Christian Faker
As I Lay Dying is a fairly popular metalcore band out of California. If you have listened to rock radio in the last 14 years then chances are you’ve heard something from one of their six chart – topping albums. Like many mainstream bands in recent history, As I Lay Dying skirts the line between Christian and secular. They have never accepted the title “Christian band” and are not signed with a specifically Christian record label. They don’t mention God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit in the lyrics written by lead singer Tim Lambesis, and yet the lyrics do seem oddly Christian and have garnered a lot of attention because of it. The band is often portrayed as being Christian (and members of the band have spoken of themselves in those terms as individuals). They’ve also done a lot of Christian radio and television. Lambesis even went to the conservative Christian college Liberty University, and has Jesus tattoos and Hebrew verses permanently inked on his body.
And that’s where things get strange. See, As I Lay Dying isn’t together any longer. The reason? Well, Lambesis is doing time for conspiracy. He tried to hire an undercover agent to murder his wife for $20,000. And perhaps even stranger, Lambesis now claims that he actually pretended to be Christian because it helped him sell albums. Let me say that again because it sounds so crazy: Pretending to be Christian helped him sell heavy metal albums?! It’s a strange new world we live in… stranger than you or I could have ever imagined.
Entertainment
K and K Mime (Keith and Karl Edmonds) of Gospel Innovation is what you get when you have two brothers who really love Jesus and also really love pretending to be trapped in a box. So if those are two of your favourite things, then K and K should really interest you. And if not, check ‘em out anyway. They have been featured on Black Entertainment Television and more recently at T.J. Jakes’ megachurch, The Potter’s House. Now beware, they freak me out a bit. And it’s especially odd to see them wearing white makeup and simultaneously trying to look cool—‘cause let’s face it, mimes are not cool. And yes, it is cornball. It’s very cornball. But I like cornball. So go to the website. You’ve got to see this to believe it.
Find it @ gospelinnovation.com
