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VINCE NEIL, TOM KEIFER, QUEENSRŸCHE, NIGHT RANGER, SAXON Set For MONSTERS OF ROCK Cruise

The 2017 Monsters Of Rock cruise, the seventh edition of the ultimate hard rock/heavy metal experience at sea, will set sail February 2-7, 2017 aboard a new ship and has expanded to six days, visiting two additional ports in the Caribbean for the first time. Appropriately titled Gathering Of Titans,...

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Rockers React To PRINCE's Death

Members of GUNS N' ROSES, AEROSMITH, KISS, SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE, HALESTORM and JANE'S ADDICTION are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of the artist known as Prince, who died earlier today (Thursday, April 21) at the age of 57. "It is wit...

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WHITESNAKE's JOEL HOEKSTRA To Record Album With STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET

WHITESNAKE guitarist Joel Hoekstra has revealed plans to record an album with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet. Hoekstra announced the project on the current episode of the "White Line Fever" podcast (download on iTunes),explaining he had built a strong relationship with Sweet while contributing to t...

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STRYPER Frontman Shoots Down TED CRUZ Rumor: 'I Don't Think I Look Anything Like Him'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet gave interviews to CNN and NBC 5 Thursday (March 17) in response to social media talk that he and presidential hopeful Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were one and the same. The rumor was apparently started by author Michael Boulerice, who spread an online joke suggesting Cruz and...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Talks About Feelings Of Guilt Over Pursuing Solo Career

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked if he ever feels a sense of guilt when he does either a solo ...

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MICHAEL SWEET Defends STRYPER's 'Minimal' Use Of Backing Tracks

Todd Newton of BigMusicGeek.com recently conducted an interview with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet. An excerpt from the chat follows below. BigMusicGeek.com: The first time I listened to [STRYPER's live CD] "Live At The Whisky" (2014) in a Surround Sound setting, I noticed the presence of a third g...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET 'Forgives' PHILIP ANSELMO

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has weighed in on last month's incident when ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo made a "white power" gesture onstage at a concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA classic "Walk" at the January 22 "Dimebash" event at the Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California in honor o...

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SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST, MÖTLEY CRÜE, NICKELBACK Members React To Passing Of EAGLES Legend GLENN FREY

Members of SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE, NONPOINT and NICKELBACK are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of EAGLES guitarist Glenn Frey, who died earlier today (Monday, January 18) at the age of 67. The surviving members of EAGLES posted a stateme...

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'Hair I Go Again' Movie Feat. ANTHRAX, MOTÖRHEAD, QUEENSRŸCHE Members: Opening Sequence Posted Online

"Hair I Go Again", a documentary about the determination and failures of a former hair band chasing its dreams, will be released worldwide on March 10. The three-minute opening sequence from the film can be seen below. The year was 1985. Thousands of miles away from the sonic debauchery of the Sunse...

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Former BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, GUNS N' ROSES Members Cover DAVID BOWIE For Paris Terror Attack Victims

French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stéphane Honde (pictured; HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS, THE STARS) has assembled an all-star lineup of rock musicians — including former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno, STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet and ex-BLACK SABBATH and DIO drummer Vinny Appice — to re...

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METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH, SLIPKNOT, MÖTLEY CRÜE Members Pay Tribute To LEMMY

Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE),Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH),Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT),Krist Novoselic (NIRVANA),Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES),Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER),are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the death of leg...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: Why I Left California For Massachusetts Twenty Years Ago

IndiePower.com recently conducted an interview with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he decided to leave California, where he grew up, and move to Massachusetts: "My wife at...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Performs Acoustic Version Of BON JOVI's 'Livin' On A Prayer' (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet performing an acoustic version of the BON JOVI classic "Livin' On A Prayer" on December 12 at Spire Center for the Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts can be seen below. While introducing the track, Sweet called it "the greatest song...

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Fallen

Following a covers album and a set of re-recordings, in 2013 Christian rockers STRYPER delivered the well-met "No More Hell to Pay". Obviously settled in their groove, the band wastes no time in delivering "Fallen", their 2015 offering. This band's ballads were once a larger part of their identity t...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'We're Bigger Rebels Than Most Bands Out There'

In a brand new interview with TheGreat Southern Brainfart, STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet addressed accusations by some fans that the band's "faux Christian schtick" is nothing more than a marketing "gimmick." He said: "The people that do say or have said that it's a gimmick or that we do it for th...