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In the field of Christian music there are few survivors for any length of time. There are even fewer when it comes to music that appeals to the younger generation. One group stands out in my mind that has changed my world of music forever. Having saturated my early teens with Hard Rock, I came upon a Rock group that sang total Christian lyrics. That group was and is still called today, PETRA. Founded in 1972 by Bob Hartman, 4 bible college students from Ft. Wayne Indiana set out to change the face of Christian music. Bob Hartman, Greg Hough, Bill Glover, and John DeGroff spent their first 2 years playing their music wherever they could parks, fair, colleges and few churches. Most churches wouldn't have them because they thought it was the “devils music