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[[File:danielamos-ccm_3946.jpg|frame|Note: [[Rule-Abiding Rebel|may be less angry than advertised.]]]]

 

 

 

DA started off in 1974 as a folk group, and signed to Maranatha Records in '75. Needing to come up with enough material for a debut album, they settled on a style that was easy to write and would give them a wide appeal: country-rock. Almost immediately, their ambitions pushed them to the boundaries of the genre, and they soon abandoned the country sound altogether. Unfortunately, while advertising hyped how [[New Sound Album|"bizarre" and "multifaceted"]] their upcoming ''Horrendous Disc'' was, the album itself languished in pre-release limbo for three years, due to some equally-bizarre behind-the-scenes record label shenanigans that, to this day, no one really understands. During this period, DA managed to accidentally run afoul of the über-conservative Christian scene of the '70s several times; this, and their focus on new material over the old country songs at live shows, alienated most of their fans and forced DA to rebuild their fanbase almost from scratch.

Some of their fellow Christians had criticized DA for not gearing their music specifically for the Church body; DA responded with ''The Alarma Chronicles'', a series of four concept albums intended as a wakeup call for Western Christians. The music was cutting-edge New Wave, and the lyrics satirized hypocrisy, dodgy theology, televangelists, and the shallow nature of modern society, tempered with heartfelt meditations on God, doubt, and the band's own failings. This was followed up by ''Darn Floor-Big Bite'', which--though a critical success and considered by many fans DA's best album ever--was a commercial flop.

 

 

The 90's saw DA reunite and resume recording new material. In the 2000's, their productivity slowed down quite a bit, but Terry Scott Taylor is still writing music and none of his bands have officially called it quits.

 

== Personnel: ==

* Terry Scott Taylor: lead vocals, guitar, keys

* Marty Diekmeyer (''DA'' - ''¡Alarma!''): bass

* Greg Flesch (''Fearful Symmetry'' - present): guitar, keys, mandolin

 

* Camarillo Eddy (aka Terry Scott Taylor)

* Berger Roy Al (aka Tim Chandler)

 

 

== Daniel Amos ==

* ''Daniel Amos'' (1976; deluxe edition reissued in 2006)

* ''LITTLE, big'' EP (2002)

* ''All Day Sing and Dinner on the Ground'' EP (2002)

* ''Imaginarium: Songs from [[The Neverhood]]'' (2004)

* ''Random Acts and Hodgepodge'' (2008)

 

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* [[Anime Hair]]: They sported gelled-up hair on the ''Vox Humana'' cover, and the lyrics even referenced it:

the place I wanna be. }}

* [[Anonymous Band]]: The Swirling Eddies.

* [[Eyeless Face]]: The ''¡Alarma!'' cover.

* [[I Am Not Shazam]]:

* [[Name's the Same]]: Before getting the record deal, they called themselves Jubal's Last Band, then shortened it to Jubal. At a Maranatha Music Group meeting, they had a chance run-in with Daryl Mansfield and realized that his new band was also named Jubal. Embarrassed at the overlap, both bands immediately decided to change their names.

* [[Listing Cities]]: Or rather, listing seminaries on "Hide the Beer, the Pastor's Here".

* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: ''Fearful Symmetry'', after a line from [[William Blake]]'s "Tyger Tyger".

* [[Punny Name]]: Most of the Swirling Eddies' pseudonyms.

** ''Songs of the Heart'' is the story of Bud and Irma Arkendorf, an elderly couple on their last vacation together.

* [[Rule-Abiding Rebel]]: DA wasn't offensive, but their material demanded contemplation. As a result, folks with an overly-narrow opinion of Christianity and Christian rock frequently took offense at their material, and DA earned an entirely-unwanted reputation as a "controversial" band.

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