Stryper lead vocalist and guitarist Michael Sweet was recently interviewed by Andrew Catania for All That Shreds.
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Back in late 2016, Sweet and former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach had publicly traded insults at each other with Bach stating Sweet had a “big fucking mouth” and later calling him a “pussy.” Sweet on the other hand stated that 16 year old emerging artist Moriah Formica‘s rendition of “I Remember You” smoked the original singer’s version and later called Bach a “tool.”
Catania asked Sweet if he and Bach had settled whatever beef they had between them.
Sweet replied: “I’ve reached out to Sebastian a couple of times and emailed him. I have no beef with him at this time. I respect Sebastian, he’s a great singer, and it’s water under the bridge as far as I’m concerned. Hopefully, it is with him too. Those things happen in life, and it’s all good.”
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In terms of why Stryper decided to name their upcoming new studio album God Damn Evil, Sweet advised: “We didn’t do it just to shake things up. We have a point to prove in a statement. A few years back we thought about using this title. We didn’t go with it because we felt it was a little too much at that time. Now in 2018, with everything that we’ve seen on the news, the evil we’re faced with on a daily basis to new levels and new degrees, it made perfect sense for us to have an album called God Damn Evil. It’s a prayer request. It is what it is. It’s not a swear, it’s not just the shock statement, it’s a prayer request, and we’re asking God to damn the evil that we see. It should be a prayer for everybody. Some people are freaking out thinking you’re taking the Lord’s name in vain, and it’s not that at all.”