Trendsetters: Rock

Description

Trendsetters: Rock is a multi-artist rock compilation released on KMG Records in 2000. Rock was one of four KMG samplers in the Trend Setters Series. The others were entitled Hip-Hop, Metal, and Alternative, respectively.

KMG Records’ release, Trendsetters: Rock, sends the listener on a trip back in time… to the 1980’s. It is part of a four CD Trendsetters series, with metal, hip-hop, and alternative also covered. The Altar Boys, Angelica, Idle Cure, Liaison, and Magdallan are included on this compilation, reminding us just how far Christian music has come.

All the songs include at least one guitar solo, strong vocals and a sing-along quality to them. One song that stood out was Crumbächer’s «Backyard Changes», a song with a catchy melody and lyrics that pointed out that to make a difference you have to start with changing yourself. Indeed, these bands were the trendsetters for the Christian music industry, and may have helped influence many of today’s Christian artists. [Chelsea Lewis, The Phantom Tollbooth, 9/06/2000]

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CD tracklist:

01. Altar Boys – GLM (Gut Level Music) (from Gut Level Music, 1986)
02. Altar Boys – Life Begins At The Cross (from Gut Level Music, 1986)
03. Angelica – I Believe (from Angelica, 1989)
04. Angelica – Cover Me (from Rock, Stock & Barrel, 1991)
05. Crumbächer – Backyard Changes (from Thunder Beach, 1987)
06. Idle Cure – Breakaway (from Idle Cure, 1986)
07. Idle Cure – Pray (from 2nd Avenue, 1990)
08. Jacob’s Trouble – Wild, Wild Ride (from Jacob’s Trouble, 1993)
09. Jacob’s Trouble – I’d Rather Have Jesus (from …Let the Truth Run Wild, 1992)
10. Liaison – Kick It Down (from Liaison, 1989)
11. Liaison – Go And Sin No More (from Liaison, 1989)
12. Magdallan – Big Bang (from Big Bang, 1992)
13. Magdallan – Love To The Rescue (from Big Bang, 1992)
14. Shout – Give Me An Answer (from In Your Face, 1989)
15. Shout – It Won’t Be Long (from It Won’t Be Long, 1988)