![]() ![]() It had emerged from the late-60s counterculture, catalyzed by hip but devout youth who wanted to spread the word of Jesus through modern means-and it gave birth to modern American Christian music as we know it. ![]() Kaiser joined Jesus People Milwaukee, part of the fast-growing Jesus movement. At first he worshipped Hendrix and indulged in the drugs of the era, but at 18 he had a religious epiphany. By age 12, Kaiser had learned guitar well enough to play rock, R&B, and folk in Milwaukee bands. He lived in a poor rural area outside Milwaukee, his parents divorced when he was nine, and his older siblings had left home-so he turned to music young. Resurrection Band have their roots in Wisconsin, where front man Glenn Kaiser was born in January 1953. But the spectacle of heavy rockers openly singing the praises of the Lord still had the power to shock people-and not just Christian churchgoers-when Chicago’s Resurrection Band got started in the early 1970s. Sure, many rock stars found Jesus at some point, and their music usually changed too, at least for as long as their conversion lasted (think of Little Richard and Bobby Dylan). In the not-so-distant past, though, religion and “the devil’s music” (aka rock ‘n’ roll) were widely considered oil and water-and before that, blues and jazz were often branded as inherently wicked. Even Black Sabbath worked Christian themes into their lyrics. We’ve had Jesus-loving hair metal (Petra, Stryper), Christian grunge (Creed, DC Talk), and stoner-rock bands that flirted with “white light” religious imagery (Trouble). Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.Ī heavy rock band preaching about Christianity isn’t new. #SAVAGE RESURRECTION BAND MOVIE#
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