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This article contains links to lists of notable Christian music artists, organized by music genre. Note: Because classifying music by genre can be arbitrary, these groupings are generalized and many artists appear on multiple lists. List of Christian country artists; List of Christian hardcore bands; List of Christian hip hop artists
This is a list of Christian punk bands, which include all notable Christian bands that fall under the category of punk or one of its subgenres, excluding hardcore genres. Christian hardcore bands are listed on the list of Christian hardcore bands.
Christian punk originated in the 1980s punk rock scene. The genre has obscure origins. The rise of the Jesus Movement and its cultural institutions, such as Jesus People USA (JPUSA), served as an incubator for various Christian subcultures including punk, in part through JPUSA's label Grrr Records and their annual music festival Cornerstone also referred to as a type of "Christian Woodstock."
Eva was born on January 11, 1961, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1979 in hopes to start a rock band and be a rock star. She started a local, all-girl punk band in Long Beach known as the Speed Queens, and played with them from 1980 to 1982.
Women have participated in the punk scene as lead singers, instrumentalists, as all-female bands, zine contributors and fashion designers. [ 4 ] Rock historian Helen Reddington wrote that the popular image of young punk women musicians as focused on the fashion aspects of the scene ( Fishnet stockings, spiky hair, etc.) was stereotypical .
Music became both a process of healing her wounds and a way to extend power and support to her community. [27] Since 2004, Bag has also maintained a digital archive of interviews with women who were involved in the first wave of the Southern California punk scene in the 1970s, including musicians, writers, and photographers.
BarlowGirl was an American Christian rock and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) all-female band from Elgin, Illinois.The band was composed of sisters Alyssa (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Lauren (co-lead vocals, drums) and Rebecca (guitar, backing vocals) Barlow.
[101] [102] Music historian Caroline Coon contends that before punk, women in rock music were virtually invisible; in contrast, in punk, she argues "[i]t would be possible to write the whole history of punk music without mentioning any male bands at all – and I think a lot of [people] would find that very surprising."