If you know what Chris Holmes (guitarist with the deep V) was all about check out Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. One of the most iconic and heartbreaking scenes. Basically downing a bottle of vodka in a pool in front of his mother.
Blackie is the best! He was my idol growing up and still is! Omg I love W.A.S.P.! Blackie rites the most greatest music. Need to do more W.A.S.P. I've seen them 201 times already and I'm not done.
@musicguy694 not only, at least not here in Sweden. I was a metalhead from early 80s when Iron Maiden relesed their Number of the Beast, Metallica debut album Kill em all. Happy memories.
The band's original bassist Rik Fox came up with the name Wasp after literally seeing one in the yard where the band lived. Blackie liked it and he added the periods so it would be something he could trademark and own. I honestly think the whole thing about it being an acronym is just a bit of bull they've said to get a bit of mystery about the band.
I love WASP (We Are Sexual Perverts). I highly recommend 'I Want To Be Somebody', 'Scream Until You Like It', 'Harder Faster' and 'Wild Child'. You can't go wrong with anything from WASP :)
The band is often called Wasp... but the W.A.S.P. moniker may (or may not) stand for 'We Are Sexual Perverts' 😂...given that their first single was the controversial "Animal (F+++ like a beast)" Hailing from Los Angeles, W.A.S.P. would shock club audiences by throwing out raw meat at their gigs... They were signed to Capitol Records after being championed by Iron Maiden's managers in 1984. Blackie Lawless (real name Steve Duren) had a very recognizable vocal in heavy metal and originally played bass, while Chris Holmes was on lead guitar. This song ('Forever free') was from their 1989 album 'The headless children'... Blackie Lawless had switched to guitar and Johnny Rod was on bass... Chris Holmes on lead guitar... and (the late) Frankie Banali (drums, from the band Quiet Riot) and it was their most successful record in Wasp catalog, also featuring (the late) keyboardist Ken Hensley from the band Uriah Heep, even though none of their records sold gold in the US (half million copies) w/ a cover of The Who ( 'The real me') Because Blackie Lawless was such a perfectionist, he would often switch W.A.S.P. members and both Chris Holmes and Johnny Rod left the band by 1991... Blackie Lawless wrote and recorded the concept album 'The Crimson idol' by W.A.S.P. in 1992... However, the 90's grunge rock era left Wasp w/ no promotion for the record. But that album is a fan fave amongst W.A.S.P. fans.
W.A.S.P. (you say their name like Wasp) Next try these songs..... - Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue) - The Idol - Or a cover versions of Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor" PS There has been much speculation over the origin of the band's name, and whether it actually stands for anything, since it is written as an acronym. One possible interpretation is (We.Are.S***al.Pe*ve**s) A very rude name. When asked about the band's name, Blackie Lawless the lead singer has avoided giving a straight answer. In one interview he answered, "We Ain't Sure, Pal." (making fun of the initials & LOL), they even had a song called "Animal F**k Like A Beast".
It’s pronounced ”wasp”, like the insect. In fact, those points were inserted for the very purpose of being promotional tools: making people speculate what the ”abbreviation” could stand for. And speculate they did. The most popular suggestions were ”We Are Satan’s People”, ”We Are Sexual Perverts” and the less scandalous ”White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”. At one point, the band themselves jokingly gave the answer ”We Ain’t Sure Pal”. As you may or may not remember, at the time of their first album in 1984, W.A.S.P. sported an elaborately controversial image. Their debut single bore the name ”Animal (f**k like a beast)”, and their stage show included frontman Blackie Lawless drinking fake blood out of a skull, throwing pieces of raw meat at the audience, and seemingly cut the throat of a chained topless girl. Unsurprisingly, this method to get themselves noticed proved very effective - though Blackie rightly pointed out that many of their peers in L.A. at the time dabbled with similar antics, like Mötley Crüe, Lizzy Borden and Bitch. (All musically stellar groups, I might add.) Anyway, in 1989, by the time of their fourth album ”Headless children”, W.A.S.P. had long since grown tired of their Alice Cooper-style theatrics, and had instead took on a more serious and often downright intellectual style. ”Forever free” became one of the album’s most popular tracks, after almost not making it onto the album at all. Not because band leader Blackie Lawless wasn’t pleased with it, but because recording it was excruciatingly painful to him. He wrote the song in memory of a close female friend of his who had just died in a motorcycle crash, and found it very tough making it through the recording from crying so hard. The other guys in this lineup of the band, you ask? Well, first and foremost his fellow guitarist Chris Holmes, besides Blackie himself the longest lasting member from the original lineup. (Though he has since then left the band under VERY acrimonious circumstances - twice!) Coincidentally, Chris rises an impressive 6 ft 5, Blackie being only insignificantly shorter. And yes, all hair you see in this video is their own. In fact, every living person in it still has it! Bassist Johnny Rod is also known from the band King Kobra - or at least, that band is well-known here in Sweden, but not so much on their home turf. Drummer Frankie Banali is best known as the main man of the legendary Quiet Riot - but he, alas, is no longer with us. He lost his brave fight against a particularly vicious cancer in 2020. That same year, we also lost, to covid, another ”invisible” participant on this song. You noticed that exquisite organ playing, especially noticeable in the closing part of the song? That organ was played by one of the greatest geniuses in the history of hard rock: Ken Hensley, former leader of bona fide super legends Uriah Heep.
I remember Wasp. Was not really a big time fan but my mom came hop from some religious event. Ripped down my wasp, motley crue, iron maiden posters etc. But for some reason left this half naked poster of Samantha Fox poster on my wall. This was like 1988.
It was a mental time. The PMRC and other morality police nutters, not the least of which was rooted in religious circles. We all know how that little virtue signal panned out, don't we? Televangelists getting busted with prostitutes and other forms of debaucherous infidelity - so much for "wholesome family values", eh? LOL. And the ones who were not getting their puds polished in some ratbag motel were molesting kids and ripping off people - mostly seniors and naively devout religious people - of all their savings. Meanwhile, bands like Iron Maiden are giving us songs about history, literature, mythology AND even religion... tell me again how heavy metal is gonna "corrupt the youth"? Oh, I think religion and "traditional conservative (Christian) values" already had a monopoly on that, and it was not limited to targeting the youth. Sorry to hear about your posters. Luckily that never happened to me - my parents were stuffy and not very open-minded, but they were chill - cautious, but chill. I guess cos they were NOT religious is what kept them rational and reasonable. I heard that kind of thing happening to a lot of kids back in the day - ripping down posters, smashing up LPs/CDs/tapes, throwing out t-shirts and caps, etc. Parents sucked. No desire for a discussion or conversation, just a paranoid blitzkrieg involving the destruction of personal property, and probably some wild accusations of delinquent behavior by their own children. But, that's religion for ya. It ruins everything.
The band w.a.s.p became a role model for many bands in my country in the 90s. Too bad they didn't last long. How bout' Pet Shop Boys? Saigon Kick, Mr. Big?
I don't remember you doing this band before, love this song it's lighter than most of their other tunes. At that time power ballads were big and almost every band put one out. Hope to see you do more down the road
Blacky Lawless still has a great voice but if comes to W.A.S.P. ballads i prefer cries in the night and sleeping in the fire Blacky and Chris were badass nasty rockers back than I have always loved their raw energy on stage way harder than bands like Motley Crue in that period more Metal .
Aqua Net pink can that chit hold a fly in mid air ! Lmao 😅😂😊 wasp is a killler band live seen them like twenty times. I have met most of them and real cool guys!
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W.A.S.P. - Blind In Texas!!
If you know what Chris Holmes (guitarist with the deep V) was all about check out Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. One of the most iconic and heartbreaking scenes. Basically downing a bottle of vodka in a pool in front of his mother.
That was after he divorced Lita Ford, she couldn't stand by and watch him drink himself to death
Blackie is the best! He was my idol growing up and still is! Omg I love W.A.S.P.! Blackie rites the most greatest music. Need to do more W.A.S.P. I've seen them 201 times already and I'm not done.
another good song showcasing his voice is Hold on to My Heart
This kind of musicvideos remembers me of being a teenager in the 80s. ❤
Im happy that Im old enough to have experienced this time.
In the 80tys was DISCO
@musicguy694 not only, at least not here in Sweden.
I was a metalhead from early 80s when Iron Maiden relesed their Number of the Beast, Metallica debut album Kill em all. Happy memories.
@@Northman-from-the-North Good to hear but I was going to clubs checking out ladies.
@musicguy694 . Nope. It was glam heavy metal that took the storm starting with motley crues "shout at the devil", and ratts," out of the cellar."
@Northman-from-the-North rite on. Motley crues " shout at the devil" started it all in the 80's. I loved and lived the whole 80's and still doing it.
They have a lot of good ones. Would recommend "I Wanna Be Somebody" or "Wild Child" next.
And to think this was just a few years after W.A.S.P. was in a cheesy movie(The Dungeonmaster) for free publicity to help get the band name out there
Hey! W.A.S.P. "i wanna be somebody" very cool track
The band's original bassist Rik Fox came up with the name Wasp after literally seeing one in the yard where the band lived.
Blackie liked it and he added the periods so it would be something he could trademark and own. I honestly think the whole thing about it being an acronym is just a bit of bull they've said to get a bit of mystery about the band.
I love WASP (We Are Sexual Perverts). I highly recommend 'I Want To Be Somebody', 'Scream Until You Like It', 'Harder Faster' and 'Wild Child'. You can't go wrong with anything from WASP :)
Wasp just stands for wasp 🐝
it was printed on the album label we are sexual perverts and Blackie says it at every concert! @@Northman-from-the-North
I wanna be somebody. Sooo awesome
@@jerryhoschouer5131 or We are Satan's people.
The band is often called Wasp... but the W.A.S.P. moniker may (or may not) stand for 'We Are Sexual Perverts' 😂...given that their first single was the controversial "Animal (F+++ like a beast)"
Hailing from Los Angeles, W.A.S.P. would shock club audiences by throwing out raw meat at their gigs... They were signed to Capitol Records after being championed by Iron Maiden's managers in 1984. Blackie Lawless (real name Steve Duren) had a very recognizable vocal in heavy metal and originally played bass, while Chris Holmes was on lead guitar.
This song ('Forever free') was from their 1989 album 'The headless children'... Blackie Lawless had switched to guitar and Johnny Rod was on bass... Chris Holmes on lead guitar... and (the late) Frankie Banali (drums, from the band Quiet Riot) and it was their most successful record in Wasp catalog, also featuring (the late) keyboardist Ken Hensley from the band Uriah Heep, even though none of their records sold gold in the US (half million copies) w/ a cover of The Who ( 'The real me')
Because Blackie Lawless was such a perfectionist, he would often switch W.A.S.P. members and both Chris Holmes and Johnny Rod left the band by 1991... Blackie Lawless wrote and recorded the concept album 'The Crimson idol' by W.A.S.P. in 1992... However, the 90's grunge rock era left Wasp w/ no promotion for the record. But that album is a fan fave amongst W.A.S.P. fans.
One of my favourite bands!👍👍🤘🤘
They are coming in concert next month in my home town can't wait to see them, still touring today 🤘😆🤘🎸🎸🎤🥁🔥🔥🔥
W.A.S.P. (you say their name like Wasp)
Next try these songs.....
- Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue)
- The Idol
- Or a cover versions of Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor"
PS There has been much speculation over the origin of the band's name, and whether it actually stands for anything, since it is written as an acronym. One possible interpretation is (We.Are.S***al.Pe*ve**s) A very rude name. When asked about the band's name, Blackie Lawless the lead singer has avoided giving a straight answer. In one interview he answered, "We Ain't Sure, Pal." (making fun of the initials & LOL), they even had a song called "Animal F**k Like A Beast".
It’s pronounced ”wasp”, like the insect. In fact, those points were inserted for the very purpose of being promotional tools: making people speculate what the ”abbreviation” could stand for. And speculate they did. The most popular suggestions were ”We Are Satan’s People”, ”We Are Sexual Perverts” and the less scandalous ”White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”. At one point, the band themselves jokingly gave the answer ”We Ain’t Sure Pal”.
As you may or may not remember, at the time of their first album in 1984, W.A.S.P. sported an elaborately controversial image. Their debut single bore the name ”Animal (f**k like a beast)”, and their stage show included frontman Blackie Lawless drinking fake blood out of a skull, throwing pieces of raw meat at the audience, and seemingly cut the throat of a chained topless girl. Unsurprisingly, this method to get themselves noticed proved very effective - though Blackie rightly pointed out that many of their peers in L.A. at the time dabbled with similar antics, like Mötley Crüe, Lizzy Borden and Bitch. (All musically stellar groups, I might add.) Anyway, in 1989, by the time of their fourth album ”Headless children”, W.A.S.P. had long since grown tired of their Alice Cooper-style theatrics, and had instead took on a more serious and often downright intellectual style. ”Forever free” became one of the album’s most popular tracks, after almost not making it onto the album at all. Not because band leader Blackie Lawless wasn’t pleased with it, but because recording it was excruciatingly painful to him. He wrote the song in memory of a close female friend of his who had just died in a motorcycle crash, and found it very tough making it through the recording from crying so hard.
The other guys in this lineup of the band, you ask? Well, first and foremost his fellow guitarist Chris Holmes, besides Blackie himself the longest lasting member from the original lineup. (Though he has since then left the band under VERY acrimonious circumstances - twice!) Coincidentally, Chris rises an impressive 6 ft 5, Blackie being only insignificantly shorter. And yes, all hair you see in this video is their own. In fact, every living person in it still has it!
Bassist Johnny Rod is also known from the band King Kobra - or at least, that band is well-known here in Sweden, but not so much on their home turf. Drummer Frankie Banali is best known as the main man of the legendary Quiet Riot - but he, alas, is no longer with us. He lost his brave fight against a particularly vicious cancer in 2020.
That same year, we also lost, to covid, another ”invisible” participant on this song. You noticed that exquisite organ playing, especially noticeable in the closing part of the song? That organ was played by one of the greatest geniuses in the history of hard rock: Ken Hensley, former leader of bona fide super legends Uriah Heep.
I just told you guys what it stands for been into this band since their debut demo adventure the name of the last comment
It's wasp, Just like its spelled, This is a band that I Listened to back in the eighties,and I still listen to them to this day.👍
An acoustic version of this song was played at the funeral of my girlfriend when I was 20
I remember Wasp. Was not really a big time fan but my mom came hop from some religious event. Ripped down my wasp, motley crue, iron maiden posters etc. But for some reason left this half naked poster of Samantha Fox poster on my wall. This was like 1988.
It was a mental time. The PMRC and other morality police nutters, not the least of which was rooted in religious circles. We all know how that little virtue signal panned out, don't we? Televangelists getting busted with prostitutes and other forms of debaucherous infidelity - so much for "wholesome family values", eh? LOL. And the ones who were not getting their puds polished in some ratbag motel were molesting kids and ripping off people - mostly seniors and naively devout religious people - of all their savings.
Meanwhile, bands like Iron Maiden are giving us songs about history, literature, mythology AND even religion... tell me again how heavy metal is gonna "corrupt the youth"? Oh, I think religion and "traditional conservative (Christian) values" already had a monopoly on that, and it was not limited to targeting the youth.
Sorry to hear about your posters. Luckily that never happened to me - my parents were stuffy and not very open-minded, but they were chill - cautious, but chill. I guess cos they were NOT religious is what kept them rational and reasonable. I heard that kind of thing happening to a lot of kids back in the day - ripping down posters, smashing up LPs/CDs/tapes, throwing out t-shirts and caps, etc. Parents sucked. No desire for a discussion or conversation, just a paranoid blitzkrieg involving the destruction of personal property, and probably some wild accusations of delinquent behavior by their own children. But, that's religion for ya. It ruins everything.
Real Hair. Mine was just like that back then ! A lot of girls , and guys were jealous 😜
The band w.a.s.p became a role model for many bands in my country in the 90s. Too bad they didn't last long. How bout' Pet Shop Boys? Saigon Kick, Mr. Big?
W A.S.P. "Wild Child" , "Blind In Texas" , "I Don't Need No Doctor" , "The Real Me" , "Rebel In The F.D.G.:" 🤘
I don't remember you doing this band before, love this song it's lighter than most of their other tunes. At that time power ballads were big and almost every band put one out. Hope to see you do more down the road
White Anglo Saxon Protestant is the original anagram but don’t know if it applies to the bands name.
The best end '80 WASP album the Headless Children 1989 with great WHO cover The Real Me.
Very calm song for them it's a biker anthem
Blacky Lawless still has a great voice but if comes to W.A.S.P. ballads i prefer cries in the night and sleeping in the fire Blacky and Chris were badass nasty rockers back than I have always loved their raw energy on stage way harder than bands like Motley Crue in that period more Metal .
Aqua Net pink can that chit hold a fly in mid air ! Lmao 😅😂😊 wasp is a killler band live seen them like twenty times. I have met most of them and real cool guys!
You ladies need to get back to the 70s , alot of people love that decade 👍😉💯
Don´t miss the Erik Grönwall video "House of the Rising Sun", you´ll love it.
Mean Man is from the same album and great song
@RobertHale-bj4bs . Hell yeah mean man is a bad ass song. The song is about Chris Holmes. I love that song.
They need to do "Animal".
Hahahahahahaha that will probably make them stop listening to music all together.
@AndyMagnusson70 Why? It's a great song. It's what the 80's was all about.
@@lw3918 yeah and they probably are not used to that. Maybe Donna is but i don't think she's heard it. Not the sweetest lyrics.
@AndyMagnusson70 They did "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".Kathy and Donna understand, Lulu gets it too. She's a teenager in 2024 man, come on.
more WASP Harder Faster, Dr Rockter. I wanna Be Somebody
LOVE IT!!!
This is mellow for this band
You should check out Golgotha by W.A.S.P. and also Hold On to My Heart by W.A.S.P.
Thank U for the reaction have a lovely night queens
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Read history wasp😊
They had a few good songs, this isnt one of them.