Many of you will know that Robert Sweet used to be drummer for the eighties metalband Stryper, the band that sold its millions. Robert was the driving force of much that happened around the band while his brother Michael wrote the majority of the songs on the six Stryper albums. This solo effort of Robert is the first time to really get to know his songwriting skills. To be honest I had to get used to the music on Love Trash. I had expected something much closer to Stryper's smooth melodic metal sound. Instead I hear a rough hardrock sound. Some of this stuff is powerful. Most of the songs are midtempo. Some tracks have catchy elements like Any Enemy, I'm Screwed and Best Regrets while Sweet Betrayal is a nice acoustic song with rather puzzling lyrics. Beautiful musical textures contains Me Myself And You, a tune that sounds closest to Stryper perhaps. All instruments were played by Robert himself but he plays well. The vocals are taken care of by Larry Worley (formerly of Fear Not). I have to say that Robert's songwriting surprises me and though I'm not crazy about it immediately, I find some good stuff here.
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Zik JacksonStryper lives! Besides the occasional appearances of the once-bumblebee-resembling metalheads, the spirit of God-rock lives on through former Stryper drummer Robert Sweet and his solo project, Love Trash. Pulling triple duty on all guitars, bass, and of course drums, Sweet deigns to sing and gives that responsibility to Larry Worley, who shines, yet doesn't quite compare to Robert's brother…The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Tony LaFianzaRobert Sweet should be a familiar name to fans of Christian heavy metal as well as anyone who watched MTV in the 80's. Mr. Sweet was the drummer extraordinaire of 80's metal band Stryper. With wild looking drum kits turned to the side, and arms flailing in perfect time, Robert established himself as a great rock drummer. That was then and this is now. The new CD Love Trash is ambitious (Sweet…Similar sounding releases
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