All Things Stryper Trivia Quiz

Answer: Roxx Regime

The band that would be Stryper started out as Roxx Regime. The band name changed shortly after Tim Gaines joined. It was a name that they were recording under, Robert Sweet suggested the permanent name change.

Answer: Tim Gaines

Tim was the last of the original members to join the band while it was Roxx Regime. Oz was the second to last to join the band. Brothers Michael and Robert where the founding members.

Answer: The Yellow and Black Attack

"The Yellow and Black Attack" is the original Stryper EP album released. It was not a full LP and had a limited release around 20,000 albums produced. It would be re-issued in 1986 after their second album sold well. The re-issue had two additional songs added, "Reason for the Season" and "My Love I'll Always Show". The other albums are all Stryper record titles.

Answer: "Free" and "Honestly"

Stryper hold the honor of being the first Christian band on MTV. While "Free", Calling on You" and "Honestly" all had videos "Free" and "Honestly" were huge hits for MTV in 1987. Sadly "To Hell with the Devil" never was made into a single and never had a video.

Answer: Tim Gaines

Tim left the band for a short time following the "Soldiers Under Command" tour (if you study Stryper history you will see Mr. Gaines does this several times). All the bass playing duties where done by Brad Cobb. Unsure of Tim's intentions, the band hired a new bass player named Matt Hurich. Matt remained in the band for around a month.

When the band was having promo photos taken for the up coming tour, Tim decided to rejoin the band. Brad Cobb would be used by the band again for the "In God We Trust" album as Tim would once again leave the band.

Not participating in the recording process again, but returning to tour.

Answer: Always There For You

"Always There For You" was a big hit on MTV but only reached number 71 on the American pop charts. "I Believe in You" made it only to number 88. The other two songs, while on the album, were never singles. The only other single from the album was "Keep the Fire Burning". The song never charted at all.

Answer: False

They did a remake of Earth, Wind & Fire's 1975 smash hit "Shining Star" for the "Against the Law" album. It was only a minor hit for Stryper and the video was a flop on MTV. The album contained only two other mild hits for them: "Lady" and "Two Time Woman".

This is the least successful album of Stryper's. It is however well liked by most music critics. Most long time fans saw this album as the band turning their backs on contemporary Christian music and recording more mainstream music.

Answer: 2007

The album "The Roxx Regime Demo" was released July, 10th 2007. It contained songs that went on to be Stryper hits. The sole exception is a demo version of the Stryper smash hit "Honestly" which was recorded once they were Stryper.

Answer: To Hell with the Devil

"To Hell with the Devil" had three versions of the album. The common all black cover with red lettering of "To Hell with the Devil", and the art photo cover portraying the band members as angels casting a semi-disguised devil back into hell. There was an even rarer version of this album cover as a numbered picture disk.

Many fans assume because the "angel" cover, as it is referred too by most, was banned as being to controversial of a cover. There is no truth to it being banned it was just limited. Matter of fact, it saw world-wide release of this cover.

Some of my prized collectible Stryper items are foreign releases of the "angel" cover of "To Hell with the Devil" as well as the before mentioned picture disk.

Answer: Orange County, California

Michael, Robert Sweet and Oz Fox are all from California. Tim Gaines was born in Portland, Oregon.

Answer: True

While there have been many unofficial members of Stryper (session musicians mainly), only two original members have left the band, then returned. As mentioned above, Tim left the band while making the two albums "To Hell with the Devil" and "In God We Trust". What many do not realize is that Tim has left a few other times as well. Gaines left the band in 2004. Michael's bassist on his previous solo tours, Tracy Ferrie, replaced him.

In 2009 Tim yet again returned this time as a favor to his former band mates. Tracy Ferrie had to leave the band temporarily due to family problems.

It should be noted that Michael was the first to quit Stryper on a long term basis. This was so he could have a solo career and spend more time with his family. Oz, Robert and Tim have all had side project bands that they have played with since the 1990s.

Answer: Yes

Songs 7-9 are played on the album in a different order than the one stated on the cover artwork. This made the original release an automatic collectors item. Big 3 records did a re-release shortly after.

Answer: False

This is false, all you need to have is the "7 Weeks: Live in America 2003" album to know this answer. Stryper has two live albums. First, you have the afore mentioned album as well as "Stryper Extended Versions".

Answer: C. C. DeVille

While I'm sure this may blow most people's minds, no mater who the answer is. Well, that guitarist is no other than Poison's ax man C. C. DeVille! Yes it's true, C.C. played with them back in the Roxx years, though he was not an official member of the band.

The other three guitarists play(ed) in bands that have toured with Stryper at one point or another. C. C.'s band Poison often shared the bill with Stryper back in the L. A. club scene days.

Answer: Loud N' Clear

The biography is named "Loud N' Clear" after the song of the same name. It takes a very in depth look at the worlds best know Christian metal band. The book pulls no punches and shows some of the not so nice facts about the band. It was out of print for many years. The band has just re-released the book with some add on chapters to cover the new years.