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And here we got them again, straight from the Eighties beamed into the new Century. And after a rather quiet time in the ninties, Black Lawless and Co. are pretty active again. Just to admit it: W.A.S.P. was and still is mainly Blacky Lawless and noone else. Or better, everybody else can be replaced. And it is well known in the Hardrock circles, that this Gentleman ain't the most easy going character. But as we say so... We all don't get younger, and things have also changed a bit at our half indian, or should I rather say - things calmed down. However... remember the chainsaw and the naked virgins to provide the perfect horror metal picture show. But all these is clichees get a bit boring over the years, and also trends are changing. I would say, the only artist, who is still privileged to practice such a splattershow is our beloved Alice Cooper...
But back to Blacky, who
visited Munich about 2 years ago for the last time, and still had his
boney ride-machine incl.a microphone with him. But that's past time as
well now and Mr.Lawless now goes for a simple average mike. And there is
no other strange or exeptional stage outfit up there.
It's like a steamhammer taking the place aprar. Jesus wept... even Lemmy from Motörhead would melt down to vanilla castard, compared to this... Or do these guys wanna rip off the southamerican rainforest. No seriously, I don't often see a band up there so hard at work, like right now, most of all, what's up to the drumkit. Poor little thing, which gets castrated in it's pieces... by our all beloved Django. Hey hey,... the Ironmal on Hawaii is waiting for you.....
These 3 guys stand for hard rock ala' Motörhead, non compromising, breathless and sweaty... Nothing new, I would say, and nothing sophisticated, but it's worth an ear and of course good for a hard party... There's nothing more to say about it...
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And let's be honest, meanwhile nobody bothers anymore... also not the 300 souls who have gathered here at the Backstage Hall in Munich to hail W.A.S.P. Curiously when you watch these kids here, you can make out, that they are real young fans. Fans who probably never have experienced the first era of this band conciously. I dare to bet, that we are only about 10 people here, or even it's just me, who has seen W.A.S.P. in the classic line up feat. Blacky, Chris Holmes, Steve Rily and Randy Piper, doing the bloody splattershow back then. - Musically not much has changed, whereby it's the old smashhits, who gets the crowd dancing along and freakingout. I'm talking about 'Wild Child', 'I Wanna Be Somebody', 'Love Machine', 'I Don't Need No Doctor' and 'Fuck Like A Beast'.. Last mentioned song has never been released on a normal studioalbum, but only on a compilation record. And it's not on the setlist every time,- why? Yeah well, on the other hand, we here in Germany are much mor liberal, compared to the states. Blacky himself acts rather impersonal, and his stinging look out of this black colourd eyes, sees everything down there in the audiance. Meanwhile 53 years of age, he actually doesn't seem to become much older over the years. The hairstyle is still the same, maybe not quite as voluminous as in the past. And the skin tight leggins don't hide much, do they...?! The sound is heavy and full blown up, too full, too round, too perfect for my taste.The guitar solo of Dough Blair seems so intense but doesn't take any efforts. Mike Duda handles the bass since 1996 and Mike Dupke sits behind the drumkit for 3 years now.
So what, Blacky is the only one left from the original line up. No surprise though, as I said before, Mr. Lawless is W.A.S.P. and then there is nothing for a long time. He's an intellectual infant terrible, not accepting anybody close to hime, when arriving at another venue and dressing room. But... he can also be a real gentleman with perfect maniers. I can tell personally....
Anyway, getting back to the current
situation, one thing is for sure. W.A.S.P. are still present, though not
on a status like in the past. Blacky is still the wild child, though not
obviously anymore, but still going for the slogan: 'I Wanna Be Somebody'..
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