This months interview has been in the works for almost a year.... but things never worked out,but after all the wait..it's finally here..Robert Freakin' Sweet! I used to play drums..and he was one of my idols..no one looked as cool as Robert back there slammin away, he made sure he wasnt "just the drummer stuck in the back" Anyway..Robert has never stopped playing, even after Stryper broke up..so here he is to tell his story...
J-Ok..first off going backwards, how did you get into Stryper?
Robert: I started Stryper back in 1983 along with my brother, Michael Sweet.
J-How long were you guys together before you got signed?
Robert: As Stryper, we were together about six months before being signed.
J-What's the biggest crowd you ever played for?and where?
Robert: 30,000 at Disneyworld in Florida in 1988.
J-What's the craziest thing a fan has ever done to meet you?
Robert: I had a girl hiding in my shower one night when I got home. It
startled me, even thought I knew her as a girl who had come to many concerts.
J-What was your favorite tour you guys did.any good road stories?
Robert: My favorite tour was the In God We Trust tour and I've experienced
a lot of good road stories and one of the craziest of those happened in Australia
on the In God We Trust Tour. 4,000 people showed up at a record signing, broke
the plate glass window of the store and it was an absolute mob scene. We
were taken away in a paddy wagon, even thought we were innocent, for
inciting
a riot. How wonderful touring can be!
J-What would you say is your favorite recording you have done..either w/Stryper..or
solo?
Robert: Musically, with Stryper, it would be Against The Law, lyrically with
Stryper it would To Hell With The Devil.
J-I know you guys have always been a really religious band, did that ever scare off
the groupies? Or did they try with you anyway?
Robert: I wouldn't really say we were a religious band, we were a rock band
who were Christians. No, that did not scare off any of the girls