Back in 1985 I came to faith in Jesus and gave up rock music for several months. My unsaved brother tossed me a Time magazine article about Stryper and that was my gateway to Christian metal. Please pray for my brother as he is still unsaved.
Bless you, thank you for sharing that. I do pray for your brother even right now, that the Lord by his wonderful spirit will speak to your brother in a way that he can understand, and help him see the holiness, graciousness, love redemption an awesome blessing that Christ would love to pour into his life! Open his heart God! In Jesus name amen
I was born in 1983. I heard stryper growing up along with other 80s metal and rock bands. It kept me going. I became closer with God, and now stryper is my number one favorite band. Proof that God rocks 😎👍
Love that story! I grew up as a kid in the early seventies and there was no Christian metal, but it's funny how I still have so many of those songs deeply embedded in my heart. How wonderful it is to have memories of Christian metal embedded like that in your heart! Thanks for sharing!
Just saw them 2 weeks ago during their "To Hell With the Amps" tour. After 40 years they sound better than ever. I can't wait for the new album this fall.
Yeah, my brother and I just saw them a couple days ago! I'm thankful they are still very much at it! I'm also looking forward to Oz getting better and rejoining band!
This EP is my favourite Stryper album, possibly because I listened to it first. I was 17, in Venezuela, and this EP was played in FM radio in its entirety as soon as it came out. I used to tape this show, and it blew me away!! I immediately bought the EP. I love Stryper but I think they have never matched that raw, genuine sound since then
They took donations for the EP. I gave Mike $20. The practice room in their parents garage in La Mirada was great. Bible study before they played. They played the La Mirada Civic down the street from their parents Magic Mountain, the Concert Factory, .... I was there when they were loading out to fly to their show in Japan. The big lighted letters of the band name. Two friends took drums and guitar lessons from Rob and Mike. Great memories
I can’t even imagine how many souls they’ve helped save and bring to the lord. They were relentlessly attacked by those who sat in their church, already among likeminded believers, etc and just waited for people to come to them…Stryper took the kings message to those who never would ever think about stepping foot into a house of worship. Dirty bars, dangerous and rowdy Venues in seedy neighborhoods, etc… Stryper took the message to those who needed to hear it most. Without a doubt doing the lords work and I also zero doubts they’ll be rewarded in heaven.
I know they came into my world when I was a punk running away from Jesus and played a big role in getting my attention for the gospel! I will always be grateful for that! Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and share that comment!
Hey dude, you are so welcome! It is my pleasure to dig into OUR WORLD of CHRISTIAN METAL and share it with you! Glad it was a blessing, thanks for watching and commenting!
Stumbled on this video when it appeared in my recommended section, and while I knew most of this, it was still fun to revisit. What a great album for sure, still one of my favorites.
German here: Stryper did amazing music in the 80´s and looked unique. "Against The Law" cost them many fans, me too. I preferred Bloodgood (RIP Michael Bloodgood!) later on. Only recently I found out Stryper had reunited in 2005. I now listen thru their reunion albums. In my opinion it´s too much on the safe side. Power metal with a guitar solo after two minutes and that last minute of any song can be skipped as it doesn´t contribute anything new to the song. To put "Battle Hymn For The Republic" at one record´s end and at the end of the concerts was a bold move!
You spoke my thoughts at the time, too. I thought Stryper sounded/was too pretty, but the metal was certainly there and that’s why I stuck around. Been a fan since 1983. God bless you and the work you do with this channel. I’m officially rocked up for Jesus!
It amazes me the depth and vast catalog of the Christian metal genre. There's so many "one hit wonders" in the genre, who only put out one album. Or cassette. It would be a lot of fun to see you do a deep dive into those one off bands who never made it big like Stryper or some others.
No doubt, you're right! One that comes to mind is RAGE OF ANGELS, in their 1989 release, self-titled! If you haven't given that a spin lately, oh my goodness, if you're a fan of classic metal, it's awesome from start to finish! Blessings to you! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@PastorBradRocks I will check it out! I have found a new (to me) old genre of new age/alternative rock Christian music from the 80s and the "college rock" teen in me that loved that stuff back then is gushing all over this great music! I wish I had known about all this great music sooner!
Great video! I read in Michael's book Honestly or Loud N Clear (if my memory is correct) that Enigma had Stryper do a show case where they would do a set before they were signed. They sang the versions of the songs with the lyrics changed to Christian themes. After the set the label signed them. The Hein brothers afterwards read the lyrics and realized then or after asking the band if they were a Christian band. The label at first didn't know what to do. I think they had a, "what did we get ourselves into moment". It seems it was a learning process for both the bad and the label for the early years. When one of the Hein brothers went over to Hollywood Records around 1990/91 after Enigma went under, Stryper singed with the label, reissued the first 5 albums and Can't Stop the Rock was intended to be an all new album. Hein didn't want to finance a new album so the band only recorded 2 songs to release it as a compilation that we all know about. I got into or heard about Stryper before Soldiers was released. I eventually had the first 2 albums taped off. I bought the Soldiers cassette in April/May of 1986 the same time of the Chernobyl disaster and my Stryper collection grew from there and became a huge fan. To me Christian Metal started with the first Rez release and grew from there. Stryper was the first band to brought it to the mainstream. Prior to 1984-1986 period, there were less than around 10-15 bands that were Hard Rock/Metal that had albums released: Barnabas, Daniel Band, Jerusalem, Leviticus, Rez and a few others. Some artists had elements of Hard Rock to some degree in the 70s and the early 80s like Petra, Jerusalem and Darrell Mansfield. Also, bands like Jerusalem, Petra and Rez sounded in many cases a lot heavier live than they did on record. As we all know it exploded in the mid 80s as many more bands released albums and went from having a regional following to a national and international following like Saint, Barren Cross and Bloodgood.
Awesome work! As a lifelong Stryper fan, I appreciate this! One correction..#8 the earth with rockets pointed toward it was the EP. The other one with the title in larger letters was the LP
You know I must have gotten that messed up because I had the copy with the rockets, and I assumed that I had missed the EP, so I just associated that with the lp! That's funny! I hope people read that correction in the future! Blessings brother!
Great job compiling these videos! This has been one of my favorite albums for years. I have the original first print cassette and a sealed vinyl 84’ record. Also have a yellow postcard of someone’s invite to the listening party for this album post marked 1984.
Oh yeah, for sure---Stryper has been busy all around the industry---their finger prints are everywhere! Thanks for sharing that! Christian Metal Blessings!
Brother, very interesting learning about stripper. And really listening to their mission. I would pay to see them . I must be honest, pastor Brad, back in the day when I first saw them on MTV ( maybe 84 ish), I really was a guitar player with a band, writing my own songs, sang them while playing rhythm and covered the lead guitar too. I could not stand bands that men looked like wemon. And stryper was always in that category.. I know it was all marketing,, lol. But I have a new appreciation for the band.. thanks pastor Brad.
Hey bro, thank you so much for sharing your heart! I really appreciate that! I totally get it, we all walk through chapters, and have a variety of opinions along the way that get shaped by all kinds of things! I'm so thankful for Romans 8:28! God is at work and all of it for those who love him! Again, thanks for watching and sharing this comment!
Stryper was making it big during the 1980s, but somebody in high places must have got to them and declared, “Look, guys, all this Jesus stuff is all well and good, but you guys have to go mainstream and cater to a wide audience and you got to cut out the Bible garbage, okay?” I think that might explain why they issued a secular album in the early 1990s, and saw their musical career go thud. But once the band returned to the heart of Jesus worship, their career took off again. I’m glad Stryper is still making Godly Music after all these years. Little bit of trivia: Michael Sweet had enough hard rock chops to sing with the rock band Boston for a time, before returning to Stryper.
Yeah, if you dive in and watch some interviews, you'll hear the band share about their album against the law, the early 90s album you referred to. When they came on the scene in the 80s the church had no clue how to respond to them. So many people said oh they have big hair and Spandex and dress like the world and... Just really gave them a hard time. By the end of the in God we trust tour, they were pretty wounded and thus created the against the law album, the title of which in and of itself is kind of a pushback against what they perceive to be judgmentalism. The awesome news as you so wonderfully pointed out, once they got some space, they got there walk with the Lord solid and pressed forward! All of us have chapters in our life that if they were made public for the world to critique, it would be hard. I'm thankful for stryper and all they've meant to me over these many many years!
I’m surprised you didn’t close out the segment letting people know (if they already didn’t) that Stryper is still recording albums, touring, and rocking it harder and better than they ever have. Some things just get better with age. Great segment, and a few fun facts that I was unaware of even though I was a Stryper fanatic from the 80’s and a Christian metal head. Two thumbs up!!!
Actually…there are I believe 4 Yellow and Black attack albums…1. With the original cover 2. Has the new cover but the hand of God and the missiles are cut off. 3. Another issue of the hand shown and the full missiles , AND has SIX songs, not the extra 2 songs, and it was issued in 84, THEN THE 4the reissue from ‘86 with the extra two songs. I own the 1984 with the full cover with only six songs on vinyl.
Yep, I had that vinyl as well! It was one of the very first stryper albums I purchased! I actually remember the day I got it, I walked into stonehenge records in Muncie Indiana, shopping for AC/DC's, fly on the wall! And I walked out with stryper's reason for the season ep! Praise God!
Yeah but eventually they actually headlined the country club and they brought in a lot of other really cool musicians to play with them went down in history as the country club jam to be remembered for all time!
Cool, that would be neat to have... i "had" the white EP with Wnter Wonderland on it... but it's loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong gone :-) Metal Blessings!
Yep, there are some gems in the new releases, but it's kind of hard to overcome those early days and the special memories we all have associated with those releases in the '80s!
You had the EP front album covers backwards. They actually had three different front covers. They had the original with each band members initials on one of the four missiles, they had the plain boring one, and they had a cropped original with the missiles but the band members initials were cut out. Some group complained about the missiles on the front cover of the original cover and that's why it was changed to the boring one. You may not know this but 'To Hell With The devil's' album cover was changed as well.
I remember that in interviews, Stryper members were lamenting the fact that they were constantly subjected to the "You aren't REAL CHRISTIANS!" routine.
Yup.... the pharisee/religious spirit is real... I'm glad they came "through" that and are in a better frame of mind now. They were pioneering... and any time you blaze new paths---you take arrows from people who don't understand. Thanks for watching/sharing!
OOPS you reversed the Y&B Album cover. I still have cassette tape and cover. 84 version was better because it was rough and raw and not over mixed. There was also a Tribute Album to Stryper, where some Christian Metal bands did their take on Stryper songs and some were pretty good. Also have that CD. Isaiah 53:5 a Tribute to Stryper.
Sweet, of course I know there are a lot of people who love that original cover! I know guardian did a cover of the original ep, that was the release that had the first cover, they added a couple songs when they redid it and released it as full album. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
I get it... especially when we get used to/attached to a certain sound... it's hard to enjoy a "changed" version... I always struggle with remixes/masters... especially if there are of songs I like the original of. Thanks for watching and sharing that thought!
I bought the Y&BA cassette when it came out. I got it home and the entire thing was backwards, I dont know how that happened. I brought it back to the store and got another copy. Now I wish I still had that first one
That's crazy... I can totally see how you'd be bummed at first...and then down the road be kind of stoked to have a really cool piece of "stryper memorabilia." :-) Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave this comment!
Of course not going to touch that. I didn't know Jimmy personally, so I really can't speak to where he was in terms of his walk with the Lord at the end ... my prayer is .... that all was well.
Yeah, I don't know if you listened to Michael's answer, but he was pretty transparent on that. He didn't say they were the first metal Christian band, he just said it's within the realm of possibility that they were the first to break like they did on a national level, in the specific genre of '80s metal. And they certainly paved the way for many bands who came after them. But hey man, everybody's entitled to their opinion and at the end of the day that's all it really is anyway, just an opinion. Blessings man, thanks for sharing yours!
No one said there were the first Christian band... they were among the early Christian bands... and they were the first to do it the way they did it... and they deifinitely opened doors for soooooo many who followed them.
One of the best and most underrated bands from the era that still puts out great music!
Amen my friend! Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment! Christian metal blessings!
@@PastorBradRocksthey are not
Underrated.
Back in 1985 I came to faith in Jesus and gave up rock music for several months. My unsaved brother tossed me a Time magazine article about Stryper and that was my gateway to Christian metal. Please pray for my brother as he is still unsaved.
Bless you, thank you for sharing that. I do pray for your brother even right now, that the Lord by his wonderful spirit will speak to your brother in a way that he can understand, and help him see the holiness, graciousness, love redemption an awesome blessing that Christ would love to pour into his life! Open his heart God! In Jesus name amen
I was born in 1983. I heard stryper growing up along with other 80s metal and rock bands. It kept me going. I became closer with God, and now stryper is my number one favorite band. Proof that God rocks 😎👍
Love that story! I grew up as a kid in the early seventies and there was no Christian metal, but it's funny how I still have so many of those songs deeply embedded in my heart. How wonderful it is to have memories of Christian metal embedded like that in your heart! Thanks for sharing!
Their new single “End of Days” is Amazing!!
Yes it is! I'm so glad they're carrying on!
Just saw them 2 weeks ago during their "To Hell With the Amps" tour.
After 40 years they sound better than ever. I can't wait for the new album this fall.
Yeah, my brother and I just saw them a couple days ago! I'm thankful they are still very much at it! I'm also looking forward to Oz getting better and rejoining band!
Saw them live in Dallas with Millennial Reign during their THWTD 30TH Anniversary: Epic
This EP is my favourite Stryper album, possibly because I listened to it first. I was 17, in Venezuela, and this EP was played in FM radio in its entirety as soon as it came out. I used to tape this show, and it blew me away!! I immediately bought the EP. I love Stryper but I think they have never matched that raw, genuine sound since then
I get it---first impressions are powerful. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to share that!
They took donations for the EP. I gave Mike $20. The practice room in their parents garage in La Mirada was great. Bible study before they played. They played the La Mirada Civic down the street from their parents Magic Mountain, the Concert Factory, .... I was there when they were loading out to fly to their show in Japan. The big lighted letters of the band name. Two friends took drums and guitar lessons from Rob and Mike. Great memories
These guys are legends! So many came to Christ because of their message. Lyrics that ring true and are so well done. Amazing.
Amen... Stryper has been a great blessing in my life! Thanks for watching and sharing that comment!
I can’t even imagine how many souls they’ve helped save and bring to the lord. They were relentlessly attacked by those who sat in their church, already among likeminded believers, etc and just waited for people to come to them…Stryper took the kings message to those who never would ever think about stepping foot into a house of worship. Dirty bars, dangerous and rowdy Venues in seedy neighborhoods, etc… Stryper took the message to those who needed to hear it most. Without a doubt doing the lords work and I also zero doubts they’ll be rewarded in heaven.
I know they came into my world when I was a punk running away from Jesus and played a big role in getting my attention for the gospel! I will always be grateful for that! Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and share that comment!
@@PastorBradRocks thank you, sir! I made sure to subscribe!
You wouldn't know the gospel if you heard it. @@PastorBradRocks
This is great stuff for the Documentary
Hey wouldn't that be cool if they picked some of this footage up and included it! Blessings!
Been a huge fan of stryper since 85 🤘
Awesome, I'm right there with you!
Y&BA was so raw. Love to hear that sound again.
Yep, there's something particularly sweet about a band's formative days and sound! Love the yellow and black attack! Metal blessings!
It was the Furman PQ3 preamp through the front of the Marshall amps. @@PastorBradRocks
Wow, just when I thought I knew everything about Stryper. I learned much. Thank you PB
Hey dude, you are so welcome! It is my pleasure to dig into OUR WORLD of CHRISTIAN METAL and share it with you! Glad it was a blessing, thanks for watching and commenting!
I have that Reason for the Season album. Such great memories and nostalgia when I hear those songs!
Very cool! I'm glad you enjoyed your journey down memory lane!
Stumbled on this video when it appeared in my recommended section, and while I knew most of this, it was still fun to revisit. What a great album for sure, still one of my favorites.
Cool, and welcome in brother! Gad you enjoyed the video--and thanks for taking a minute to leave a comment!
German here: Stryper did amazing music in the 80´s and looked unique. "Against The Law" cost them many fans, me too. I preferred Bloodgood (RIP Michael Bloodgood!) later on. Only recently I found out Stryper had reunited in 2005. I now listen thru their reunion albums. In my opinion it´s too much on the safe side. Power metal with a guitar solo after two minutes and that last minute of any song can be skipped as it doesn´t contribute anything new to the song.
To put "Battle Hymn For The Republic" at one record´s end and at the end of the concerts was a bold move!
Blessing my brother in Germany!!!!! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts!! Metal Blessings!
You spoke my thoughts at the time, too. I thought Stryper sounded/was too pretty, but the metal was certainly there and that’s why I stuck around. Been a fan since 1983. God bless you and the work you do with this channel. I’m officially rocked up for Jesus!
Thanks so much Ken! Onward and upward for Jesus!
It amazes me the depth and vast catalog of the Christian metal genre.
There's so many "one hit wonders" in the genre, who only put out one album. Or cassette. It would be a lot of fun to see you do a deep dive into those one off bands who never made it big like Stryper or some others.
No doubt, you're right! One that comes to mind is RAGE OF ANGELS, in their 1989 release, self-titled! If you haven't given that a spin lately, oh my goodness, if you're a fan of classic metal, it's awesome from start to finish! Blessings to you! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@PastorBradRocks I will check it out! I have found a new (to me) old genre of new age/alternative rock Christian music from the 80s and the "college rock" teen in me that loved that stuff back then is gushing all over this great music! I wish I had known about all this great music sooner!
Great video! I read in Michael's book Honestly or Loud N Clear (if my memory is correct) that Enigma had Stryper do a show case where they would do a set before they were signed. They sang the versions of the songs with the lyrics changed to Christian themes. After the set the label signed them. The Hein brothers afterwards read the lyrics and realized then or after asking the band if they were a Christian band. The label at first didn't know what to do. I think they had a, "what did we get ourselves into moment". It seems it was a learning process for both the bad and the label for the early years. When one of the Hein brothers went over to Hollywood Records around 1990/91 after Enigma went under, Stryper singed with the label, reissued the first 5 albums and Can't Stop the Rock was intended to be an all new album. Hein didn't want to finance a new album so the band only recorded 2 songs to release it as a compilation that we all know about. I got into or heard about Stryper before Soldiers was released. I eventually had the first 2 albums taped off. I bought the Soldiers cassette in April/May of 1986 the same time of the Chernobyl disaster and my Stryper collection grew from there and became a huge fan. To me Christian Metal started with the first Rez release and grew from there. Stryper was the first band to brought it to the mainstream. Prior to 1984-1986 period, there were less than around 10-15 bands that were Hard Rock/Metal that had albums released: Barnabas, Daniel Band, Jerusalem, Leviticus, Rez and a few others. Some artists had elements of Hard Rock to some degree in the 70s and the early 80s like Petra, Jerusalem and Darrell Mansfield. Also, bands like Jerusalem, Petra and Rez sounded in many cases a lot heavier live than they did on record. As we all know it exploded in the mid 80s as many more bands released albums and went from having a regional following to a national and international following like Saint, Barren Cross and Bloodgood.
Great stories, thoughts, and perspective! As always, thank you for sharing! I'm really glad the video was a blessing!
Awesome work! As a lifelong Stryper fan, I appreciate this! One correction..#8 the earth with rockets pointed toward it was the EP. The other one with the title in larger letters was the LP
You know I must have gotten that messed up because I had the copy with the rockets, and I assumed that I had missed the EP, so I just associated that with the lp! That's funny! I hope people read that correction in the future! Blessings brother!
Great job compiling these videos! This has been one of my favorite albums for years. I have the original first print cassette and a sealed vinyl 84’ record. Also have a yellow postcard of someone’s invite to the listening party for this album post marked 1984.
Way cool... thanks for sharing that story! Blessings!
Fun Fact: Oz Fox produced the first Guardian album First Watch on Enigma Records.
Michael Sweet sang backup vocals on The Brave's song Tomorrow.
Oh yeah, for sure---Stryper has been busy all around the industry---their finger prints are everywhere! Thanks for sharing that! Christian Metal Blessings!
# 8 you have the album covers reversed. The 84 EP is the missiles cover the 86 is the earth alone cover.
Didn't know that... Thank.
That band changed my life back in 80’s
I hear that A LOT. As a matter of fact that statement is part of my testimony as well! God is good! Thankful he raised up stryper!
Brother, very interesting learning about stripper. And really listening to their mission. I would pay to see them . I must be honest, pastor Brad, back in the day when I first saw them on MTV ( maybe 84 ish), I really was a guitar player with a band, writing my own songs, sang them while playing rhythm and covered the lead guitar too. I could not stand bands that men looked like wemon. And stryper was always in that category.. I know it was all marketing,, lol. But I have a new appreciation for the band.. thanks pastor Brad.
Hey bro, thank you so much for sharing your heart! I really appreciate that! I totally get it, we all walk through chapters, and have a variety of opinions along the way that get shaped by all kinds of things! I'm so thankful for Romans 8:28! God is at work and all of it for those who love him! Again, thanks for watching and sharing this comment!
Stryper was making it big during the 1980s, but somebody in high places must have got to them and declared, “Look, guys, all this Jesus stuff is all well and good, but you guys have to go mainstream and cater to a wide audience and you got to cut out the Bible garbage, okay?” I think that might explain why they issued a secular album in the early 1990s, and saw their musical career go thud. But once the band returned to the heart of Jesus worship, their career took off again. I’m glad Stryper is still making Godly Music after all these years. Little bit of trivia: Michael Sweet had enough hard rock chops to sing with the rock band Boston for a time, before returning to Stryper.
Yeah, if you dive in and watch some interviews, you'll hear the band share about their album against the law, the early 90s album you referred to. When they came on the scene in the 80s the church had no clue how to respond to them. So many people said oh they have big hair and Spandex and dress like the world and... Just really gave them a hard time. By the end of the in God we trust tour, they were pretty wounded and thus created the against the law album, the title of which in and of itself is kind of a pushback against what they perceive to be judgmentalism. The awesome news as you so wonderfully pointed out, once they got some space, they got there walk with the Lord solid and pressed forward! All of us have chapters in our life that if they were made public for the world to critique, it would be hard. I'm thankful for stryper and all they've meant to me over these many many years!
I’m surprised you didn’t close out the segment letting people know (if they already didn’t) that Stryper is still recording albums, touring, and rocking it harder and better than they ever have. Some things just get better with age. Great segment, and a few fun facts that I was unaware of even though I was a Stryper fanatic from the 80’s and a Christian metal head. Two thumbs up!!!
Thanks brother... Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and sharing!
Amazing to think that they're still together and rocking for Jesus after all these years
Yes it is... BTW: Please be in prayer for OZ, as he is experiencing more health issues. THANKS for watching and sharing!
i love them.
You're in good company my friend! They have been a tremendous blessing to so many of us!
@@PastorBradRocks YOU R AWSOME BROTHER
Actually…there are I believe 4 Yellow and Black attack albums…1. With the original cover 2. Has the new cover but the hand of God and the missiles are cut off. 3. Another issue of the hand shown and the full missiles , AND has SIX songs, not the extra 2 songs, and it was issued in 84, THEN THE 4the reissue from ‘86 with the extra two songs. I own the 1984 with the full cover with only six songs on vinyl.
THAT is very interesting! Thank you for sharing that!
I loved these guys and bride
👍 Thanks for watching and sharing that comment... Snakes in the playground is a killer album
Great video. Ive been a fan since the beginning. I still have the bible from the 86 tour that Bloodgood opened for.
Wow, that is very cool! That Styper / Bloodgood show would have been one for the ages!
Styrper broke the gate open!
If I BROKE THE GATE, you mean they opened doors for so many other Christian rock bands who followed them, amen! Absolutely did
Reason for the Season was an white opaque vinyle record. Wish I still had it.
Yep, I had that vinyl as well! It was one of the very first stryper albums I purchased! I actually remember the day I got it, I walked into stonehenge records in Muncie Indiana, shopping for AC/DC's, fly on the wall! And I walked out with stryper's reason for the season ep! Praise God!
Barnabas and Daniel Band were around prior to 1983.
Nice... so were Rez, and Petra :-) Thanks for sharing!
Released today in 1984!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that!
Someone needs to ask Michael sweet why he will not sing come on rock rock rock in concert anymore
Hmmmm... That's interesting...
The country club was hard to book. They had big time names coming through.
Yeah but eventually they actually headlined the country club and they brought in a lot of other really cool musicians to play with them went down in history as the country club jam to be remembered for all time!
Also have thwtd original cover version.
Very cool... thanks for sharing that bro!
I own the original one vinyl and the reissue on CD. There is a big difference in sound. Lol. But still awesome
That's awesome brother... Thanks for watching and sharing that!
@@PastorBradRocks no problem! 🤘🙏
Daniel Band, Jerusalem, and Leviticus I considered hard rock/metal
Yeah, I can definitely see that especially in an early days perspective. Thanks for sharing that brother!
BLOODGOOD IN 1984
Okay! Thanks for sharing that really big all caps band name with an exclamation point!
I have the Christmas single.
Cool, that would be neat to have... i "had" the white EP with Wnter Wonderland on it... but it's loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong gone :-) Metal Blessings!
Their new stuff is good, but I’m still an old Stryper fan forever.
Yep, there are some gems in the new releases, but it's kind of hard to overcome those early days and the special memories we all have associated with those releases in the '80s!
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You had the EP front album covers backwards. They actually had three different front covers. They had the original with each band members initials on one of the four missiles, they had the plain boring one, and they had a cropped original with the missiles but the band members initials were cut out. Some group complained about the missiles on the front cover of the original cover and that's why it was changed to the boring one. You may not know this but 'To Hell With The devil's' album cover was changed as well.
Hey, thanks for sharing that. Yes I did know about the to hell with the devil cover. Blessings brother!
I remember that in interviews, Stryper members were lamenting the fact that they were constantly subjected to the "You aren't REAL CHRISTIANS!" routine.
Yup.... the pharisee/religious spirit is real... I'm glad they came "through" that and are in a better frame of mind now. They were pioneering... and any time you blaze new paths---you take arrows from people who don't understand. Thanks for watching/sharing!
OOPS you reversed the Y&B Album cover. I still have cassette tape and cover. 84 version was better because it was rough and raw and not over mixed. There was also a Tribute Album to Stryper, where some Christian Metal bands did their take on Stryper songs and some were pretty good. Also have that CD. Isaiah 53:5 a Tribute to Stryper.
Sweet, of course I know there are a lot of people who love that original cover! I know guardian did a cover of the original ep, that was the release that had the first cover, they added a couple songs when they redid it and released it as full album. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
Yes the original was so much better
Is "debute" like a debut?
Sorry did I make a typo somewhere? Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have the Guardian Yellow and Black Attack.
Yeah man, that rocks! Thanks for sharing that!
Still have the original Y&B album. So much better than the remix. The drums just don’t sound right to me on the remix
I get it... especially when we get used to/attached to a certain sound... it's hard to enjoy a "changed" version... I always struggle with remixes/masters... especially if there are of songs I like the original of. Thanks for watching and sharing that thought!
I bought the Y&BA cassette when it came out. I got it home and the entire thing was backwards, I dont know how that happened. I brought it back to the store and got another copy. Now I wish I still had that first one
That's crazy... I can totally see how you'd be bummed at first...and then down the road be kind of stoked to have a really cool piece of "stryper memorabilia." :-) Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave this comment!
There is only 1 christian hard rock band
There STIll is ONLY 1 hard rock christian band of note STRYPER
btw. they arent metal
Ahhhh, the eternal "are they metal?* Thought bomb... From my 80s perspective they were... But I respect your thoughts...
Jimmy Swaggert was and is a joke.
Of course not going to touch that. I didn't know Jimmy personally, so I really can't speak to where he was in terms of his walk with the Lord at the end ... my prayer is .... that all was well.
No they werent the 1st Christian metal
Yeah, I don't know if you listened to Michael's answer, but he was pretty transparent on that. He didn't say they were the first metal Christian band, he just said it's within the realm of possibility that they were the first to break like they did on a national level, in the specific genre of '80s metal. And they certainly paved the way for many bands who came after them. But hey man, everybody's entitled to their opinion and at the end of the day that's all it really is anyway, just an opinion. Blessings man, thanks for sharing yours!
If I recall, they were the first band ever to have two top ten songs at the same time on MTV. Can anyone else verify that?
No one said there were the first Christian band... they were among the early Christian bands... and they were the first to do it the way they did it... and they deifinitely opened doors for soooooo many who followed them.