Would be competing with grunge…Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.,…and we all know how

The big clubs to check out bands…the Whiskey, Gazzarri’s, the Troubadour… Local bands had amazing support from their Impressions of that LA/Hollywood music scene? Up for Stryper in Oklahoma in 1985 on their “Soldiers Under Command Tour”. They were blowing up big time in California? PRR: Did Michael and Robert encourage the move, as That led us to being on the California Metal II album. We had new material and were looking to see Wasn’t familiar with the LA scene yet, as Judea was still based in Oklahoma.Ĭali in 1987, with a new singer and bass player. PRR: So, in 1984, were there any other Christianīands that you were aware of other than Stryper? That pre-dates Holy Soldier and Guardian,īand, Petra, Daniel Band…Barren Cross and Barnabas were big in the scene at Instrumental band that just talked about Jesus until we got a singer! Norm, we decided to become a Christian band after we started praying about Plan for Judea to be Christian from the start? PRR: Now, I’m guessing that based upon the name, With Michael and Robert Sweet, so we hit it off, and it went from there. Hitchhiked from Florida, walked in where we were a house band and said he was Paper for a lead guitarist, and a dude named Norm Stevens, who had just Means Judea was right there in the middle of things when metal was reallyīand called Toxxin, and two members quit, which left me and the bass player,

PRR: So, some of those songs were from 1986, which “Wanderer”, “Turning Away”, and all theĭemos, I hadn’t heard those songs in years. YouTube since they were on the California Metal II album.

Old unreleased, but fully produced, songs included in the package, and PRR: How long had it been since you had heard some Order as Judea recently saw its first official album release with our friendsĮven if it was 35 plus years in the making!īrother! It was pretty cool! It actually came out of the blue and happened PRR: Steve, thank you for taking the time to talk

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