Article: Catholic artists struggle as Christian music draws fans. (only non-Catholic musicians were available to perform at the Catholic Youth Conferences in Kansas City, MO, Nov 20-23, 1997)(Cover Story)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Here's some vocabulary you're not likely to encounter at most gatherings of adult Catholics: "mosh pit," "crowd surfing,n and "Dude, that last band was the bomb!n

But at the Nov. 20-23 National Catholic Youth Conference, such argot was the rule of the day, as the 14,000 teens assembled for the nation's largest meeting of Catholic youth were rocked by an all-star lineup of Christian bands. The experience brought into focus the explosive growth in the Christian music industry -- and the relatively slower development of its Catholic sub-genre.

For those whose notion of Christian music comes from watching syrupy 1970s-era Sunday ...

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