Wasp biography

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W.A.S.P. (aka "Watch As Sinners Play") were part of the horror-shock, or gothic glam metal, scene of Los Angeles. Formed by New York Dolls' drummer Blackie Lawless (now on bass and vocals) and guitarist Chris Holmes. Their debut single, Animal (), was a premonition of their entire career: lots of scandal, but little substance. The songs on WASP (Capitol, ) were not musical events but lewd acts. Wild Child, from The Last Command (), and 95 Nasty, from Inside The Electric Circus () had already lost much of the early bite, and The Headless Children () showed a band with no direction. Holmes quit, and the WASP embarrassed themselves further on Crimson Idol ().

Rock And Roll To Death was the late anthem from Still Not Black Enough (Castle, ), a solid (if not original) work. Killfuckdie (Castle, ) marked the return of Holmes to the ranks.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da Stefano Pertile

W.A.S.P. � Gli W.A.S.P. (Watch As Sinners Play) furono parte della scena horro

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W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal grupp formed in They emerged from the same Los Angeles en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film that spawned Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses and others.

W.A.S.P. began following the död eller bortgång of Circus Circus, a Los Angeles-based band featuring Blackie laglös and Randy Piper. The original lineup of W.A.S.P. was formed in Los Angeles, California, in bygd Lawless, Piper, Rik Fox, and Tony Richards.

The first lineup did not gods for long, as Rik Fox was let go and went on to join the band Steeler with vocalist Ron Keel and guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. He was replaced bygd Don kant, the bassist in Richards' former grupp, Dante Fox (which later evolved into Great White). Shortly afterward, Costa also left the band and his position on the bass was filled bygd Brayden parkerar. By the time they recorded their debut skiva "W.A.S.P.", laglös had taken over on bass and Chris Holmes had joined on lead guitar. At the same time, guitarist Chris Holmes joined t

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Blackie Lawless, was born Steven Duren on 4th September He lived in Staten Island, New York, where he hung out with Ace Frehley of KISS fame. At the age of 13, Blackie was stabbed in a fight and at 14 he was sent to military school to learn discipline. After 18 months of a two year sentence he was thrown out after beating up a sargent major.

Blackie was nine when he got his first guitar and in that same year he earned 16 dollars and 35 cents in his first band called The Underside. At the age of 16 Blackie played with an east coast band called Black Rabbit, tauting his talents around local bars. Another early band was called Orfax Rainbow in which he played for quite a while. When a singing vacancy came up with the legendary New York Dolls, after Johnny Thunders leaves, Blackie takes it up - he had just turned

After six months playing with the then dying New York Dolls, Blackie and bassist Arthur Kane decide to leave New York and head to L.A. They form a band called Killer K