Stryper at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 3, 1987 was my first concert. After living under the fundamentalist rule of the Islamic Republic in Iran for eight years with maximum resistance ...

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 ...

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What do you get when you have a band that dresses in outfits that resemble a bumble bee, play heavy metal music, but sing lyrics about Jesus? The punchline, at least in the 1980’s, was a band with a ...

"We could have been if we sang about sex and drugs, we would have been because we were every bit as good as Bon Jovi and Motley Crue." As Sweet said that to host Chuck Armstrong, he quickly followed ...

Remember a decade ago when full-length mash-ups projects were all the rage? It seems a lot of them were conceived based on a pun — like the Jay-Z/Radiohead mash-up “Jaydiohead” and the Jay-Z/Weezer ...

Stryper's Michael Sweet woke up and chose violence when he challenged his followers to "fight" him over his favorite "boy" band, Backstreet Boys. However, it's clear from the Stryper bandleader's tone ...

I was first introduced to Stryper by the late, great Rob Campo of the New York (and later, L.A.) metal scene back in 1987. I know nothing of Christian metal. In fact, I know almost nothing about ...

Internet mashup king Bill McClintock has released his latest creation, which combines a plethora of familiar rock and metal names into a monstrous, hell-themed slice of Satanic celebration. "This ...

An American Christian glam metal band has provided an update on one of its members. This member suffered a serious health scare several years ago, although he appears to be on the road to recovery.