Oli Sykes

About

Oliver Scott Sykes, known professionally as Oli Sykes (born 20 November 1986) is an English musician, and the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Bring Me the Horizon. He founded apparel company Drop Dead Clothing and opened a vegan bar and restaurant in Sheffield.

Sykes was born on 20 November 1986, in Ashford, Kent, England. As an infant, he moved to Australia with his parents, Ian and Carol Sykes, living 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 Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As a teenager, he attended Stocksbridge High School then Barnsley College.

In early 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.