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24 Jun 2014, 08:0619
Michael Sweet - Unstryped - The Post Stryper Sessions (EP) (1999)
Year : 1992 (recorded) / (released) 1999
Style : Melodic Rock , Christian Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 127 mb
Bio:
Michael Sweet (born 4 July 1963) is a singer from Whittier, California, United States. Sweet is best known as co-founder, writer, lead guitarist, lead vocalist and front man of the Christian rock band Stryper. He was also co-lead vocalist and guitarist for Boston from 2007-2011.In the early 1980s, Sweet and his brother started a band called Roxx Regime and played in small venues. They were a trio for a period of time with Sweet being the only guitar player in the band. This band would later become Stryper. The band challenged the stereotype of heavy metal being satanic and took Christian rock into mainstream.With the band, Sweet was not only the lead vocalist and shared lead guitar duties, but he also wrote most of the music for the band as well as co-producing and arranging the music as well. the band recorded five successful studio albums. The band's reputation declined in the 1990s.After nine years as the lead singer/lead guitarist of Stryper, Sweet left the band in 1992 in order to pursue a solo career. He first released a demo album titled Unstryped, which featured several songs allegedly intended for the band. Sweet later included some of these on his first full-length album.His self-titled debut album was released in 1994 and sold over 250,000 copies.[citation needed] He followed it with a slightly softer album titled Real in 1996 earning him a Dove Award nomination.[citation needed] Soon after the release of Real, Sweet left Benson Records, with whom he had released those two albums.During this time, Sweet and his wife Kyle moved to Massachusetts, where Sweet worked at his father-in-law's campground/cranberry business, Maple Park.[citation needed] In 1998, he released an independent demo album titled Truth which received critical acclaim. He was signed to Restless Records and re-released Truth in 2000 with a new song-list and new artwork.On August 19, 2007, Sweet was asked by Boston's Tom Scholz to be one of the lead singers and guitarists for Come Together: A tribute to Brad Delp at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, MA.[citation needed] Tom Scholz then asked Sweet to join Boston for the band's summer 2008 tour with Styx as the opening act.
Album:
Unstryped is a demo album released by Christian rock singer, and former Stryper frontman, Michael Sweet. The album was recorded in 1992 but wasn't officially released until 1999.The album features several songs that were left from Stryper sessions. Michael Sweet used some of them for his first full-length studio album.Guitar work on "Love You Crazy", and "Give What You've Got" was done by Tony Palacios of Guardian.
Line Up:
Micahel Sweet (STRYPER) – Vocals, Guitar
Tony Palacios - Guitar (Ex-Guardian)
Tracklist:
01. Love You Crazy
02. Give What You've Got
03. All I Wanna Do
04. When I'm Lonely
05. I Need You Now
+ Video "I Need You Now" (Audio Only)
+ Video "I'm Not Your Suicide" (Official Video)
+ Video "Heart Of Gold" (Michael Sweet featuring Electra Mustaine) (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df0YGrF5Zao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Cljcp8Hqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDr7R8BLe3U
Year : 1992 (recorded) / (released) 1999
Style : Melodic Rock , Christian Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 127 mb
Bio:
Michael Sweet (born 4 July 1963) is a singer from Whittier, California, United States. Sweet is best known as co-founder, writer, lead guitarist, lead vocalist and front man of the Christian rock band Stryper. He was also co-lead vocalist and guitarist for Boston from 2007-2011.In the early 1980s, Sweet and his brother started a band called Roxx Regime and played in small venues. They were a trio for a period of time with Sweet being the only guitar player in the band. This band would later become Stryper. The band challenged the stereotype of heavy metal being satanic and took Christian rock into mainstream.With the band, Sweet was not only the lead vocalist and shared lead guitar duties, but he also wrote most of the music for the band as well as co-producing and arranging the music as well. the band recorded five successful studio albums. The band's reputation declined in the 1990s.After nine years as the lead singer/lead guitarist of Stryper, Sweet left the band in 1992 in order to pursue a solo career. He first released a demo album titled Unstryped, which featured several songs allegedly intended for the band. Sweet later included some of these on his first full-length album.His self-titled debut album was released in 1994 and sold over 250,000 copies.[citation needed] He followed it with a slightly softer album titled Real in 1996 earning him a Dove Award nomination.[citation needed] Soon after the release of Real, Sweet left Benson Records, with whom he had released those two albums.During this time, Sweet and his wife Kyle moved to Massachusetts, where Sweet worked at his father-in-law's campground/cranberry business, Maple Park.[citation needed] In 1998, he released an independent demo album titled Truth which received critical acclaim. He was signed to Restless Records and re-released Truth in 2000 with a new song-list and new artwork.On August 19, 2007, Sweet was asked by Boston's Tom Scholz to be one of the lead singers and guitarists for Come Together: A tribute to Brad Delp at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, MA.[citation needed] Tom Scholz then asked Sweet to join Boston for the band's summer 2008 tour with Styx as the opening act.
Album:
Unstryped is a demo album released by Christian rock singer, and former Stryper frontman, Michael Sweet. The album was recorded in 1992 but wasn't officially released until 1999.The album features several songs that were left from Stryper sessions. Michael Sweet used some of them for his first full-length studio album.Guitar work on "Love You Crazy", and "Give What You've Got" was done by Tony Palacios of Guardian.
Line Up:
Micahel Sweet (STRYPER) – Vocals, Guitar
Tony Palacios - Guitar (Ex-Guardian)
Tracklist:
01. Love You Crazy
02. Give What You've Got
03. All I Wanna Do
04. When I'm Lonely
05. I Need You Now
+ Video "I Need You Now" (Audio Only)
+ Video "I'm Not Your Suicide" (Official Video)
+ Video "Heart Of Gold" (Michael Sweet featuring Electra Mustaine) (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df0YGrF5Zao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Cljcp8Hqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDr7R8BLe3U
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