STRYPER News: STRYPER Begins Recording Covers Album

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Christian hard rockers STRYPER entered the studio yesterday (Saturday, March 6) to begin recording an album of covers, to be released later in the year. The CD will include STRYPER's renditions of the following classics:

STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet recently explaiend the band's decision to pay tribute to its influences on the new album:

"We grew up listening to many different styles of music and there is a list of bands that influenced us throughout our musical education. Bands like JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, VAN HALEN, UFO, DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN, KANSAS and many others, helped to shape our sound...