Gut Level Music/Against the Gr

Altar Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kmg
• ASIN: B00000I106
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Are Loved

2. G.L.M. (Gut Level Music)

3. I'm Not Talking About Religion

4. I Question It

5. You Found Me

6. Unconditional Love

7. There Is A Love

8. Calling To You

9. Final Hour

10. Life Begins At The Cross

11. Fallen World

12. Kids Are On The Run

13. Hearts Lost In Nowhere

14. Broken

15. Where's Th New World?

16. Against The Grain

17. Human Sound

18. Take Control

19. Shout Louder!

20. Count On Love

Editorial Reviews

2 CDs on one disc. The classic and impossible to find "Gut Level Music" and the hit "Against the Grain" find the Altar boys in their finest post-punk glory.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When I was 14 years old., December 13, 2002

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Mr. Christopher "Rick Singh" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gut Level Music/Against the Gr (Audio CD)

I was skating when I was younger, and the Altar Boys were the christian alternative for bands like Nine Inch Nails and Suicidal Tendancies. Their chord structure and beat truely represent the "grunge - punk" of the eighties (when you could actually tell what the singer was saying).

All in all, if you like punk - this is an Excellent example of the sound punk should have stayed with. I've heard and played many different styles, but I have never heard the clean sound of the Altar Boys' (for lack of a better phrase) 'gut level music' and message replicated anywhere since then.

BUY THIS ALBUM... YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
-- REBELS FOR CHRIST! --

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Clean Hard Music, October 9, 2002

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Chuck R. (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gut Level Music/Against the Gr (Audio CD)

The Altar Boys are a truly original and talented Christian band. Classifying themselves as punk, they are far from the simple 3 chord, music school dropouts of regular world punk. The message on these albums is uplifting plain and simple. The Altar Boys are not afraid to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ. Of all the albums the Altar Boys released I like these 2 the best. The music is hard and driving and the messages are plain, simple, and truthful. Lyrically this is some of my favorite rock music.
Mike Stand (lead singer) does have a more poetic and artistically smoother side on his 2 solo albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food For the Soul!, February 20, 2001

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Dave "Computer Climber" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gut Level Music/Against the Gr (Audio CD)

I first heard these guys in a mens clothing store over the store music system in the mid-80's, "Final Hour" was the track playing. It grabbed me deep inside- they really conveyed the agony of His final hours before the cross. I was raised up in a christian home and church, and had wandered far and wide, and this music helped bring me back Home where I belonged. I definitely had a "Heart Lost in Nowhere", and they reminded me that "Life Begins at the Cross". Its punk appeal is still fashionable today, they don't cram their beliefs down your throat, but the message is still loud and clear. One of the best concerts I've ever attended was when they played at the Trenton War Memorial (go figure!) Cheez I miss 'em! Definitely buy this disc!