Michael Sweet of legendary hard rockers Stryper will release his new solo album, “I’m Not Your Suicide”, on May 6. Guest musicians set to appear on the CD include Chickenfoot drummer Kenny Aronoff, Fozzy singer Chris Jericho, Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich, Tony Harnell of TNT, and Michael‘s brother Robert Sweet and Stryper‘s Timothy Gaines.
The 12-song solo record will be accompanied by the Stryper frontman’s autobiography, “Honestly”, the writing of which he said was “much more difficult than I could ever imagine yet it’s been somewhat therapeutic being able to talk about my life and the past 30+ years of all things Stryper.” He added: “I get into everything and share things that may surprise you. I talk about the dysfunction in this band, the pain and heartache of being so close to each other that we sometimes hurt each other the most, the ups and downs from our highest point [1987-1988] to our lowest point [1991-1992] and why we were driven to bankruptcy and how we climbed our way back from complete loss and despair. I share my personal pain from considering to give up music altogether to the day I broke the news to the guys that I would be leaving the band and why. From that day forward, I had everything a man could ask for and then, in what seemed like an instant, it was all taken away.”
“I’m Not Your Suicide” will include the song ‘The Cause’, which Sweet made available for streaming this past September on the twelfth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Stryper‘s new studio album “No More Hell To Pay”, sold around 9,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“No More Hell To Pay” was released on November 1st 2013 in Europe and November 5th in North America via Frontiers Records. The effort was made available in two formats — standard CD and deluxe digipak featuring exclusive video content. Produced by Stryper guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet himself, the set features some of Stryper‘s strongest and heaviest material ever.
To read our review for “No More Hell To Pay” click here.
Upcoming “Stryper” U.S. Shows:
01/03/14 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino FREE SHOW!
01/04/14 New York, NY Stage 48**
04/24/14 Etobicoke, ON The RockPile West**
04/25/14 Toronto, ON The RockPile East**
04/26/14 Akron, NY Braun’s Concert Cove**
Europe:
07/10/14 Masters Of Rock Festival, Vizovice, Czech Republic NEW
07/11/14 Bang Your Head Festival, Balingen, Germany NEW
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Video below ‘Sympathy
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