web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:38:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) the Wikkid podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Stryper” https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/tags/stryper Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson en-ca serial church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson no home recording, guitar, depression, fundamentalism, plymouth brethren, wikkid, wicked, wikked Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore wikkidperson@gmail.com Episode 23: Promises (God's Country) https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/23 8ad458fc-5f67-4b7f-b20e-dc2bbdecca78 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 23 Promises (God's Country) full 2 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with. You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick. 58:10 no I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Life advice for me from an 80s hair metal shredder lead guitarist. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with. You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick. Additional Musicians George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel Tyler Irving: piano Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, stryper, oz fox, michael sweet I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Life advice for me from an 80s hair metal shredder lead guitarist. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with. You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick.

Additional Musicians
George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel
Tyler Irving: piano

]]> I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Life advice for me from an 80s hair metal shredder lead guitarist. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with. You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick.

Additional Musicians
George Turcotte: drums, mandolin, pedal steel
Tyler Irving: piano

]]> Episode 22: Who Are You, Anyway? https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/22 657b153b-b598-4053-9860-8cebad580c07 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 22 Who Are You, Anyway? full 2 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore What if your church took everything, leaving you nothing to "surrender all" to God? If God's real, are we cool with Him being a person with a personality? If so, what kind of personality? What does He want? Some lions are "Born Free" (by Andy Williams) and others aren't. Slipping restraining bolts, dwarf-following and joining Starfleet through the wardrobe. People can make texts appear to have only one possible interpretation, but that's simple-minded. Attempting a wikkid groove. 29:07 no What if your church took everything, leaving you nothing to "surrender all" to God? If God's real, are we cool with Him being a person with a personality? If so, what kind of personality? What does He want? Some lions are "Born Free" (by Andy Williams) and others aren't. Slipping restraining bolts, dwarf-following and joining Starfleet through the wardrobe. People can make texts appear to have only one possible interpretation, but that's simple-minded. Attempting a wikkid groove. Additional Musicians drums: George Turcotte Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, George Turcotte, Stryper, Michael Sweet What if your church took everything, leaving you nothing to "surrender all" to God? If God's real, are we cool with Him being a person with a personality? If so, what kind of personality? What does He want? Some lions are "Born Free" (by Andy Williams) and others aren't. Slipping restraining bolts, dwarf-following and joining Starfleet through the wardrobe. People can make texts appear to have only one possible interpretation, but that's simple-minded. Attempting a wikkid groove.

Additional Musicians
drums: George Turcotte

]]> What if your church took everything, leaving you nothing to "surrender all" to God? If God's real, are we cool with Him being a person with a personality? If so, what kind of personality? What does He want? Some lions are "Born Free" (by Andy Williams) and others aren't. Slipping restraining bolts, dwarf-following and joining Starfleet through the wardrobe. People can make texts appear to have only one possible interpretation, but that's simple-minded. Attempting a wikkid groove.

Additional Musicians
drums: George Turcotte

]]> Episode 19: The End https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/19 0be1ac9e-18a1-48e6-a4c8-9af6a64a750b Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 19 The End full 2 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.) 58:08 no What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.) Additional Musicians backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin keyboards: Harold Satomayor painting on map: Michael Vedder Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, Stryper, John Gorka What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.)

Additional Musicians
backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin
keyboards: Harold Satomayor

painting on map: Michael Vedder

]]> What happens when people are "raised on rails," like locomotives on tracks that take them to church and nowhere else, and they jump out of the groove and start heading up the road at speed? How bad can things get? Was the Lord speaking? (If trigger warnings worked, this ep would surely have one.)

Additional Musicians
backing vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin
keyboards: Harold Satomayor

painting on map: Michael Vedder

]]> Episode 9: Solitary https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/9 212a5120-720e-49cd-84b3-0aa3a22db423 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 9 Solitary full 1 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore This Wikkid Wednesday, it might get loud. Why were loud music, loud clothing and other intense experiences, somehow threatening to our fundamentalist upbringing? Why did exuberance make the other folks uncomfortable? How did I find my way from Neil Diamond to White Zombie? A sad tracing of the attempts of a man with a smooth baritone voice to shred or otherwise do metal. Is it possible to do all of exactly the right things to end up single and alone? Singleness and solitude as a sentence handed down by church and mainstream society alike? Additional Musicians: Original Drums: Tim Searles Drums: Chris Metcalfe Bass guitar: Adam Fogo Guitar soloing: Troy Tuttle Backing harmonies: Debbie Moore-Michelin Stryper is back, and still doing metal, albeit of a less on-the-nose evangelical bent. King’s X still puts out albums from time to time. Ty Tabor does online mastering here: http://alienbeansstudio.com/ If you would be interested in two guys looking at the bible with an attempt to view it as the Jewish people of its time might have viewed it, taking a step back from how we normally do, check out Brett and Marty at The BEMA Podcast https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/episodes If you would be interested in a Generation Xer who is an expert in collecting and repairing 70s and 80s toys and action figures, with a special interest in 80s movies and TV as well, but who isn’t simply wanting a firehose of fun from Disney nowadays, with whatever they choose to give us, check out Michael at Retroblasting on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting 56:51 no This Wikkid Wednesday, it might get loud. Why were loud music, loud clothing and other intense experiences, somehow threatening to our fundamentalist upbringing? Why did exuberance make the other folks uncomfortable? How did I find my way from Neil Diamond to White Zombie? A sad tracing of the attempts of a man with a smooth baritone voice to shred or otherwise do metal. Is it possible to do all of exactly the right things to end up single and alone? Singleness and solitude as a sentence handed down by church and mainstream society alike? Additional Musicians: Original Drums: Tim Searles Drums: Chris Metcalfe Bass guitar: Adam Fogo Guitar soloing: Troy Tuttle Backing harmonies: Debbie Moore-Michelin Nowadays, Stryper is back, and still doing bibles to the wall metal, albeit of a less on-the-nose evangelical bent. http://www.stryper.com/ King’s X still puts out albums from time to time. Ty Tabor does online mastering here: http://alienbeansstudio.com/ If you would be interested in two guys looking at the bible with an attempt to view it more as the Jewish people of its time might have viewed it, rather than how we normally do, check out Brent and Marty at The BEMA Podcast https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/episodes If you would be interested in a Generation Xer who is an expert in collecting and repairing 70s and 80s toys and action figures, with a special interest in 80s movies and TV as well, but who isn’t simply wanting a firehose of fun from Disney nowadays, with whatever they choose to give us, check out Michael at Retroblasting on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting Plymouth brethren, fundamentalism, rapture, hell, depression, parents, music, home recording, therapeutic, Christianity, bible, guitar, music production, stryper, king's x, michael sweet, ty tabor, dug pinnock This Wikkid Wednesday, it might get loud. Why were loud music, loud clothing and other intense experiences, somehow threatening to our fundamentalist upbringing? Why did exuberance make the other folks uncomfortable? How did I find my way from Neil Diamond to White Zombie? A sad tracing of the attempts of a man with a smooth baritone voice to shred or otherwise do metal. Is it possible to do all of exactly the right things to end up single and alone? Singleness and solitude as a sentence handed down by church and mainstream society alike?

Additional Musicians:
Original Drums: Tim Searles
Drums: Chris Metcalfe
Bass guitar: Adam Fogo
Guitar soloing: Troy Tuttle
Backing harmonies: Debbie Moore-Michelin

Nowadays, Stryper is back, and still doing bibles to the wall metal, albeit of a less on-the-nose evangelical bent. http://www.stryper.com/
King’s X still puts out albums from time to time. Ty Tabor does online mastering here: http://alienbeansstudio.com/

If you would be interested in two guys looking at the bible with an attempt to view it more as the Jewish people of its time might have viewed it, rather than how we normally do, check out Brent and Marty at The BEMA Podcast https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/episodes

If you would be interested in a Generation Xer who is an expert in collecting and repairing 70s and 80s toys and action figures, with a special interest in 80s movies and TV as well, but who isn’t simply wanting a firehose of fun from Disney nowadays, with whatever they choose to give us, check out Michael at Retroblasting on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting

]]> This Wikkid Wednesday, it might get loud. Why were loud music, loud clothing and other intense experiences, somehow threatening to our fundamentalist upbringing? Why did exuberance make the other folks uncomfortable? How did I find my way from Neil Diamond to White Zombie? A sad tracing of the attempts of a man with a smooth baritone voice to shred or otherwise do metal. Is it possible to do all of exactly the right things to end up single and alone? Singleness and solitude as a sentence handed down by church and mainstream society alike?

Additional Musicians:
Original Drums: Tim Searles
Drums: Chris Metcalfe
Bass guitar: Adam Fogo
Guitar soloing: Troy Tuttle
Backing harmonies: Debbie Moore-Michelin

Nowadays, Stryper is back, and still doing bibles to the wall metal, albeit of a less on-the-nose evangelical bent. http://www.stryper.com/
King’s X still puts out albums from time to time. Ty Tabor does online mastering here: http://alienbeansstudio.com/

If you would be interested in two guys looking at the bible with an attempt to view it more as the Jewish people of its time might have viewed it, rather than how we normally do, check out Brent and Marty at The BEMA Podcast https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/episodes

If you would be interested in a Generation Xer who is an expert in collecting and repairing 70s and 80s toys and action figures, with a special interest in 80s movies and TV as well, but who isn’t simply wanting a firehose of fun from Disney nowadays, with whatever they choose to give us, check out Michael at Retroblasting on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting

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