W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless was infamous for raunchy lyrics and an outrageous stage show. Now the onetime shock-rocker has got religion — and a new album. Jack Feerick wonders: How bad can it be?
Album Review : Babylon - W.A.S.P. 8*The hardest sounding of the metal bands that arose from the glam metal scene that Motley Crue, RATT, Poison and Stryper also emerged from, W.A.S.P. have been around in one form or another since 1982. Babylon (released in 2009) is the 14th album from Blackie Lawless's men, and 27 years on from the band's beginning, it is one of the best albums they have produced
Armour is another of the many projects of 'Vince Venom', more often known as Werwolf, or Nazgul, of Satanic Warmaster, Warloghe , Incriminated , the former vocalist of Horna , and a number of other projects which have infested the Finnish underground like ticks. He's been workin on this band for a few years now, producing a series of demos, EPs and singles which showcased a very old school, raw 80s...
W.A.S.P. is a band I have only had a passing affiliation with over the years. I never listened to them much in their heyday. I am not sure why this was, they certainly have a sound and swagger that is right up my alley. I did have a copy of The Headless Children that I was quite fond of, but that is as far as it went. Years later, 2005 as a matter of fact, I saw them headline a bill of metal acts that...
That's a good photo of the day! Mine would be Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. showing off his sawblade armbands. I guess we're on the same metal mind wave!
American metal veterans WASP will hit the stage in Sofia on November 17, at the Hristo Botev Hall, and the supporting act has been confirmed as Sheky & The Bloodrain.
American metal veterans, W.A.S.P, and Finnish power metal outfit Stratovarius have confirmed that they will perform live in Bulgaria, at the Hristo Botev Hall on November 17 2009 and January 24 2010 respectively, a Loud Concerts Promotions press release has announced.
So what else is new? Lady Gaga shoots fire from her nipplesPosted by on 23 June 2009 - 6:41am. or to post comments this is the sort of stuff that the Today programme just doesn't give you or to post comments | 23 June 2009 - 6:44amI am reminded of Blackie Lawless, of WASP, who had a similar feature of firing a firework from his codpiece. I can't name any of their songs, but that fact has burrowed into...
It's not exactly a supergroup, but that's part of its charm: Beck's new Record Club, "an informal meeting of various people to record an album in a day"—choosing the album by collective voting, with no rehearsals—has launched on the singing...
Always-classy W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has finally announced his endorsement for president. His extensive— extensive —analysis of the many issues in this election manages to bring in Hitler, Marx, and Muhammad Ali. We present it, unedited and without comment, after the jump. "Read in Case of National Emergency" by Blackie Lawless "We the people of the United States'....
Death metal band Asphyx headbanging during a performance. Origin The term “headbanger” was coined on Led Zeppelin’s first US tour in 1968.[citation needed]During a show at the Boston Tea Party, audience members in the first row were banging their heads against the stage in rhythm with the music. Lemmy from Motrhead, however, said in an interview on the documentary The Decline of Western...