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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 : |
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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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6 ноя 2023
BLACKIE LAWLESS On STEVE RILEY's Death: 'It Was A Big Shock To All Of Us'
"I lost my dad four years ago this month. And in an 18-month period, I lost 11 people and not one of them to COVID," Lawless revealed. "It was just one thing after another, and 11 people in that short a period of time, I start thinking to myself, 'What's going on here?' This is a wave that personally I'd never seen before. And to be honest, to write eulogies over and over and over, it's draining, because one of the conclusions I came to, and I don't mean for this to sound insensitive: death sucks. There's no other way to describe it. Because as a writer, I learned there's no words that we have that we can say that we can assemble together to make sense out of those losses. It's like love. They say love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because there's not words to describe what it really is. Death is the same way. There are no words that we can assemble or group together that really is going to change what it is. But what do you say to someone to comfort them? As a writer, I grasp for that. And like I said, there was a number of those that I wrote."
Blackie added: "I've got a friend of mine; he's pretty high up in the Pentagon. He's part of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff. He was a submarine commander for many years. And he had to write a number of letters to parents for soldiers that died. And I asked him, I said, 'How is it?' He goes, 'I've written more than I can remember,' he says, 'and I struggle with every one of them that I write.' There's no easy way to do it. And in Steve's case, that caught us all flat-footed. We did not see that coming… And I wrote that in that eulogy that I wrote for him, because one of the things that I said in there is that those songs that he played on — 'Wild Child', 'Blind In Texas', 'I Don't Need No Doctor' — those songs cemented our legacy. And he's a big part of that."
On the day that the news of Steve's death was shared online, Blackie released the following statement via the W.A.S.P. web site: "The entire W.A.S.P. family are saddened to hear of the passing of our friend and former bandmate Steve Riley. Steve was a native of Boston and came from a large family. He had several brothers, which from the beginning I dubbed, 'the Dalton Gang'. That came from an old Quick Draw McGraw cartoon and in a fun type of way they reminded me of some crazy kind of wannabe outlaws. They all loved the name so it stuck.
"It was Steve's drumming you hear providing the steady beat on songs such as 'Wild Child', 'Blind in Texas' and 'I Don't Need No Doctor'. Those songs helped cement our legacy and Steve was a big part of that.
"Most drummers have some the best humor in any band. It's just the way they are wired and he was no exception. Steve could make a dog laugh and that's no joke.
"For any band, being on the road can be a grind. If you have someone in the band that can come in and break the tension just by being themselves, then that's a gift that's sorely missed when that vacuum can no longer be filled.
"One of the 'Dalton Gang' has now slipped away and our hearts are truly saddened. He will be missed. But his individual legacy will indeed live on.
"God Speed Steve Riley".
Riley was the drummer for W.A.S.P. on the band's second and third albums — 1985's "The Last Command" and 1986's "Inside The Electric Circus" — and world tours from 1984 to 1987. After leaving W.A.S.P., Riley joined L.A. GUNS and played on that group's most commercially successful LPs.
In a 2021 interview with "The Bay Ragni Show", Steve stated about W.A.S.P.: "It was unfortunate what happened with W.A.S.P. I loved that band, I loved being in it, and I thought that the four members of W.A.S.P., we really had some great personalities, and we were making great music. And it's just unfortunate. It was one of those bands that splintered, and one guy left, one guy got fired, another guy got fired, and Blackie took it over on himself and he just went on with it on his own. But I thought we had a lot of legs, man; I thought we could have gone a lot longer with the four guys."
Riley added that he knew Lawless was calling all the shots when he joined W.A.S.P. "It pretty much is Blackie's band," he said. "I knew when I joined, I knew it was Blackie's band and he was writing the majority of the material and he was directing all the traffic."
According to Steve, Blackie made a mistake when he got rid of the musicians that composed W.A.S.P.'s classic lineup. "He fired Randy [Piper, guitar], then he fired me and then he ended up firing Chris [Holmes, guitar]. So he disbanded a great band.
"I've got nothing but admiration for Blackie, 'cause he gave me a shot with W.A.S.P. and I really took advantage of it and I loved being in the band. But I think that he disbanded a great band," Riley reiterated. "We were not only good theatrically, we were great sonically, musically. We were just blowing bands off the stage, man. That original four guys in W.A.S.P., we were great."
Steve added: "I've been in so many bands, and I know that that band, we were slaying. We were just really — every show, whether it was Europe, Asia, over here in North America and Canada, we were just killing it, bro. And I felt great about the band and I felt great about the first and second albums. I feel good about 'Inside The Electric Circus', but that was a noticeable change in the whole band, the sound of the band and everything, and how we looked — the whole thing. But those first two albums, man — we were really pushing it. It was great."
Steve Riley photo courtesy of Golden Robot Records
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