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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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18 дек 2024
W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Says Kids Today Believe Music Has 'No Inherent Value': 'I Feel Really Sorry For Them'
"So, fast forward to where we are now," he continued. "The digital revolution destroyed music as we know it. Because most people, and I would assume it's the same where you were when you grew up, but everybody in this room here pretty much experienced the same thing. If you wanted a record when you were a kid, you had to save your lunch money or go cut somebody's grass, you had to do whatever to get enough money to go to a record store and buy that record you wanted. But the problem is, once you got there, there were 10 records you wanted, but you could only afford one. Now, today, for 10 dollars, a kid can get an unlimited supply of music. It's like going to a water faucet and turning the water on. There's no end to it. There's no inherent value to the music to them anymore. For us, when we were doing it growing up, we traded our sweat equity for the artist's sweat equity. That doesn't exist now. So they're never gonna understand the joy. You get that record for the first time, you take it home and you put it on. You study every word, every photo while you're listening to it. They don't do that now. They've been robbed of that. And I feel really sorry for them. Because they're never going to get to experience what everybody in this room knows what I'm talking about right now. So that's a really, really sad thing.
"If technology is able to reinvent itself and the people who are doing it now can adapt and move into that next phase, they'll survive. Those that don't, won't. Common expression, you've gotta build a better mousetrap to survive.
"Can I give you an answer [as to where the technology will go from here]? No, I can't. Because I don't see any technology that will do the things that we're talking about that would then reintroduce that younger generation to a love of music. Because what we're talking about is there's a number of things that have to happen for them to experience what we experienced. Like I said, if we had to work, if we had to save money, if we had to do all of those things, those they don't have to do.
"When you trade money or services or whatever, when you trade something, you put a value on it," Blackie added. "When there is no value on it, it's like oxygen; it doesn't mean anything. So, unless something is developed that reinvents the business, I think you're seeing the last thing. I hope I'm wrong, but as a student of show business history, I think the answer is right in front of us, that that technology does not yet exist.
"A rock band can do right now what it took a hundred-piece orchestra to do two hundred years ago, volume-wise. We don't need two hundred guys on stage to make the volume. We can do it with three or four guys. So the big band era got wiped out when the electric guitar was invented. So, like I said, every time a technology like that happens, it totally rewrites the showbiz history as we know it. And when it comes to other industry, I don't know what to tell you. I mean, I know what I know, but I don't know a whole lot about… But that being said, my experience is that most businesses work the same — the theories and foundations of how they succeed, they're pretty much the same. So, it doesn't matter whether you're making computers or tires for cars or whatever, the theory of how you make a business work is pretty much the same in everything. But, like I said, specifically to ours, I see us in a kind of a no man's land right now, and I don't know where it's going. 'Cause I don't see a technology that will give us the joy of what we used to have. Because the Internet giveth, the Internet taketh away."
As previously reported, W.A.S.P. will perform its classic debut album in its entirety on the spring/summer 2025 European tour, dubbed "Album ONE Alive".
1984 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of W.A.S.P.'s first LP. To celebrate this milestone, W.A.S.P. will, for the first time in 40 years, play the entire album from top to bottom at headline shows across Europe. In addition, W.A.S.P. will appear at a number of European festivals, performing its greatest hits.
W.A.S.P. kicked off the North American leg of the "Album ONE Alive" tour on October 26 at Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California. The 39-city run made stops across North America in Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto, Ontario; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; New York City; Orlando, Florida; and more before wrapping up on Saturday, December 14 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
Along with bassist Mike Duda and lead guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band are 29 and 26 years respectively, W.A.S.P. is joined by longtime drummer extraordinaire Aquiles Priester.
Because of the extensive back injuries Lawless suffered during the European leg of W.A.S.P.'s 40th-anniversary tour, the band's previously announced 2023 U.S. tour was canceled.
W.A.S.P.'s massive European leg of the 40th-anniversary world tour wrapped on May 18, 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria at Universidada Sports Hall.
W.A.S.P. wrapped up its first U.S. tour in 10 years with a sold-out show on December 11, 2022 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. This marked the 18th sold-out shows for the U.S. tour, which kicked off in late October 2022. W.A.S.P.'s performances included the return of the band's classic song "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)", which hadn't been played live in over 15 years.
W.A.S.P.'s latest release was "ReIdolized (The Soundtrack To The Crimson Idol)", which came out in February 2018. It was a new version of the band's classic 1992 album "The Crimson Idol", which was re-recorded to accompany the movie of the same name to mark the 25th anniversary of the original LP's release. The re-recorded version also features four songs missing from the original album.
W.A.S.P.'s most recent studio album of all-new original material was 2015's "Golgotha".
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Не думаю, что Блэки волнует "лишенная счастья" молодежь. И даже деньги, по большому счету. Навсегда утраченный статус недоступных полубожков, отделенных невидимой стеной, прикосновение к которым происходило посредством обладания вожделенной вещью - вот по чему тоска.
Абсолютно мои мысли и мнение. Давно все посливал к хуям - все эти иммолейшны, обитуарии, синистеры и прочее, что было на доверии, что ну как же так, ну раньше ведь хорошо было. Т.е. когда нас группа наебала - это нормально по мнению музыкантов.
Сейчас многие пишут "Ну вон сколько молодых групп классных можно найти по своему вкусу". Сейчас да, потому что это все равно люди, которые застали времена "до". А что будет когда придут люди "после", поживем - увидим.
Если имеешь в виду именно исполнителей, не заставших времена CD и тем более кассет, то например Saypink! совсем молодые чуваки, и у них аналогичная ситуация - полные залы, дохуя прослушиваний, тонна проданного мерча.
А основная масса населения довольствовалась тем, что звучало на ярмарках и в балаганах странствующих циркачей. Вот оно и было мейнстримом.
То есть основная масса людей слышала как раз ярмарочных музыкантов (с гуслями или нет) но например в Австрии, Германии и Франции тоже были свои ярмарки с балаганщиками (это очень недурно проиллюстрировал Дюма-отец в книге "Скарамуш").
Я говорил именно о том что в те годы охват населения классической музыкой был очень небольшой, потому что основная масса людей просто не имела сословных возможностей её услышать. Поэтому я и написал, что мейнстримом классика просто не могла быть, она совершенно точно не была музыкой миллионов.
P.S. Но вкусы, конечно, деградировали со страшной силой. Какого-нибудь ДжейЗи или Канье Уэста в 19-м веке даже неграмотная толпа баварских деревенщин закидала бы камнями наглухо.