Stryper

I am aging myself! So, Stryper has a new CD [I have several albums by them!] that is called "The Covering." It has 12 covers and one original that closes the CD. Now, I realize that I'm not supposed to like Stryper, but I do. I also realize I'm not supposed to turn up my car stereo so loud that my rooftop starts to billow, but I do. And this is a great CD to do that with! I'm normally not a big "cover boy" but this rocks! They cover songs by AC/DC, Dio, UFO, Kansas, Deep Purple, KISS, Ozzie, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Led Zepplin and a couple others that I can't place right now. It is fun! Michael Sweet still has a great voice and his fellow Strypes can play! I love the middle of the CD--"Lights Out" followed by "Carry on Wayward Son" followed by "Highway Star" followed by "Shout It Out Loud." And the one new Stryper song, "God," is a great closer [lyrically it is Stryper so don't expect deep] with some sweet licks. It's all loud--not a ballad in the bunch. Not bad for a bunch of guys that are older than me! "It's only rock-n-roll, but I like it!"