EDITOR'S NOTE: First of two columns about Larry Norman and "Christian" rock. When Larry Norman released "Upon This Rock" in 1969, its rock-star sizzle and blunt faith put the album in the soundtrack ...

When Larry Norman released "Upon This Rock" in 1969, its rock-star sizzle and blunt faith put the album in the soundtrack for millions of lives as the "Jesus Movement" revival surged onto the cover of ...

Larry Norman, a singer and songwriter considered by many to be the father of Christian rock despite years of being shunned by more traditional Christians, died on Feb. 24 at his home in Salem, Ore. He ...

The life of musician Larry Norman, pictured left, is chronicled in Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock Upon the release of his first album Upon ...

In the '60s as it does now, Christian rock can evoke balding ministers attempting to rock and singers who substitute "Jesus" for "baby" — and, after a cross into the mainstream, the other way around.

In April of 1974 I prayed the Sinner’s Prayer and asked Jesus Christ to be my Personal Lord and Savior. About a week later several new and still somewhat dubious friends who called themselves ...

Larry Norman, the late singer-songwriter considered one of the pioneers (if not the founding father) of Christian rock, was a charismatic frontman whose frank, often funny, sometimes startlingly ...

When Larry Norman released “Upon This Rock” in 1969, its rock-star sizzle and blunt faith put the album in the soundtrack for millions of lives as the “Jesus Movement” revival surged onto the cover of ...

March 25, 2018 • Gregory Alan Thornbury's new book Why Should the Devil Have ALl the Good Music? chronicles the life of the father of the Christian rock genre. June 5, 2008 • As the "Father of ...