| Bigger than Jesus | ||||
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| Released | 11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) | |||
| Studio | Shifty Studios | |||
| Genre | Experimental Rock | |||
| Label | Recommended Records | |||
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Bigger than Jesus was, in 1989, the fourth full-length album by the Kalahari Surfers, the recording identity of South African musicianWarrick Sony.
The South African censorship authorities bannedBigger than Jesus[1] due to concerns about the title and song "Gutted With The Glory"'s use of theLord's Prayer, which they deemed "abhorrent and hurtful". A shopper, Mevrou Mulder of Cape Town, was so offended by seeing the record on sale that she organised a petition to the Directorate of Publications. She complained: "The name alone is enough to make any Christian furious, not to mention the words. We as reborn Christians object to the publication of this record and also the distribution of it."[2] Sony successfully appealed, and the record was unbanned on condition that the name was changed toBeachbomb.[3][4]Personality magazine said the album "alternates between sheer poetic brilliance and intellectual nonsense."[5][6]
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