God Gave Rock & Roll To You

Chik-Fil-A is the Christian Rock of Fast Food: Daniel Hopkins Interview Part 1 (#012)

August 10, 2024 Matt Beaton Episode 12

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We have our first guest!!  We talk with the musician Daniel Hopkins of the band Radiant, also known as Denim Wonder. He talks about growing up with Christian music, sneaking secular CD's into the house, loving Creed and The Dave Matthews Band, listening to great music in spite of the lyrics, and songwriting. We discuss the "dangerous songs" of our youth. Matt keeps talking about Counting Crows. Daniel talks about working at Chik-Fil-A, which is the Christian Rock of fast food restaurants. 

Bands/ artists discussed:

Radiant
Denim Wonder
Eric Clapton
The Beach Boys
R.E.M.
P.I.D. (Preachers In Disguise)
D-Boy Rodriguez
Nirvana
Newsboys
Starflyer 59
The Prayer Chain
Plankeye
Luxury
Hum
Roger McDuff
Ride

Sugar Ray
James
Atahualpa Yupanqui
Creed
Alanis Morrissette
Counting Crows
Cyndi Lauper
The Flaming Lips
Smashing Pumpkins
Hi Fi Drowning
Blur
Oasis
The Catherine Wheel
Radiohead
Jawbreaker
Jets to Brazil
Jawbox
Fugazi
Built to Spill
Grandaddy
Ester Drang
Hall & Oates
Tears For Fears
Phil Collins

God Gave Rock & Roll To You is a podcast exploring the Christian rock subculture of the late 20th century, hosted by Matt Beaton with co-hosts Doug Dickens and Tony Hormillosa.

We are friends who each grew up in a distinct version of this world, and we want to discuss what it was, where it came from, and what it turned into. We’ll be taking many side roads along the way, while listening to some of the best (and worst) music of the era..

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