Category Archives: Rock

Brian Johnson (not to be confused with the third AC/DC frontman) is a songwriter and senior Bethel worship pastor. As a solo artist, he only released one album: Love Came Down – Live Acoustic

Passion is a home-grown worship band associated with their home church, Passion City Church. It spawned from their first Passion conference in 1997 under the banner of Choice Ministries. This was held in Atlanta

Casting crowns began as a youth worship band started by youth pastor Mark Hall.  It morphed and exploded into popularity over the years. Casting Crowns released several albums and one EP, including: Casting Crowns (2001)

Elevation Worship, much like Bethel and Hillsong, is a church-based worship band that competes for global Christian Music dominance and influence.  With their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and led by controversial pastor Steven

Elevation Worship is a church-led band that was created in 2007.  They, alongside Bethel Music and Hillsong, are the “big three” with the most extensive reach in modern Christian music.  They released many albums

Newsboys (referred to in this review as “the Newsboys”) are a Christian rock band.  It was formed in 1985 in Australia by Peter Furler and George Perdikis, who went to school together.  Originally called

Hillsong Church is a megachurch founded in 1983 in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia.  It was formerly led by Hillsong Founder Brian Houston.  Hillsong possesses a massive discography, spanning across four music ministries.  These

Contemporary Christian band Vertical Worship began in 2012 as a music collective born out of Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago, Illinois.  Formerly known as Vertical Church Band, they released eight albums and four EP’s,

American Contemporary Christian band I AM THEY began their career in 2011. Originally intended to be a one-off as the band Solomon’s Porch in 2008, the overwhelmingly positive response from listeners led them to

Onething Live spawned from the International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOP–KC) OneThing conference, which includes original and improvised, on-the-fly lyrics and music. They released 11 live albums, including: Pursuit of the Holy