Petra in 2013 (l to r): Cristian Borneo, John Schlitt, Bob Hartman, and Greg Bailey
Petra is an American rock musical band considered as one of the pioneers in Christian rock and Contemporary Christian music. Formed in 1972, the band went through 33 years of musical career, officially disbanding in 2006. However, since then, several incarnations of Petra have played reunion shows through the years as well as recording albums. The band returned from retirement in 2013 to celebrate its 40th Anniversary.
Petra's musical style included at various times southern and country rock, pop rock, techno influenced rock, synth rock, hard rock, metal, progressive rock and praise and worship.
The name Petra comes from the Greek word for "rock".
Discography[]
- Petra (1974)
- Come and Join Us (1977)
- Washes Whiter Than (1979)
- Never Say Die (1981)
- More Power to Ya (1982)
- Not of this World (1983)
- Beat the System (1985)
- Captured In Time and Space (1986)
- Back to the Street (1986)
- This Means War! (1987)
- On Fire! (1988)
- Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out (1989)
- Beyond Belief (1990)
- Unseen Power (1991)
- Petra en Alabanza (1992)
- Wake-Up Call (1993)
- No Doubt (1995)
- Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus (1997)
- God Fixation (1998)
- Double Take (2000)
- Revival (2001)
- Jekyll & Hyde (2003)
- Jekyll & Hyde en Español (2004)
- Petra Farewell (2005)
Classic Petra
- Back to the Rock (2010)
- Back to the Rock Live (2011)
Band members[]
- Greg X. Volz
- Louie Weaver
- Mark Kelly
- John Lawry
- Greg Hough
- John DeGroff
- Bill Glover
- Rob Frazier
- John Slick
- Ronny Cates
- Jim Cooper
- David Lichens
- Lonnie Chapin
- Pete Orta
- Kevin Brandow
- Trent Thomason
- Bryce Bell
- Quinton Gibson
- Paul Simmons
- Greg Bailey
- Cristian Borneo
- John Schlitt
- Bob Hartman