Oliver Sykes. Interesting facts from life

In this article we will talk about Oliver Sykes, a famous musician and founder of the fashion line.

Childhood

Oliver Sykes was born on November 20, 1986. As a child, he moved to Australia with his parents, Ian and Carol Sykes. The family traveled constantly between Adelaide and Perth for more than six years. Later, when the future musician was 8 years old, she returned to the UK - to Stockbridge in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As a teenager, Oliver Sykes studied at Stocksbridge High School, which many famous musicians used to visit. He said that in high school he liked subjects such as English and drawing, while he was indifferent to mathematics and other exact sciences.

Youth

In 2003, while studying at school, Oliver Sykes began to cut small CDs with short tracks (Quakebeat). He also played in various bands, particularly in the humorous hip-hop band Womb 2 Da Tomb, along with future colleague, Matt Nichols, and brother Tom. He enlightened in the metal band Purple Curto as a drummer and vocalist. There he performed with his school friend Neil Whitley under the pseudonym Olisaurus. Subsequently, Oliver Sykes began to use it for his solo releases.

The Bring Me The Horizon

The metal group was established in 2003. It included participants from various disbanded teams from the district. The name of the band was a modified phrase of the character of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" by Jack Sparrow. The team released several successful albums. She also became famous for regular scandals.

Line of clothes

A very interesting person is Oliver Sykes. Biography of his says that, in addition to his creative activities in Bring Me the Horizon, the musician also founded the line of alternative clothing Drop Dead. In November 2013, it was announced that this brand will cooperate with the well-known developer of Sega video games to create The Drop Dead Mega Drive Collection, which will include design items with prints of Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Ax and Streets of Rage. In December, a limited number of apparel items were on sale.

Graphic novel

Not only thanks to his music and clothing line is famous Oliver Sykes. His biography is more multifaceted. In February 2013, he applied to the Kickstarter project to receive money for a graphic novel (Raised By Raptors), which was created in conjunction with the artist Drop Dead, Ben Ashton-Bell. On the idea of Oliver pushed the design of T-shirts of the latter, depicting a Mesoamerican girl with a skull of a dinosaur on her head. Oliver decided to write a whole story about her. The project moved off the site one week after filing the application, having a starting 15,000 pounds in the asset. Over time, the amount increased to 39,223 pounds. Already on August 26, 2013 the official site of the novel was launched, where it was possible to order its first edition together with other promo materials. On Facebook on November 5, 2013, information appeared that Gerardo Sandoval had joined, who would be engaged in graphic drawing, Ashton-Bella would paint, and Sikes would have a writer's work.

Some facts

Oliver still remembers how at the age of twelve he suffered from nightmares. In a dream a terrible old woman came to him and frightened him. The musician's mother once said that he trained his original cries during casual sexual relations right at home. This extreme vocal in its pure form, the fans watched until the album Sempiternal. Before his release rumors spread that allegedly Sykes was taking vocal lessons from Melissa Cross - a well-known tutor who specializes mainly in rough vocals techniques such as scream. In 2003, after watching a film about cruelty to animals, Oliver became a vegetarian. The tape hit him very hard. So much so that he became an active fighter for animal rights. During a speech at the Reading Festival in 2013, the musician shared the fact that he used drugs for a while and was heavily dependent on them. Communicating with the crowd, he said: "We receive from you many wonderful letters. Many people say that we saved their lives. I do not know if I'm really involved, but I must say that it was you who saved my life. Just a couple of years ago I was a nonentity on the needle and was about to die. And if it was not for you, I would be dead. "

Relationship with Hannah Snowdon

Oliver Sykes' tattoos, more precisely, their number (more than 50) make the musician one of the leaders in this respect among the entire rock establishment. He chose a girl for himself. The network constantly displays information that Hannah Snowdon and Oliver Sykes meet. In photos, this pair looks very impressive. The chosen musician is a recognized tattoo artist. Hannah Snowdon and Oliver Sykes do not show off their relationship.

Some scandals

During the tour of the UK in 2007, Sykes was accused of allegedly urinating on a fan. Subsequently, she filed a lawsuit against the hooligan, but Oliver was acquitted because of a lack of evidence. The music online magazine Drowned in Sound said that from now on the band's performances in Nottingham Rock City are prohibited, but the group denied this statement by speaking there again. In 2008, a network of video fights Sykes and Sam Carter (frontman Architects), which later turned out to be a fake. Moreover, the video was shot by the musicians for the sake of a joke.