W.A.S.P.--appreciation thread!!

[Thrust]

I'm sitting here trying to put together a powerpoint presentation for a conference I have coming up in a couple weeks and I just cannot stop listening to WASP!! I believe they were one of the best bands to come out of the 80s!

Discuss.

[jgcable]

I thought they were good but they were in the same part of my record collection that Quiet Riot was. I liked them... but I didn't love them.
They had some really good songs though... and some REALLY bad ones.

[Jack Napalm]

L O
V E

[Drsracing]

LOVE MACHINE

WasP RulZ BroZ

[npacheco]

I really liked their first album, and The Last Command was a KICK ASS album. They lost me at Inside The Electric Circus. Which sucks, because I hear I missed some good albums after that (Headless Children (?), etc.).

[Newc]

Headless Children was ok, but Electric Circus was better (slightly). Last Command and the first one were the be-all, end-all IMO.

Too bad Blackie turned out to be such a douche.

[straycat]

Crimson Idol is very good.Bob Kulick plays guitar on this release and kicks ass.Blackie is great as well.Headless and Crimson Idol are very much alike.Raw the live CD is the best IMO.Helldorado and Unholy Terror are outstanding too.

[cookiemonster]

first album was spot on.......anything after that sucks....

[fr0sty]

Agreed. Killer album.

Crimson Idol is very good.Bob Kulick plays guitar on this release and kicks ass.Blackie is great as well.Headless and Crimson Idol are very much alike.Raw the live CD is the best IMO.Helldorado and Unholy Terror are outstanding too.

[toejam]

I really enjoyed "Kill, Fuck, Die" as well. It's a very pissed off album that Blackie and Chris wrote after they both got divorced from their psycho wives. Reminds me of old-school WASP mixed with a little Nine Inch Nails.

[~K~]

Here's your appreciation ... Chris Holmes

[dannyr]

I really liked their 1st album. I saw WASP open for Iron Maiden back in the mid 80's. One hell of a show!!!!!!

[MBreinin]

I Fuck Like A Beast

[petedz]

I didn't care for them back in the day. OTOH, I thought the (fairly) recent Dying for the World album was damned good.

[atomic charvel guy]

I liked Chris Holmes' comment after Blackie said -"Man I'm getting sick of this stuff we have to wear, and the fireworks, and the raw meat, etc. etc. etc."
chris calmly replied-"Well, if we wrote better songs we wouldn't have to do this crap"-lol Dead on balls accurate there in my opinion.