Petra’s first incarnation of the song was actually very close to the original song (music) wise. Kiss did not cover the song until the Bill and Ted movie in 1991 and then they also put on the Revenge album also in 1991. The first being on thier 1977 album “Come And Join Us” and the second being thier hugely successful album “Beat The System” in 1984. In fact Petra has covered it twice in two different styles. Being a huge Kiss fan since I was 7 years old and being a christian who has been a huge Petra fan since I was about 15 years old I can tell you that Petra covered God Gave Rock and Roll To You long before Kiss ever dreamed of doing it. You really need to get your facts straight before writing. Here’s the two most important versions of the song, starting with a badly mimed version of the original.įeel free to get in touch with any other unknown covers that you think we should feature!įollow hecklerspray on Twitter or join our Facebook group With vaguely fortuitous timing, rumour has it that Argent will embark on a full tour in the not-so-distant future, which will please the Bob Harrises amongst you.Īnyway, enough chat. Of course, being Christians, they couldn’t help but meddle with the words to fit the agenda and the godly version has rewritten lyrics. However, it was non-Zombie Russ Ballard who penned ‘God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll To You’ which of course, went onto be a giganto hit for Gene Simmons & Co.Īfter Kiss brought the song out of retirement, the track went onto become something of a Contemporary Christian rock anthem (covered by the Christian Rock outfit Petra). Remember them? They did ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Time of the Season’ and weirdly, were one of Elvis’s favourite bands in the whole world. However, the song was originally released in 1973 by Argent, which had some rather famous people behind the kit themselves.īetween the band members and songwriters for Argent were a couple of members of ace ’60s group, The Zombies. One of the ways that the band attracted attention to themselves around this time was to get out the cotton wool balls and take all their make-up off, leaving everyone to coo about how painfully ordinary they looked. You probably remember this song from ‘Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey’ as performed by Kiss. Which means of course, facing people who did know so they can roll their eyes and cuh! “I though everyone knew that!” And this time, we’re looking at a stadium rock classic in ‘God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll To You’. It’s time to tell you about a song you didn’t know was a cover, again.
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