Oliver Sykes

Oliver Sykes
Sykes performing with Bring Me the Horizon in 2014.
Background information
Birth name	Oliver Scott Sykes
Born	(1986-11-20) 20 November 1986 (age 30) Ashford, Kent, England
Origin	Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Musician, entrepreneur, and clothing designer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboards
Labels	RCA, Columbia, Sony, Epitaph, Shock, Visible Noise, Earache, Thirty Days of Night
Associated acts	Bring Me the Horizon

Oliver Scott "Oli" Sykes (born 20 November 1986) is a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Bring Me the Horizon. He also founded the apparel company Drop Dead clothing. Sykes has also created the graphic novel Raised By Raptors with Drop Dead Clothing artist Ben Ashton-Bell.

Oliver Sykes was born 20 November 1986 in Ashford, Kent, England. As a baby, he moved to Australia with his parents, Ian and Carol Sykes, moving between Adelaide and Perth during a period of about six years. The family returned to the United Kingdom when Sykes was about eight, settling in in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As a teenager, he attended .

In late 2000, while still in school, he began crafting compilation CDs and short tracks under the name Quakebeat. He also played in the mock hip-hop band "Womb 2 Da Tomb" with his brother Tom Sykes and fellow Bring Me the Horizon member Matt Nicholls, and in metal band "Purple Curto" with Neil Whiteley, as the drummer/vocalist under the pseudonym "Olisaurus", which he would later use when releasing solo material.

In 2004, Sykes formed Bring Me the Horizon, a band which rose to fame very quickly. The band released their debut album Count Your Blessings in 2006. Their second album Suicide Season was released on 29 September 2008 and their third studio album There is a Hell. Believe Me, I've Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret on 4 October 2010 and they released their fourth studio album Sempiternal on 1 April 2013 which feature the new member Jordan Fish and Sykes playing rhythm guitar for the album and they released their fifth studio album That's the Spirit on 11 September 2015.

Sykes has been featured in songs for the bands You Me at Six's "Bite My Tongue", Architects' "Even If You Win, You're Still a Rat", Admiral's Arms' "Dawn of the New Age" and Deez Nuts' "If You Don't Know, You Know Now". He is also featured on a music video of American rock band A Day to Remember's "All I Want".