18 Facts About Michael Sweet

Michael Harrison Sweet was born on July 4,1963 and is an American musician; he is the co-founder, songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the metal band Stryper.

Michael Sweet has had a successful solo career and served as singer and guitarist for Boston from 2007 to 2011.

Michael Sweet first released a demo album, Unstryped, which featured several songs allegedly intended for the band.

Michael Sweet later included some of these on his first full-length album.

Michael Sweet's self-titled debut album was released in 1994 and sold over 250,000 copies.

Michael Sweet followed it with a slightly softer album titled Real in 1996 earning him a Dove Award nomination.

Michael Sweet was signed to Restless Records and re-released Truth in 2000 with a new song-list and new artwork.

Scholz then asked Michael Sweet to join Boston for the band's summer 2008 tour with Styx as the opening act.

Michael Sweet performed lead vocals, background vocals, and guitar work for Boston.

Michael Sweet was asked to be a part of what was supposed to be Boston's last performance on August 19,2007.

Tom Scholz was moved by what Michael Sweet had written about the late Brad Delp and then heard Michael Sweet sing and play guitar.

Michael Sweet handled lead vocals on roughly half of the set list and played guitar for the entire set and handled solo work as well.

In 1999, Michael Sweet reunited with former Stryper bandmates Oz Fox and Tim Gaines during a concert in Puerto Rico.

In 2007, Michael Sweet released an album called Touched in honor of his wife, Kyle, who died on March 5,2009, after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer.

Michael Sweet discussed the group on Eddie Trunk Podcast dated February 4,2015.

Michael Sweet released his tenth studio album, Ten, on RatPak Records in late 2019.

Michael Sweet participated as guitarist, lead singer and producer on Stryper's Even the Devil Believes that was released on September 4,2020.

Michael Sweet met his wife Kyle while making Stryper's first video.