Wise Up And Rock

Wise Up and Rock is the fourteenth studio album and nineteenth album overall by Christian parody band ApologetiX. All the songs parodied were released in the 1980s. This is the first album to feature Todd Waites on keyboards. The cover of the album is a reference to Loverboy's Get Lucky.
We loved the 80's. We lived the 80's. So we thought we'd revisit them with a biblical perspective... something most of us lacked in the 80s.
As you may have guessed, Wise Up and Rock is a play on words referencing Luke 5:23, where Jesus said, "Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?"
In fact, we were so used to saying "Rise up and walk," that when we first named this CD, the quote from Jesus was much easier for us to say than the CD title.
Incidentally, when our lead singer, J. Jackson, joined his first Christian group in 1986, his solo was a song called "Wise Up." He spent the rest of the '80's in secular rock bands, so his singing career for that decade could be summarized as "Wise Up" and rock.
It also summarizes what we try to get people to do -- learn (wise up) while they're rocking and rolling. Like the guy on the cover of this CD, the Bible is behind everything we do. As our bassist, Keith Haynie, says: "Wise up and rock. I have been telling people that for years."

Lineup

J. Jackson - Lead Vocals
Bill Hubauer (The Neal Morse Band) - Guitars/Keyboards/Background Vocals
Keith "Stan" Haynie - Bass/Guitar
Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner - Drums/Percussion
Todd Waites - Keyboards
Tom Milnes - Backing Vocals
Greg Spack - Backing Vocals