{"id":63373,"date":"2017-10-30T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=63373"},"modified":"2017-10-30T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:31:22","slug":"news-stryper-recruit-bass-player-perry-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-stryper-recruit-bass-player-perry-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"STRYPER Recruit Former FIREHOUSE Bass Player Perry Richardson (October 30th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

STRYPER Recruit Former FIREHOUSE Bass Player Perry Richardson<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 30th, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stryper (l-r): Robert Sweet, Oz Fox, Perry Richardson and Michael Sweet<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\nAmerican Chistian heavy metal band Stryper have recruited former Firehouse bass player Perry Richardson, revealing this development on October 30th, 2017. Richardson replaces Tim Gaines who was fired earlier this year, the group citing \u201cerratic and hostile behaviour\u201d for his dismissal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time I met the guys in Stryper was in 1985, when my first band, Maxx Warrior opened for them in Charlotte, North Carolina,\u201d says Richardson. \u201cFrom that first meeting, they have always been one of my favourite bands and a huge influence on me personally and musically. To have the honour of becoming a member of Stryper today, is an indescribable experience for me. I am so overwhelmed I can\u2019t put it into words. To be asked to be a member of one of my favourite all-time bands is one of the greatest honours of my career. I\u2019m so looking forward to being a part of this next chapter in Stryper\u2019s legacy. I\u2019m ready to rock the world with my new brothers!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPerry is a perfect fit within our band,\u201d adds Stryper frontman Michael Sweet. \u201cHe\u2019s an amazing singer, an excellent bass player and just a great human being. The moment we first rehearsed with Perry we knew that it was right. We sang harmonies and the vocals sounded awesome. He shared stories of how Stryper was one of his favourite bands and that he\u2019s always respected us. It meant a lot to hear him say that. He has brought a kind and humble spirit to the band. He is a professional and an absolute gentleman. His resume is quite extensive and as impressive as it gets. We\u2019re honoured to have him on our team and we\u2019re extremely excited about the future!\u201d<\/p>\n

The band are currently in pre-production on their upcoming new album, due in 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl.<\/p>\n

Stryper\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Michael Sweet (vocals)
\nOz Fox (guitar)
\nPerry Richardson (bass, ex-Firehouse \/ ex-Maxx Warrior)
\nRobert Sweet (drums)<\/p>\n

Eighth full-length studio album proper Fallen<\/em> was released<\/a> in October 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STRYPER Recruit Former FIREHOUSE Bass Player Perry Richardson October 30th, 2017 Stryper (l-r): Robert Sweet, Oz Fox, Perry Richardson and Michael Sweet American Chistian heavy metal band Stryper have recruited former Firehouse bass player Perry Richardson, revealing this development on October 30th, 2017. Richardson replaces Tim Gaines who was fired earlier this year, the group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stryper-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63380,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63373\/revisions\/63380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}