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28 май 2024 : |
W.A.S.P. To Perform Entire Debut Album On Fall 2024 Tour; DEATH ANGEL To Support |
13 янв 2024 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce Second Edition Of "7 Savage" Deluxe Box Set; Video Trailer |
4 янв 2024 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Issues New Years Greeting - "Something Very Special Is Coming" |
11 ноя 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Denies Using Backing Tapes For His Lead Vocals: 'As A Singer, I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Do' |
9 ноя 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. Is 'Pretty Far Into The Writing Process' For Next Studio Album |
7 ноя 2023 : |
'Gym Rat' BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Is 'Getting There' In His Post-Surgery Recovery |
6 ноя 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS On STEVE RILEY's Death: 'It Was A Big Shock To All Of Us' |
29 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Pays Tribute To Former Bandmate STEVE RILEY: 'His Individual Legacy Will Live On' |
26 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s The 7 Savage: 1984-1992 Unboxed; Video |
25 окт 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On Importance Of Free Speech: 'I Don't Want To Limit Your Ability To Speak' |
3 сен 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. Announces 'The 7 Savage' Deluxe 8-LP Box Set |
13 авг 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Undergoes Successful Back Surgery |
28 июн 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS: Next W.A.S.P. Album Won't Arrive Before Summer 2024 |
15 июн 2023 : |
CHRIS HOLMES Says BLACKIE LAWLESS's 'Narcissism' Ruined W.A.S.P. |
1 июн 2023 : |
Is BLACKIE LAWLESS Using Backing Tapes For His Lead Vocals? 'When I'm Up There, I'm Singing My Ass Off', He Says |
21 май 2023 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Perform While Seated In Czech Republic |
16 май 2023 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Perform In Slovenia While Seated |
19 апр 2023 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Has Been Performing With A Herniated Disc In His Lower Back |
10 апр 2023 : |
W.A.S.P. - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Barcelona Show Streaming |
30 янв 2023 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Reflects On W.A.S.P.'s First U.S. Tour In 10 Years: 'I've Never Wanted Something Not To End So Badly Before' |
20 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Looks Back On HEAR 'N AID's 'Stars': 'If Anybody Had An Ego In There, They Didn't Show It' |
19 дек 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS: LEMMY Was 'A Very Complex Individual' |
14 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'The Idea Of Charging People Money To Sign Autographs, I Detest That' |
14 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Recalls Funny Tour Story Involving Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON |
8 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains How He Came To Rededicate His Life To Christ |
4 дек 2022 : |
Watch Drum-Cam Video Of W.A.S.P.'s AQUILES PRIESTER Performing At Nashville Concert |
3 дек 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Admits To Using Backing Tracks During Live Performances |
24 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Looks Back On PMRC: 'It Changed My Life' |
14 ноя 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains Why No Bandmembers Appear On W.A.S.P. Album Covers |
11 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Has Changed His Mind About 'Operation: Mindcrime' Being A Better Album Than 'The Crimson Idol' |
10 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.: Dallas Concert Promoter Says Venue 'Did Not Intentionally Oversell The Show' |
4 ноя 2022 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform "Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)" On 40 Years Live World Tour; Video |
2 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P. Share Opening Medley From Las Vegas Date Of 40th Anniversary Tour; Video |
1 ноя 2022 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs 'Animal (F**k Like A Beast)' Live For First Time Since 2006 At U.S. Tour Kick-Off: Video, Photos |
24 окт 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Wants Next W.A.S.P. Album To Be 'An Old-Time Rock And Roll Record' |
18 окт 2022 : |
BLACKIE LAWLESS Says Fans Made First W.A.S.P. U.S. Tour In A Decade A Reality: 'Promoters Didn't Think This Band Could Sell Tickets' |
9 окт 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: Stage Production For Upcoming 40th-Anniversary Tour Will Be Like A 'Dark Carnival' |
18 сен 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Still Doesn't Give A Damn What People Think |
2 сен 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Photo Book By ROSS HALFIN Coming In November |
25 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'I Don't Ever See Myself Retiring' |
19 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Owns Bed That Once Belonged To ELVIS PRESLEY |
10 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Look Out, America. We're Coming To Hurt You' |
5 авг 2022 : |
Watch W.A.S.P.'s Entire Performance At Sweden's SKOGSRÖJET Festival |
3 авг 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'The Thoughts Of Retirement Just Don't Appeal To Me' |
25 июл 2022 : |
Watch: W.A.S.P. Returns To Live Stage In Stockholm |
25 май 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On Writing His Upcoming Autobiography: 'It's Been One Of The Most Fun Things I've Ever Done In My Life' |
19 янв 2022 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says He Was 'One Of The First People' To Contract COVID-19: 'It Took Three Months To Shake It' |
3 дек 2021 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Discusses 40th-Anniversary Tour In Extended Teaser Video |
10 ноя 2021 : |
CHRIS HOLMES Says BLACKIE LAWLESS 'Made Some Really Bad Decisions' During His Time With W.A.S.P. |
29 окт 2021 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Teases 40th-Anniversary Tour In New Video |
26 окт 2021 : |
W.A.S.P. Announces 40th-Anniversary World Tour |
14 июн 2021 : |
SLOW DEATH LIGHTS Cover W.A.S.P. Classic “I Wanna Be Somebody” Feat. CHRIS HOLMES |
30 ноя 2020 : |
Former DIZZY BITCH Drummer FIFI LARUE Looks Back On Sunset Strip Days Of W.A.S.P., GUNS N' ROSES, STRYPER And More (Video) |
25 авг 2020 : |
W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR Performs Acoustic Version Of 'Wild Child' With Finland's ATOMIC ANNIE (Video) |
16 июн 2020 : |
W.A.S.P. Cancels '1984 To Headless' European Tour Due To COVID-19 Pandemic |
14 май 2020 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On LITTLE RICHARD: 'He's Now At Home With The Lord… Amen!' |
9 дек 2019 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform At Mexico's FORCEFEST |
9 ноя 2019 : |
W.A.S.P. To Celebrate First Four Albums On '1984 To Headless' World Tour In 2020 |
25 дек 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Guitarist DOUGLAS BLAIR Offers Free Download Of 80's Power Ballad Makeover Of "The First Noel"; Features Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK |
26 июн 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits Drummer BRIAN TICHY For European Summer Festivals (Video) |
13 мар 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Release "Doctor Rockter" Lyric Video |
27 янв 2018 : |
W.A.S.P. Releases 'Chainsaw Charlie' Video From 'ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' |
21 ноя 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Tilburg |
19 ноя 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release 'Reidolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)' In February |
30 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Paris |
23 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Dublin |
2 окт 2017 : |
Watch W.A.S.P. Perform In Helsinki |
26 сен 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs With Drummer AQUILES PRIESTER For First Time (Video) |
23 авг 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits Drummer AQUILES PRIESTER For Upcoming Tour |
30 май 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. Cancels Summer Festival Appearances |
17 май 2017 : |
W.A.S.P.: Watch Trailer For "Re-Idolized: The 25th Anniversary Of The Crimson Idol' |
23 янв 2017 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release Re-Recorded Version Of 'The Crimson Idol', Embark On 'Re-Idolized' Tour |
7 ноя 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. |
26 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs In Helsinki |
9 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs Three New Songs In Eindhoven |
7 окт 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. - Golgotha Limited Metal Box Unboxing Video Streaming |
5 окт 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs In Karlshamn, Sweden |
27 сен 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs New Song 'Last Runaway' In Oberhausen, Germany |
16 сен 2015 : |
Video: W.A.S.P. Performs Title Track Of New Album 'Golgotha' In Leeds |
1 сен 2015 : |
Premiere: W.A.S.P.'s Lyric Video For New Song 'Scream' |
14 авг 2015 : |
New Song Premiere: W.A.S.P.'s 'Last Runaway' |
20 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Recruits YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drummer PATRICK JOHANSSON |
13 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Parts Ways With Drummer MIKE DUPKE |
10 июл 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. |
25 мар 2015 : |
W.A.S.P. Signs With NAPALM RECORDS; 'Golgotha' Album Due This Summer |
2 июл 2014 : |
W.A.S.P.: Fan-Filmed Footage Of GRASPOP METAL MEETING Performance |
9 июн 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. To Release 'Golgotha' Album In 2015; First Details Revealed |
15 май 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. привезут в Россию свое юбилейное шоу |
7 янв 2014 : |
W.A.S.P. To Tour Russia In 2014 |
31 май 2013 : |
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Reportedly Breaks Leg In Road Accident; European Shows Canceled |
6 ноя 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Mourns Loss Of Brother |
4 ноя 2012 : |
W.A.S.P.'s '30 Years Of Thunder' Tour Hits Holland; Video Available |
9 окт 2012 : |
W.A.S.P.'s '30 Years Of Thunder' Tour Hits Sweden; Video Available |
23 сен 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Kick Off 30 Years Of Thunder Tour In London; Set-List Revealed |
2 июл 2012 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce More Tour Dates For 30 Years Of Thunder Tour |
23 ноя 2011 : |
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22 сен 2011 : |
W.A.S.P. Announce 30 Years Of Thunder 2012 Anniversary Tour |
26 ноя 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Pro-Shot Footage From Sofia Posted Online |
6 ноя 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Deluxe-Edition Reissues Of First Two Albums Due This Month |
18 окт 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Gig Turns Bloody As Security Guard Loses Ear |
15 окт 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Kicks Off European Tour In Bergen; Setlist Revealed |
5 авг 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: Performance Footage From Spain\'s SONISPHERE |
25 фев 2010 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Says OBAMA Is \'The Ultimate Car Salesman\' And \'A Con Man\' |
13 янв 2010 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Babylon\'s Burning\' Video Released |
4 ноя 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: More \'The Crimson Covers\' Tribute Album Details Revealed |
18 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Song \'Crazy\' Available For Streaming |
16 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'The Crimson Covers\' Tribute Album In The Works |
15 сен 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Babylon\' Audio Samples Available |
14 авг 2009 : |
W.A.S.P.: New Album Details Revealed |
19 фев 2009 : |
W.A.S.P. Mainman Selling Malibu Home For $1.7 Million |
31 мар 2008 : |
W.A.S.P. Planning Anthology Box Set |
23 окт 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: No Cameras Allowed On Upcoming Tour |
14 сен 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: Norwegian Concert To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD? |
11 сен 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Digipack, Vinyl To Be Released |
4 мар 2007 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Release Date, Revised Track Listing Revealed |
17 окт 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Performs In Athens, Greece: Video Available |
29 сен 2006 : |
W.A.S.P.: \'Dominator\' Pushed Back To January |
20 сен 2006 : |
W.A.S.P.: 'Dominator' Artwork Revealed |
11 июл 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Explain European Tour Cancellation |
21 май 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. Welcome Back Guitarist DOUG BLAIR |
1 май 2006 : |
VICIOUS RUMORS Drummer LARRY HOWE Joins W.A.S.P. |
20 мар 2006 : |
W.A.S.P. To Begin Recording New Album In April |
17 фев 2006 : |
Drummer STET HOWLAND Quits W.A.S.P. |
20 дек 2005 : |
W.A.S.P. guitarist working on solo projeсt |
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18 окт 2022
BLACKIE LAWLESS Says Fans Made First W.A.S.P. U.S. Tour In A Decade A Reality: 'Promoters Didn't Think This Band Could Sell Tickets'
Speaking to the "Appetite For Distortion" podcast, W.A.S.P. leader Blackie Lawless explained why he and his bandmates were absent from U.S. shores for so long. "The fans did this," he said, referencing the band's upcoming trek (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I've never seen anything like that. Promoters didn't think this band could sell tickets anymore. We were being offered stuff that wasn't very good, and we didn't wanna do that because the production that we wanted to do was way bigger. And so I just started telling the truth. I said, 'Hey, it's down to promoters.'"
He continued: "Any band — and I don't care who it is — any band will go anywhere if a promoter gives them a decent offer, and that's true. And so I told the fans, I go, 'Hey, let your local guy know [to hit us up with a decent offer].' It was almost like a passing thought — you know, 'This will never happen in a million years.' Well, a couple of hundred of 'em literally got together and started petitioning, and then that grew into thousands of people, and they started literally rallying to petition their local promoters. And it brings us to where we are now. But I've never heard of anything before or since that was like that. So I guess it goes back to the old adage: don't let people tell you that you just being one person won't make a difference, because it did. That's the absolute truth. I've never seen anything like this before."
W.A.S.P.'s first live performance since December 2019 took place on July 23 at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden. A week later (July 30),W.A.S.P. also played at Skogsröjet festival in Rejmyre, Sweden.
W.A.S.P. recently postponed its European 40th-anniversary tour, originally scheduled for spring of 2022, until the spring of 2023. The new dates will take place in March, April and May of 2023. All tickets previously purchased for the 2022 tour will be valid at the rescheduled 2023 shows.
Lawless has led W.A.S.P. as its lead vocalist and primary songwriter since its beginning. His unique brand of visual, social and political comment took the group to worldwide heights and sold millions of records alongside a legacy of sold-out shows across the globe for four decades. He is joined in W.A.S.P.'s current lineup by bassist Mike Duda and guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band span 26 and 18 years respectively, along with drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.
In a recent interview with Metal Edge magazine, Lawless was asked how he plans to stage a "real-deal W.A.S.P. show" to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary "with the existence of cancel culture and woke culture." He responded: "That's a complicated question you just asked. Because first of all, I'm not gonna even consider a woke culture. That has nothing to do with my world. You know, if that's what somebody wants to do that's their privilege. Free country. But our fan base is our fan base. So, one of the things I learned a long time ago is that if you're going to have a genuine career… And when I say a real career, I'm talking about somebody that does it for a lifetime, I'm not talking about somebody that just makes records. And that's okay, too. In the pop world, that's fine. You know, that's what people want. But if you're going to have a genuine career, I'm not talking about somebody that's around for five years, or 10 years. I'm talking about somebody who's around 20 years, 30 years, longer. What you're saying, in effect, is you're going to take that fan base on a lifelong ride. And if you're going to do that, you have to have an intimate relationship with them. And if you don't have that intimate relationship, they will never feel like they know you.
"You've got to be willing to crack your skull open, and let them come inside and walk around barefoot, inside your head," he continued. "You really do. And the only way you can do this is with lyrics. We can do interviews like this, and it helps considerably. I mean, people get to know you a lot that way. But the lyrics are where they're really gonna get to know you. Because that's what they're listening to most of the time. And so to do that, you've got to be willing to share parts of yourself that a lot of artists just aren't willing to do. Let them get in there, into the nooks and crannies, and find the good and the not so good.
"So, to get into a culture that is doing that, that would do me no good, because I'm talking to specific people out there. First of all, our type of music, whether it's us or anybody else in our genre, we are a subculture. We're not mainstream. We're not the pop world, which is 50 percent of the market. We're a smaller market, like, you know, 25 to 30 percent of that potential pie that's out there. It's not going to do me any good to try to talk to people that aren't going to listen anyway. My whole thing is to try to identify what it is I'm thinking and feeling at the moment. Because I, too, like everybody else, my opinions are gonna change from time to time.
"And so the idea is, when you take people on that lifelong ride, they look at what you wrote 30 years ago, and they go, 'Oh, wow, look what he was thinking,'" Blackie added. "And they listen to something, whatever the last thing was that came out, and they go, 'Oh, wow, look at how he's thinking now.' So this is that intimacy, where you take people and you're literally communicating with them over the course of this journey. So, trying to do anything from a standpoint of being influenced socially would do me no good. Or anybody like me that does this. You have to be true to yourself. I mean, we got into this not giving a damn about what people thought so why should it be any different now?"
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