oliver sykes

Oliver “Oli” Sykes (born Oliver Scott
Sykes on November 20, 1986) is the
current lead vocalist for the
deathcore band Bring Me the
Horizon, originating from Sheffield,
England.
Sykes moved to live in Australia
until he was the age of five with his
parents. He then moved to
Stocksbridge just out of Sheffield in
the United Kingdom. As a teenager,
he attended Stocksbridge High
School and was a year below Alex
Turner and Matt Helders of the
Arctic Monkeys. While at school he
began making compilation CDs and
short tracks under the name of
Quakebeat. He is a Vegetarian
Other Projects
Quakebeat are compilation albums
which Sykes made whilst at school.
These also come under the name as
“Quakesound”.
Olisarus was an ambient electronic
project which Sykes started when
he was 16. James Spence of Rolo
Tomassi accompanied the electronic
beats on guitar.
Purple Curto was a two man
Deathrash band featuring Sykes on
drums and vocals and Neil Whitely
on guitar. Neil Whitely, the brother
of SJ Whitely, Sykes’ ex girlfriend.
Purple Curto recorded a number of
songs and played only once, at
Sykes’ 18th birthday.
Sykes has recently revealed on his
personal MySpace profile that he will
be doing a future project that
“couldn’t be further away from
Bring Me The Horizon’s music. And
if you don’t like to dance, you may
not like it.” It is expected that this
may be another electronic project
which will be continued once Bring
Me The Horizon have toured for
their sophomore album Suicide
Season.
Womb 2 Da Tomb was a‘Rapping’
side project in the early days of
Bring Me the Horizon made up by
Tom Sykes, Matt Nicholls and Oli
Sykes.
Drop Dead Clothing is a clothing
company founded and run by
Sykes.