![]() On May 24, 2005, guitarist, founder, and songwriter Bob Hartman announced that the band would be retiring. Through numerous line-up changes, Petra maintained its commitment to preaching the gospel through music. The band toured around the world playing in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australia. Petra was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and was the first Christian band to be inducted into the Hard Rock Cafe. The band reached the #1 position on five CCM Update radio and retail charts simultaneously also, it was the first band to win more than 20 CCM Magazine Reader's Poll Awards, which were won in every category of eligibility. There was strong opposition from within the churches when Petra began its career the band continued to experience this opposition through the years.įor more than three decades the band showed stability despite changes in genre and released 24 albums, selling nearly 10 million copies. With their music and style, Petra influenced other Christian artists at times when Christian rock was considered "inadequate" by many. It released two RIAA Gold-certified albums during this period. The late 80s and the early 90s was a successful period for the band, when it was considered the best-known, best-selling Christian band. With a style initially compared to bands like The Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Petra's sound evolved into a more energetic, driving rock sound in the early 80s. The name of the band comes from the Greek word for "rock, massive". Petra was formed in 1972, in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center. Petra was a prominent Christian rock band, regarded by many as the pioneers of the Christian Rock and Contemporary Christian music genres. OR YOU CAN LET THE OLD MAN TAKE HIS TOLL, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO YOU CAN LOVE THE ROCK, AND LET HIM FREE YOU SOUL, IF YOU LOVE THE SOUND THEN DON'T FORGET THE SOURCE, YOU CAN TURNĪROUND, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR COURSE, 'CAUSE IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TOĬHANGE YOUR MIND. YOU CAN BE A STAR, BUT WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN THE MUSIC'S GONE? YOU CAN LEARN TO SING OR YOU CAN PLAY GUITAR, YOU CAN LEARN TO ROCK, TAKE YOU ANYWHERE BUT WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE MUSIC'S GONE? YOU CAN LEARN TO DANCE OR YOU CAN BE A SQUARE, YOU CAN LET THE MUSIC ![]() GOD GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU, GAVE ROCK AND ROLL TO YOU, ![]() God Gave Rock And Roll To You Chords This song, was made famous by the band KISS but most people don't know who actually ![]()
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