Can this really be true?

Slate Magazine has an article today on The freaky origins of Christian rock. The article reminds me of the TNR articles by Stephen Glass -- it's to funny to be true.

For example:

The All Saved Freak Band is a different kettle of fish—at once more powerful and more disturbing, and a reminder of how apocalyptic convictions, Christian or otherwise, can go sour. The band began when a drugged-out Chicago guitarist named Joe Markko moved to Ohio, where he met a fiery street pastor named Larry Hill. Convinced that the Chinese and/or Russians were coming, Hill set himself up as patriarch of an isolated survivalist Christian commune, replete with guns and goats. When he performed, Hill wore a wide Amish hat and a priest's habit, and he sang to hector and convert. But the band didn't really gel until Hill and Markko were joined by Glenn Schwartz, an incendiary blues shromper who had played guitar for the James Gang but had publicly renounced commercial rock. Living collectively, the band made a handful of intense and very strange records, including the Tolkien-inspired folk-rock rarity For Christians, Elves, and Lovers.

Can there really be an album called For Christians, Elves, and Lovers? Evidently, the answer is yes. You can get a copy still in it's shrink-wrap for only $200.

Next time I'm in a band I'm wearing an Amish hat and a cassock.