Soldiers Under Command!

June 18, 2004 12:35 PM

Soldiers Under Command! - 57mb Quicktime documentary of the Second Annual Stryper Expo.
posted by Peter H (7 comments total)

"Rebelling against rebellion."
posted by Peter H at 12:37 PM on June 18, 2004

Best...fans...ever.

Kid #2 of the dad who says that he can not worry about the kids 'cause ke knows the Lord reigns -- that kid is posessed. Certainly up to something shady.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:07 PM on June 18, 2004

Awesome little documentary. It's a real testament to the fact that things live on long after they go out of fashion. I went to a Steely Dan concert a year or two ago (tagging along with a reviewer just for kicks) and there was a huge community of hardcore fans absolutely loving it there. Same deal.

Y'all might want to turn your speakers down a bit right there at the start. It leads with a deafening barrage of power chords.
posted by scarabic at 1:31 PM on June 18, 2004

I'd just like to state, for the record, that I own two Stryper tapes, and although I haven't listened to them in probably ten years, if I popped either one into the tape deck right now I bet I could sing all the lyrics to all the songs on both sides with a 98% accuracy rate or better.

You are free to do as you wish with this juicy nugget.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:45 PM on June 18, 2004

That guy is teaching his son to wear fat laces on his head! teh horror!
posted by roboto at 5:05 PM on June 18, 2004

That was... bizarre. There are some seriously odd people out there.

And yes, I too could probably get 80% of the words right to every song on their first album. But I don't think I'll be taking my family to the 3rd annual Stryper expo. Too weird for my blood. Rather go to a Dead show.
posted by ehintz at 9:51 PM on June 18, 2004

I saw this and talked to the guy who made it at Urban Nomad III. Good work, though I wonder whether some of the humor was actually intended.
posted by Poagao at 12:03 AM on June 21, 2004