Stryper,The 1st Xian Metal Band

As a young man living at home there
was a christian radio station that i
could barely recieve on the FM dial
north of Seattle Washington.

They were playing Stryper and
although information about them was
a bit scarce it was Metal Music.

First off that sort of thing was not 
allowed at home so off into the Abyss
of America I went on April 2 1985.

I went to Juneau Alaska first day
out on my own then found myself
some days later at a Christian Book
Store in the Mendenhall Mall.

I asked for stryper and got their
1st album The Yellow & Black Attack
then in May I bought Soldiers Under
Command.

This was my first taste of freedom to
listen to what "I" wanted to now that
Im independent.
Stryper was a breath of fresh air and
I became obsessed with buying cassettes
in this genre.

Stryper is an acronym for
Salvation Through Redemption
Yielding Peace Encouragment and 
Righteousness.

Michael Sweet first founded the 
band as Roxx Regime in the early
1980's.

After Against The Law the band 
took a 15 year hiatuss then released
Reborn in 2015,which by my standards
was a blast then off to the races
they went putting out more music.

Their album covers are controversial
at best and have rereleased albums 
with alternative toned down covers
I mean some stalwart christians
are real snooty.

Their albums are as follows

The yellow and black attack 1984
Soldiers under command 1985
To Hell with the devil 1986
In god we trust 1988
Against the law 1990
Reborn 2005
Murder by pride 2009
The covering 2011
Second Coming 2013 Compilation
No more hell to pay 2013
Fallen 2015
God damn evil 2018
Even the devil believes 2020
The final battle 2023

I have all but second coming 
and enjoy listening on occaision.

I began buying then collecting
christian music in 1985 although
i dont buy anymore as i have at
last count 650 albums of all genres

I have to list what genres i have so
you can get a better feel for what i 
listen to.

Contemporary,Rock,Hard Rock
Blues,Blues oriented Rock,Metal
Speed Metal,Punk,Thrash and 
Death Metal,yeah the last one might
confuse you but Veangeance Rising
Did it first then Mortification.

I first started digitizing my music
first all my casettes then cd's 
and some records.

Back in 2013 i call NorthStar
Bible Camp up the pass and gave 
my giant collection to them as a gift.
He had to make 2 trips to get it all.
I was very happy about it as it 
benefited children and teens.

So whatever nonesense they play
on christian radio i have music
that will blow your socks off.

Peace,BigT