Whats the story behind “Jesus Christ Morningstar?
Although it wasn’t released until December 1998, ApologetiX actually began working the “Jesus Christ Morningstar” project back in 1995, at the same time we started the “Ticked” project. Back then, the CD that would eventually become “Morningstar” was called “Back Again” at the suggestion of our bassist, Andy Sparks, since it would refer to Christ’s resurrection and the fact that ApologetiX had returned with a new album. A year or so later, the working title changed to “Christology” (pronounced Chris-TOL-ology rather than CHRIST-ology), when lead singer/lyricist J. Jackson discovered that the word meant “of the nature and work of Christ,” a perfect fit for the CD’s theme and a play on a recent Pearl Jam album at the time, “Vitalogy.” That remained the title until 1998, when J. started worrying that the title might be too obscure or hard to pronounce. He told lead guitarist/producer that since the album was a chronological look at the life of Christ, it might be cool to spoof the title o
