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Stryper is tagged as: hard rock, heavy metal, christian metal, hair metal, christian

Formed in 1983 in La Mirada, California by brothers Michael and Robert Sweet and guitarist Oz Fox as Roxx Regime, they would change their message and name to Stryper to go on to be the first Christian rock band to be recognized by the mainstream.
According to the To Hell With The Devil Songfacts, Stryper took their name from a Bible verse Isaiah 53: 5, which says “….by His stripes we are healed.” Stryper they explained was an acronym meaning “Salvation Through Redemption Yielding Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness.”
In 1983 they were signed by Enigma Records and released their first album The Yellow and Black Attack. By the mid-1980s, Stryper saw their most successful period starting with the release of To Hell with the Devil which achieved Platinum sales status.
The band earned their stripes (pun intended) on the Los Angeles metal club circuit and in 1984, after recruiting bass player Tim Gaines, signed with Enigma Records and released their debut mini-album, The Yellow And Black Attack (Y&BA).
Their first full-length release, Soldiers Under Command, sold over half a million units worldwide in the eighties, and stayed on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart for over forty weeks. In addition to the hard-rocking tunes that Stryper...
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Top 10 Stryper Songs
To Hell with the Devil
Honestly
Calling On You
Free
Soldiers Under Command
The Way
In God We Trust
Always There For You
More Than A Man
Makes Me Wanna Sing
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Top 10 Stryper Albums
To Hell With The Devil
Soldiers Under Command
In God We Trust
Against The Law
The Covering
Murder By Pride
The Yellow and Black Attack
Reborn
7: The Best of Stryper
The Yellow And Black Attack!
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