Stryper
In the 1980s Christian rock started to become a staple in the music industry,[citation needed ] fueled by bands such as Stryper . Billboard Magazine started to post the top 10 Christian rock songs, and some radio stations were starting to play Christian rock. Bands such as DC Talk , Newsboys , Jars of Clay , Audio Adrenaline and many others achieved commercial success. This list excludes bands that are primarily heavy metal or hardcore punk , those bands can be found on the list of Christian metal bands and list of Christian hardcore bands .
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music defines CCM as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as Christianity ".[1] Based on this definition, this list includes artists who work in the Christian music industry as well as artists in the general market , whose lyrics reflect their Christian faith or where members are identified, either self-identified or by a reliable source, as Christians. A band's own desire to be considered as part of the genre does not come into consideration.
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Saint – (metal ) (1980-1989, 1999-present)
Salvador – (CCM /Latin ) (1999-present)
Sanctus Real – (rock /alternative rock /power pop ) (1996-present)
Seabird – (alternative rock /pop ) (2004-present)
Secret and Whisper – (post hardcore /alternative rock ) (2007-2011)
The Send – (alternative rock /rock ) (2006-2008)
Sent By Ravens – (alternative rock /post hardcore ) (2006-2012)
Servant – (rock /CCM ) (1976-1986)
Seven Day Jesus – (rock ) (1994-1998)
Seven Places – (rock ) (1999-2005)
Sevenglory – (pop rock ) (2001-present)
Seventh Day Slumber – (rock /hard rock /post-grunge /post-hardcore /alternative metal ) (1996-present)
Shaded Red – (alternative rock /rock ) (1993-2000)
Shekina Glory – (rock )
Sherwood – (alternative rock ) (2002-2012)
Silage – (alternative rock /CCM ) (1996-1999)
Silverline – (CCM /Christian rock /Pop rock ) (2006-present)
Since October – (metal /rock /post-grunge ) (2005-present)
Sixpence None the Richer – (pop rock ) (1992-2004, 2008-present)
Skillet – (Rock , Christian rock , alternative rock , hard rock , Christian metal , industrial music (early) , grunge (early) ) (1996-present)
Across the Sky – (CCM /worship /pop ) (2000-2005)
Skylight (2009-present)
Slingshot 57 – (rock ) (1999-2007)
Smalltown Poets – (rock ) (1996-2004, 2010-present)
Sonseed – (pop ) (197?-1983)
Soulger – (rock /indie rock ) (2000-2004)
Split Level – (rock ) (1986-2000)
Spoken – (alternative rock /post-hardcore /rapcore ) (1996-present)
Spy Glass Blue – (post-punk /new wave /britpop ) (1995-present)
Staple – (rock /metalcore ) (2000-2006, 2009-present)
Starfield – (rock /CCM ) (2000-present)
Starflyer 59 – (indie rock /shoegazing ) (1993-present)
Stavesacre – (rock /hard rock /heavy metal ) (1995-2009)
Stellar Kart – (CCM Pop punk alternative rock ) (2002-present)
Randy Stonehill – (CCM , rock , folk rock ) (1971-present)
StorySide:B – (rock /CCM ) (2003-2009)
Strange Celebrity – (rock )
Stryper – (hard rock /heavy metal /glam metal ) (1983-1993, 1999-2001, 2003-present)
Subseven – (rock /post-hardcore /emo )
Superchick – (rock ) (1999-2013)
Superhero – (rock ) (2000?-present)
Sweet Comfort Band – (rock ) (1974-1984)
The Swirling Eddies – (rock ) (1988-present)
Switchfoot – (alternative rock /power pop ) (1996–present)
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References
^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody , Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 1-56563-679-1 .