously: Crabcore

A New Creation Resurrected from Obscurity

jonp72 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:46:46 -0800

The New Creation was born in 1970 when Chris Towers, an unknown guitarist from Vancouver, decided to form a Christian rock group with his mother Lorna as lead singer and their neighbor Janet Tiessen on drums. Scared by reports of the hippie excesses of the Manson/Altamont era, Lorna Towers wrote doom-laden, apocalyptic lyrics for the New Creation's aptly titled album, Troubled. The band was unpolished, yet somehow captured a unique lo-fi sound comparable to a hybrid of the Velvet Underground and the Shaggs. The group might be totally forgotten today, if an aging hippie record dealer named Ty Scammel hadn't rescued a copy from a $1 bargain bin, leading to the album's rediscovery by collectors of Christian rock and outsider music. Companion Records released a reissue CD that proved popular enough that the band not only re-formed, but released A Unique Disaster, a sequel CD inspired by the Book of Revelations and the Left Behind series. Now that an impossibly rare original copy of the New Creation's Troubled has appeared on EBay, rediscover the band once again with a great article from the Canadian blog, Alienated in Vancouver. Sound clips can be found here, and a fan video of the Status Quo Song can be found on YouTube.

PenguinBukkake — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:15:26 -0800

P2P is a sin [bugmenot]

Playing a Platinum Record.

togdon — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:48:42 -0800

Playing a Platinum Record.
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