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Other Songs A Matter Of Time Adonai All About Who You Know All Fired Up All Over Me All The Kings Horses Altar Ego Amazing Grace Amigos Ancient Days Ancient of Days Angel Of Light Another Crossroad Armed and Dangerous Ask Him In Back To The Rock Back to the Street Backslidin' Blues Be of Good Cheer Beat The System Believer in Deed Bema Seat Better Is One Day Beyond Belief Blinded Eyes Breathe In Chameleon Clean Come and Join Us Computer Brains Counsel of the Holy Creed Cristo Glorioso Rey Dance Dead Reckoning Defector Destiny Disciple Dont Let Your Heart Be Hardened Enter In Falling Up Father of Lights First Love Fools Gold For All Youre Worth For Annie Get Back to the Bible Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man God Fixation God Gave Rock and Roll to You God Is My Refuge Godpleaser Gonna Fly Away Good News Grave Robber Hé, jij daar Hallowed Be Thy Name Hand on My Heart He Came He Saw He Conquered He Came He Saw He Conqured Heart of a Hero Hello Again Hes Been in My Shoes Hey World Hit You Where You Live Hollow Eyes Holy Ghost Power Homeless Few How Long I Am Available I Am On The Rock I Can Be Friends With You I Love the Lord I Love You Lord I Need to Hear from You I Waited for the Lord on High I Will Call Upon the Lord I Will Seek You If I Had To Die For Someone Ill Meet You There Im Not Ashamed I'm Thankful In the Likeness of You It is Finished Its All About Who You Know Jawa Jekyll And Hyde Jekyll & Hyde Jesus Friend Of Sinners Judas Kiss Just Reach Out Kenaniah Killing My Old Man King of Kings Kings Ransom Laat je gaan Last Daze Let Everything Let Everything That Hath Breath Let Our Voices Rise Like Incense Life As We Know It Lift Him Up Lord, I Lift Your Name on High Lord I Ligt Your Name On High Love Lovely Lord Lucas Mcgraw Magnet Of The World Mary's Song Meet With Me Meter O Louco (Fudeu) Midnight Oil Mine Field Mooi is het leven More Power To Ya More Than a Thousand Words More Than Words Never Say Die No Doubt Not by Sight Not of This World Oasis Occupy Onward Christian Soldiers Open Book Over The Horizon Parting Thought Perfect World Petra - Why Should The Father Bother? Pied Piper Praise Ye The Lord Prayer Praying Man Ready, Willing, and Able Right Place Road to Zion Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows Run for the Prize Sacred Trust Satisfy Second Wind Secret Weapon Seen and Not Heard Send Revival Start With Me Set For Life Shadow Of A Doubt Shakin The House Show Your Power Sight Unseen Sincerely Yours Sleeping Giant Somebodys Gonna Praise His Name Song of Moses Speak to the Sky St. Augustines Pears Stand Stand in the Gap Stand Up Storm Comin' Strong Convictions Take Me In Taste and See Test Of Time Thankful Heart The Coloring Song The Holiest Name The Invitation The King of Glory Shall Come In The Longing The Noise We Make The Prodigals Song The Water is Alive Think on These Things Think Twice This Means War Till Everything I Do Too Big Two Are Better Than One Underground Voice in the Wind Walkin in the Light We Hold Our Hearts out to You We Need Jesus We Want To See Jesus Lifted High Whats in a Name Where Can I Go Whole World Who's on the Lord's Side Why Should the Father Bother Witch Hunt Without Him We Can Do Nothing Woman Don't You Know Woulda Shoulda Coulda Yahweh Love You Are I Am You Are My Rock
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Petra is an American music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres and was, for many years, regarded as the "world's most popular Christian rock band". Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock".

Though it disbanded formally in 2006, incarnations have played reunion shows in the years since and released two albums in November 2010, and in November 2017. In 2013, it reformed with a new drummer, Cristian Borneo, and recorded a new song titled "Holy is Your Name", before going back on tour.

With a style initially similar to The Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Petra's sound evolved into a more energetic, driving rock sound in the early 1980s akin to Foreigner, Styx and Journey. Throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s, Petra was one of the world's most popular Christian rock bands, with each of its albums during that period selling hundreds of thousands of copies while the band sold-out arenas and regularly placed songs at the top of Christian radio charts. With its lyrics, music and style, Petra influenced numerous other artists at a time when Christian rock experienced strong opposition from many conservative pastors and churches.

In more than three decades, the band experienced numerous lineup changes yet released 20 studio albums, as well as two Spanish-language and two live albums, selling nearly 10 million copies while being nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning four, and winning 10 Dove Awards. Its biggest hit, "The Coloring Song", reached the top position on three Christian radio charts simultaneously, and at its peak, the band's tours rivaled Amy Grant's in popularity among Christian audiences. Petra was the first rock band inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the first Christian band whose memorabilia was included in the Hard Rock Cafe restaurant chain.

The band announced its retirement in 2005, launching a farewell tour that was recorded for release on CD and DVD. Petra's 33-year career ended with a performance in the early hours of January 1, 2006, in Murphy, North Carolina. However, the band has continued to perform sporadically since then. In November 2010, an incarnation of the band's mid-1980s lineup surfaced under the name Classic Petra.

It released an album, Back to the Rock, featuring one new song ("Too Big To Fail"), one song taken from Greg X. Volz's 2009 album God Only Knows ("[Back To] The Rock"), as well as re-recordings of hits from that era. The band released a companion live CD and DVD in 2011. In 2023, the band celebrated its 50th anniversary with a US and world tour.
Members:
Bob Hartman
John Lawry
John Schlitt
Greg Bailey
Cristian Borneo

Past members:
John DeGroff
Bill Glover
Greg Hough
Greg X. Volz
Rob Frazier
Mike Martin
Tommy Bolles
Steve Schneider
Jym Dingler
Louie Weaver
Mark Kelly
John Slick
Ronny Cates
Jim Cooper
David Lichens
Lonnie Chapin
Pete Orta
Kevin Brandow
Trent Thomason
Bryce Bell
Paul Simmons
Quinton Gibson
From: Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Genre(s): Christian rock, hard rock, contemporary Christian music, country rock
Active From: 1972-2006, 2013-present
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