Daniel Amos Message Board | Print: How did you find DA?

Posted by Ritchie_az on 07-04-2008 at11:05:

Ok, thanks! I'm copying my other post here (where it belongs), so if an administrator wants to close that other thread, they can.

In 2000, I was looking for better Christian rock than what I had in my collection. I had a lot of Petra, some DeGarmo & Key, Whiteheart, Whitecross, Deliverance, Holy Soldier (their Last Train album is pretty good), Guardian, Newsboys, PFR and Bloodgood. I was at a Christian book store and found DA's Preachers From Outer Space, which looked different and interesting, so I purchased it. The first four songs didn't make a big impression on me, but then I heard track five, Hound of Heaven, and track seven, Horrendous Disc (which I'd heard Deliverance's cover of), and I was hooked.
I quickly ordered (on-line) Horrendous Disc. Wow, where was this my whole life? So a couple weeks later I ordered Alarma, which I liked even better than HD. A couple months later came Bibleland, which didn't impress me (I have come to love Out In The Cold and Bakersfield, which, after my father-in-law's passing in Bakersfield from "incompetence, tubes and wires, indifference, fools and liars," has special meaning) and Our Personal Favorite World Famous Hits. A few weeks afterward I purchased Songs of the Heart, which, really, is underrated. I love Glory Road and I still can't believe a rock band--any rock band--let alone DA, covered Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, but they did an awesome job of it. A few months after that I found a lone copy of The Alarma Chronicles Book Set at a Christian book store. I had to have it--best "book" I ever purchased. (However, I let someone barrow the third CD--with the second half of Vox Humana and all of Fearful Symmetry--and he would never give it back and later he moved then I moved). All of this within the first year of purchasing Preachers From Outer Space.
Since then I've found probably 45-50 albums that I would consider "better" Christian rock--including The 77's, The Choir, The Lost Dogs, The Swirling Eddies, LSU, ProtoKaw, etc, etc, etc--stuff I never heard, or rarely heard, on the Christian radio and rarely saw in the Christian book stores.
A highlight of all of this is when I saw Terry Scott Taylor live (with Phil Madeira) in Chandler, AZ, for his Pretend I'm Elvis tour. I sat right up front not more than 12 feet from Terry, and got to talk with him after the show. Best concert I've ever been to.

Posted by Dr Rich on 07-04-2008 at12:04:

I read the review of DFBB in HRS & bought it based on that review.
It took me about a years to decide I really liked that record.
It became my favorite.

The next record I got was FS.

I got into the Swirling Eddies through a friend, but did not know they where DA for another year or so.
Loved The Eddies right away.

Then I got Dr Edward Daniel Taylor "Miracle Faith Telethon" and that helped fill in the gaps.

Not long after that Sotgun Angel (that was a shock after all the cool-weird rock stuff.)

Than Vox Humana, iAlarma!, DH, etc...

So I got the early stuff a little out of order.

Posted by peacebringer on 07-04-2008 at13:40:

Found cassettes in a record store when in college in the 80's. Listened and greatly enjoyed them.

Posted by colorblind on 07-04-2008 at15:32:

I was aware of DA through picking up Lost Dogs Scenic Routes and Little Red Riding Hood. I'm a long time fan of The 77's...so when Lost Dogs formed, I had to get it.
The Taylor contributions from Lost Dogs were too good to be true, and at the time I was on some Columbia Club CD thing...and I needed to order 4 CD's...and as I looked through their catalog, I saw Songs Of The Heart. So I bought it. My first DA experience. It wasn't exactly what I expected it to be...but it was still good.
Years later I became an independent music writer with my own web-zine (theblackandwhitemag.com...now defunct), and was given a copy of Mr. Buechner's Dream from Lisa at Galaxy21. That's the record that BLEW me away!!!
And it's only been quite recent that I've ordered everything I could possibly find on-line, and I've completed my beautiful DA discography...along with some great Eddies and solo records...

That's my story in a nutshell...