Artists/Bands Who Have Found Religion And Subsequently Renounced/Abandoned It

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― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Dylan never renounced or abandoned religion. Listen to "Time Out of Mind" from a certain angle: what lover is he singing to? And if you can't tell the difference, that's just part of a long tradition of religious writing.

But an example of what you're looking for: how about Paul Heaton of the Housemartins/Beautiful South?

― Crunchy, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

sunny day real estate: jeremy enigk found religion, disbanded the group for that reason, only to reform several years later and relese "how it feels to be something on," a vestige of my high school days that i refuse to let go of. and it dont talk about jesus none at all.

― ryannyc (ryannyc), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

z-post

well i prolly shouldn't have said 'renounced' necessarily. more like, 'stopped being publicly zealous or proselytyzing'. though that of course for the purpose of this thread includes fully abandoning and renouncing your faith. anyway, carry on!!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

al green is making secular records again, despite still being a preacher. It's nice to hear!

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Is there a sister thread to this just about artists finding religion?

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

Ma$e, yo

― James Morris (HorrayJames), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Well... Bob Dylan quietly returned to a brand of casual Judaism shortly after releasing "Saved." So, he did reject the fish in way. At least that's what I learned at the Bob Dylan Museum.

― Patrick Kinney, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

"Reject the Fish" = my new band name

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)

damnit morris beat me to the mase reference
isn't he down with g-unit now? what the fuck honestly

― nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 05:54 (twenty years ago)

Run DMC, to a certain extent?

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

How about people changing their religion, such as Michael Jackson?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:14 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles all found Buddhism in the late 60s. However, George Harrison was the only one who stuck with it for all of his life.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:16 (twenty years ago)

He thought chanting was melodic.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:24 (twenty years ago)

Leonard Cohen did Jew -> Buddhist -> Jew didn't he?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

I thought George was interested in a mystical Hindu mish-mash.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

Cohen's still a zen Buddhist -- he might mix a little bit of the old hebrew school in his worship/writing, but according to interviews about his latest record and lawsuit, he's all zen.

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― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

U2, sort of - they were part of that Shalom sect just before October.

― mike a, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

- cohen also was/is a scientologist
- larry graham/prince and jehovah's witnesshood (has prince renounced? i know he started performing his old songs and maybe using profanity...)

― petesmith (plsmith), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

Prince is singing his old songs, but still a non-cursing Witnesser (J-Wit?)

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Did that Fishbone guitarist ever return to the fold?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

How about Neil Young with Reaganism?

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

cat stevens too. pardon me, "yusaf islam."

― ryannyc (ryannyc), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

David Thomas of Pere Ubu was a Jehovah's Witness for awhile. I don't think he is anymore.

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles all found Buddhism in the late 60s. However, George Harrison was the only one who stuck with it for all of his life.

George Harrison was not a Buddhist. He was Gaudiya Vaisnava, i.e. Hare Krishna. He died surrounded by ISKCON devotees chanting the mahamantra, gave ISKCON one of its most opulent manors, etc. AFAIK this was the religion that the Beatles all looked into when George was first learning about it.

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Is Richard Thompson still a Muslim?

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Rick James:

Crack, crack whores, sexual torture with crack pipes

Repented and found God

Died of a 9 item coctail overdose, crack included

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Sinead O'Connor's bounced around a bit, including some time in a sect of Catholicism. Dunno what she's into now.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Paul Heaton and the rest of the Housemartins' Christianity was basically a very dry joke that a bunch of journalists repeated.

Buddhism is barely a religion and I'd argue that Zen isn't one at all.

Bono took up Satanism sometime around 84, surely?

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

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