Got God?

We uncover all the pop and rock icons with religious persuasion.

Religion in music

These musos have seen the light and managed to fit faith into their rock 'n' roll lifestyles.

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Modern music and religion aren't the most comfortable of bedfellows. If anything, the two most often come to loggerheads. Religious groups are easily angered by the pop and rock music scenes' promotion of overt sexuality, drug and alcohol use and lifestyle lacking in morals. Nonetheless there are many musicians who are religious, treading a fine line between their faith and their creative expression.

Discover more religious musos in our Got God photo gallery. Then check out these religions playing a major part in the lives of music's greatest stars:

	Jehovah's Witnesses In their service of God, the Jehovah's Witnesses claim they are in, but not of, the world. That phrase could just as easily apply to the eccentric pop icon Prince. Read more
	Evangelical Christianity The inaugural Australian Idol winner, Guy Sebastian, has always been proud of his Christian beliefs. Rather than trying to hide his religion, the Adelaide evangelical has sought to become a positive example to Christian youth. Read more
	Hinduism In 1968 the Beatles attended a Transcendental Meditation teacher training course in India. The teaching didn't go as expected and the Fab Four cut class before it was time to graduate. Read more
	Buddhism Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys is a poster child for the transformative calming powers of the Buddhist faith. The man who sung "You've got to fight for your right to party" began singing a different tune after a 1993 Himalayan trip. Read more
	Kabbalah Madonna became involved with the Kabbalah movement in the late '90s. By 1997 people were already beginning to question if the Material Girl was becoming the Spiritual Girl. Read more
	Discordianism The KLF, consisting of artists Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, were more than just a band. They were conceptual artists and pranksters wanting to create something new. Read more
	Atheism Frank Zappa had a long running conflict with authority, religion and censorship. He wasn't a great fan of any of them and was quite vocal in his objections. And it was the issue of censorship was where Zappa and organised religion really collided. Read more
	Mormonism Brandon Flowers, the man who wanted to beat up Fall Out Boy, proves one of two things: (a) not all Mormons are polite or (b): Mormons hate Emo. Read more
	Paganism After growing up Catholic, teenaged Fiona Horne, formerly of DEF FX, decided she needed a change of religious perspective. Following a flirtation with Satanism, she turned her attention to the far more cuddly world of neo-pagan mysticism. Read more

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