R&R Religion

Interprets as Pete Townshend have explored the spiritual aspects in their work. A common use of "rock god" acknowledges the religious term quality of the adulation of rock stars receive. John Lennon became famous for his statement in 1966 that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus." However, he later said that this statement is misunderstood and is not intended to be anti-Christian.
Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Slayer and many others were also accused of this vicious circle, immoral or have a "bad" influence on their listeners. anti-religious sentiment also appeared in the punk and hardcore. There are examples of the song "burden" by Minor Threat, famous logo and name of the band Bad Religion and criticism of Christianity and all religion is an important theme in punk Anarcho-punk/Crust

Christianity
Christian rock, alternative rock, metal, punk, hardcore and a particular, identifiable genre of rock music with a strong Christian tone and effect. Many groups and individuals who are not considered Christian rock artists have their own religious beliefs.For example, U2's The Edge is a Methodist and Brandon Flowers of The Killers is a Mormon. [Citation needed]
However, some Christian conservatives choose the genres of hip-hop and rock and blues and jazz beats containing forest or jungle music, and said it was the pace or style of music that is intrinsically bad immoral, and / or sensual. So they think all the songs on the hop, rap and hip-rock genre is inherently bad because of the beat of the song, regardless of the lyrics or messages. Some even extend this analysis to Christian rock songs.
Conservative Christian author David Noebel is one of the most prominent supporters of the existence of forest beats. In his writings and speeches, Noebel argued that the use of rhythms of the music is a communist plot to subvert the morals of American youth States.Pope famous Benedict XVI expressed his belief that Rock "is a ... expression of lust element, and at rock festivals it sometimes assumes the character of worship, a form of worship, in fact, contrary to Christian worship.
Atheism

Lemmy from Motörhead, Slayer's Kerry King and Noel Gallagher of Oasis oragnostics famous rock star atheist. John Lennon released the popular success Imagine, describe a better world where religion is not present.Atheism, in a broad sense, is the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist. Atheism is contrasted with theism which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.

Satanism
Some metal bands use the images but do not worship Satan, or even believe in Satan. Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper was reported Anglicans are born-again Christian. In some cases, however, the players notice a metal devil. Varg Vikernes pagan and many others in the early Norwegian black metal scene devil in the genre of local subcontractors, although arson condemned by several leading figure in the Norwegian black metal scene, as Kjetil Manheim.