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The Crossover Connection Week 35: Reliving the Hard Rock/Metal Bands of the Early 1990’s

Posted on September 30, 2023 by expressyourself4him

Listening to today’s featured band from New Jersey is like taking a trip down a musical Memory Lane. The best way to describe Novella’s music genre is somewhere between Guns-n-Roses and Pearl Jam. While their ballads are probably closer to the sound of Boston, Novella does have the ability to crank it up to a hard rock/soft metal.

Now these things are examples (warnings and admonitions) for us not to desire or crave or covet or lust after evil and carnal things as they did, 1 Corinthians 10:6.

My favorite Novella album is A Liquid Earth which is attached in the You Tube above. Songs like Bad Place, Stranger, and Story immediately got my attention. The sound of this album brings me back to my college days with boom boxes blasting rock and roll throughout campus. While Christian bands like Novella have been forgotten over the years, I hope that listening to this album will make you a fan of Novella.

by Jay Mankus

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S.A.N.S. Episode 202: Don’t You Run

Posted on August 22, 2022 by expressyourself4him

Today’s featured song comes from a band that formed after Jonathan Paganno’s current group was disintegrating. Drummer in Adam Gibson was his girlfriend’s brother and Jon Spinolla stood out in an audition to complete Novella. In 1991 this Jersey band released their debut album One Big Sky, but it was their second one entitled A Liquid Earth which put Novella in the national spotlight.

You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth? 8 This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you [Who invited you to freedom in Christ], Galatians 3:7-8.

One of the hit songs from Novella which means story in Latin was Don’t You Run. The lyrics remind me of a similar message that the apostle Paul shared with the Church at Galatia. As a Jewish sect known as the Judaizes stunted the spiritual growth of many believers, God doesn’t want us to run away from conflict. Rather, as Christian’s experience trials, these events refine and test our faith to mature over time. I hope you enjoy Novella’s classic 1990’s rock and roll sound.

by Jay Mankus

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