Day 430 - Guardian - Time and Time Again

430. Guardian - Time and Time Again
from the Album Fire and Love
(Pakaderm, 1990)

"As the 'big hair' metal trend began to wane some bands were able to escape the pigeon holing the music industry was known for. Those bands included Motley Crue, Guns and Roses, Bon Jovi and, in Christian circles, Guardian. After an EP released through Stryper’s mainstream label, Enigma, the band asked to be released to pursue more Christian ventures. After the Oz Fox (Stryper) produced debut was met with decent results the band enlisted the help of producing brothers, John and Dino Elefante. This, coupled with some vital membership changes took Guardian to a whole new level of acceptance and popularity.

The first album produced by the Elefantes and released on their Pakaderm label was Fire and Love, and soon the band blew up. Taking a more refined hard rock sound with touches of GNR, Bon Jovi and Van Halen, the band reached new heights. It did not hurt that the better production quality focused on superb vocalist Jamie Rowe and guitar god Tony Polacios.

Of all of the bands from the era in CCM, it always seemed like Guardian was the one most likely to be poised for success in the mainstream market. Their quality always seemed a notch above and the songwriting completely in tune with what was happening musically at the time. They also never appeared preachy despite having very 'Christian' content lyrically." (Source: CCM's 500 Best Albums)

Here is the original album version of the song: