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    The 'Father Of Christian Rock' Larry Norman's Battles With Evangelicalism

    Gregory Alan Thornbury's new book Why Should the Devil Have ALl the Good Music? chronicles the life of the father of the Christian rock genre.
    by Sarah McCammon Mar 25, 2018 2 minutes
    The life of musician Larry Norman, pictured left, is chronicled in <em>Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock</em>

    Upon the release of his first album Upon Thisin 1969, unwittingly created the billion-dollar industry of Christian rock. Author Gregory Alan Thornbury is sure that if Norman were alive today, the musician would have despaired at the state of the genre and evangelicalism.

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