The Christian Music Thread Genre • Page 111

Think this affects modern CCM industry too or just those from that old school era?

I’m thinking like Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, etc seem at least a little more likely to call this shit out but maybe I’m way off

 

I do want to believe this as well, but it’s admittedly difficult to do that when very suddenly tour crew members are coming out of the woodwork to call all this shit to the floor. I think the reporting about Tait is emboldening some of them to speak up. The things I’m reading are…pretty despairing. The worst I’ve ever heard about Phil Wickham is just that he’s got a bit of an ego on him and can be a prima donna behind the scenes. Same with Chris Tomlin. I think every generation is going to have some good eggs and some bad ones. You’ll hear that the guys in Relient K are and have always been down to earth, and then in the same breath you’ll hear that Shawn McDonald abused his kid, which is why he got a divorce. Runs the gamut I suppose.

On that note though, while I was reading people’s thoughts about all of this, I came across an old comment from several months ago wherein the person called out Tait as an abuser and that comment had a much more recent response which gave me pause. I guess be on the lookout for whatever this is about to be:

 

Hard to say, I think the praise & worship crowd is probably different than the band crowd - it's hard to imagine a p&w leader having a party bus. I think the bigger issue with these artists is how they commercialize the Gospel and sell bad theology.
I'm sure there are some of these issues going on, but probably not as widespread.

 

And now here is the aforementioned Guardian article. Victims in this interview were age 13 to 29. Dude is a pedophile too.

‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men

 

This one is tough, I saw NTB on their first big tour, have met all of the original members at other shows, and would say they were a pretty major band for me for several years

 

What does “NTB” stand for?

 

It’s the band “needtobreathe”.

 

Thanks, never heard them referred to with that acronym lol

 

Neither have I lol

 

Really? I remember it being used all the time back on message boards between 07-10.

 

In fairness, I only really remember following their sudden trajectory in 06 when their first album came out because I was working at a Family Christian Bookstore (yikes) at the time and it was flying off the shelves. I quit the job a year later and started quietly exiting the faith so I never really knew how they came to be known amongst the fandom at the height of their popularity.

 

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Vocalist Ronnie Winter Condemns Trump Supporters: "If You Voted For Donald Trump, Do Not Come To My Shows..." - Theprp.com

Two things.

One, good on this dude.

Two, is he okay? The picture both here and in his clip make him look unwell. I could be way off.

 

Is RJA affiliated with Christian music? If they are I never knew it

 

They are, they're just not usually overt about it, but for example, one of the tracks on 4 is called "Jesus Is My Rockstar". It's absolutely a part of their identity.

 

Yeah I had no clue until today