Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is the original demo of Roxx Regime, from 1983, before they became Stryper. The songs are all excellent, with an unpolished feel and spirited energy. These tunes really rock, they have the early 80's Heavy Metal/Hair Metal sound. "Honestly" is a ballad that really touches off tremendous emotion, the most mellow tune on this disc. If you are already familiar with Stryper, you will hear and recognize the talented musicianship, a band in their Metal infancy, that would become a premier Christian Heavy Metal band. Listening to "The Roxx Regime Demos", for me, is listening to a Heavy Metal band that obviously paid their dues and made some excellent, high spirited music. Consistently melodic, with a great heavy groove, I cannot resist recommending this music. This disc definitely puts me in a great mood, the lyrics and Heavy Metal gel together perfectly. "The Roxx Regime Demos" has proved to be a quality purchase for me, plus it is quite the Heavy Metal find as well. This is a definite must for all Stryper fans, fans of '80's Heavy Metal should find this to be quite a neat surprise. The liner notes are cool, with 4 pages of credits, a 1 page written background on "The Roxx Regime Demos", 2 photos of Roxx Regime/Stryper, plus 1 page depicting Roxx Regime/Stryper concert posters & magazine covers from the 1980's. Roxx Regime/Stryper is: Michael Sweet on vocals & guitar, Robert Sweet on drums, Oz Fox on vocals & guitar and Timothy Gaines on vocals & bass.