At first glance, Stryper appears to be a typical heavy metal band: long hair, tight spandex body suits, chains. And the music leaves no doubts — the grinding guitars, the furious thumping of drums and ...

For much of their career, Tim Gaines (pictured far left in the photo above) has been the man holding down the low end for Stryper. But in a new interview, the band's longtime bassist reveals that he's ...

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has taken to social media to say that he's thinking of starting a Stryper tribute band. Sweet, who formed the pioneering Christian glam metal outfit in 1983, is clearly ...

Christian metal band Stryper sure love to play the victim in terms of their Christian beliefs, especially lately. Just a few months back, drummer Robert Sweet claimed that the group was “given a hard ...

The members of Stryper are, from left: Drummer Robert Sweet, vocalist and guitarist Michael Sweet, guitarist Oz Fox and bassist Perry Richardson. The band plays at Temple Live in Wichita on Saturday, ...

Stryper is back with “When We Were Kings,” a solid album with big riffs and an even bigger message. The band’s 12th album, which dropped in September, is just another step in the long Stryper journey.

Where: Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave. Cost:$20 in advance and $25 day of show. Info: (509) 244-3279, www.sp.knittingfactory.com “The Final Battle” sounds like the swan song of an album for ...

Over the years, Michael Sweet has stood firmly by his belief that Stryper are not a Christian band, but rather, a band made up of Christians. However, he claims they've remained true to their identity ...

For Stryper frontman Michael Sweet, playing heavy metal for a living is more than just putting out a message. It’s about taking responsibility for the message. “Music is so powerful and it does move ...

It’s not entirely unusual for a big chain store to decline to carry a metal album. In the days before the Internet made it possible to buy and sell pretty much anything, artists from Judas Priest to ...

Rumors of Ted Cruz being the Zodiac Killer might just be a bit of fun the Internet is having these days, but another option has appeared. If you travel back to the height of hair metal in the 1980s, ...

The internet has been having way too much fun with Ted Cruz’s face, which Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi memorably wrote, “looks like someone sewed pieces of a waterlogged Reagan mask together at ...