“It comes down to respect. And I make mistakes. I blow it. I say things that might come across as disrespectful, so I’m not perfect.”
— Michael Sweet of Stryper

Metal Sludge — Stryper singer Michael Sweet is never at a loss for words, and once again finds himself in the headlines.

In a recent article that appears on Blabbermouth, Sweet talks about relationships with others (including L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns) who have different views, but is still able to work in harmony with them, including the guitarist.

Sweet also says there is a lot of disrespect that gets thrown around.

Blabbermouth writes: “In a new interview with Real Music With Gary Stuckey, Michael Sweet of Christian rockers STRYPER was asked how he goes about working together in harmony with fellow musicians like Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS) who represent completely opposing viewpoints. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “ I’ve said this before. I just said it recently in a post. It comes down to respect. And I make mistakes. I blow it. I say things that might come across as disrespectful, so I’m not perfect. I’m not saying I am. But it comes down to respect. You either respect people or you don’t. I see a lot of disrespect from all sides.”

He continued: “I see disrespect towards Christians. I see Christians disrespect non-believers. I see Republicans disrespect Democrats, Democrats disrespect Republicans. I’m a Republican. I voted for [Donald] Trump first time around. I don’t know who I’m voting for this time around. But when I say publicly, if someone asks me, ‘Who’d you vote for?’ I’m not gonna sit there and fidget and lie.

“I’m not a believer in you can’t mix politics with music,” Sweet added. “That’s just stupid. It’s part of your life. Talk about that. Be open about it. What are you so afraid of? And I said, ‘Yeah, I voted for Trump,’ and boy, I took a beating for that — some of my friends. Some of my friends were, like, ‘Oh, what a moron. He’s a Trumptard,’ or whatever these disrespectful words are that you can use that you’ve heard. That’s mindblowing to me, man. That’s why we have so many issues in our world. Everyone talks about peace and a better world and being politically correct and being respectful of everybody, but yet people are more disrespectful now than they’ve ever been. It’s insane.”

Readers will recall that Sweet and Guns have done a few projects together, including Sunbomb back in 2021 and we covered that release in our article “BOMB IS RIGHT … Sunbomb with Michael Sweet & Tracii Guns review: “All Throw-Away Demos… 2 Stars.“

Read the full article at Blabbermouth.

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