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Wilson, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=567419 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper Postpone U.S. Tour Dates, Cite ‘Tour Bus and Labor Shortage’ https://wgrd.com/stryper-tour-dates-postponed-september-2022/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:35:31 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Frontiers Music SRL https://wgrd.com/?p=565732 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper’s Michael Sweet Doesn’t Think Grunge Killed Hair Metal, Explains What Did https://wgrd.com/stryper-michael-sweet-grunge-didnt-kill-hair-metal/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:09:17 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephen J. Cohen, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=563900 wgrd.com grand-rapids Best New Songs of July – Staff Favorites + Essential Listening https://wgrd.com/best-new-rock-metal-songs-july-2022/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:07:11 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Photo by Anthony Scanga / Pacific Press, LightRocket via Getty Images / Ethan Miller, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=563651 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper’s Michael Sweet Praises Creed, Scott Stapp Responds https://wgrd.com/stryper-michael-sweet-praises-creed-scott-stapp-responds/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:30:51 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Mark Weiss / Scott Dudelson, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=550875 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper’s Michael Sweet – Unlike Slayer, ‘We Practice What We Preach’ https://wgrd.com/stryper-michael-sweet-unlike-slayer-we-practice-what-we-preach/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:34:02 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephen J. Cohen, Getty Images / Scott Legato, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=543304 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper Book Spring 2022 U.S. Tour Dates, ‘Soldiers Under Command’ Livestream https://wgrd.com/stryper-spring-2022-us-tour-dates-soldiers-under-command-livestream/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:50:30 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephen J. 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Cohen, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=516280 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper’s Michael Sweet Suggests the Bible Will Eventually Be ‘Canceled’ https://wgrd.com/stryper-michael-sweet-bible-canceled/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:14:52 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephen J. Cohen, Getty Images https://wgrd.com/?p=515959 wgrd.com grand-rapids Listen: Stryper Singer + L.A. Guns Guitarist Form Doom Band Sunbomb https://wgrd.com/listen-stryper-singer-la-guns-guitarist-form-doom-band-sunbomb/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:52:56 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Frontiers Music SRL https://wgrd.com/?p=515351 wgrd.com grand-rapids Stryper’s Oz Fox Details Multiple Brain Surgeries Ahead to Remove Tumors https://wgrd.com/stryper-oz-fox-multiple-brain-surgeries-remove-tumors/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:32:43 GMT Continue reading…]]> Continue reading…]]> Stephen J. 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