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Hmmm, good to know that I'm not missing anything.

You could try some Neal Morse, though.  He's the ex lead singer from Spock's Beard ( a popular prog rock band), and converted to Christianity a few years ago.  He puts out some pretty good prog rock with subtle and not-so-subtle Christian overtones.  It'll certainly be different than what you've got on that sampler CD.

Res, check the WOW series of albums. I like the WOW Hits double CD albums, they put a new one out every year with a bunch of the newest top hits of that year. I hear the CCM CD's can be a hit or a miss, which is sad because they are supposed to be so big in the industry.

I think you are right about some of the bigger groups sounding a lot like each other, but it certainly isn't any worse than in any other genre. How much of the stuff on the Top 40 Pop charts, or most mainstream radio stations is formulaic, bubble gum pop/r&b/rap/metal? Each genre has it's own version.

Pariah, while that probably was the case years ago, I certainly don't see it now. There has been a huge upswing in Christian Rock/Pop over the last 10 years or so. There are so many really good groups out there now, I have to think the not-so-talented groups will get weeded out. Yes, there still is some of the same formulaic, bubble gum pop sound. 13 year old girls still need something to listen to

Thrica wrote:

Like with any genre, the real gems aren't the immediately obvious ones.

That's true. I listen to Christian Rock, but rarely anything from those crap "best of whatever year" cds. Beside's, if it's a best of Christian Rock cd, why is Delerious and David Crowder on there.

I don't see them as being rock at all. More like hyped up praise and worship.

user wrote:

Just ain't rocking without the sex and drugs!

Amen!

resedit wrote:

There's quite a bit of quality rock that isn't about sex and drugs.
U2 and Rush for example have many quality classics that do not have either.

However, there are plenty of secular bands that rely on sex and drugs - and they are just as pathetic as the ccm artists that rely on the hallelujah and praise jesus in every chorus line.

Amen!