8 Bands You Didn’t Realize Were Christian

Lenny Kravitz

American rock singer-songwriter, Lenny Kravitz is a devout Christian and his spirituality transcends not only in the spiritual themes of his music but also in his personal life – he committed to remain celibate for years and has a cross tattoo on his back as a reminder of his faith. Kravtiz has previously spoken about an experience during his childhood which shaped his belief in Jesus at a young age. The singer recounted a time when he was a young boy where he was sick with the flu in the hospital. He shared the room with another young boy who one day asked him, "Do you know about Jesus Christ?" Kravitz recalled feelings the "presence of God" in the room that day. Did you know Kravitz’s song “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” is about Jesus?

U2

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From the Bono-led Irish rock band’s start, U2 has been passionate about their faith to the point where it even challenged the group’s future. Many believed Christianity and rock music could not be married, bringing to the surface the question whether Christian faith could live in the secular rock world. Even through the debate, the band not only didn’t lose their religion, their music is a powerful example of spirituality meeting beautiful music. At the time of the band's early releases in the 80's, they were attending a non-denominational church, many people unsure of the idea of Christian boys in the "rock scene." Throughout the years, Bono explored his Christian faith, including many spiritual themes within the band's releases.

Switchfoot

While the band doesn’t believe they fall into the Christian faith genre, the members of Switchfoot are devout Christians and are often referred to as a Christian rock band, their music appears in Christian retail outlets, they play at Christian musical festivals are featured on Christian charts and appear on Christian radio. They often refer to themselves as "Christian by faith, not by genre." Many people often wonder, if all members of the band are Christian, why not make Christian music? Lead singer, Jon Foreman, has spoken about this topic many times in interviews, but ultimately boils it down to any song can glorify God, whether is it explicitly mentioned or not. According to Foreman, he is ultimately more focused on how he treats others according to his Christian faith instead of focusing his music on it.

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