Tag Archives: Stryper

THE BEST OF 2022 (ACCORDING TO LOVE IS POP)

Posted Jan 9, 2023

by Michael McCarthy (Beaulieu) & Jay Cavalon First of all, I’m sure some of you will think that we’ve put some of these albums in the wrong categories. To that end, all we can say is that the best albums often transcend genre classifications and that this was what we came up with...

EVEN THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN STRYPER: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET

Posted Aug 24, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy On September 4th, 2020, the world’s most famous Christian rock/metal band of all time, Stryper, will release their 13th studio album, Even The Devil Believes, on Frontiers Music Srl. If you’re a fan of the band’s last three albums, No More Hell To Pay, Fallen and God Damn Evil,...

#songoftheday = FRONTIERS ALL STARS: “PUSH THROUGH”

Posted Jul 18, 2020

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Now, that's what I call an all-star song. I am very impressed with this one. A powerful and inspiring song for our times if ever there was one. It's a perfect blend of catchy and ferocious. I love the...

LUCKY SEVEN: CHATTING WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted May 1, 2020

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interview by Michael McCarthy If you’ve been following Love is Pop for any period of time then I’m sure you’ve realized that one of my favorite people to interview is Michael Sweet of the legendary heavy metal band Stryper. In fact, this interview is the seventh time we’ve spoken since we started chatting...

UP TO TEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER AND SOLO FAME

Posted Sep 29, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy What can I say about the great Michael Sweet that I haven’t already said? This is Love is Pop’s sixth interview with the extremely talented, super busy Stryper frontman/songwriter/co-lead guitarist and solo artist. We love the guy here at Love is Pop HQ and he’s always such a joy...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = MICHAEL SWEET: “SHINE”

Posted Sep 5, 2019

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Michael Sweet of Stryper is gearing up to release his tenth solo album, appropriately entitled Ten, which will be out on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music Srl in Europe. Today we're pleased to bring you...

HISTORY & THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted Mar 31, 2019

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interview by Michael McCarthy If Michael Sweet isn’t the hardest working man in the business, I don’t know who is. He’s currently on a break from touring with Stryper, but is he off vacationing in Paris or Barcelona? Nope. He’s hard at work on yet another solo album, which will be his 10th....

CONCERT REVIEW: STRYPER AT MIXX 360 5/12/18

Posted May 14, 2018

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by Michael McCarthy Last Saturday night on 5/12/18, I was fortunate enough to catch Stryper live for the third time in my life. It feels weird admitting that, that it was only my third time seeing them, because they’ve been one of my all-time favorite bands – easily in my top 5 –...

THE FOURTH TIME’S A CHARM: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted Apr 9, 2018

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by Michael McCarthy Yes, it may be hard to believe, but this is my fourth interview with Stryper frontman/co-lead guitarist Michael Sweet already. What can I say, he keeps putting out fantastic albums and I love to ask him questions about them. Between making records with Stryper, his solo projects and Sweet &...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = STRYPER: “SORRY”

Posted Mar 12, 2018

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First, Stryper utilized a little death metal style vocals on "Take It It The Cross," now they're doing thrash riffs during the verses on their new single, "Sorry." These are good things, though! I know some fans just want a To Hell with The Devil sequel,...

THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE BUSINESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL SWEET OF SWEET & LYNCH (AND STRYPER)

Posted Nov 9, 2017

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interview by Michael McCarthy The following is my third interview with the legendary Stryper frontman Michael Sweet. We first spoke about Stryper’s blistering 2015 album Fallen, which I still feel is one of their strongest albums to date. (Check out opening track “Yahweh” and you’ll surely agree.) Next, we spoke about Michael’s high...

MICHAEL SWEET: THE LOVE IS POP INTERVIEW 2

Posted Sep 4, 2016

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interview by Michael McCarthy Earlier this year I finally had the opportunity to interview Michael Sweet, lead singer and co-lead guitarist of Stryper, after wanting to interview him for 20 years since I started doing music journalism. During the interview, Michael revealed the probable title of his forthcoming solo album, One Side War....

#songoftheday = MICHAEL SWEET: “BIZARRE”

Posted Jul 25, 2016

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Michael Sweet gave us the distinct impression that his next solo album, One-Sided War, was going to be quite different from Stryper and it really is. (Read our interview here.) For one thing, it's much, much heavier. There are some Stryper songs that verge on this level...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MICHAEL SWEET OF STRYPER

Posted Jan 19, 2016

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by Michael McCarthy As some of you may recall, I published a heavy metal zine back in the ’90s before I started writing for actual magazines like LiveWire and Lollipop (rest in peace x2). It was called ANT, The Only Cool Magazine That Bites. (Weird title, but, hey, people remembered it.) I’m bringing...

LOVE IS POP’S 60 BEST ALBUMS OF 2015

Posted Dec 19, 2015

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by Michael McCarthy Each year, I feel overwhelmed before writing a “best albums of” list. There are always so many releases that I’ve loved during any given year, it makes it very difficult to narrow them down to a reasonable number. (When I first listed my best from this year, it was 144...

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