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** The original artwork for ''To Hell with the Devil'' depicted four long haired angels throwing the devil into a fiery pit. Christian bookstores understandably balked at carrying the album due to its ostensibly hellish imagery especially with its use of a pentagram,[[note]]The symbol in question being in the form of a necklace worn by Satan, only to be ripped out by one of the angels[[/note]] but despite clarifications over the cover art's meaning, the band eventually relented and reissued the album with a much simpler cover art.
** ''God Damn Evil'' also faced similar controversy as some Christian retailers and even Walmart refused to carry it, thinking it was a profane jab at God Himself; Michael Sweet promptly rebuked critics and clarified that the title is a "prayer request asking God to damn or condemn all the evil", also opining that they were simply misunderstood and taken out of context.
** The original artwork for ''To Hell with the Devil'' depicted four long haired angels throwing the devil into a fiery pit. Christian bookstores understandably balked at carrying the album due to its ostensibly hellish imagery especially with its use of a pentagram,[[note]]The symbol in question being in the form of a necklace worn by Satan, only to be ripped out by one of the angels[[/note]] but despite clarifications over the cover art's meaning, the band eventually relented and reissued the album with a much simpler cover art.
** ''God Damn Evil'' also faced similar controversy as some Christian retailers and even Walmart refused to carry it, thinking it was a profane jab at God Himself; Michael Sweet promptly rebuked critics and clarified that the title is a "prayer request asking God to damn or condemn all the evil", also opining that they were simply misunderstood and taken out of context.
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** The original artwork for ''To Hell with the Devil'' depicted four long haired angels throwing the devil into a fiery pit. Christian bookstores understandably balked at carrying the album due to its ostensibly hellish imagery especially with its use of a pentagram,[[note]]The symbol in question being in the form of a necklace worn by Satan, only to be ripped out by one of the angels[[/note]] but despite clarifications over the cover art's meaning, the band eventually relented and reissued the album with a much simpler cover art.
** ''God Damn Evil'' also faced similar controversy as some Christian retailers and even Walmart refused to carry it, thinking it was a profane jab at God Himself; Michael Sweet promptly rebuked critics and clarified that the title is a "prayer request asking God to damn or condemn all the evil", also opining that they were simply misunderstood and taken out of context.
** The original artwork for ''To Hell with the Devil'' depicted four long haired angels throwing the devil into a fiery pit. Christian bookstores understandably balked at carrying the album due to its ostensibly hellish imagery especially with its use of a pentagram,[[note]]The symbol in question being in the form of a necklace worn by Satan, only to be ripped out by one of the angels[[/note]] but despite clarifications over the cover art's meaning, the band eventually relented and reissued the album with a much simpler cover art.
** ''God Damn Evil'' also faced similar controversy as some Christian retailers and even Walmart refused to carry it, thinking it was a profane jab at God Himself; Michael Sweet promptly rebuked critics and clarified that the title is a "prayer request asking God to damn or condemn all the evil", also opining that they were simply misunderstood and taken out of context.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Averted with their use of "777" as a protest to the "666" imagery prevalent with metal bands. While the number 777 itself isn't actually referenced in Literature/TheBible, the number 7 is traditionally associated with divine perfection. Stryper's stage sets also include crossed out symbols of "devil" and "666" to further drive their anti-satanic point across.
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* ChristianRock: While not the UrExample for ChristianRock or even Christian Metal, they became the first Christian Rock band to hit it big with secular audiences. They didn't even really try to fit into the established Christian Rock scene. They signed with a secular label (Enigma) and toured with mainstream HairMetal bands.
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* ChristianRock: While not the UrExample for ChristianRock or even Christian Metal, ChristianMetal, they became the first Christian Rock band to hit it big with secular audiences. They didn't even really try to fit into the established Christian Rock scene. They signed with a secular label (Enigma) and toured with mainstream HairMetal bands.
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* ChristianRock: While not the UrExample for ChristianRock or even Christian Metal, they became the first Christian Rock band to hit it big with secular audiences. They may very well be didn't even really try to fit into the TropeCodifier.established Christian Rock scene. They signed with a secular label (Enigma) and toured with mainstream HairMetal bands.
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[[caption-width-right:285:Such nice Christian boys. BewareTheNiceOnes in recent years. They do invoke the do-it-yourself ButtMonkey and TheChewToy. Then DudeNotFunny responses when they invoke it.]]
* TheChewToy: They were this for years from both ends, when this [[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/144255994286428501/ church]] took aim. One of the correspondents of Tourniquet took direct aim at this church in 2014; and rebuked them twice first with his original account in Italian then the second time in English. Especially when Sweet is a widower in the late 2000s [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnacceptableTargets acceptable target]]; in [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34631313/kyle-rae-sweet 2009]] he saw the GriefSong invoked.
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** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes. This one invoked DudeNotFunny from some of the more mainline as they were giving the speech about how God should be mocked.
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** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.''[[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] moments]]'' as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes. This one invoked DudeNotFunny from some of the more mainline as they were giving the speech about how God should be mocked.mocked as some of the other commenting made the quip designated ButtMonkey via the Good Christian Boy. Well played well played.
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* ButtMonkey: When seen in the underground as they got heckled playing with Anthrax in the 1980s then heckled harder by the rest of the spectrum until the 2000s. When ''The Covering'' emerged they were VindicatedByHistory as critics were rethinking what they were about; though each member will be their own ButtMonkey as they are stealth snarkers. Sweet with the song ''Radio'' in his solo career was giving the gift that kept on giving making a ButtMonkey [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/michael-sweet-says-half-of-stories-about-motley-crues-controversial-past-are-b-s/ out of their contemporaries]] who would do country after playing the deadhorsegenre. GoshdangItToHeck then invokes the word 'piss.'
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* ButtMonkey: When seen in the underground as they got heckled playing with Anthrax in the 1980s then heckled harder by the rest of the spectrum until the 2000s. When ''The Covering'' emerged they were VindicatedByHistory as critics were rethinking what they were about; though each member will [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/videos/1022670037885461/ be their own own]] ButtMonkey as they are stealth snarkers. Sweet with the song ''Radio'' in his solo career was giving the gift that kept on giving making a ButtMonkey [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/michael-sweet-says-half-of-stories-about-motley-crues-controversial-past-are-b-s/ out of their contemporaries]] who would do country after playing the deadhorsegenre.DeadHorseGenre. GoshdangItToHeck then invokes the word 'piss.' Tim Gaines has his moments of the do-it-yourself ButtMonkey moments as Oz Fox is this when he designed his own website and maintains a blog presence. LimpBizkit became the ReplacementGoldfish when it came to the ButtMonkey department.
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** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes.
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** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes. This one invoked DudeNotFunny from some of the more mainline as they were giving the speech about how God should be mocked.
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* ButtMonkey: When seen in the underground as they got heckled playing with Anthrax in the 1980s then heckled harder by the rest of the spectrum until the 2000s. When ''The Covering'' emerged they were VindicatedByHistory as critics were rethinking what they were about; though each member will be their own ButtMonkey as they are stealth snarkers. Sweet with the song ''Radio'' in his solo career was giving the gift that kept on giving making a ButtMonkey [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/michael-sweet-says-half-of-stories-about-motley-crues-controversial-past-are-b-s/ out of their contemporaries]] who would do country after playing the deadhorsegenre. GoshdangItToHeck then invokes the word 'piss.'
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** First Air Raid Era Iron Maiden --[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx-SsPsOrVA "The Trooper"]] Sweet comments on [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-the-covering-vocally-i-had-a-bit-of-difficulty-with-the-trooper-that-one-was-a-butt-kicker doing this one]]. He found it tough to pull off but TookALevelInBadass when some researched the insight behind the origins of ''The Trooper'' as the poem referenced Psalm 23 in passing. Some took an InternetBackdraft in response to this as the arguments were rekindled about Iron Maiden being 'Satanic.' Covering this one they were FlippingTheBird to [[http://www.av1611.org/othpubl.html#Crock this self-righteous a-hole]]. Some fans suggested they'd cover [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(song) The Number of The Beast]] with the heavy metal pastor doing the spoken intro with a modern translation of the Bible or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Smoke_(song) Holy Smoke]] complete with the s-strike.
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TakeThat! For the first time they did in ''Fallen'' they took aim at how Christians were often portrayed. This was the first time they [[http://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/jesus_thinks_you_re_a_jerk_rock_vs_televangelists/ took aim in a track]]. ThrashMetal was better known for taking the time honored barb at Televangelists as Metallica, IcedEarth, Anthrax, and Slayer took the darkest barbs at them. FireFlight even took a barb at Televangelists. [[https://youtu.be/HVXjDNDlgiU Big Screen Lies]] was that barb.
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** Dio Era Sabbath.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m06GL9TMP0 "Heaven and Hell"]] LyricalDissonance in contrast to when RonnieJamesDio of Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell fame lost his battle to cancer in 2010. IronicEcho and with Sweet's vocals the guitar work is where the band invoked OminousLatinChanting and NightmareFuel; as it invoked the GenreShift seen with ''Fallen''. Invoking Savatage and Nevermore with the heavier pacing. Doubles as a takethat to the circles who coined [[https://www.cai.org/bible-studies/black-sabbath Sabbath as being "Satanic"]] where Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy and Bill Ward collective collectively believe in God. The response to this cover blindsided their core fanbase but those who saw them as a ButtMonkey in the community gave them a nod of approval and earned their respect.
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** Dio Era Sabbath.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m06GL9TMP0 "Heaven and Hell"]] LyricalDissonance in contrast to when RonnieJamesDio of Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell fame lost his battle to cancer in 2010. IconicEcho IronicEcho and with Sweet's vocals the guitar work is NightmareFuel; as it invoked the tone shift GenreShift seen with ''Fallen''.''Fallen''. Invoking Savatage and Nevermore with the heavier pacing. Doubles as a takethat to the circles who coined [[https://www.cai.org/bible-studies/black-sabbath Sabbath as being "Satanic"]] where Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy and Bill Ward collective believe in God.
** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes.
** Ozzy Era Sabbath [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyFAgttKcg "After Forever"]] and made it theirs. Sweet discusses the reasons for doing the [[http://bravewords.com/news/stryper-frontman-michael-sweet-on-covering-black-sabbaths-after-forever-more-christian-than-any-lyric-wed-ever-do-i-dont-know-how-they-got-that-label-of-being-evil-and-satanic cover]] as the author who produced "Wandering In Darkness" also asked the same questions as he auditioned for heavy metal bands with After Forever in his twenties. He managed to get friends from a church he attended listening to them. In interviews he shows he's a stealth DeadpanSnarker who can out snark TypeONegative as he's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelSweet/photos/a.287144504771355.1073741828.286916281460844/808266415992492/?type=3&theater has his moments]] as he proves he could be equally as weird with the jokes.
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* ''Second Coming'' - 2013
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Stryper is an American {{Christian|Rock}} [[Music/HeavyMetal [[HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip HairMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed its name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
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Stryper is an American {{Christian|Rock}} [[Music/HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed its name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
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Stryper is an American {{Christian|Rock}} [[Music/HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal HairMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed its name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
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Stryper is an American [[ChristianRock Christian]] [[Music/HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed it's name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
Stryper is best known for basically being [[strike:the first]] pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian Rock. The band would experience a good run in 1983-1992, including two Gold records and one Platinum record. However, the band would break up in 1992 due to the rise of {{Grunge}}, which practically killed off every other hair metal band as well.
Stryper is best known for basically being [[strike:the first]] pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian Rock. The band would experience a good run in 1983-1992, including two Gold records and one Platinum record. However, the band would break up in 1992 due to the rise of {{Grunge}}, which practically killed off every other hair metal band as well.
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Stryper is an American [[ChristianRock Christian]] {{Christian|Rock}} [[Music/HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed it's its name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
Stryper is best known for basically being[[strike:the first]] pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian Rock. The band would experience a good run in 1983-1992, including two Gold records and one Platinum record. However, the band would break up in 1992 due to the rise of {{Grunge}}, which practically killed off every other hair metal band as well.
Stryper is best known for basically being
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of [[http://bible.cc/isaiah/53-5.htm Isaiah 53:5]], "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed."[[hottip:+:Hebrew "chabbûrâh" is translated as "stripes" in KJV, NKJV, and a few others. Other translations have "wounds", "scourging", or "bruises".]] "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of [[http://bible.cc/isaiah/53-5.htm Isaiah 53:5]], "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed."[[hottip:+:Hebrew "[[labelnote:Translation]]Hebrew "chabbûrâh" is translated as "stripes" in KJV, NKJV, and a few others. Other translations have "wounds", "scourging", or "bruises".]] [[/labelnote]] "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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* RefugeInAudacity: They had an album (and song) called "To Hell with the Devil." To a conservative Christian public in the '80s, even a sideways reference to profanity was shocking. Well, so was pretty much everything else about the band, really.
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Stryper is an American [[{{ChristianRock}} Christian]] [[{{HeavyMetal}} Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed it's name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
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Stryper is an American [[{{ChristianRock}} [[ChristianRock Christian]] [[{{HeavyMetal}} [[Music/HeavyMetal Metal]] band formed in and made popular in TheEighties in the Sunset Strip GlamMetal scene. Originally formed as '''Roxx Regime''' by brothers Michael Sweet on lead vocals and Robert Sweet on drums and Oz Fox on lead guitar, the band changed it's name to "Stryper" when bassist Tim Gaines joined.
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of [[http://bible.cc/isaiah/53-5.htm Isaiah 53:5]], "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed."[[hottip:+:Hebrew "chabbûrâh" is translated as "stripes" in KJV, NKJV, and a few others. Other translations have "wounds", "scourging", or "bruises".]] "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of [[http://bible.cc/isaiah/53-5.htm Isaiah 53:5]], "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed."[[hottip:+:Hebrew "chabbûrâh" "chabbûrâh" is translated as "stripes" in KJV, NKJV, and a few others. Other translations have "wounds", "scourging", or "bruises".]] "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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* DeadHorseGenre: If they're not being hated for playing Christian rock, they're being hated for playing glam metal.
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\"Isiah\" played basketball for the Detroit Pistons.
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of Isiah 53:5, "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed." "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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The band's name is a reference to the New King James Version of Isiah 53:5, [[http://bible.cc/isaiah/53-5.htm Isaiah 53:5]], "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his '''''stripes''''' we are healed." "[[hottip:+:Hebrew "chabbûrâh" is translated as "stripes" in KJV, NKJV, and a few others. Other translations have "wounds", "scourging", or "bruises".]] "Isaiah 53:5" is often affixed to the band's logo.
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* StageNames: Oz Fox, whose nickname comes from his ability to emulate the vocals of {{Ozzy Osbourne}}. His birth name is Richard Alfonso Martinez.
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* StageNames: Oz Fox, whose nickname comes from his ability to emulate the vocals of {{Ozzy Music/{{Ozzy Osbourne}}. His birth name is Richard Alfonso Martinez.
