Michael Harrison Sweet (born July 4, 1963) is an American musician; he is the co-founder, songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the metal band Stryper.

In the early 1980s, Sweet and his brother started a band called Roxx Regime and played in small venues.

After nine years as the lead singer/lead guitarist of Stryper, Sweet left the band in 1992 in order to pursue a solo career.

Scholz then asked Sweet to join Boston for the band's summer 2008 tour with Styx as the opening act.

It was a benefit and tribute show and names such as Sammy Hagar, Mickey Thomas and Ann Wilson were among the invited guests.

In 1999, Sweet reunited with former Stryper bandmates Oz Fox and Tim Gaines during a concert in Puerto Rico.

[9] Although original bassist, Tim Gaines, left the group in 2005 and was replaced by Tracy Ferrie, the band has continued to work together, releasing a new album titled Reborn, produced by Sweet.

In August 2006, he released a solo album titled Him which features traditional hymns re-written and arranged by Sweet.

In 2007, Sweet released an album called Touched in honor of his wife, Kyle, who died on March 5, 2009, after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer.

In September 2009, Stryper embarked on its 25th anniversary world tour, "Rocking the Hell Out of You for 25 years" with the original members.

Due to its album title, it was deemed offensive and garnered a "parental guidance" label and was banned from Walmart.

Sweet also participated as guitarist, lead singer and producer on Stryper's Even the Devil Believes that was released on September 4, 2020.