DC Talk's "Jesus Freak" and The Peak of '90s Christian Rock

Back in May, I interviewed the hilarious and talented singer-songwriter Ryley Walker about his very good recent album, Deafman Glance. But one of the most memorable parts of the conversation was a tangent about Christian rock, which had been a part of both of our lives as teenagers growing up in the midwest. Ryley mentioned an album I hadn't thought about in years but had heard a lot in high school, dc Talk's 1995 double-platinum smash Jesus Freak. Clearly, this was a topic worth exploring in greater detail, so I called Ryley up and did a deep dive into an album that doesn't get mentioned much in official histories of '90s alt-rock, even though it was a touchstone for millions of semi-rebellious, church-going kids.

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DC Talk's "Jesus Freak" and The Peak of '90s Christian Rock is an episode from Celebration Rock by Cumulus Media Minneapolis.

This episode is 46:39 long.

This episode was published on Sep 3, 2018.

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