Pillar

I went on a trip with Joel's youth group last week. About a dozen of us went to see Pillar headline the The Days of Reckoning Tour. It was quite the night. Four bands rocked the stage of an AoG church on the south side of town.

Decyfer Down, a hard-rockin' band in the mold of Sound Garden kicked off the show. They really appealed to my 90's grunge insensitivities. They were a four pierce, a straight lead guitarist that used cool phasing and octave effects, a pure rhythm guitarist, an awesome drummer and a bass wielding front man with long hair and big vocals. Even more impressive then their musicality was their spirituality and devotion to Christ, which really shined through. They are an evangelical rock band first and foremost. Their message is not watered-down.

I hate it when I go to a Christian show and if it where for the venue or a tattoo of a cross you’d have no idea they had anything to do with the Lord. That is something we as a band must balance. We want to make music that speaks to the world in which we live like Switchfoot, Reliant K and U2 but we also don’t want to become so removed from the Gospel that you have to search our songs with a strainer to find the Lord anywhere in them. That is our goal as a band, to be true to our artistic vision and our ministry at the same time.

Luckily for us that has never been an issue. We have always placed our mission first and our music second. We are a band, yes, but we are people who serve the Living Lord and spread His Word to all that may hear.

Lord please keep us rocking the Gospel… the Good News that Your grace is free for the taking. AMEN!