Deep Dive: Petra's *Beat the System* (Episode 2) - a podcast by CCM in 3D

The year 1985 was a watershed year in the history of contemporary Christian music (CCM) as many groundbreaking albums of the genre were released that year. On this week's episode of CCM in 3D, the 3D's begin their recurring "deep dive" series by going track-by-track into one of the seminal albums of 1985: Petra's Beat the System. Fasten your seat belts and prepare to have your computer brains cleaned as Dan, Derek, and Dave look back at this classic album.

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The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

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