Music Videos|March 16, 2015 03:24 EDT
5 Christian Bands Fans Wish Were Still Around – PAX217, Dead Poetic, and More [VIDEOS]
With the ever-changing world of rock and roll, Christian music is no different. Today BC has compiled a list of some of the most beloved broken up bands in Christian rock, and is offering a sampling of why fans miss them so much.
PAX217
Rap/reggae/punk group PAX217 was one of Christian music's biggest bands in the early 2000s as they released a self-titled album and its follow-up album Engage.
The band spawned big hits "Prism" and "A.M." on their first album and propelled into even more hip-hop elements in their second album. Unfortunately for the band they disbanded in 2000.
In 2013 the band got together for two reunion shows in California. The shows appear to be a one time deal, and no future music appears to be in the works.
Vocalist David Tosti spoke to BC in a multi-part interview series. Check out part one where he speaks about why the band ended here. In part two Tosti spoke about the feelings behind both of his band's full length albums and some of the turmoil surrounding it, read about that here. The third installment tackled the deep subject of "Why are there Christian labels and do we need them?" which can be found here. Part four thanks the fans and recaps the band's reunion, here.
DEAD POETIC
Dead Poetic was a post-hardcore/scream band that was among one of the more popular bands on Tooth&Nail Records in the early to mid 2000s.
They released the heavy and at times darker themed albums Four Wall Blackmail and New Medicines in 2002 and 2004. However, in 2006 they released the drastically different Vices, which gave the band a turn to sound more like a '90s alternative/grunge.
A huge tour and promotional campaign was planned until the band abruptly canceled everything and all but disappeared except for a promise that one more album was coming sometime in 2008. Unfortunately, that album never came.
Some of their more popular songs include "August Winterman," "Come," and Self-Destruct & Die."
SLICK SHOES
Slick Shoes is a punk band with a west coast sound and fast pop/skate punk feel to them.
The band released their last album in 2003, Far From Nowhere, and have since reunited a few times. Although they might be on an indefinite hiatus right now, they took the underground punk scene by storm in the mid to late '90s.
The punk outfit has reunited several times over the last few years and even attempted to record an EP, but nothing came about.
Slick Shoes has five albums, two EPs, and a greatest hits album including their acclaimed Rusty and 2002's self-titled release.
38th PARALLEL
Another band from the early 2000s, 38th Parallel was groomed to be the Christian Linkin Park. They featured two vocalists, one who rapped and one who sang. The band spawned two relatively popular songs, "Horizon" and "Turn the Tides."
They only put out an EP, a full length called Turn the Tides, and a demo before disbanding in 2006.
JUSTIFIDE
Justifide were cranking out nu metal tunes in the late 90s and early 2000s, and now after over 10 years gone, they are back...sort of.
Releasing three albums in the span of four years, an independent release with singer Ian Metzger, and two more once signed to Ardent Records, Life Outside the Toybox (2001) and The Beauty of the Unknown (2003), the trio will be putting out a collection of eight demo songs that were found on a disc buried in a box of CDs.
BC interviewed former guitarist Joey Avalos about the new music, and unfortunately this is a one time deal. Read it here.
Some of their big hits are "Pointing Fingers" and "The Way."
Do you remember these bands? Which one was your favorite and who did we miss?
