comments_image Comments  Excerpt: 'Body Piercing Saved My Life'
A brief foray into the not-so-seedy underbelly of the Christian
rock scene.  One of the funny things about being a rock
journalist is that you quickly find out that the most restricted
areas of venues are usually dumps. Dressing rooms, tour buses,
and the wings of a stage are all stark exceptions to the glamour
we assume cossets our rock stars.  Switchfoot's trailer at the
Cornerstone [Christian rock festival] was no exception. The
stairs swayed ominously as you entered, and the interior was a
spartan, wood-paneled reminder that this room would be someone
else's home tomorrow. Some of the band members sat on aluminum
chairs talking on their cell phones; others perused the card
table piled high with snacks courtesy of well-wishers from
earlier days: JON, TIM, CHAD & JEROME, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU!
GOD BLESS YOU! read a note affixed to a cellophane-wrapped plate
of cookies.  The group's manager introduced me to the fellows in
the band, and I had a