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Three Cord Wonder's The Jesus Rock Show received a stellar review in Interlinc's YLO (Youth Leaders Only) August 2007 magazine.  Big thanks to the entire team at Interlinc!

 Check out the review!

The Jesus Rock Show from Three Cord Wonder (3CW) is, on the surface, a tightly produced pop/punk record full of catchy guitar riffs and addictive melody lines.  This might be enough for many teenagers, but you and I know that they long for more.  Once you listen to this album again, you begin to notice that there is something more: an invitation to Jesus Christ.

The songs on this album are a good mix of high energy romps through personal topics like self-awareness (“Who I Am Today”) and hypocrisy (“Get Up”).  3CW also sings about how labeling other people is unfair (“The Way You Thought”) and how we all occasionally have really bad days (“One of These Days”).  Throughout these songs, this band is open about their faith in Jesus Christ and their calling to share the Gospel.  Creating an event, program, or Bible lesson around any of these songs would be easy.

There are two highlights on this album:
1) The title track, “The Jesus Rock Show” is a postmodern reflection on 3CW’s vocation.  They sing, I went to the Jesus rock show, was Jesus really there? This is a great reminder to keep Christ at the core.

2) For many bands, a bonus track filled with thank you’s wouldn’t be worth listening to.  3CW offers us one that is.  In total, “Etc.” is a 25-minute track.  The first 14 minutes is silent.  Silence is a rarity in our world today, and yet it is where we can best deepen our personal relationship with God.  When the band members begin their thank-you’s, they each begin with thanking God, reminding us that Christians are a eucharistic people.  That means we are a people of thanksgiving.  After giving thanks, we are treated to a bonus tune about parental love for a child, no matter what.

The Jesus Rock Show is a real gift to youth workers.  We can show our gratitude by sharing this music with our teenagers.

Interlinc
Youth Leaders Only (YLO)
Music Resource Book
Volume 69, Page 90 Album Reviews
Fall 2007
Written by:  Michael Miller   ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )