Posted on 10/16/2015 7:31:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I was at a party here in L.A. years ago and met the guy. He and Slash used to go a HS close to me on Santa Monica (now it’s choc full of illegals’ kids) and he told us that he doesn’t miss church service, and only when he’s on tour he doesn’t go to mass.
WHEN Guns N Roses go on tour next year which will be the biggest tour for 2016, Im sure he’ll be the supporting artist on one of the stops.
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Mustaine is. I;ve met him and few times in Malibu and he signed my Gibson guitar. He went nuts when I told him on Behind the Music, the apartment bldg where he stayed as a kid with Dave was where my ex-GF stayed and that was the “unofficial” birthplace of Megadeth. Known it for years and it’s adjacent to Hollywood Blvd.
Oh I’m well aware. I simply struggle to place KoL as a “Christian” band. With Sex on Fire and Use Somebody, I’m less inclined to think they are. The others are not a surprise, especially U2 and their very Christian thematic music. Great stuff from them through Achtung Baby. Slight redemption with All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
Thanks for posting the article.
Have you ever heard Mike Farris? He’s awesome.
Martin Sexton
Yes, the wiki page on him has him saying he considers himself both Jewish and Christian, somewhere in between. But that same page says that the tattoo on his back reads, “My heart belongs to Jesus Christ.”
I don’t know too many Jews (outside the Messianic Jewish community) who would wear such a tattoo.
needtobreathe
Apparently Arcade Fire is Christian band, but I know little,about their music.
I really don’t know much about him, so you lost me there.
Mr. Cab driver? You’d have to explain that one.
It’s a song Lenny wrote about a Cab Driver who didn’t want to pick him up because he’s a black man with dreadlocks.
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And I suppose he tells the cab driver to eff off? Most of us (especially white men in the workforce) have probably been discriminated against more than once. We don’t write nasty songs about it though.
Well, if he did, not surprising. The wiki page also mentions he was detained by police in Miami because they thought he was someone they were looking for who’d robbed a bank.
Apparently, he wasn’t too forgiving of the officers, but I don’t know much about it other than that. I probably wouldn’t be too happy about it either.
Even though he’s a practising Buddhist, the themes of his songs make me inclined to add Leonard Cohen to the list.
I would also add that Bono, unlike most celebrities who speak out on political causes, actually researches the topic before opening his mouth. I can respect that even when I don’t always agree with his conclusions.
Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil, while a lefty on things like Aboriginal rights and Environmental issues, is a Christian.
Jerry Lee Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uogCc10Sw9U
Jerry Lee Lewis went to Bible college before becoming a rocker.
Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcHX1x_gD3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_0pJv0kQ0
Richard got his start as a boy with Sister Rosetta Tharpe
One group I enjoy, which are subtle in their message, is Churchill.
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