Michael Sweet

On the cover

March 1994 Heaven's Metal

February 1996 HM

February 2007 Heaven's Metal

February 2018 Metalbreed

Media coverage

• Apr 1986 in HIS "Scene & Heard: Invasion of the Bible Flingers", by Diana Lynne Pavlac
• 31 Aug 1988 in Circus "Michael Sweet revs up for Stryper's new crusade", by Moira McCormick
• Mar 1992 in Heaven's Metal "Metal Tracks: Michael Sweet (leaving Stryper); Comments from Robert Sweet; roundup of other news"
• Jun 1992 in CCM "In The News: Michael Sweet Leaves Stryper", by Brian Quincy Newcomb
• Spr 1994 in True Tunes News "Michael Sweet"
• Mar 1994 in Heaven's Metal "How Sweet It Is", by David Muttillo
• Mar 1994 in The Lighthouse "Michael Sweet", by J. Warner Soditus
• Mar 1994 in Heaven's Metal "The State of Christian Metal"
• May 1994 in Syndicate "No More Mr. Pretty", by Kevin Allison
• Jun 1994 in CCM "The Return of Michael Sweet", by Perucci Ferraiuolo
• Jul 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Hardnews: GMA Week Roundup", by Doug Van Pelt
• Sep 1994 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Michael Sweet (opening for Audio Adrenaline, dc Talk)", by Brian Rodgers
• Jan 1995 in CCM "In The News: Sweet Accuses MTV of Banning Abstinence Video"
• Jan 1995 in Heaven's Metal "Concert Review: Michael Sweet", by Doug Van Pelt
• May 1995 in Heaven's Metal "Stryper Salute"
• Nov 1995 in CCM "Sweet Release: Will The Real Michael Sweet Please Stand Up?", by Todd Chatman
• Feb 1996 in HM "Sweet's Sophomore Season", by Doug Van Pelt
• Feb 1996 in HM "Mike's Gear"
• Jul 1996 in Campus Life "Bitter Sweet No More", by Chris Lutes
• Aug 1998 in CCM "Talent Pool: Indies: Turnbull, Jordan's Creed, Brandtson, Michael Sweet", by Thom Granger
• Nov 1998 in HM "D.I.Y.: Michael Sweet"
• Sep 1999 in HM "Concert Review: The Rock Summer Festival"
• Nov 2000 in HM "Robert Sweet Interviews Michael Sweet", by Robert Sweet
• Oct 2003 in CCM "News Item: Michael Sweet Records New Hymns Album", by David McCreary
• Aug 2006 in CCM "Insider: 'Tis So Sweet", by Kristi Henson
• Feb 2007 in Heaven's Metal "H-I-M", by Chris Beck
• Nov 2013 in HM "Heaven's Metal: S T R Y P E R", by Doug Van Pelt
• 15 May 2014 in CCM Digital "His Strypes are Showing", by Andy Argyrakis, Matt Conner
• Jun 2014 in HM "The Jump: Books: Honestly: Sweet pulls back the curtain on Stryper and his demons", by Jeff McCormack
• 15 Oct 2016 in CCM Digital "A view from the One Sided War battle lines", by Andy Argyrakis
• Oct 2017 in Metalbreed "Amplio Espectro: Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed"
• Feb 2018 in Metalbreed "Michael Sweet", by Claudia Saavedra

Albums & reviews:

Award Summary ^{(Nominations / Wins)}

• 1995 Dove Awards
  • New Artist 
  • Rock Album: Michael Sweet 
  • Rock Recorded Song: "All This and Heaven, Too" 
• 1996 Dove Awards
  • Rock Album: Real 

• 1995 Billboard Music Video Awards
  • Best New Artist Clip, Contemporary Christian: "Ain't No Safe Way" 

Books by Michael Sweet

• 2014: Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed
  • Reviewed in HM, Jun 2014, by Jeff McCormack
  • Locate at a library via Worldcat

Published articles

• Credits list

Books about Michael Sweet

• "Michael Sweet" in The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (Mark Allan Powell, 2002).
• Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed (Michael Sweet, 2014).
• "Michael Sweet" in Reel to Real by Reel: Rock'in the Interviews (Chris Callaway, 2015).