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05 August 2005

Speaking of bibles... Fans of Stryper who pre-order their new CD through their website will get a free pocket New Testament autographed by a member of the band!
post by: me3dia at: 11:40 | 21 comments
Stryper was my first concert ever. God's honest truth.
posted by Frisbee Girl 05 August | 11:43
As a morning DJ pointed out when I heard this, isn't it typical for the author of books to sign them, not Number 1 Fans?


Frisbee Girl, mine was Billy Joel. We all have our secrets.
posted by me3dia 05 August | 11:47
Thanks, Me3dia, I feel absolved.
posted by Frisbee Girl 05 August | 11:50
As one of the few MeChatters who will publicly admit to enjoying both heavy metal and Christian rock, I will say this: Stryper didn't acquit themselves too well on either front.

Also, when I worked in a bookstore, we had this extremely ornate hand-stitched leather Bible in stock. It went for $300 or so. We always used to joke that for that price, it better be signed by the author.
posted by jonmc 05 August | 12:01
Autographed by them because... they wrote it?

I used to own a Petra album. It was better than Stryper, IIRC.
posted by goatdog 05 August | 12:38
You see, me3dia, when I open a Metachat thread, I have to scroll up to see the first couple of comments, which is why I repeated your joke about the author signing the book. That's why. Not because I'm a moron. No sir.
posted by goatdog 05 August | 12:40
Hey, my first concert was Billy Joel too, in 1978. In Oklahoma City. We even brought lighters. And got told we couldn't light them or we'd get tossed out. We did anyway. We were rebels. (Hell, a couple of years ago, I went to the local fair and saw on consecutive days Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, and Weird Al. Al was the best!)
posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 05 August | 12:45
Petra!
posted by Frisbee Girl 05 August | 12:47
I actually heard a Christian rock record by this guy Bart Millard yesterday that was quite good.

And my first concert was the Scorpions, FWIW. Second was the Beach Boys.
posted by jonmc 05 August | 13:10
And I met Weird Al at LaGuardia airport when I was 13. he was very freindly and cool.
posted by jonmc 05 August | 13:14
highly recommended Christian rock: Sanctus Real, Falling Up, Thousand Foot Krutch, The Benjamin Gate, Toby Mac, Krystal Myers, Pillar, Kutless and the new Skillet. rockin!
posted by quonsar 05 August | 13:26
My first concert was REO Speedwagon, .38 Special, and Survivor. Don't judge me!
posted by goatdog 05 August | 13:36
.38 Special is an underrated band, goatdog. "What If I'd Been The One" is a terrific song.
posted by jonmc 05 August | 13:43
From the site:
Stryper stands for Salvation Through Redemption Yielding Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness
Bollocks!

Back when I saw them in 1987 (the To Hell With the Devil tour), the story was that they had to change their name from "Striper" because people pronounced it "stripper".
posted by Skrik 05 August | 13:50
Oh, my first concert was Magnum, I think. I don't quite remember.
posted by Skrik 05 August | 13:51
"I looked around for something to change the drift of the conversation and spied four men in black-and-yellow bumblebee suits riding by, flying down the hill.

Gary: Look! It’s Stryper! They ride bicycles now."
posted by invitapriore 05 August | 14:34
my first ever concert was... get ready for it... iron butterfly. [sounds of creaking bones] a month or so later i saw frank zappa and the mothers at the same venue.
posted by quonsar 05 August | 14:55
"Oh, my first concert was Magnum, I think. I don't quite remember."

Magnum? My late uncle was in a band named Magnum. Odd.

In fact, he took me to my first concert, which was, sad to say, Rick Springfield's "Working Class Dog" tour.

I wasn't scarred too badly, though.
posted by mr_crash_davis 05 August | 17:30
O, hubris, thy name is Stryper.

(Mine was The Cars. And Wang Chung! I was 12.)
posted by melissa may 05 August | 19:35
that explains much.
posted by quonsar 06 August | 02:03
I'm a concert virgin (rock that is; I'm assuming classical doesn't count). I'm waiting for the right one to come along.
posted by Orange Swan 06 August | 07:08
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