Another seed was planted by a Christian rock band that is now disbanded called Bleach. I first saw them late one Saturday nite on Christian television in 1998 with a video for "Children of Sod." They sounded like Weezer but even nerdyier. Even though I didn't accept Christ at that point, I bought their CDs and enjoyed the heavy rock music that had positive lyrics which I certainly didn't find in the lyrics of the other bands I listened to at the time. It's important to note that music was most definitely my god before coming to know Christ. I had played in bands most of life and whether happy or sad I turned to music to escape the cares of this world. I bought tons of CDs and downloaded music constantly looking for my next fix of good music.
original bleach
Bleach is an interesting band because they did two great albums with the original line up. By the 3rd album they lost the lead guitarist and bassist but produced I believe to be their best album. By the 4th album the band had only the rhythm guitarist, Sam Barnhart, and singer, Dave Baysinger from the original band, and the rest being new members. With the second blech they made 2 incredible albums and ended with a 6th final album called "Farewell old friends" in 2004. If you know anything about bands, this is a fairly incredible accomplishment but God apparently had his hand on their progress. I might be fooled but the members come across as amazingly humble and devoted to Christ. Don't fool yourself, not every band that calls itself Christian really gives a hoot about being devoted to Christ. This is still the music business, mind you.
second bleach
A funny story is that in the late 90's original bleach played in Dallas but I was afraid to go because I thought someone might preach to me. I didn't realize how much I need some preachin'...
I still listen to Bleach (orginal and second) quite frequently and recommend them to anyone that wants some heavier music but not with bad, nasty lyrics. I really don't listen to any other Christian bands at this time. Not that I have anything against them, I just have not heard anything that moves me.
They don't have a webpage anymore but there is a couple myspace pages for them:
original bleach
second bleach
