jwaltb
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Guess I'm one of the ancient ones here...... I first heard DA on one of the Maranatha compilations with "Ain't Gonna Fight It" when it first came out. Was that 3? Anyway, good Christian music was hard to come by at that time and Maranatha offered one of the few chances to hear new, up-and-coming contemporary artists. I still have most of their early releases on vinyl.
The first DA album I heard was the first one but wasn't real impressed, except for some stuff like Skeptic's Song (still like the style of that one). My first purchase of DA was Shotgun Angel. Man, side 2 blew me away! A concept album (or semi...) with overtures and all that - COOL! ("Somebody stamp me!!") It was light years ahead of most other Christian music to my ears. I then kept looking forward to the release of HD, what with Solid Rock being involved, etc. but had to keep waiting..... and waiting.... the bookstore must've gotten tired of me bugging them about it. Well, it was worth the wait. Awesome sound. Since then I followed them off and on.
Like Jiminy, I finally picked up SOTH in a bargain bin but what an album. I was always put off by the cover (sorry, guys). It has definitely become one of my favorites though. Greg's guitar playing on it was simply incredible sounding.
MBD ain't so bad either, but you all know how good that is.
Can't wait to hear the next one.
JB
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dennis 
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I was always put off by the cover (sorry, guys). It has definitely become one of my favorites though. Greg's guitar playing on it was simply incredible sounding.
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I did not buy it when I saw it in the store because of the cover.
I bought the "Hats" bookset & love it!
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When I first got into "Christian Rock" (around 86-87), I read a review of Fearful Symmetry so I bought it. Since I was more into the "rah-rah Jesus" "turn-or-burn" type music at the time, this album was listened to only once before I gave it away. A couple years later, I was working at a Christian bookstore and one of my co-workers was a huge DA/SW/TST freak. He put together a compilation tape of 80's DA songs and I found I liked it quite a bit. And then when he introduced me to The Eddies, well, that pretty much did it for me.
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Captain Pedantic
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In 1990 a few months after getting saved I saw the cassette of Fearful Symmetry on the shelf of the Christian Bookstore (In Invercargill New Zealand!!) I had a quick listen in the store was astounded and bought the tape. I week later I found DFBB at the store and got that. Oh Wow! It's been a wild ride since then.
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John Foxe
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As a freshman college student in '80, I won HD at a Scripture Press raffle in Wheaton, then put my slip back in and won Alarma on the next drawing.
The DJ was all upset at me because we were live on the air and some kids were screaming "fix, fix". Why me, when it wasn't my fault (?)...
Also, the HD I won was on vinyl and Alarma on 8-track. Does that date me, or what? I could be that wacky Dallas guy with the scratch on his HD record (relax, I'm not.)
I'm also honored to have my alma mater's name mentioned in 'Hide the Beer'. 
John
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sprinklerhead
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1977, I was 10.
My older brother was into country music. He had Shotgun Angel. When Paul Emery was just beginning with Harvest Productions, they brought DA to a high school in Illinois. Must have been around 1981. My brother took me to the show. He was really bummed about the change in musical style but, I was hooked forever. A band that became known as in-3d opened up for them.
A few years later, I remember Terry announced, at C-Stone, that DA was going to stop playing. Major bummer but, shortly after the Swirling Eddies were born. They had the "contest" in the j-card to guess who they really were. My friends and I were glad to see that Terry and Co. were still making music just in a different form. Good memories.
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dennis
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I'm also honored to have my alma mater's name mentioned in 'Hide the Beer'.
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Ditto for my wife & I! 
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sprinklerhead
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I'm also honored to have my alma mater's name mentioned in 'Hide the Beer'.
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Ditto for my wife & I!
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Which schools are you guys referring to and what years were you there?
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Mountain Fan
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DA... What state is that? 
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Ben
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My Dad introduced me to DA in the 70's with the first DA album and then Shotgun Angel. Both my parents (now in thier late 70's), loved the Alarma Chronicles, and transitioning from the country stuff to the rock was really easy for both generations. The message to the church in Alarma was something that nobody else in christian music was singing about and nobody was even talking about. I lost touch with Terry and friends for about ten years after that, but learned that they were still producing music from a friend at church. He told me about the Eddies, the Lost Dogs, the Choir and the 77's. It took a while but I finnaly bought up evey cd that DA, Eddies, Terry, the Dogs and Choir have ever done. Just now starting my 77's collection.
Now it's my turn to introduce my kids to DA. My teenage daughters like the country stuff, the little kids like Imaginarium and the crazy stuff from the Eddies. My nine year old loves Alarma #1. My teenage son doesn't like DA. (He likes crap - no accounting for taste - hopefully he will outgrow this phase and acquire an appreciation for real music.) If anybody cares, I have seven kids - six girls and one boy.
A few weeks ago, I had the Lost Dogs come to my church (Rock Creek in Derwood MD) and convinced about fifty friends to come and check out the Dogs. Many cd's were sold and several new fans were made. Even my wife, who thinks I'm a DA nut, enjoyed the concert. She's starting to listen to the Dogs without me putting on the cd!!!!
DA ROCKS!!!!!!!
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Gabriel Syme
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For reference, I was born in 1966.
While I was in high school in Camden County (Georgia), the local Christian bookstore in St. Marys had accidentally acquired a copy of Doppelganger the year it was released. I bought it because I like the cover; it looked different, & in high school I was different, by a mixture of nature & choice. I had never imagined music & words like these, especially since we had just read T.S. Eliot in class (about the only decent thing we did read). From that point on, I was hooked.
I've since acquired Alarma on CD & Shotgun Angel on cassette. I stayed current until after Motorcycle was released. Then this past Christmas, my sister gave me Mr. Beuchner's Dream. Not only did it renew my interest in DA, but it was something I had never thought would exist: an album that I may actually like better than Doppelganger.
P.S.-- pizzalero, are you still here in Athens?
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Gabriel Syme: 07-26-2004 10:38.
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smackeral
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My kids used to laugh me off as a DA fanatic (which I am). Then I gave my eldest (then 13, now 15) an assignment to do a "literary analysis" of the Alarma Chronicles. Once he really took time to listen, he loved it! Now he laments the "lame lyrics" of the CD's he used to listen to. After we saw the Dogs in concert, the kids bought a CD and had all the guys sign it. So they all love the Dogs now. They also think the Neverhood is very cool. They think Uncle Stonehill's Hat is hilarious and often re-enact the dialog from it at the dinner table. Great music/art transcends generational differences! These guys' work is truly timeless.
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sprinklerhead
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Is it still possible to find this anywhere?
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Mountain Fan
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We got it from
unclestonehill.com
listed on the links page of this site, and also run by audioris!
It's a great CD. I like it just as much as our kids. I think most anyone that wasn't too uptight and straight-laced would like it.
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We got it from
unclestonehill.com
listed on the links page of this site, and also run by audioris!
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The kiddos beg me to take Uncle Stonehill's Hat everytime we head out the door to go anywhere! They love that CD ~ especially Snailvis.
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Mountain Fan
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Ain't that the truth!
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audiori
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I think sometimes people are put off by the strangeness
of their music at first, but if they give it a chance they
will 'get it'.
And really it's not all that strange, it's just strange compared
to what people normally listen to.
When we started going back to church in like 1980, we
literally dropped all secular music for a while and started
listening to praise music... thats what we were exposed
to.
So we went from;
"I want to praise you Lord, much more than I do..
I wan to praise you Lord, much more tha I do...
learn to seek your face, and the goodness of your grace...."
Right to;
"Central theme, the most important thing
Central theme, the tie that binds together
Central theme, every line is breathing
Central theme, another heart receiving..."
Yowza! Culture shock. Christian music... that is as good as
the classic rock albums we listen to before...and not just
Christian music, Christian music that is deep and real.
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dorfsmith
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You know, this is the coolest thread ever!
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jollyholiday
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You know, this is the coolest thread ever!
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This was a pretty cool thread. Let's hear some more "How did you find DA?" stories!
-jolly
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