The Yellow And Black Attack!

The Yellow and Black Attack is the debut EP by the American Christian metal band Stryper. It was originally released in 1984 as a six-song EP, and fewer than 20,000 copies were pressed, as their label, Enigma Records, was unsure of the potential market for Christian metal. CCM Magazine was slightly critical of the EP, citing production quality and the short length of the release, but commented that "Stryper has the promise of a major success story." Enigma Records' Wes Hein later recalled that even before the EP's release, the label was receiving calls from Christian communities looking to purchase copies in bulk for distribution at churches: "When it's out, I want to buy a box... We're going to give them out at our church." According to Michael Sweet's autobiography, the album was re-recorded and released as an official album, after their first manager, Daryn Hinton, loaned them $100,000 to re-produce the record. The album initially sold 150,000 units in the first three weeks. After Stryper achieved major success with their second release and first full-length album, Soldiers Under Command, The Yellow and Black Attack EP was reissued. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yel...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)