what jobs do Christian Rock and metal musicians work?

does anyone know what day jobs Christian rockers work since surely the vast majority can't make a full time living from it? I remember Lincoln Bowen from Mortification, at least when he left the band before coming back, had left to be a school teacher. One of the guys in Project 86 is a youth pastor. We can even expand this to secular artists too, I think it's interesting. Sometime back I read that Fenriz from Darkthrone works for the postal service.

Just read that David Lee Roth after Van Halen worked as a paramedic in nyc. How cool would that be, call ems and the singer from van Halen shows up

Chris Impelletteri has a LinkedIn profile that says he's a financial advisor.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-impellitteri/8/516/653

Ken Tamplin has a voice academy.

I know David Bunton from The Showdown works at Verizon (i follow him on Twitter)
Tyler Hoare from Blessed By A Broken Heart owns a Tattoo Parlor in Montreal
Tony Gambino from BBABH is a wedding photographer
Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter owns Invisible Creature with his brother Don, they do toys and package desgins for Disney,Lego,Nike,and even Microsoft
http://www.invisiblecreature.com/

Les Carlsen works in direct marketing.

Roger Martinez is in real estate.

Guy Ritter works in digital media production at Keycode Media.

George Ochoa works as Account Manager at a building company.

Erik Mendez is a painter contractor.

Brian Kairullah teaches an Electrician diploma at a trade college.

Gary Lenaire works for Boss/Roland in their Artist Relations Dept.

Years ago when I interviewed Extol, one of them was an elementary school teacher.

Rick Florian from White Heart is a real estate agent.
Billy Smiley from White Heart is a music producer.
John Lawry from Petra runs a recording studio.
Michael Bloodgood is a pastor at Calvary Chapel in Redmond, WA
Ronnie Martin from Joy Electric pastors Substance Church in Ashland, OH
Andrew Schwab from Project 86 is a men's pastor at Crossroads Church of Denver
Jason Martin from Starflyer 59 is a truck driver.

Those are off the top of my head.

SaltLife wrote:Just read that David Lee Roth after Van Halen worked as a paramedic in nyc. How cool would that be, call ems and the singer from van Halen shows up

His dad's a doctor so it makes sense.

BTW, half the guys listed here don't even claim to be Christians.

Since we are talking, anyone know what Matt Smith (Theocracy) does for a living? I think I've heard that he does music production work (outside of Theocracy), but I didn't know if that was a hobby for him or something he does for a living.

That's really interesting about Jason Martin, is he a long distance driver? If so then I wonder how he gets time for writing and recording. I used to kinda know a guy that did that and he was gone working all the time

Jason martin was a truck driver for his dads shipping business...now that his dad has passed away, he is the CEO...IAMACEO was the name of sf59's last album...

srguenther wrote:Jason martin was a truck driver for his dads shipping business...now that his dad has passed away, he is the CEO...IAMACEO was the name of sf59's last album...

Yeah, I knew he was in charge, and thought he still drove.

bjorn agin wrote:Since we are talking, anyone know what Matt Smith (Theocracy) does for a living? I think I've heard that he does music production work (outside of Theocracy), but I didn't know if that was a hobby for him or something he does for a living.

I read that he's a writer for a technical company and writes tech manuals.

What does Scott Waters do?

Models vests... j/k

Believer isn't really a Christian band, they admit to being Christians but deflect almost any question about it, but (lead vocalist/guitarist) Kurt Bachman is a cancer doctor and (drummer) Joey Daub is a mechanical engineer. I forget what (keyboardist/programmer) Jeff King does but I believe he's a pretty smart guy too.

Bill Menchen of several bands is (was, maybe, haven't heard much from him in a while) a forklift mechanic.
Our own Alldat of Mission Of One is a pastor and a teacher's assistant, I believe.
Gary Mann of Barnabas is (was, maybe, again, I don't know for sure) a computer whiz.

Becoming the Archetype (older):
Seth Hecox was a delivery driver for Domino's (now enrolled in seminary in WA state)
Duck was a Starbucks barista
Jason Wisdom and his wife work at a children's home (or boy's ranch, something like that)
Jon Star was an audio/home theater technician
Alex Kenis from Solamors/BtA/Aletheian was strictly a musician for a while and made money on the side for amp repairs as well as bicycle repairs

Broken Flesh:
Brandon Lopez from Broken Flesh/BtA is an assistant manager at Guitar Center
Kevin Tubby is a landscaping engineer as well as an audio technician

Bloodline Severed:
Corey Weaver is a pastor (and I believe has another sales job)
David Whichard works for Bank of America
Aaron Macemore is a design technician for Lowe's Home Improvement (corporate)
John Snyder was a jailer and got back into cabinetry and making custom drum kits
Daniel Macemore works for a company making boxes for various companies

DC from Vials of Wrath is a graphic artist and was a youth pastor for a little while

Whisper from Heaven:
Hunter Routh is a Starbucks barista
Darren Overcash is an accountant
Kelly Cox was a police officer but left the band to join the Marines
...and I am a graphic artist and session musician.

Syringe:
Michael Robles is a jailer
Ricky Pool works for a medical center
James Urias is a repair technician for guitars/bass/amps/pedals/speakers etc.

Michael Sweet was a park ranger near Cape Cod in the 90's
Tim Gaines worked at Guitar Center in the 90's

Billy Fraser from (Discern, Oblation, Perseverance, Summoned) works at a medical pre-screening company.

I have heard that Alan Tregoning (Oblation, Flesh Walker) works in IT for McKinney (TX) Public Schools.

This thread looks familiar...

Frank Clifton Herring Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards for Messenger works for the USPS in DC

I swear I saw at some point that at least some of the original X-Sinner guys were either aerospace engineers or worked for NASA, but I can't find it now.

Jim LaVerde (Barren Cross) does lighting work for movies.

Shawn Browning (Grave Robber) is a pastor and is working on getting his real estate license.

messiaen77 wrote:Shawn Browning (Grave Robber) is a pastor and is working on getting his real estate license.

oh oh... 8-[