Christian Rock
Christian rock is rock music with lyrics about Christian faith, usually made by bands who are open about their beliefs.
Musically it covers the same ground as secular rock, from soft rock and pop rock to hard rock, with electric guitars, bass, drums and anthemic choruses. It grew out of the Jesus movement in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s and built its own labels, festivals and radio. What defines it is the message, not the sound, and bands differ over whether to aim at church audiences or the mainstream.
Artists it is known for: Larry Norman, Petra, Skillet, Switchfoot.
- Family
- Christian & Gospel
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United States, late 1960s
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 4%
About 3,600 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have christian rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Christian Rock artists
Chevelle
Skillet
Flyleaf
Thousand Foot Krutch
We Came As Romans
The Devil Wears Prada
Fit For A King
TobyMac
My Darkest Days
Switchfoot
The christian rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.