Probably MercyMe, Chris Rice (his older songs), Phil Driscoll, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Newsboys, DC Talk, I like a lot of Christian bands.

Oh man, I love this topic.. alot!
I will list my favorite christian bands in no specific order with the type of music they play listed next to them. Also a side note, if I put "alternative" then that is essentially your screamo, hardcore, grindcore.. whatever you want to call it.

Norma Jean - Alternative

For Today - Alternative (hits like agape)

The Almost - Indie rock (mostly do covers)

Between Hope and Faith - Alternative

The Chariot - Alternative (crazy live shows)

Hillsong United - this is the band a church in Australia and they are absolutely great singing favorites such as "mighty to save" "take it all" and "salvation is here"

A plea for purging - alternative

Sleeping giant - alternative (I cried when they did "oh praise him" live because it was so insanely powerful to have that many christians together in a room and truly worshipping the one and only god.)

and last but not least

The Welcome Wagon - not really sure how to describe them, just listen to their myspace to get a taste of it.

I like Hillsong United, very talented people...well pretty much pros.
Hmm...these days now everyone like Chris Tomlin and Brooke Fraisier.
I'd have to say I like Matt Redman, Jeremy Camp and Kari Jobe. Kari Jobe has an amazing voice. I also like Desperation Band and New Life Worship. Very good, sort of the same style as Hillsong United though.

I got a lot, but I'll put my absolute favorites up.

Skillet
Newsboys
Tim Hawkins (go to YouTube, search I Don't Drink Beer. Hilarious! You could also try Old Rock Star Songs. You'll get a kick from that one, especially if you know the songs. Then there's Cletus Take the Reel... I'll stop the list could go on forever.)

For those of you who haven't heard of him, Tim Hawkins is a Christian comedian who uses music for a lot of his stuff. He typically takes pre-existing tunes and puts his own words to them. An example would be MercyMe's "I Can Only Imagine" becoming "I Can Only Eat Margarine" (look that one up too!).

I'm not a huge fan of many Christian bands but there are two that I really like. They are Skillet and Relient K.






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I don't listen to as much music as I'd like to. That said, Christian music remains at the top of my list of favorite genres. My top favorites are tobyMac, Jars of Clay, and DC Talk in order from greatest to least, DC Talk being as low as it is because they've gone on "hiatus" as if they're embarrassed to admit that they've broken up.

tobyMac is probably the best music artist I've ever heard. In his DC Talk dayz he was one of three people who took the rap scene and made it Christian. They were pioneers. Today he's extending that into rap's sub-genres as well, with titles like Hey Devil and Momentum appealing to those who like heavy stuff with lots of cool effects, and City On Our Knees appealing to the quieter, more emotion-driven person. Combine that with his ability to apply humor to an otherwise serious album, most notably through his son truDog, and you've got a heckuvan artist on your hands.

Jars of Clay I've heard less of, but I like them because their music appeals to Christians and non-Christians alike. They've even stated that their music is meant to be heard by the secular public. You can interpret most of the stuff I've heard of them either as romantic music or religious music, and it's all very emotion-driven, making it a very good listen IMO.

That's all I have to say, really. I don't listen to much more music, unfortunately. However, I have been looking for some good electronica or techno in the Christian music scene.

My favorite group has got to be Skillet, I am rather upset that I am going to miss seeing them this summer at Sonshine but I have a friend getting married the same weekend. I like a large amount of other groups including in no particular order Pillar, dcTalk, Jars of Clay, Geoff Moore & the Distance, Third Day, Michael W. Smith (his older stuff a lot more than the newer), Newsboys, Living Sacrifice, Zao, Bride, Mortification, Tourniquet, Audio Adrenaline, and most definitely Rich Mullins. It doesn't matter if the groups are still together anymore. If I find a group I like I search like mad to find more by the artists.

I really like the news boys. They're really cool. And the David Crowder band is another really good one. I don't listen to to much Christian music, but when I do, it is those bands. I like some others a lot to.

Well, I love listening to Relient K, Sanctus Real and Switchfoot. Then there's David Crowder Band, Skillet, dcTalk, Toby Mac, Michael W Smith and some others that I like.

Tim Hawkins... I've definitely heard of him. he's pretty funny lol.

I've thought of some more I should put up...

Switchfoot
Hawk Nelson
Tenth Avenue North (their song "Hold My Heart" is just beautiful)
MercyMe
Casting Crowns...
the list could go on and on, I like a lot of Christian bands. Some of my favorite songs from the aforementioned artists/bands:
Skillet's Comatose
The Newsboys' In the Hands of God
Switchfoot's Love is the Movement
Hawk Nelson's Let's Dance
MercyMe's I Can Only Imagine
Casting Crowns' Until the Whole World Hears

Yeah Hawk Nelson is pretty good. I also hear that casting crowns and Mercyme are really cool to.

lol my friend used to have me listening to this christian punk rock band
"Officer Negative"
they had some pretty funny song titles like "JCHC"(jesus christ hard core)

" Kick satan in the face/ with our steel toe boots/ *somethinsomething(cant remember)/ christian punks we cant looooose"

But my favorite christian artist is probably Kirk Franklin. that little homie can sing

i agree with you davideo, Micheal W Smith is very good but i must say my favorite are Skillet if it is ok with bands else probally Micheal W Smith.

I also agree with you that Michael W Smith is a great singer. I also like Mark Schultz, Skillet, Dc Talk, Thousand Foot Krutch, and many, many others.

Jake Hamilton is awesome. I'm blasting his song "The Anthem" Right now, too. I AM ROYALTY! I HAVE DESTINY! I HAVE BEEN SET FREE! I'M GONNA SHAPE HISTORY!
You better believe it.
Tido

Back in the day I used to listen Skillet and, if I remember the name correctly, Pillar. Not too many christian bands that I fell in love with though.

Before I became a Christian my favorite bands were Pantera and Metallica. The music I like has heavy guitar and fast drums so Christian bands like this have lyrics that are hard to discern or they just scream obnoxiously. But I like some of the music from the Christian band 12 Stones , it just can't be too mellow-sounding or it'll make me cringe.

Oh, Sleeper and The Devil Wears Prada are good Christian metal bands.

looks like i posted this list on the wrong thread, this looks like the more approrpriate thread so Hopefully i won't get in trouble for posting it here instead.

i am a fan of industrial styled music so most of my suggestions are of that style.
anyone else interested in checking out a larger variety of groups than what i listed here could check out Christianindustrial.net where you can stream and request from over 2,500 different songs by various Christ Glorifying industrial artists.
keep in mind that not all of these groups (and the people within them) are in the same place in their Faith walks as one another, and do not all hold to the same personal Convictions as one another.

a Different Kind of Cop
Aleixa
Anguidara
AP2
Argyle Park
Backwoods
Brainchild
Bremen Cole
Caul
Chatterbox
Code of Ethics
Coriolis
Deitiphobia
Deliverance
Delta-S
Fell Venus
Fossil
House of Wires
How to Avoid Art
Immortal
Jagged Doctrine
Joy Electric
Juggernautz
Jyradelix
Level (now known as LVL)
Massivivid
Momentary Trouble
Mortal
Paradoxx
Parca Pace
P-Fissure
Pivot Clowj
Project SymplX
Tempestuous All
The Echoing Green
Travelogue
Virginia Creeper
Voxis
White Collar Sideshow
Wyrick


i used to like skillet more, mainly their albums "hey you, i love your soul", "invincible", or "alien youth" but then they started just sounding like every other popular nu-metal group around these days and i just couldn't get into it.
i personally like sound artists who are attempting to be more creative and explore new frontiers, while also giving the Glory to God!

yes, it is unfortunate but a lot of sound artists have used the christian music industry as a springboard to get into the industry and then totally turn their backs on God, but it's not really to surprising when it is a business.
money, fame, and being avant garde and "artsy" can prove quite the stumbling block if Christ is not the Focus of such endeavors as well.
a group i didn't list "circle of dust" was founded by a guy who has a lot to say about this very topic in fact.
it was one of the earliest industrial groups in the Christian scene, however he too has ceased to use his talents for Glorifying Christ.

Disciple and Eternal Decision are my favorite. Like I said earlier, my favorite bands used to be Pantera and Metallica, but I've found that the Christian bands Disciple and Eternal Decision sound pretty much identical to them.