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Body Piercing Saved My Life:
Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock

Andrew Beaujon
Da Capo Books
June 2006
ISBN: 0306814579

A riveting, in-depth, behind-the-scenes account of the subculture of modern Christian rock music, which realized estimated sales of one billion dollars in 2003 alone.

Body Piercing Saved My Life is the first in-depth journalistic investigation into a subculture so large that it's erroneous to even call it a subculture: Christian rock. Christian rock culture is booming, not only with bands but with extreme teen Bibles, skateboarding ministries, Christian tattoo parlors, paintball parks, coffeehouses, and nightclubs, encouraging kids to form their own communities apart from the mainstream.

Profiling such successful Christian rock bands as P.O.D., Switchfoot, Creed, Evanescence, and Sixpence None the Richer, as well as the phenomenally successful Seattle Christian record label Tooth & Nail, enormous Christian rock festivals, and more, Spin journalist Andrew Beaujon lifts the veil on a thriving scene that operates beneath the secular world's radar. Revealing, sympathetic, and groundbreaking, Body Piercing Saved My Life (named for a popular Christian rock T-shirt depicting Christ's wounds) is a fascinating look into the hearts and minds of an enormous, and growing, youth culture.

Author Bio

Andrew Beaujon is the managing editor of the Washington City Paper and has written about music for the Washington Post, Spin, the Guardian and Salon. Body Piercing Saved My Life is his first book. He lives in Northern Virginia.