STRYPER’s MICHAEL SWEET Undergoes Third Eye Surgery
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: Michael Sweet of Stryper performs on stage during the 8th annual NYSE holiday tree lighting ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange on December 10, 2009 in New York City.
Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has undergone eye surgery for a third time — and he’s not ashamed to admit to being a “big baby”” about it.
The singer, who’s been diagnosed with a detached retina, says the operations have been nothing short of horrifying experiences. “When you think of eye surgery, it certainly doesn’t seem like anything major,” Sweet says. “And it certainly won’t get the attention of other surgeries — open heart, bypass surgery, brain surgery, all this kind of stuff, which is all terrible. But I’m gonna tell you right now that the eye surgeries that I’ve been through — this is my third one — gosh, either I’m a big baby or they were terrible.”
Stryper’s follow-up to the 2020 album Even the Devil Believes is expected to drop later this year.
5 Rock Bands with Multiple Diamond-Certified Studio Albums
A number of bands have one diamond-certified title, and even fewer have more than one. However, there is an elite group of rock bands with multiple diamond-certified studio albums.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has given out a number of diamond certifications to various albums that have sold at least 10 million units. Several of those albums happen to be greatest hits/best-of compilations. Thanks to these releases, this has led to a variety of bands have more than one diamond-certified title.
Believe it or not, there are only five rock bands to have more than one diamond-certified studio albums. That’s right, only five.
So, who are they? Scroll through the gallery below to find out and to see which of their studio albums have moved 10 million units or more.
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