Michael Sweet

The fabulous singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael Sweet is best known as a founding member and lead singer of Christian Hard Rock outfit, Stryper. He was also the singer and guitarist for Boston from 2007 to 2011.

Hailing from Orange County in California, Sweet was interested in music and performing from a young age. Then, in the early 1980s, he and his brother, Robert, started a band called Roxx Regime, which eventually transformed into Stryper. They played Heavy Metal and set out to challenge the norm that that genre of music was satanic in its influence, pushing their own agenda, and taking Christian Rock into the mainstream. They recorded five studio albums, before Sweet left the band in 1992 to pursue a solo career. His self-titled debut album was released in 1994. He has since gone on to release nine more studio albums (including two with influential metal guitarist George Lynch, under the name of Sweet & Lynch). He was asked to join Boston in 2007 and stayed with the band until 2011, when he left to focus on his priorities and contributions to Stryper. His original band had joined together for a number of reunions between 1999 and 2001, and eventually reformed in 2003. Their latest album, Even the Devil Believes, was released in 2020 and went straight to No.1 in the Billboard US Christian Rock chart.

Sweet regularly connects with his legions of dedicated fans and followers through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, posting videos and pictures about his life on and off the stage and in the recording studio. He also has his own official website, michaelsweet.com.