Michael Sweet
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“If I’m working with another person watching me, I feel like I have to make them happy. When I’m alone, if I f**k up, I can say ‘F**k it’ and go home”: George Lynch is done with big studios – and he won’t build a Mr. Scary guitar for Michael Sweet
By Andrew Daly published
On their latest collaborative effort, Sweet & Lynch sought to channel classic Dokken – although Lynch reckons the best tracks recorded for Heart & Sacrifice might just be the ones that got rejected…
Stryper perform with battery-powered practice amps following venue power cut
By Sam Roche published
With miniature amps, a snare drum, and some considerable help from the crowd, the Christian metallers completed a full unplugged set – only for the power to be restored half an hour later
Joel Hoekstra and Michael Sweet join forces in new band Iconic, announce debut album, Second Skin
By Matt Owen published
The pair will be joined by former Black Star Riders bassist Marco Mendoza, drummer Tommy Aldridge and Inglorious vocalist Nathan James on the album, which is due June 17
Tracii Gunns and Michael Sweet on the unlikely story behind their black metal-inspired side-project, Sunbomb
By Brad Angle published
Black metal, NWOBHM, doom... Sunbomb sees the hard rock stalwarts reveal their dark side
Tracii Guns teams up with Stryper’s Michael Sweet for classic metal and doom-inspired project, Sunbomb
By Richard Bienstock published
Debut album ‘Evil and Divine’ is "the metal record I would have made when I was 17 years old,” Guns says
Michael Sweet on his star-studded solo album Ten, what's next for Stryper, and why he should have been a leftie
By Mark McStea published
The Stryper frontman on his wife being his writing mediator and the lasting influence of Elvis on his style as a guitarist
Who Says Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet Can't Play EVH Striped Series Guitars? No One, Apparently!
By Richard Bienstock published
Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet on how they learned to stop worrying and play EVH Striped Series guitars.
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