Stryper
Stryper was the one of the first Christian metal bands.
Stryper, composed of brothers Michael and Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Tim Gaines, debuted with the EP The Yellow and Black Attack in 1984. The 1985 followup, the album Soldiers Under Command went gold (at least 500,000 copies sold), and The Yellow and Black Attack was re-released in 1986.
Their third album, To Hell with the Devil (1986) went platinum (over one million copies sold) and would become their biggest-selling release. In God We Trust, released in 1988, also went gold.
The name Stryper comes from a Bible verse, Isaiah 53:5:
- But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
But it has also, been known to stand for:
Salvation
Through
Redemption,
Yielding
Peace,
Encouragement,
and
Righteousness
Albums
- The Yellow and Black Attack (1984 EP; reissued 1986)
- Soldiers Under Command (1985)
- To Hell with the Devil (1986)
- In God We Trust (1988)
- Against the Law (1990)
- Can't Stop The Rock: The Stryper Collection 1984-1991 (1991 greatest hits compilation)
- 7: The Best of Stryper (2003 greatest hits compilation)
- 7 Weeks: Live In America, 2003 (2004 live album)
Home videos
- Live in Japan (1985)
- In the Beginning (1987)
- Stryper expo (2000)
- Stryper expo (2001)
- Stryper, live in Puerto Rico (2004)
