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 ...

Larry Norman, who has died at the age of 61, was a pioneer of what became known as Jesus Rock, which combined the rhythms of rock'n'roll with the social and spiritual observations of Christianity.

Reading on mobile? Listen here There was a brief window in time when contemporary Christian music – Jesus Music, as was – was not only really popular, but also fairly crazy and a little bit brilliant.

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.

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - One of Christian rock music's most influential and controversial figures, Larry Norman died February 24 of heart failure at his home in Salem, Ore. He was 60. Sign up here.

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 ...

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 ...