Paul Loader recounts the late '70s, early '80s history of Bristol metal band AMAZIAH
Source: http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/
One of the strangest subsections of the Christian music industry is the niche market for rare Christian vinyl which exists among American record collectors. Just why oldies enthusiasts are prepared to pay huge amounts for copies of Agape's 'Gospel Hard Rock' (1971) or The Crusaders' 'Make A Joyful Noise With Drums And Guitars' (1966) is to most British minds a complete mystery. It just seems that of the tens of thousands of releases which sell in small quantities, a few are designated "collectable" and fuelled by their rare appearances in album auctions their "value" shoots ever upwards. Mark Allan Powell's book Encyclopedia Of Contemporary Christian Music features an entry for a late '70s hard rock band called Amaziah and concludes with the amazing revelation that "a copy of Amaziah's album with its original cover can sell for up to $1,500." What is intriguing about Amaziah's brief history was that they were British.
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