All band articles
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OpinionThe Alarm’s Mike Peters (1959-2025): The musician who just happened to be a Christian
Mike Peters, lead singer of The Alarm, has died of cancer aged 66. Derek Walker reflects on the life of the Welsh punk rocker who was a contemporary of U2’s Bono, an avid campaigner and a creative force to the end
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InterviewsSwitchfoot’s Jon Foreman: ‘All music is worship’
Switchfoot’s lead singer on why his Christian faith is still a mystery, music that breaks down barriers and throwing a worldwide 20th birthday party for his band’s biggest album
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ReviewsLennon, Dylan, Alice, and Jesus - Greg Laurie with Marshall Terrill
Greg Laurie’s enjoyable book hurtles along like a train, travelling from the gospel roots of rock and roll and terminating at Justin Bieber. The church background of the “million dollar quartet” of Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis sets the scene. Laurie then investigates ...
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Regular ColumnistsCould you be the next member of Rend Collective?
Illustration: Flix Gillett There’s only one quality I look for when auditioning a new band member – and it’s probably not your first guess. It has little to do with talent. I don’t care whether or not someone is the next John Mayer. Lightning-fast playing means nothing ...
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OpinionThe top 10 faith-fuelled U2 songs
As U2 celebrate their 40th birthday, we present ten of the band's songs that have been inspired by their Christian faith
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Archive contentU2 at 40: How Bono's band became icons of rock by singing about God
On Saturday, 25th September 1976, four teenagers decided to get together to make music. Forty years of faith-fuelled songs later, Steve Stockman charts the spiritual journey of Saint Bono and his band
