Sounds like King’s X. Their albums were all over the Christian charts, then the singer says he’s gay and an atheist with a lot of venom for Christ and Christians. On the flip, I’m a fan of Head East, a secular band. The lead singer, John Schlitt, went on to join Petra and he is now a solo Christian artist. He seems hesitant to talk about his Head East days, which is understandable since he apparently hit rock bottom with the drugs.
What kind of music? i’ll have to take a listen
Haven’t studied particulars, but sometimes it turns out that a non-Christian will come up with a more poignant insight into things gospel, than a standard church-formula Christian will. The fellow may be groping his way towards God, with God leading him on.
And sometimes... venom is not even aimed as much at Christ and Christians but at some strawman formed in one’s head about what these things are.
When I met Hindus who seemed to be more open to the joy of a gospel message than the common modern standard-issue church Christian, it kind of rocked my world. No, I’m still Christian, I didn’t change where I placed my faith. I did change my understanding about how God operates through it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steele
In April 2007, Steele revealed that he began identifying himself as Roman Catholic in recent years, after decades of self-professed atheism.[16] In an interview with Decibel magazine, Steele explained:
“There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through a midlife crisis and having many things change very quickly, it made me realize my mortality. And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what’s after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it’s a frightening thought to go nowhere. I also can’t believe that people like Stalin and Hitler are gonna go to the same place as Mother Teresa.”
Peter Steele has to be the best fairly unknown metal/hard rock conversion. A dramatic reversal of an avowed atheist coming around. It’s a tragedy he died after only making one album as Christian, and it’s a great album by Type O Negative. With his sense of humor and smarts, he would have been a deadly opponent of the folks who would have given him crap over it.
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