Clothing Bring Me The Horizon
Writing
On February 1, 2013 Sykes launched a Kickstarter project to fund a graphic novel created by him and Drop Dead Clothing artist Ben Ashton-Bell, entitled Raised By Raptors. The concept arose from a shirt design made by Ashton-Bell of a Mesoamerican girl wearing a dinosaur skull on her head, which inspired Sykes to further develop the story. With a £15,000 goal, the project exceeded its target within weeks of launching- with a final sum of £39,223. The official website of the new comic series was launched on 26 August 2013, where it had become possible to order the first issue of the comic, along with other promotional material.Personal life
Oliver's mother states on the Bring Me The Horizon BBC Radio 1 documentary that Oliver began learning his original "False Chord" screams by himself at home. These "False Chord" vocals are heard up until Bring Me The Horizon's album Sempiternal, where instead he is heard doing a mixture of singing and the "Fry Scream". Prior to Sempiternal's release it is speculated that Sykes received vocal training from Melissa Cross, a well known vocal tutor who mainly focuses on teaching more harsh vocal techniques, like screaming.Oliver became a vegetarian in 2003 after watching a documentary about animal cruelty online. Sykes said upon watching the documentary on the PETA website, "When I saw how animals are tortured on factory farms, I couldn't justify being a part of that cruelty." He later went on to become one of the faces for PETA and even designed charity t-shrits with the slogan "Meat Sucks" via his Drop Dead clothing line. He became a vegan in 2013.
Whilst performing at Reading Festival in 2013, Sykes revealed a history of drug addiction and abuse. Interacting with the crowd he said "We get a lot of letters off you guys, which is awesome. A lot of people saying that we saved their lives. I don't know much about that, but I want you to know you saved my life. A couple of years ago I was a worthless drug addict. I nearly died. If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead."
Controversy
Nottingham incident
While on tour in the UK in 2007, allegations were made that Sykes urinated on a female fan after a gig at Nottingham Rock City. He was subsequently charged, but all charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. Online music zine Drowned in Sound claimed that Bring Me the Horizon were banned from Nottingham Rock City, a claim that turned out to be false when the band subsequently played Nottingham Rock City on 1 December 2007.Videos with Architects
During a tour in 2008, Bring Me the Horizon and Architects filmed a video showing a fight between Sykes and Architects' lead singer Sam Carter and another video of an ambulance with the apparent Oli Sykes inside, despite not actually being shown in the video. The videos where uploaded to YouTube and resulted in outrage from many Bring Me the Horizon fans. This caused many to send hate mail to Carter, however was later revealed that the video was staged by both bands and that they are in fact good friends and had made the videos as a stunt. Oliver quoted "All-day events can get boring very fast so we conjured up the first idiotic thing we could think of and made it as unbelievable as possible." in an interview with Kerrang!.Impersonator incident
In 2011, a 20-year-old man posted on Facebook as Oli Sykes and attempted to murder BMTH fan Maricar Benedicto. David Russell lured Benedicto to the UK under the previso that he was Sykes before taking her to a forest near his Northampton home and persuading the 19-year-old to wear a blindfold, saying he had a gift for her. Benedicto attempted to escape, but Russell stabbed her several times, hit her in the face with a log and headbutted her. She survived Russell received a life sentence for his crimes.Moshing incident
In June 2013, Oliver Sykes and the band Bring Me the Horizon were being sued by parents of a 12 year old girl due to injuries inflicted on her as a result of mosh pits at one of his concerts, with Oli tweeting that by law he is no longer able to start any form of moshing activities at his concerts. However Oli Sykes later stated that he was no longer being sued and that moshing was not going to be banned.Works Bring Me the Horizon
- Albums
- Count Your Blessings (2006)
- Suicide Season (2008)
- There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret. (2010)
- Sempiternal (2013)
Guest appearances
- Admiral's Arms - Stories Are Told (2009) - vocals on Dawn of the New Age
- Deez Nuts - This One's For You (2010) - vocals on If You Don't Know, Now You Know
- You Me at Six - Sinners Never Sleep (2011) - vocals on Bite My Tongue
- Architects - Daybreaker (2012) - vocals on Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat
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