God Fixation

God Fixation is the seventeenth studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released on April 21, 1998.
The album features 3 new members: guitarist Pete Orta guitarist/keyboardist Kevin Brandow and bassist Lonnie Chapin. All new members worked on the music and lyrics of the new songs contributing heavily to the sound of this album, which is more modern and less driving than most of their previous work.
With Orta, Chapin and Brandow established in the band, they joined with Schlitt and Weaver to produce the incarnation's first full-fledged Petra album, God Fixation. The three new members were given broad reign to influence the music as they wrote songs with Hartman, leading to a drastic change toward a mellower rock sound.
Though the album was praised by critics as "fresher and more immediate than [Petra] has been in a long time," hailed for "strong" music and songwriting and nominated for a Grammy, fans clearly rejected the album's alt-rock, mid-tempo feel. The album failed to reach any higher than 10th on the Billboard Christian albums chart and missed the Billboard 200 altogether.
Faced with criticism that the band had strayed too far from its hard-rock roots and did not "sound like Petra anymore," Schlitt responded: "Petra wasn't selling worth a stink. Petra was going down the drain, and I don't want to go down the drain yet."
God Fixation was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999

Lineup

John Schlitt (Head East) - Lead Vocals
Pete Orta - Guitar/Vocals
Lonnie Chapin - Bass/Vocals
Louie Weaver (Randy Matthews, Fireworks, Classic Petra, CPR) - Drums
Kevin Brandow - Keyboards/Guitars/Vocals

Guest Artists

Bob Hartman - Guitars
Robert Freeman - Violin
Brian Wooten - Guitars
John Elefante (Kansas, Mastedon) - Background Vocals