Well for me Michael Sweet, is an example of humble man, so much talent and skills that is not necessary to prove it in this interview; alex is just showing his intelligent side of the story, is his nature. next time i would love to see an interview between Dave mustane and michael Sweet!!! man that would be so amazing awesome mega-force into it!! from any side,spiritual and high-tech nerds musicians!!! because Michael is a genius for me!!! together with Mustane awesome wooooo !! haha I cant wait to see it that program !! i can film it , give me a call haha!!:):):)
Loved this interview between 2 legends from legendary bands that i grew up listening to! So humbling to see these great musicians talking as they share wisdom, stories and jamming!
I like both bands because they made their own way. No one sounds like old Stryper (like them or not) and although everything in the band was good, the drums were the best part for me. Testament isn't as much my style, but it's an amazing band. It's always good to see a band reflect their influences but still sound like themselves throughout their career.
Alex Skolnick and Michael Sweet are both very underrated guitar players and while they praise Eddie Van Halen's genius (and rightfully so...one of thee most innovative guitar players in history) anything you play fast can sound good which is what many pattern based players do. The trick is to make sure what you play fast also would sound good slow
2 of my fav. people...seen both bands...Seen Testament way more. The cool & great part is I have been listening 2 both bands since the mid/late 80's...\m/
Great to see two awesome musicians have a normal, adult chat about everything we all love!! I am a massive Stryper fan, I love Testament, Slayer, Anthrax etc.. it’s all good.. awesome! ☺️👏🏻🙌🏻🤘🏻🙏🏻x
Great video it's a shame what happened with Tim Gaines and Stryper in regards to what he was saying halfway through about bands breaking up that that would have happened with them regarding Timothy Gaines and them and all the dirty laundry that unfortunately came out. That said it's always fascinating to see people talk about their passions and they just play together c:
Unfortunately, Tim Gaines was in and out of Stryper at least four times. What's with Ol' Timmy-boy? He never seemed to be truly satisfied being in Stryper. At least, it sure seemed that way. After Stryper finished touring in support of their Fallen album (2015), Tim Gaines left the band, in a rather ugly way. Stryper cut ties with Tim permanently...or so I gather. Perry Richardson, formerly of the band Firehouse, joined Stryper as their new Bassist back almost 2 years ago now, and Stryper seems to be back to running on all cylinders again.
Speaking of bands letting people go-The very next year, Stryper (Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, & Oz Fox), parted ways with Their original Bass Guitarist, Tim Gaines. That happened in 2017. It was one of those he said/they said kind of things. Tim had been in and out of the band 4 times! He could play and sing, but he seems to have caused a lot of problems, so the guys in Stryper gave him some sort of ultimatum, and, instead of responding to that the way that they'd of hoped that he would, he left the band! Enter Perry Richardson, formerly of the band Firehouse. He seems to be happy being in Stryper. Let's see what happens.
They played some kind of festival together and for the sit down interviews, they put KD right next to Stryper and they got along quite well with him. He is a really nice guy, and the reality is - his thing is all show, it is like Alice Cooper, or a Vaudeville magic act, etc. When Mikkey Dee left the band a friend of mine auditioned for him, and he said he asked him about the Satanism thing and KD told him It was just like writing horror books or telling ghost stories.He said,"It's all for show, my boy."
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Sweet is so underrated as a guitar player but my favorite earth moving solo is Skolnick on Return to Serenity. A solo that makes you feel but has flash as well. What's yours?
Make no mistake, Michael Sweet can play and shred. Maybe not like Alex shred, but Michael can shred too. Seeing both of these amazing players for decades live, I honestly like Michael and Oz's solos better than Alex's in terms of melody. Alex has a super talent though.
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Maybe Alex could teach some shredding to Michael, but Michael could teach all guitar players about singing and playing/soloing, not all guitar players can sing...and sing that well
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I think people have different definitions of shredding. The names tagged to styles of playing are attributed to fanatics tha cant find any other way of describing them. Lick shredding would be a compound of the two. But licks has been establised as a term more than shred, shredding, etc. I think Ill have a bowl shredded wheat and lick the bowl afterwards. 😳
Tim.....hard to say where he was at, when he left the band in 2017, or whenever it was. He then pretty much trashed Stryper, for whatever reason. He's been in and out of Stryper at least 4 times, and my guess is, Stryper finally got tired of his attitude, and told him "Dude, if you're gonna go back to causing problems, kick rocks"! "Get out, and stay out"! So, he left. Stryper has moved on...and the rest is history.
Skolnick can shred, pretty much play anyone’s songs, but as a writer, he isn’t much. All that talent and and he hasn’t written anything memorable. It’s gotta crush his ego that 80% of the comments on here are about Sweet.
I know what you're trying to say but I would disagree with the part that he hasn't written memorable stuff. He does his job perfectly for Testament and if you listen to Planetary Coalition it blows you away. Also you can just as easily claim that mainstream pop is great because it's memorable.
Why are Christians so uptight. Talking about people in the comments not Micheal Sweet.. So what if he said they they are a rock band made up of christians.. To see that its upset you so much and made byou waste your energy being upset .. Well its disheartening.. Christ was a man who by some accounts passed no judgements and gave unconditional love, yet almost every christian thats commenting on youtube finds something to hate and njudge people.. I think Micheal said it correctly .
Mark Steinhoff that's so true. People have lost thier way. We should never pass judgment on others. We Christians need to understand that most of these MEGA huge church's are feel good preacher's . Discernment is key to understand this.
That's why I think religion is the down fail of humanity. It separates us instead of uniting us!!! People are so quick to judge and are most of the time quite snobby towards things that they don't fully understand, or that is a bit different from what they are use to.
@@ericwilliams7374 It's actually pretty simple, most of the problems caused by religion are due to the fact that religion and politics do not mix. Religion should be more of a personal thing, and it's so easy for someone to have a following of people who fundamentally believe the same thing, and then manipulate them for some ulterior motive. You can read the works of a philosopher and interpret them the way you want, but if you take a philosophy class, it's the teacher that tells you what the philosopher meant.
@@jimjambananaslam3596 Exactly, that's why you don't like organized religion.... because you are being taught how preacher/pastor and so on, view the Bible and so on...
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Megadeth is better imo, but Metallica plays the important role of being the mainstream, popular band that gets people into the genre. I think of them as the guys that filled KISS's shoes in that way. But I do think they're more hard rock than metal these days, and Megadeth is way more unique and interesting.
Michael talking about leaving in 1992 for family reasons....come on let's be serious...there was no demand for Stryper....if they had continued making albums in the 90's they would have met the same fate as all those other bands that tried and failed to sell - I am talking about Warrant, Slaughter, not enough people would have bought a Stryper album in 1992 or beyond. Stryper's last album in 1990 was a financial disaster. Their record label (Enigma) went bankrupt because the album didn't sell.
I think that album, at least initially, sold between 300,000-500,000 copies. Stryper had become so compromised at that point, that they tried relying on a style of music that fell on deaf ears. Pop Metal was going out of style, and by mid to late 1991, it was all but dead. People were tired of the same old drek, and then-Alternative came along, and killed the Pop Metal Movement, once and for all! Only a comparative few Pop Metal bands had any kind of gold album sales. Motley Crue had a self-entitled album that went gold in 1994. Poison's album, Native Blood, went gold in 1993, and Tesla had an album that, surprising, went gold in 1994. Other than that, that was about it. Oops! I almost forgot:Kiss had an album called Revenge in 1992 that went gold. Those are the only exceptions to the rule that I can think of, right off-hand. Other than that, every time that Pop Metal tried to revive itself, there was more Alternative and Grunge to stomp it back into the ground! Bye bye, Pop Metal!!!!!
@@atd6374 Thanks! I just do my best to tell it like it is. Nowadays, when any of the older bands even make an album, it seems to possibly do well. For the first week after it's release, it may appear on the Billboard top 200 albums chart. After that, it seems to drop off the charts rather quickly (Unless it's Metallica, or another very well-established band of some other Genre!), & in some cases, people even forget who put out what after awhile. It's pathetic! I remember when Stryper released Reborn in 2005. I expected this major comeback, saleswise...and it basically went nowhere! I loved the album, and thought it was the heaviest & best album since 1985s Soldiers Under Command album. Reborn sold less than 120,000 copies initially. There were problems on 2 different fronts, concerning Reborn. 1:A Nu Metal style was used on the album, that comparitively few people even liked. 2:The album design was something that, for some strange reason, people objected to. Since then, Stryper has released several albums. Murder By Pride (2009), No More Hell To Pay, and Second Coming (2013), Fallen (2015), & God Damn Evil (2018). The very title of the last one threw people for a MAJOR loop, and, as a result, album sales for that album apoeared to have dropped way off, entering the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 77. I admit it:I'm so tired of Stryper beating the proverbial "Dead Horse"! I'm done with it! People nowadays say that each Stryper Album is, if you will, an improvement over the last one. Come on!!! Stryper keep using the same, dated forum that cost them their careers a long time ago! I think I see now why Tim Gaines is no longer with Stryper. Could it be that he got tired of the same old same old, album after album? Michael Sweet needs to quit trying to beat the proverbial "Dead Horse", and find something else to do with his life! I think that even his brother, Robert, might just be about worn out with his brothers massive ego! I'm long in my text...my bad, but enough is enough! Pop Metal died a long time ago. Let it rest in peace, because it was never true metal anyway!!!!!
"Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads are my favorite two guitar players, but I don't shred..." Two of the gods of shredding are your favorites and you dont shred? I'm confused.... that's like saying: "Bob Marley is my biggest influence, but I dont play reggae..." not talking smack, just saying...
Have you ever listened to alexs's music and im not just referring to his work with testament which is a great example of how talented he is even when he was younger. The guy isn't your average run of the mill shredder even back in the late 80s early 90s it was apparent he possessed a lot of things his peers didn't. knows his shit
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Michael Sweet saying he is not a shredder is one of the funniest things I've heard, he can rip it up!! Humbleness, folks!
I agree!
He’s a shredder!
I've seen Stryper a few times. Michael Sweet shouldn't sell himself short. He is an amazing guitar player
I love how Alex want them to seem like equals, and showed respect towards Mike.
michaellynn19721 Michael Lynn I do agree with you.
He's so humble. A really great guy.
As good as Oz Fox is, which, of course, is Michael Sweet's bandmate, Michael Sweet has always kinda struck me as being slightly better than Oz is.
Absolutely and think Michael does it far too much. He’s a great guitarist!
Michael Sweet is actually a very under-rated guitarist.
Agree
His solo on the song Free is great! Melodic and shreddy at the same time!
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Not many out there who can sing the way he can while playing the way he does at the same time. Extremely gifted and talented
these are two legends that need every ones attention. wisdom at its finest.
Especially that Michael Sweet stated that Randy Rhoads is one of his biggest influences, that's been going around and it's about time...
Love Michael Sweet. Class act, and always was...
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My respect for these masters.
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Long live Stryper! God bless you all for continuing what you do.
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Stryper is so underrated as a band and Michael as a singer and guitar player.
Facts 💯
That was great. Thank you Michael Sweet, Alex Skolnick and all involved.
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Both Michael and Alex are amazing guitar players...... I was soooo bummed to see Michael without his guitar 😞🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Both great guys and a mutual respect is easily seen here. I have listened to both bands since their debut albums.
Two of my 80‘s Rockstars in one conversation...Never would have thought this might be possible!!
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Well for me Michael Sweet, is an example of humble man, so much talent and skills that is not necessary to prove it in this interview; alex is just showing his intelligent side of the story, is his nature. next time i would love to see an interview between Dave mustane and michael Sweet!!! man that would be so amazing awesome mega-force into it!! from any side,spiritual and high-tech nerds musicians!!! because Michael is a genius for me!!! together with Mustane awesome wooooo !! haha I cant wait to see it that program !! i can film it , give me a call haha!!:):):)
Enjoyed that very much...one word for both these guys: integrity..they got it!
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Skolnick's solos on the songs Alone in the Dark, Practice what you Preach, and Return to Serenity are so damn memorable for me
Loved this interview between 2 legends from legendary bands that i grew up listening to! So humbling to see these great musicians talking as they share wisdom, stories and jamming!
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That was just awesome. Two guys with immense respect for each other just shootin the breeze
Much respect for both of these guys!
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Two of my most favorite guitarists doing an interview together!? I love it!!!
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Two awesome guys that love music and making people happy!
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Real talk right there! I like both of them and their bands!
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I like both bands because they made their own way. No one sounds like old Stryper (like them or not) and although everything in the band was good, the drums were the best part for me. Testament isn't as much my style, but it's an amazing band. It's always good to see a band reflect their influences but still sound like themselves throughout their career.
Alex Skolnick and Michael Sweet are both very underrated guitar players and while they praise Eddie Van Halen's genius (and rightfully so...one of thee most innovative guitar players in history) anything you play fast can sound good which is what many pattern based players do. The trick is to make sure what you play fast also would sound good slow
2 of my fav. people...seen both bands...Seen Testament way more. The cool & great part is I have been listening 2 both bands since the mid/late 80's...\m/
Awesome interview legends 🤘❤🎸💯😍
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Great to see two awesome musicians have a normal, adult chat about everything we all love!! I am a massive Stryper fan, I love Testament, Slayer, Anthrax etc.. it’s all good.. awesome! ☺️👏🏻🙌🏻🤘🏻🙏🏻x
excellent video of 2 legends with different techniques, the beauty of music is the flavors that it presents to you and congratulations
Two multi talented axe players have ultimate respect for both
Great great bands. Would be an awesome tour...Stryper and Testament.
This was really fun to watch!
I love both these guys. Just found this series,, Amazing! Please do more!! ✌️💖
This is awesome
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Michael Sweet is a great guitarist. Godly warrior and the guys of Stryper. 👍🎸😉
soldiers under command of stryper still one of the best solo with double lead guitars... michael is an amazing guitarplayer...
Testament one of the best live shows of all time.
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I dig both bands. I've seen both live. Testament was a stronger band but I love sweets voice.
Juan Rodriguez Testament live sets are among the best ever all time.
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Two absolutely cool guys. It would be great to hear them collaborate!
Cuanta humildad de Michael, es una leyenda viviente y un monstruo del instrumento, y aun asi le da crédito a lo de Skolnick
This was a great interview
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simply an amazing video and history lesson. Loved it
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Great video it's a shame what happened with Tim Gaines and Stryper in regards to what he was saying halfway through about bands breaking up that that would have happened with them regarding Timothy Gaines and them and all the dirty laundry that unfortunately came out.
That said it's always fascinating to see people talk about their passions and they just play together c:
Unfortunately, Tim Gaines was in and out of Stryper at least four times. What's with Ol' Timmy-boy? He never seemed to be truly satisfied being in Stryper. At least, it sure seemed that way. After Stryper finished touring in support of their Fallen album (2015), Tim Gaines left the band, in a rather ugly way. Stryper cut ties with Tim permanently...or so I gather. Perry Richardson, formerly of the band Firehouse, joined Stryper as their new Bassist back almost 2 years ago now, and Stryper seems to be back to running on all cylinders again.
I bought an Ibanez in 1987 because Alex played them. I miss it.
Alex is a awesome guitar player and looks like he would be a great teacher
Man, Michael Sweet looks like Stacy David from the show Gearz....
Lol I love that they're talking about K.K. and Judas Priest as having split "the right way" before shit really hit the fan between them.
I love how the thumbnail says Michael sweet with a big ole Alex skolnick face
I would like to see Michael talking with Rexx Carrol .
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Speaking of bands letting people go-The very next year, Stryper (Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, & Oz Fox), parted ways with Their original Bass Guitarist, Tim Gaines. That happened in 2017. It was one of those he said/they said kind of things. Tim had been in and out of the band 4 times! He could play and sing, but he seems to have caused a lot of problems, so the guys in Stryper gave him some sort of ultimatum, and, instead of responding to that the way that they'd of hoped that he would, he left the band! Enter Perry Richardson, formerly of the band Firehouse. He seems to be happy being in Stryper. Let's see what happens.
I would love to see Michael and King Diamond... that could certainly be quite interesting.. Or some other Christian artist with him :)
They played some kind of festival together and for the sit down interviews, they put KD right next to Stryper and they got along quite well with him. He is a really nice guy, and the reality is - his thing is all show, it is like Alice Cooper, or a Vaudeville magic act, etc. When Mikkey Dee left the band a friend of mine auditioned for him, and he said he asked him about the Satanism thing and KD told him It was just like writing horror books or telling ghost stories.He said,"It's all for show, my boy."
King is one of the nicest guys ever, and he couldn't really give a crap about the whole Christian thing. He'd actually get along really well with him.
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Michael sweet solos are simple beauty
Alex is a monster on guitar.!
Thank you for this
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My wife and I with our baby met Michael at sweetwater fest... have a great pic!
I'm starting to like these interviews xP
Michael says, 0:32 "I'm not a shredder." Maybe not Yngwie (same thing is boring after 40 years), but Michael has made a student of many guitarists.
Sweet is so underrated as a guitar player but my favorite earth moving solo is Skolnick on Return to Serenity. A solo that makes you feel but has flash as well.
What's yours?
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That was awesome!!!!
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Michael is underrated
Awesome!!!
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Make no mistake, Michael Sweet can play and shred. Maybe not like Alex shred, but Michael can shred too. Seeing both of these amazing players for decades live, I honestly like Michael and Oz's solos better than Alex's in terms of melody. Alex has a super talent though.
michael is a great guy
Nice guys both of them..
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I know this is an old video... but what is that amp? the sound is friggin Killer!!
RIP Eddie Van Halen!
All I can say is....lame lame I know lame but I was the head of the Stryper FC in Philly and Testament is and always will be my fave thrash band...not slayer ..TESTAMENT. I am so happy to see me heroes sharing...YAY
Curious...was this interview done before Stryper fired Tim Gaines? Quite a bit of discussion of firing band members...
Maybe Alex could teach some shredding to Michael, but Michael could teach all guitar players about singing and playing/soloing, not all guitar players can sing...and sing that well
tom keifer is right there with Michael Sweet on being able to do both.
Michael rules.🤘✝️✝️
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that's a paul gilbert lick at the beginning lol
Nice freakn guitar I'm getting me 1
Lets of 2 awesome guitar players and make em play the worrst amp in production
look at the right hand
I think people have different definitions of shredding. The names tagged to styles of playing are attributed to fanatics tha cant find any other way of describing them. Lick shredding would be a compound of the two. But licks has been establised as a term more than shred, shredding, etc.
I think Ill have a bowl shredded wheat and lick the bowl afterwards. 😳
And then.... Timothy Gaines and Stryper parted ways. Less than a year after this video was made. Bummer.
Tim.....hard to say where he was at, when he left the band in 2017, or whenever it was. He then pretty much trashed Stryper, for whatever reason. He's been in and out of Stryper at least 4 times, and my guess is, Stryper finally got tired of his attitude, and told him "Dude, if you're gonna go back to causing problems, kick rocks"! "Get out, and stay out"! So, he left. Stryper has moved on...and the rest is history.
Skolnick can shred, pretty much play anyone’s songs, but as a writer, he isn’t much. All that talent and and he hasn’t written anything memorable. It’s gotta crush his ego that 80% of the comments on here are about Sweet.
I know what you're trying to say but I would disagree with the part that he hasn't written memorable stuff. He does his job perfectly for Testament and if you listen to Planetary Coalition it blows you away. Also you can just as easily claim that mainstream pop is great because it's memorable.
he wrote most of the stuff in the first 2 testament albums
btw, electric crown was written by him
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Why are Christians so uptight. Talking about people in the comments not Micheal Sweet.. So what if he said they they are a rock band made up of christians.. To see that its upset you so much and made byou waste your energy being upset .. Well its disheartening.. Christ was a man who by some accounts passed no judgements and gave unconditional love, yet almost every christian thats commenting on youtube finds something to hate and njudge people.. I think Micheal said it correctly .
Mark Steinhoff that's so true. People have lost thier way. We should never pass judgment on others. We Christians need to understand that most of these MEGA huge church's are feel good preacher's . Discernment is key to understand this.
That's why I think religion is the down fail of humanity. It separates us instead of uniting us!!! People are so quick to judge and are most of the time quite snobby towards things that they don't fully understand, or that is a bit different from what they are use to.
@@ericwilliams7374 It's actually pretty simple, most of the problems caused by religion are due to the fact that religion and politics do not mix. Religion should be more of a personal thing, and it's so easy for someone to have a following of people who fundamentally believe the same thing, and then manipulate them for some ulterior motive. You can read the works of a philosopher and interpret them the way you want, but if you take a philosophy class, it's the teacher that tells you what the philosopher meant.
@@jimjambananaslam3596 Exactly, that's why you don't like organized religion.... because you are being taught how preacher/pastor and so on, view the Bible and so on...
Most ironic duo...a Christian and a guy in Testament. 🤘😉
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This didn't age well. He brought up Joey Jorgensen.
But then we would not have gotten Megadeth, a better band than Metallica.
Metallica are better.
Megadeth is better imo, but Metallica plays the important role of being the mainstream, popular band that gets people into the genre. I think of them as the guys that filled KISS's shoes in that way. But I do think they're more hard rock than metal these days, and Megadeth is way more unique and interesting.
Big Papi There are several old photos in the 80s of Metallica with Mustaine taking baths together etc. They sold out. Gay agenda.
Michael talking about leaving in 1992 for family reasons....come on let's be serious...there was no demand for Stryper....if they had continued making albums in the 90's they would have met the same fate as all those other bands that tried and failed to sell - I am talking about Warrant, Slaughter, not enough people would have bought a Stryper album in 1992 or beyond. Stryper's last album in 1990 was a financial disaster. Their record label (Enigma) went bankrupt because the album didn't sell.
I think that album, at least initially, sold between 300,000-500,000 copies. Stryper had become so compromised at that point, that they tried relying on a style of music that fell on deaf ears. Pop Metal was going out of style, and by mid to late 1991, it was all but dead. People were tired of the same old drek, and then-Alternative came along, and killed the Pop Metal Movement, once and for all! Only a comparative few Pop Metal bands had any kind of gold album sales. Motley Crue had a self-entitled album that went gold in 1994. Poison's album, Native Blood, went gold in 1993, and Tesla had an album that, surprising, went gold in 1994. Other than that, that was about it. Oops! I almost forgot:Kiss had an album called Revenge in 1992 that went gold. Those are the only exceptions to the rule that I can think of, right off-hand. Other than that, every time that Pop Metal tried to revive itself, there was more Alternative and Grunge to stomp it back into the ground! Bye bye, Pop Metal!!!!!
@@atd6374 Thanks! I just do my best to tell it like it is. Nowadays, when any of the older bands even make an album, it seems to possibly do well. For the first week after it's release, it may appear on the Billboard top 200 albums chart. After that, it seems to drop off the charts rather quickly (Unless it's Metallica, or another very well-established band of some other Genre!), & in some cases, people even forget who put out what after awhile. It's pathetic! I remember when Stryper released Reborn in 2005. I expected this major comeback, saleswise...and it basically went nowhere! I loved the album, and thought it was the heaviest & best album since 1985s Soldiers Under Command album. Reborn sold less than 120,000 copies initially. There were problems on 2 different fronts, concerning Reborn. 1:A Nu Metal style was used on the album, that comparitively few people even liked. 2:The album design was something that, for some strange reason, people objected to. Since then, Stryper has released several albums. Murder By Pride (2009), No More Hell To Pay, and Second Coming (2013), Fallen (2015), & God Damn Evil (2018). The very title of the last one threw people for a MAJOR loop, and, as a result, album sales for that album apoeared to have dropped way off, entering the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 77. I admit it:I'm so tired of Stryper beating the proverbial "Dead Horse"! I'm done with it! People nowadays say that each Stryper Album is, if you will, an improvement over the last one. Come on!!! Stryper keep using the same, dated forum that cost them their careers a long time ago! I think I see now why Tim Gaines is no longer with Stryper. Could it be that he got tired of the same old same old, album after album? Michael Sweet needs to quit trying to beat the proverbial "Dead Horse", and find something else to do with his life! I think that even his brother, Robert, might just be about worn out with his brothers massive ego! I'm long in my text...my bad, but enough is enough! Pop Metal died a long time ago. Let it rest in peace, because it was never true metal anyway!!!!!
Would it be nice if policrimalas were as diplomatic as these two?
"Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads are my favorite two guitar players, but I don't shred..." Two of the gods of shredding are your favorites and you dont shred? I'm confused.... that's like saying: "Bob Marley is my biggest influence, but I dont play reggae..." not talking smack, just saying...
He has ALWAYS downplayed his ability as a guitarist. He is one of my all time favorite lead players.
He can shred dude :)
You dont get it... really?
They couldn’t even give them a decent amp………..
the crienge factor between artists was felt. diffrent ppl for sure
Didn't see that at all. Just saw two humble guys that respect one anothrt.
Removing the "Isaiah 53:5" from the bands name could help with dropping the "Christian band" thing...
No way dude, I am an atheist and I respect Stryper for expressing a religious opinion and just sticking with it despite the hate.
Did you even what the video...he expressed his exasperation for being labeled a "Christian" band.
Yea, and I am saying that they should keep rocking for Christ. Just cause it makes some people mad ;)
Michael Sweet is far better the best guitar player...
Lol micheal not a shredder lol
Sorry Mike you can't serve two masters
Oz fox would destroy Alex!
Have you ever listened to alexs's music and im not just referring to his work with testament which is a great example of how talented he is even when he was younger. The guy isn't your average run of the mill shredder even back in the late 80s early 90s it was apparent he possessed a lot of things his peers didn't. knows his shit
I saw him playing Jazz after he left Testament, and the guy is simply amazing.
No Way man. Alex is on another level.
Zed1967 true that! Thanx for your honesty, dude
Israel Miller Alex is also Classically trained & has a degree in Jazz...
Michael’s very superficial interaction is a disappointment.
....but as Geddy sings : “Can’t pretend a stranger”,...
“Is a long awaited friend “
This is absolutely stupid.