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Friday, 13 March 2009 16:33 |
 The last thing anyone who knows anything about Warrant ever expected to see was Steven Sweet back behind the drums. So, did hell freeze over or what? After his very painful and very abrupt dismissal from the band in 1994, Sweet carried a bitter grudge that colored his whole outlook on life. Sadly, it took the death of a close friend to shock the drummer into realizing that life is too short to waste it in anger. Instead of self-destructing, Sweet started singing more, drumming less, and embarked on an array of musical projects with his brother - everyone in their highly musical family is multi-instrumental. Brains also run in the family - his father worked as an electrochemist - and Sweet is one of most articulate people with whom you could ever hope to verbally spar, weaving sentence structure and innuendo as complex as the rhythmic melodies he plays. This proud husband finds his greatest joy, however, in the form of his daughter. Over the past ten years, Sweet carved out quite a nice life for himself, thank you very much, so returning to Warrant took some serious coaxing and he approaches the opportunity with cautious optimism. The difference now, he says, is that Warrant no longer defines who he is, and that everyone in the band, including himself, has a better grasp on life, a more mature perspective. To hear those signature harmonies come screaming through again, the power on the skins like only he can deliver, is sending fans coast-to-coast into orbit. And that is purely Sweet. |
