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The real answer to the most bland generic radio mom-friendly band is Lifehouse

 

After I bought my first album ever, which happened to be a rap album, my brother in law gave me some of his old CDs: Illmatic, Hell on Earth and Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). That sounds like a fake story but I swear that's how it went. I definitely feel like its one of the reasons I am so jaded, my music collection started of too strong

 

My dad's mostly an old country guy. Some other stuff, too, like I remember seeing some vinyl at a church rummage sale & him talking about loving the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" when he was younger. But, mainly country. Last year, I got to take him to see Tayla Lynn (Loretta Lynn's granddaughter; she played a few of her songs, like "Coal Miner's Daughter" & "You Ain't Woman Enough") at a cafe in town, which was cool.

All I know about my mom's tastes is her love for Bill & Gloria Gaither's bluegrass gospel music specials. She'd have 'em play on the tv every Saturday when I was a kid while making pizza for dinner.

Fuck yeah. My tastes were formed by my older brother early on, not my parents, but yep, started out with dc Talk, Jars of Clat, & Audio Adrenaline. I'd still consider dc Talk my favorite band (oh, hey, it's the "who cares about cred" topic again!) & the rosetta stone of most of my tastes to this day.

My gosh do I wanna see a dc Talk reunion show someday before I die.

 

I haven't heard any of those names before in my life lol

 

Yeah, it would appear that christian music exists in it's own little bubble more than most. Especially in the States. I look in the christian music thread sometimes and it's like they're speaking a different language haha

 

European Christians mostly really aren't like American Christians, they either listen to regular music or like church choirs only lol

 

my mom is mostly into 2000s pop punk/emo.

 

My dads top bands include:

Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Placebo
My Morning Jacket

He has rad taste.

 

I feel like the only band out of the 90s (white) Christian music scene (outside of bands that overlapped w/ early Tooth & Nail) that I could successfully recommend to someone outside of that bubble is Jars of Clay. Which, I think they had some crossover success back in the day? They've got some legit good stuff.

Remember recommending dc Talk to people on AbsolutePunk & not really getting any positive feedback from anyone who gave 'em a shot in good faith. I'll happily die on the hill that they're Good Actually™, but they're just so steeped in that silly, corny 90s Christian culture that, if that's not part of your life, you can't get past it. Probably doesn't help that they got their start from a suburban Christian white boy who loved going to hip hop shows in 80s Washington DC & decided, "yeah, that's what I wanna do!" (Which, to his credit, he evolved past doing mostly hip hop & always included actual black artists in his work, but... yeah, it ain't great art, lol.)

 

When I got my first iPod, I raided my parents’ CD collection and grabbed everything I recognized. That’s how I got into Springsteen, U2, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, etc.

 

Oh hell yeah I love Jars of Clay. I think they were my first concert when I was in sixth grade.

I remember in third grade we were allowed to bring music from home and everyone would get a turn to play it on the stereo. I brought a Michael W. Smith tape from like '89 and one kid said "turn this crap off!"

I was like 8 lol

 

I grew up in a very religious Christian household so Tooth & Nail and Solid State were staples from pretty much my childhood. I can still get down with a lot of it but most of that is nostalgia.

But there are a handful of bands that are legit amazing and shaped my taste in music forever. Their metal scene was crucial for me to find so much more. And of course, mewithoutYou is the best band of all time.

 

lol, nice. My first concert (outside of some local Christian ska band called, like, the Mad Cats or something playing at the summer church camp I attended) was Michael Tait's solo band. Hate that I just missed out on dc Talk shows.

Saw Jars of Clay once at I think a Six Flags, sitting on metal bleachers, on what ended up being a cold & rainy day. Not the most fun youth group trip, lol.

I went to a Christian private school, so I didn't find myself around people who made fun of my Christian rock & pop music 'til high school, when kids who loved Norma Jean & Underoath made fun of my Pillar & Flyleaf. My bubble was deep.

My Tooth & Nail/Solid State journey started when I was in high school, in the summer of '05, at which point (as I said above) it was seen as the cool Christian music w/ mainstream cred, in contrast to the Christian music of my youth.

Which is funny 'cause, based on some episodes of the "Labeled" Tooth & Nail podcast I've listened to, the 90s were a fascinating blend between those scenes. Surprisingly few degrees of separation from the punk & hardcore scene to stuff like dc Talk, thanks to Tooth & Nail, the Cornerstone festival, etc. Like, that scene produced both The O.C. Supertones, who were part of my sheltered Christian childhood... & MxPx, who inspired this website's existence. The careers of Zao & Jeremy Camp, rooted in the same music scene.

 

what’s her username

 

chorusmom1969

 

The Ember Days’ Fingerpainting EP is the only thing approaching worship I’ve ever really loved (discounting older gospel).

I lied I have a weird soft spot for Michael Card.

 

Well, that's just cheating, considering that's like 60% instrumental, lol.

 

Hey now that’s...very fair.

 

while i’m on my britpop shit, the verve are criminally underrated. LP 1 is one of the five or so best shoegaze albums ever. LP 2 is wacky and weird but there are some great hooks on it. LP 3 has some of the biggest songs of the 90s for a reason and it’s about as good as large pop/coldplay shit like that gets. LP 4 is better left forgotten though, they reunited for a cash grab who cares.

 

Big true on that first Verve record, I brought them up in a shoegaze conversation once and it felt like I got side eyed for mentioning the Bittersweet Symphony band lol. Their loss

 

Didn’t realize they started off as a shoegaze band, I need to check that record out

 

Brit rockers do be making songs called “Slide Away” sometimes

 

they love 2 slide

 

okay this is actually p cool