Did mother Earthsuit beget Mute Math?
The phenomenon of the “crossover act” has long made legitimate celebrities out of figureheads from unusually disparate genres, with stars like Faith Hill and Sean Paul bringing mainstream acceptance to country and dancehall, respectively. Even religious-tinted music has a place on morning radio shows– acts like Jars of Clay and Sixpence None The Richer have repeatedly proven that top-40 countdowns are not a particularly inhospitable environment for anybody. More recently, Switchfoot’s 2003 major label debut went double-platinum, eclipsing fivefold the gold record they snagged with their previous album in the Contemporary Christian Music niche. But that same year, guitarist Marcos Curiel left Christian crossover rap-metal band P.O.D., bemoaning very publicly the hypocritically un-Christian rock-star lifestyle his bandmates had begun to lead. Paul Meany’s exit from the scene was decidedly more low-key, but he’s equally passionate in his disdain for that corner of the music world. When h
