STRYPER Frontman Michael Sweet Slams Select Group Of Fans For "Typical, Fanatical, Judgmental Rant"
April 5, 2014, 10 years ago
STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has posted the following message on Facebook:
I post a simple comment that I'm going to see Noah (the feature film starring Russell Crowe) and without knowing anything about my motives, a select few go on a typical, fanatical, judgmental rant. Although I knew the movie was not biblically accurate, I wanted to see it based on my curiosity of what they changed and how they changed it. Is that wrong or sinful? Granted, there are many, many more of you (the majority) who show the true love of God and portray that through your words and kindness, but man, it gets old having to read some of these posts. Where do these people come from? They will speak against someone for doing something they know nothing about and at the same time hide behind they're computers doing God knows what. It's shameful. If I lose some people over going to see a movie about Noah then there's nothing more to say other than - thanks for following and have a nice life."
Narrowminded Stryper fans don't need to watch the Noah movie trailer, found below:
On March 22nd, Stryper performed at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA. Fan-filmed video of 'No More Hell To Pay', 'Marching Into Battle', Singalong Song' and 'To Hell With The Devil' is available below:
Stryper's live schedule is currently as follows:
April
11 - Mohegan Sun Casino - Uncasville, CT12 - Stage 48 - New York, NY
26 - M3 Festival - Columbia, MD
May
2 - Frontiers Rock Festival - Milan, ItalyJune
3 - Obsession Live Lounge - Ottawa, ON5 - Rockpile West - Toronto, ON
6 - Rockpile East - Toronto, ON
7 - Braun's Concert Cove - Akron, NY
12 - Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA
14 - Diesel Concert Theatre - Chesterfield, MI
July
10 - Masters Of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic12 - Bang Your Head - Balingen, Germany
Stryper stormed the charts with their new album, No More Hell To Pay, landing at #3 on the Current Hard Music Albums and Top Hard Music Albums charts, #6 on the Top Current Rock Album charts, #33 on the Billboard Top 200 Current Albums and #35 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 9,500 copies the first week of release.
Stryper also regained their dominance on the Christian charts landing at #2 on the Contemporary Christian Albums and #3 on the Billboard Top Christian/Gospel Albums. No More Hell To Pay also reached #1 on the iTunes Top Rock Album Charts and #8 on the iTunes Top Album Charts when it was released on November 5th, 2013.
"We're humbled to be charting alongside some of the biggest and best in music today! We've worked hard to deliver the best Stryper record to date and we couldn't be more proud of No More Hell To Pay! The Yellow & Black Attack is back (well, we never really left). Here's to 30 more years and we'll see you on the road in 2014," exclaims frontman, guitarist and producer Michael Sweet.
Out via Frontiers Records, No More Hell To Pay is available in two formats - standard CD and deluxe digipak featuring exclusive video content.
No More Hell To Pay tracklisting:
'Revelation'
'No More Hell To Pay'
'Saved By Love'
'Jesus Is Alright'
'The One'
'Legacy'
'Marching Into Battle'
'Te Amo'
'Sticks & Stones'
'Water Into Wine'
'Sympathy'
'Renewed'
'Sympathy' video:
'Jesus Is Just Alright':
'Revelation' lyric video:
Audio samples for all tracks are streaming at this location.