 
                THE ROCK AND ROLL "NIGHTMARE"
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( Article taken from a publication of Thunder and Lightning Ministries
New Buffalo, MI  -----  The Gospel Truth: A publication of Southwest
Radio Church P.O. Box 1144, Oklahoma City, OK 73101)
 
 
        As drugs and the occult continue to deceive and destroy
thousands and thousands  of young  people,  rock  performers
continue  to  encourage  the  youth  of this nation to go deeper
into the darkness.  The Book  of Revelation speaks  of a
final battle between the light and the darkness. The true light
is Jesus Christ and the prince of darkness is a fallen musical
angel named Lucifer (Isa.  l4:9-17; Ezek. 28:l2-19). The Book of
Revelation c1early shows Satan (Lucifer) the ultimate loser doing
all he can to deceive and destroy mankind.
 
      "And there was war in heaven...and the dragon fought and his
angels, And they prevailed not...And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent,  called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him" (Rev. l2:7-9).
 
      Did you pick it up?  Jesus cast the devil down to earth because
he was a rebel and a deceiver. The prince of darkness was cast
out of Heaven and he landed on the earth.  Because of God's love when
He created people on this planet, they immediately became the enemy's
target (Genesis 2-3).
 
                      HIS STRATEGY
 
       Lucifer's ultimate strategy is to deceive people and he is very
clever about it.  Through rock groups, he tells young people
of rock performers are into drugs and the occult. They are followers
of Lucifer, and in like manner they are liars and deceivers.
 
                      TWISTED SISTER
       This  group is perverted  and wicked.  The lead singer,
Dee Snyder, his face filled with anger and hatred, sings songs like
''Burn in Hell.''  He is characteristic of the god he serves, the
twisted one himself, the devil.  Unfortunately, the majority of
current rock groups are being twisted and deceived by him,
including  Motley  Crue,  Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne,
Kiss, Judas Priest, Exodus, Venom, Blue Oyster  Cult,  AC/DC,
Slayer,  the  Plasmatics, the Dead Kennedys, David Bowie,
and Alice Cooper.
 
               WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
 
      So declares Alice Cooper. He should know all about it.
His real name is Vince Furnier and he admits he got his stage
name from a Ouija board which told him that he would be a rock
star if he changed his name to Alice Cooper.
      The  Bible  warns people not to get involved with tarot
cards,  Ouija boards, occult books, and astrology, some of which
falls under the scriptural term ''divination.''
       All of these practices are inspired by Lucifer
  and his hordes to deceive people into believing his lies.
These evil powers mix an element of what appears to be truth
with a lot  of error.  Don't get involved with the occult. It is a
highway to Hell.  It's no game.  The Bible makes it very c1ear not
to bring an accursed thing into your home or you will become a
curse, just as it is (Deut. 7:26).
 
    Since music was originally created to glorify God and speak of
good things, the twisted one has corrupted it. The music of this
generation is literally corrupting and destroying the youth of America
and the world.  As Gene Simmons, the lead singer of the satanic rock
group Kiss, says in his song "God of Thunder," "I was raised by
demons,  and I command you to kneel before the god of thunder, god
rock and roll."  Another satanic group by the name of Slayer sing
songs like, "Ride the Demon Out," "Final Command," and "The
Anti- christ."  They wear inverted crosses and, like Kiss,
practice satanic blood rituals in their concerts.
 
                         VENOM
 
    Things are getting extremely wicked.  Satanic groups like Venom
are projecting more and more evil on the youth of this generation.
On the back of one of their album covers any teenager can read these
words of blasphemy: "Without any fear of God/ Were possessed by all
that is evil/ The death of you we demand/ And sit at lord satan's
left hand."
    We are living in the very last days and the spirit of Antichrist
is reflected more and more in the music scene of this generation.
 
                         AC/DC
 
    This is another satanic group singing songs of darkness and evil.
They encourage young people to follow them on a "Highway to  Hell."
"Ain't nothin' I'd rather/Goin' down for the last time/ My friends
are gonna be there, to/ I'm on a highway to hell/Hey, Satan, I paid
my dues/ Playing in a rockin' band/ Hey, Momma, look at me/ I'm on
the way to the promised land/ I'm on the highway to hell/ don't stop
me."  This song is just one of many current rock songs that call
evil and good evil.
 
                      KILLING CHILDREN
 
    The  blasphemous  rock  group  Dead Kennedys are anti-christ and
anti-American.  they encourage murder in their song "I Kill
Children": "God told me to skin you alive (the god of this world,
Satan)/I kill children/ I love to see them die/ I kill children to
make their mothers cry/ I crust them under my car/ And I love to
hear them scream/ I feed them poison candy/ And spoil their
Halloween/ I kill children."  This is just another song that the
youth of this nation have turned to.
 
   It should be mentioned that the back of one of the album covers
by this satanic punk rock group features a picture of Jesus hung
on an American dollar bill in the form of a cross with the number
666 over His head.  This is total blasphemy.
 
    Parents, think about what your teen-ager may be listening to.
The majority of rock and punk rock music is inspired by the
prince of darkness and his sole purpose is to steal, kill, and
destroy(John 10:10).  The music scene of this generation is
reflecting his intentions boldly and without reservation.
 
                  MUSIC THAT MURDERS
 
    Space does not permit a listing of all the songs that encourage
suicide and murder.  Songs like "Suicide Solution" by  Ozzy Osbourne
and "Don't Fear the Reaper" by the Blue Oyster Cult have encouraged
the death of more than one young person.   As Elton John sings:
"Yea, I'm gonna kill myself/Cause a little headline news/Like
to see what the papers say/On the state of the teenage blues."
 
    The Police have recorded a wicked song that promotes murder
entitled "Murder by Number."  Pay attention to some of the lyrics:
"Now if you have a taste for this experience/ And you're flushed
with your very first success/ Then you must try a twosome or a
threesome/ And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less/
Because murder is like anything you take to/ It's a habit-forming
need for more and more/ You can bump off every member of your
family/ And anybody else you find a bore."
 
      Exodus, another satanic group, released a song entitled
Boned by Blood.  This song deals with a satanic blood pact and
has the following lyric in song: "Whip out the chains/Get the
knife and some innocent fool/Bloody corpse makes me feel great."
Other groups like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Motley Crue have
also influenced the death of more than one teenager in America.
 
     The heavy metal group Iron Maiden have an occultic mascot they
use on album covers and in their live concerts called Eddy.  He is
a symbol of evil.  As reported in the  Toronto Sun, November 1,  l980,
the trial of a 14-year-old boy accused in the savage murder of three
members of a Scarborough family heard tales of devil worship, heavy
metal rock music, and an evil alter ego nicknamed "Eddy."  The article
goes on to say how this teenager was directly influenced by Iron
Maiden and the influence of their occultic symbol and mascot Eddy
in the murder of Arthur Irwin, his wife Joyce, and daughter Kelly.
 
                    THE ROARING LION
 
     As the children of light become more Christ-like, so the prince
of darkness is transforming his followers into his image.  Consider
the picture of occult rock star Ozzy Osborne.  He is seen on the
album Blizzard of Oz with long, lion-like hair and teeth.
Revelation  9:8 says, "And they had hair as the hair of women, and
their teeth were as the teeth of lions"  This chapter of
Revelation is full of symbols, but this army of evil that he
describes includes the faces of men who had hair like women
and teeth like lions.  In his album, The Ultimate Sin,
Ozzy is clearly seen on the cover in the process of a total
transformation into the image of the devil himself.
 
     In Hit Parader magazine (Jan. l983) Ozzy said, "Nothing
I do is an act." It's not all just a bunch of show business,
it's occult business.
 
                      HIDEOUS ALBUM COVERS
 
     Take a good look at the majority of rock album covers and
you will see snakes, dragons, pentigrams, hexigrams, lightning
bolts, satanic hand salutes (index finger and little finger raised),
and other symbols of the occult.  Uriah Heep, another satanic
group,  have released an evil album called Abominog.  The face of
a devil on the cover is so evil that it defies description.  The
group admits to being into the occult (Hit Parader, Jan. 1983).
 
     Just as the Lord inspires people to write, draw, and sing, so
too does the prince of darkness inspire his followers.  The majority
of rock album covers are drawn, inspired, and symbolized under the
influence of the evil one.   A lot of artists who draw these kinds
of pictures are on drugs and their spiritual inspiration comes
from demonic powers.  The enemy is very clever.  He wants to get his
signature or picture on those things that he inspires.  Think
about it.
 
                    HOTEL CALIFORNIA
 
     Anton LaVey is the high priest of the First Church of Satan
in San Francisco California He played the part of the devil in
the movie Rosemary's Baby and he also works with a lot of popular
rock stars.  He has inspired books and music, including such
compositions as the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil."
 
     He has also influenced the Eagles, who are also into the
occult.  On the Eagles album cover Hotel  California, there is
featured what the Eagles refer to as Hotel California, but in
reality is a picture of what was once the First Church of Satan in
San Francisco (it has reportedly re-located).  When you open this
album cover and look on the left side, Anton LaVey can be seen
standing in an upper window.  His arms are outstretched, as he mocks
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
 
                      IRON MAIDEN
 
    The satanic rock group Iron Maiden has a wicked album out entitled
The Number the Beast.  It has been an album played over and over again
by thousands of teen-agers.  This album encourages young people to take
the mark or number of the beast in the future.  This is the vote of
Lucifer speaking through the songs of this group to deceive and
manipulate a generation of young people.
 
     This album includes a song by the same title.  Vincent Price who
is deeply into the occult is also featured in this song.  This song
begins with Mr. Price saying the wicked introduction.  Then the
following lyrics can be heard: "666 the number of the beast/ 666 the
one for you and me/ I'm coming back/ I will return/ And I'll
possess your body and I'll make you burn/ I have the fire/ I have the
force/ I have the power to make my evil take its course."
 
     Vincent Price was also featured on the occult Thriller album by
Michael Jackson and on Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare.
 
                  ALEISTER CROWLEY
 
      Aleister Crowley was a well-known satanist from England who was
involved in hideous satanic rituals which encouraged all manner of
evil, including animal and human sacrifices.   He was in league with
Lucifer, who showed him how music could be used to influence young
people into satanic worship through secret messages written or
recorded backward.
 
    For example, Led Zeppelin has used the teachings of Aleister
Crowley for quite some time by encoding secret messages in their
songs.  When their song "Stairway to Heaven" is played backward,
the listener can clearly hear these words: ''I sing because I live
with Satan."
 
     Jimmy Page, a member of the band, is presently living in Aleister
Crowley's mansion in England and he has opened up an occultic
bookstore.  Other satanic groups that use satanic messages on their
records, in what has been termed "backward masking" include Motley
Crue,  Iron Maiden, Queen, AC/DC, Styx, and the Beatles.  The
satanic rock performer Ozzy Osbourne has a song out entitled
"Mr. Crowley."  It's not all just a bunch of show business, it's
occult business.   Remember the words of Ozzy: "Nothing I do is
an act."
 
                    SEANCES ON STAGE
 
     The majority of rock stars are into drugs and the occult.  A lot
of these groups openly worship the devil in the lyrics of their songs
and on the concert stages of large auditoriums throughout America.This
should not be, but nevertheless it's happening. The group
Black Sabbath often tell young people to surrender their lives to
Satan in their concerts.  And Stevie Nicks works with the Welch
Witch Publishing Company.  She dedicates her songs in live concerts
to all the witches in the world.
 
     The Plasmatics features Wendy O. Williams as their model of
evil.  She comes across as a sensual snake poisoning the minds of
her victims with open satanic worship and pornographic exhibitionism.
The occultic pentigram hangs in the background of their stage
performances and, like Rush and other occultic rock groups who use the
pentigram, the Plasmatics are out to corrupt the youth of America.
 
                           PRINCE
 
    His evil music encourages sexual perversion, incest, homosexuality,
and an immoral lifestyle.  Prince mocks and blasphemes the Lord Jesus
in song and in concerts all across America.  He has gone so far as to
even tell young people to consider him their messiah.  Not only does
he dedicate each of his albums to "God," on his album 1999, he
blasphemes God in his song "Let's Pretend  We're  Married":   Whatever
you heard about me is true/ I change the rules and do what I wanna do
(rebellion)/ I'm in love with God/ He's the only way/ Cause you and I
know we gotta die someday/ You think I'm crazy/ You're probably right
/ But I'm gonna have fun every (expletive deleted) night/ I'm goin'
to another life/ How 'bout you?"
 
     Prince is unfortunately controlled by the evil one.  He is
following the prince of darkness and leading multitudes of young
people and adults in the direction of Hell!  Don't be fooled by the
religious overtones in his music.  The motivation is evil and
blasphemous.
 
                        MADONNA
 
      She comes across like a female Prince.  Her music is all of
sexual immorality and she has unfortunately become a model to
tens of thousands of impressionable teenagers.  Her harlot image
coincides with her life history.  She has played in pornographic
movies and her switch to the rock music scene has not changed her
"anything goes" philosophy.  Madonna admitted that the reason she
wears a cross is because she always liked the appearance of a naked
man.
 
      Madonna is an ungodly woman who needs the Jesus she blasphemes
in her words and actions.  She is like Prince, anti-Christ and
blasphemous in her words and actions.
 
          ROCK GROUPS WHO HAVE THE SAME NAME AS A DEMON
 
      When Lucifer rebelled against the Lord, he was cast out of
Heaven with a third of the angels who then became demons.  We must
remember that these beings have distinct personalities.  These
spiritual powers and rulers of darkness are evil.  Their current
mission is to deceive and destroy as many people as they can.  They
do not want people to come to know Jesus Christ because their father
is now the devil and he is opposed to God.
 
     One-third of these fallen angels are with Lucifer now, but
two-thirds are still in the kingdom of light (Rev. l2:4).  There are
more angels of light than demons of darkness.  However, we must not
take lightly the reality that there are literally tens of thousands of
evil powers in this universe, most of whom are directed by Lucifer
to influence and control people and lead them into deception and
eternal damnation.
 
     According to a report by Dale Griffis, a police investigator
in occult related crimes for 20 years, in the satanic black mass a
number of occult books are used.   He discovered that some of the
actual names of various demons worshipped in these evil masses had
the same names as a lot of the current popular rock groups.  In
other words, some of these rock groups had taken the name of one of
the demons they worshipped.  A few of the names he listed were AC/DC,
Rush, Kiss, and Heart.
     Think about it.  This is proof again that there is a direct
influence between current rock groups and the demons they are
serving.
 
                       THE BEAST
 
     We are living in a wicked and rebellious generation.  All Hell
is breaking loose because the enemy knows that his time is short.
He is working day and night to draw as many people into his web of
destruction as he can (Rev  12:12).
 
     We are living in the very last days. As the return of Jesus
draws near, the Scriptures make it very clear that in the generation
of the Lord's return there would be those living on the planet that
would be for Christ, but there would also be those who would be given
over to the lies of Lucifer(2 Tim. 3:1-l0; 1 John 2:l8).  Although
this condition has enlisted for a long time, the Scriptures make it
clear that as we approach the final chapters of prophecy, evil
men and seducers will was worse and worse, deceiving and being
deceived (2 Tim. @:l@).  A wicked occultic ruler will
eventually emerge on the scene who will encourage a cashless
society controlled by marks to be placed on the right hand or
forehead of people.  This wicked system and coming dictator is
known in the Scriptures as the beast.  Revelation l3 speaks of
the rising up of such a wicked system in the last days.  The
stage is being set.
 
     The satanic rock group Motley Crue has a song out entitled
"God Bless the Children of the Beast."  There are a lot of
rock groups who are singing songs about the beast.  Lucifer has
lied to them and told them that this coming beast system is good.
The enemy is a liar and he is deceiving a lot of rock groups and
their fans.
 
     Once again, the Scriptures make it clear that any one who
takes the mark of the beast will be eliminated from any hope of
Heaven and will suffer the judgments of Almighty God and have
their place in an eternal lake of fire (Rev. 14:9-11; 19:20).
A lot of these rock groups make Lucifer sound like he is the
one young people should follow and that Hell is going to be one
big eternal party, but in reality this place called Hell is
no party.  As a matter of fact, it is a place so horrible that
words cannot adequately describe the horror and terror of going
to such a place.
                            666
 
     A lot of rock album covers feature this series of numbers.
The satanic rock group Black Sabbath have the number 666 over
the bedpost of a naked man circled by demons on one of their
album covers.  Other groups sing about this number 666.  Space
does not permit all that might be said about this number sequence,
but it is mentioned clearly in Revelation l3:l8.  The Scriptures
make it clear in this chapter speaking of the last days and the
rising up of this beast system and its occultic dictator that
some kind of mark would be utilized in controlling the money systems
of the world.
 
     The stage is obviously being prepared for the emerging beast
kingdom and its dictator that the Scriptures warn about.  This
wicked ruler who is also known as the Antichrist is most likely
living right now.  The return of Jesus is near, and so is this
wicked ruler.  There is a war going on between the light and the
darkness.  The enemies  of the Gospel will ultimately be defeated
and cast into an eternal lake of fire.  This includes the beast,
every false prophet, the wicked ruler (the Antichrist),the children
of darkness, and Lucifer himself (Rev. 19:19-20; 20:10).
 
                       CULTURE SHOCK
 
     "Culture shock" is a term used to express the unpleasant
feeling of suddenly finding yourself in an environment that is
totally foreign to what one has become accustomed to.  A lot of
us are beginning to feel this way about America.  In the not too
distant past,  abortion was looked down upon and discussed only
occasionally.  The majority of Americans knew abortion was wrong;
they knew it was murder.  Drugs were discussed in medical terms,
but now it is a social expression and daily way of life for a large
part of the American people. Homosexuality was shunned as a
disgusting perversion.  Pornography was an unthinkable consideration
for the majority of citizens of this country.  Rock concerts that
openly encourage the youth of America to take drugs, be immoral,
perverted, rebel against their parents and country, and serve and
worship Lucifer in their concerts throughout America was not a
concern.  There was a time when laws were enforced and drugs would
not be allowed to circulate to the youth of this nation in our city
auditoriums as various concerts took place.
 
     But all this has changed over the past 30 years.  During this
interval, the plague of drugs, venereal disease, immorality,
abortion, and occult practices are spreading
like a plague of Hell throughout America.  This corruption is
literally destroying the home of the brave and the land of the free,
as thousands and thousands of people continue to worship false gods,
welcome Eastern philosophies, experiment with drugs, and practice an
"anything goes" humanistic approach to life.  A lot of changes
have taken place in our country over the past 30 years.
 
     The  traditional acceptance of prayer in our public schools
is now forbidden by the occultic elite, while the theory of
evolution is exalted and the facts of creationism are dismissed.
Our country is under attack and the only hope for America is Jesus
Christ.  The American people need to return to the Lord, repent of
their sins against God, and turn from their false gods.   The Word
of God brings hope to a people and a nation that have gone astray,
but we must obey and hearken to the Word of the Lord. "And
if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and prey, and seek  my face and turn from their wicked was; then
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
their land"(2 Chron. 7:l4).
 
     This is a message of hope to America, but there is also this
written warning from the Lord: "The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Ps. 9: l7).
 
     A lot of us are feeling the effects off the culture shock right
here in America, and we haven't even gone anywhere.  We need to
turn back to the Lord individually and collectively before it is
too late!
 
     The rock group Culture  Club has blended into the culture
shockwaves felt throughout this nation.  This generation is plagued
by marijuana, cocaine, crack, and drugs of all kinds.  The lead
singer of this group,  Boy George, has taken on the appearance of a
woman and encourages a homosexual lifestyle.  The name of their
group is characteristic of their motivations.  In others words,
"Come on and join the club.  We are encouraging a new culture."
This present culture is plagued by drugs.  Boy George is a victim
of drugs himself, with a reported addiction to heroin.
 
     The plague of AIDS and other forms of venereal disease is taking
its toll on this generation and yet rock performers like Boy George,
Prince, and Mick Jagger, encourage sexual perversions in their music.
Although rock music is not the only channel of communication to this
generation in the promotion of rebellion and immorality, nevertheless,
it is a major channel of influence to the youth of this nation.
 
     All Eastern religions and most false cults promote the
philosophy of reincarnation.  This is just another lie of Lucifer. The
Bible says that there is no such thing as reincarnation (Heb. 9:27).
There is a Heaven and there is a Hell,  and that is a reality
(John l4; Rev. 21; Luke l6:19-31).  Reincarnation is another
lie of Lucifer, a deception, and an error in philosophical opinion.
 
      The  Beatles released a song called "Instant Karma" that
reflected the Hindu philosophy of reincarnation.  Their song
"My Sweet Lord"  was dedicated to the demon god Krishna and not
Jesus.  The Beatles studied and followed the teachings of Maharish
Mahesh Yogi and his occultic philosophies.  They were forerunners
in spreading transcendental meditation, drugs, and anti-Christ
messages in their music.
 
     Transcendental meditation, also known as TM, has captured the
attention of thousands of people in America.  The Beatles helped
in promoting these Eastern views that have spread and poisoned the
minds of thousands, young and old alike.  Those who become involved
with TM are given a mantra.  This mantra is a few words that are
chanted repeatedly.  The public is informed that this is to reduce
stress, when in reality the mantra is actual1y the name of a Hindu
deity.  As people chant their mantra, they often receive unusual
visions or revelations.   This experience is not God; it is of the
devil.
 
     Lucifer has deceived multitudes of people into believing another
of his lies.   The public is told that TM is purely scientific and
that it is not a religion.  This is a lie.  It is not scientific, it
is occultic.
 
     The  Culture Club has recorded and released a song called
"Karma Chameleon."   We must remember that a chameleon changes its
color in order to adapt to its environment, and then it cleverly
blends in.  Boy George has obvious1y changed his appearance to a
colorful, gay image; and karma is an Eastern philosophy that holds
a belief in reincarnation.  This belief system is contrary to the
teachings of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible.
 
     Since Lucifer is a fallen musical angel, should it really
surprise anyone that he would use and twist music in order to twist
and destroy lives?  Rock and roll music is the major communication
channel to the youth of this generation.  Music can be used for
good or evil.  Unfortunately,  the majority of rock, punk rock,
and heavy metal music is satanic.
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