Christian Rock (Not Sufjan-Related)

Pat Robertson had to be involved in this somehow.

Posted by: Eric at 08/25/05 11:51 AM  | Reply
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hilarious

Posted by: chunky at 08/25/05 12:03 PM  | Reply
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That "The Devil is Bad" song freaks me out.

Posted by: Megan at 08/25/05 12:17 PM  | Reply
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I remember those guys from my high school uber-evangelical days. It's good to see they still have souls and weren't ingested by the Christian Music machine.

Posted by: whb at 08/25/05 12:18 PM  | Reply
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well now i know where to send MY new single, "Holy Lamb in my Hand (feat. choir boyz)"

Posted by: wow (no pun intended) at 08/25/05 12:19 PM  | Reply
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Isn't a platinum record for when you sell a million copies? I thought half a mil got you a gold record...

Posted by: Dan at 08/25/05 12:23 PM  | Reply
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Good point, Dan.

Posted by: Eric at 08/25/05 12:26 PM  | Reply
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Since it was a double album, you only had to sell half as many to go platinum. That's weak on so many levels.

The Christian Culture machine is pretty corrupt.

I like it that some Christian artists are going the legit route: Sufjan, Br. Danielson, etc.

Posted by: Paul at 08/25/05 12:34 PM  | Reply
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this is quite the funny. especially the toilet mount.

Posted by: joordeke at 08/25/05 12:35 PM  | Reply
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I went to college with some kids from 5 Minute Walk Records.

Posted by: David at 08/25/05 12:36 PM  | Reply
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It's particularly appropriate that it only plays backwards. If only it actually spewed Satanic incantations...

Posted by: Slimbolala at 08/25/05 12:54 PM  | Reply
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i could be wrong, too lazy to google, but i believe in Iceland gold is something like 10k sold, and platinum is 50k sold. heard that sugar rooster and "get out of my face!" bjork both went uberplatinum many times over

Posted by: Ashe at 08/25/05 1:00 PM  | Reply
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Bootleg?

Posted by: david t at 08/25/05 1:11 PM  | Reply
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You are the devil and the devil is bad! Repeat that over and over again and you have the song. They put on a decent show in concert from what I remember back in my Jr High days.....yes, I have seen them in concert. I didn't think I would ever hear of them again.

Posted by: Moerim at 08/25/05 1:15 PM  | Reply
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Let's bomb them all in the name of the lord.

Posted by: pippincat at 08/25/05 1:19 PM  | Reply
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You all need to send $5 to me, Holy Dude, and the Lord will bestow upon thee advance copies of Broken Social Scene.

Did anyone hear that Pat Robertson bit on Stern this morning? I can't beleive anyone takes that guy seriously.

Posted by: david brent at 08/25/05 1:34 PM  | Reply
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Remember that South Park where Cartman formed the christian rock band. I believe he made a bet with Kyle that about recording a platinum album. Anyway, the reason he chose to form a christian rock band is because in the christian rock industry you don't have to sell as many albums to get a platinum record. He ended up winning the bet. South Park is educational.

Posted by: Sugary at 08/25/05 1:47 PM  | Reply
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One time my friend Matt wanted to start a Christian band with me. He's agnostic, but he figured that since I'm a Christian, that would be enough.

He thought it would be easier to get your foot in the door with people who buy your album bacause of the album art and record label, rather than the content of the... wait a second! That's a lot like the indie scene too!

Posted by: Paul at 08/25/05 2:07 PM  | Reply
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Just to clarify for no good reason, the awards are actually for albums *shipped* not sold. The industry claims that sales figures are unreliable, and that the only definite number is how many copies were sent from the label to stores.

Britney's second record (I think) went something like 4x platinum on the day of release. It took a couple of months to actually sell them all.

Posted by: UglyRedHonda at 08/25/05 2:34 PM  | Reply
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Another clarification: Cartman did not choose Christian rock because of any disparity in god/platinum thresholds, but rather because he knew how easy it would be to become popular within the Christian rock scene.

Also, he in fact did not end up winning the bet because he was awarded a myrrh record (as in gold and frankincence) not a platinum record.

Posted by: Topher at 08/25/05 3:12 PM  | Reply
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I just emailed a friend of mine who worked for that record label and this is what she said about his post.

"I never picked up on his being an idiot back in the day. Wow. How did I miss that? I love it when people take a very elementary understanding
of something and then try and make themselves sound like they are revealing a profound truth. Only truth I picked up on is that he's an
ungrateful little shit. :)

Nobody made records of any project in 1999 so why would he think the album in the frame would be the actual record?

That annoying band was my joy to work with but I
can't remember who he was in the band. I was just happy when they brokeup. It was like working with 12 year olds. :)"

Posted by: Gman at 08/25/05 3:33 PM  | Reply
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man i'm slipping in my old age. thanks topher. i completely forgot about that great myrhh ending.

Posted by: sugary at 08/25/05 3:43 PM  | Reply
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i bought a bunch of gold record riaa awards at a yard sale once (i think i paid $10 each) ... i gave my friend (the Styx fan) ... a platinum award for Styx and i have Egyptian Lover "egypt egypt" in my garage ... i bought these before i knew of the booming sucker market on ebay ...

i think 1999,2000 was the last years the labels gave out gold records so easily (the labels have to pay for them but they can only issue them for RIAA certified "product") ...

Posted by: Clashed at 08/25/05 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Wow, that's crazy. I totally remember the band, met the guy once, and the guy who used to own the record label (Frank Tate) goes to my friend's church.

PS. They were a swing band, and they covered a Down By Law song on their record. They were ludicrous.

Posted by: derek at 08/25/05 8:23 PM  | Reply
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I too have been through the whole 'uber evangelical' days, and I shit you not, I have a cd in my closet called 'Will Rock For Jesus'.

Just to clarify, I did not purchase the cd, it was free when I purchased a switchfoot cd...also now residing in the murky depths of my closet.

...What was I thinking?!

Oh and kudos to commenter, "Wow (No Pun Intentded)", for you made me choke on my potato, you funny bastard.

Posted by: loveanddeath at 08/25/05 9:27 PM  | Reply
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the backwards part and oversized aspect is most likely due to the fact that the platinum record is just the unformed/uncut stamper plate (made from the lacquer) used to press a record. the normal playing lacquer gets plated (platinum or platinum like substance) and stamper plates are made from this as a mirror image. the stampers have extra metal at the edges and are bent to fit onto the vinyl pressing machines. the stampers then press globs of heated vinyl goo to make a mirror image of themselves and a proper playing LP. record making geekiness. sorry.

Posted by: scott at 08/26/05 10:00 AM  | Reply
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I always did wonder what was on those plated silver/gold/plat/diamond records.

Do they all have that track?

Posted by: liza at 08/26/05 10:09 AM  | Reply
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I always did wonder what was on those plated silver/gold/plat/diamond records.

Do they all have that track?

What about the ones that have CD's now? What is on the CD's? Kiddie Pr0n?

Posted by: liza at 08/26/05 10:10 AM  | Reply
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haha. this makes me laugh. WTF??? SUFJAN AND DANIELSON??? hahahahaha... much love.

much.

love.

Posted by: kristel at 08/27/05 4:56 PM  | Reply
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