STANDING OUT vs Going With the Flow

By Benny Lee + Elisha Lai

Keith GreenOct 21 1953 – Jul 28

1982Took many music

instruments at the age of 3

In Feb 1965, 40 original songs were already written by him

Had Jewish heritageBefore he became a

Jewish believer in Jesus, he used drugs + believed in "free love"

Keith‘s Testimony + Make My Life a Prayer to You (TV

Appearance)

Larry Norman Apr 8 1947-Feb 24 2008 Parents became Christian

after he was born Attended a church which

prohibited dancing + going to cinemas

First became a Christian in 1952 at the age of 5

Began ministry in 1964 Joined a band called People!

In 1965 and left in 1968 Began his own ministry in the

same year Made over 90 full-length

albums and over 100 albums in total

"I went to Church but it was destroying me because the people yelled and screamed from the pulpit and at a Sunday School they baby-talked me.... I walked out of the church when I was nine years old. I didn't like the hymns and couldn't stand the singing any more.... I lived outside the Church and was kinda' on my own but I'm glad Jesus came to me then and pulled me out of what might have been an unhappy childhood."

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?VERSE 1I want the people to know that He saved my soulI still like to listen to the radio, they say"Rock 'n roll is wrong, give you one more chance"Feel so good, I wanna get up and dance

PRE-CHORUSI know what's right, I know what's wrong, I don't confuse itWell, all I'm really tryin' to sayWhy should the devil have all the good music?

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?CHORUSI've been filled, I feel okay, yeahJesus is the rock and He rolled my blues away

VERSE 2They say to cut my hair, they're drivin' me insaneGrew it out long to make room for my brainBut sometimes people don't understandWhat a good boy is doin' in a rock n' roll band

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?PRE-CHORUS 2There's nothin' wrong with playin', playin' blues licksIf you've got a reason, I want to hear itWhy should the devil have all the good music?

CHORUS 2I've been filled, I feel okay, yeahJesus is the rock and He rolled my blues away

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?TAG 1I ain't knockin' the hymns, just give me a song that has a beatI ain't knockin' the hymns but give me a song that moves my feetI don't like any of 'em funeral marches, I ain't dead yet

TAG 2All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna sayWhy should the devil have all the good music?All I wanna, I wanna, I wanna sayWhy should the devil have all the good music?[×2]

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?VERSE 3Jesus told the truth and Jesus showed the wayOne more thing I'd like to sayThey nailed Him to the cross, they laid Him in the groundShouldn't you can't keep Jesus Christ down, no

TAG 3I feel good everyday, I don't want to lose itAll I wanna, I wanna one more time nowWhy should the devil have all the good music?

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?TAG 4I've been filled, I feel okayJesus is the rock, He rolled my blues, He will roll your bluesJesus is the rock, He'll roll your blues away

BackgroundIn the 1960s, the hippie culture was starting.Christian started a movement called the Jesus

movement.It was the major element within the hippie culture.The people in it were called Jesus People/Jesus

Freaks.Larry Norman was seen as the personification of

the Jesus movement.Most Christians in the 60s were against the

movement and said the music is from the devil.Keith Green was also seen as one of the most

influential person of the movement.

Impending DoomStarted in 2005 as goregrind bandSigned in to Facedown Records in 2005Didn‘t have proper drummer, so had to use fill-in

drummersRefer to their style of Christian metal as "Gorship" - a

combination of goregrind and worship.

Silence the OppressorsTo the following Christians listen closely.We bring our light to a new realm, a realm you dare not enter, Passing judgment behind stone walls, behind your absence of understanding.We will crush your walls that dictate where our ministry goes, Don't you ever tell me I'm using God as a gimmick.I'm not a heretic, I'm not a hypocrite; Those insults make me sick from the ones I have fellowship with.We aren't doing this for our own, but for one name holy and alone.These venues are our church, We are the gospel in the darkness, and this is our exaltation.We are the gospel in the darkness; we bring our light to a new realm, A realm you dare not enter, passing judgment behind stone walls, Behind your absence of understanding.Are you listening!!! We'll crush the walls that dictate where our ministry goes, This is our church, this is our worship, GORSHIP!