PREVIEW: Stryper
November 22nd, 2009, 4:03 PM
Written by: Gabriel Arguelles
Category: Preview
Stryper @ El Corazon 11/22 | 7pm| $30 Purchase tickets HERE
This is a big deal to some of us. One could argue that every single Seattle Show Gal preview is about a band that is a big deal to some of us, and they’d be correct. But, this is a huge deal. There’s a sliver of the population that grew up Christian in the 80’s, and if you’re part of this group you know what this is about: Stryper. They were the biggest band ever, we thought. They broke boundaries and stitched Christian band names on the backs of jean jackets world wide. They made it cool for religious people to look like Poison and Mötley Crüe fans even if those bands were really a little too risque for their tastes. Stryper scared parents with the album cover and title To Hell with the Devil, even if the stuff contained within was praise hair metal and conservative values. Not all of us are still Christian, but we remember what Stryper did for us. They made it cool for the dorky kids with the really strict parents to rock.
Stryper aren’t touring stadiums anymore. In fact, they’re playing clubs. The rise of grunge and Metallica-style pop-metal have made 80’s glam rock almost completely disappear. They’re playing El Corazon to be precise, and it’ll be the intimate hair metal show of a lifetime. They’ll introduce themselves to the audience, each with their own solo and Michael Sweet will break glass with his high notes. The hair will fly. Oh, the hair.
It’s not every day or even year that old hair metal bands play venues in which one can stand 5 feet away from them. If you want to unpretentiously rock out, air-guitar, and sing 25 year old songs like when you were a churchy 11 year old, this is the night to do it.They do still bring it.
Watch Stryper arrive by helicopter and land on a their own signature helipad before rocking out:
Categories: Previews | Tags: cinderella, El Corazon, glam, hair metal, motley crue, murder by pride, poison, ratt, stryper
I was there, I’m still Christian and still a Stryper fan! Definitely the loudest gig I’ve been to in a long time… maybe too loud… or maybe I’m just too old for it now.
I’m also not from Seattle… so I have to ask, was this the best venue in town? That was the only negative thing I have to say about the whole evening.
Michael & Oz played and sang as flawlessly as ever, Bibles got thrown out and the crowd sang along to every single song. Just like back in the good ol’ days!