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1 июн 2025 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS: No Plans For W.A.S.P. Acoustic Album But 'Never Say Never'
27 май 2025 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Hopes To Release His Autobiography In 2026
30 апр 2025 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS Says 'Censorship Is Worse Now Than It Was In The '80s', Calls DONALD TRUMP 'A Winner'
28 апр 2025 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Music Has Become Disposable' And 'It's Really Sad'
19 фев 2025 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains Why He Can't Get 'Canceled'
16 фев 2025 :	W.A.S.P.'s 'Bonus Tracks And B-Sides' Gets Digital Release
6 янв 2025 :	W.A.S.P. - Japan Live 1986 Available On Splatter Vinyl And CD In February
23 дек 2024 :	See Final Concert Of W.A.S.P.'s Fall 2024 'Album ONE Alive' 40th-Anniversary North American Tour
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'
10 дек 2024 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Honours IRON MAIDEN's NICKO McBRAIN - "Very Few In The History Of Percussion Have Left Such A Distinctive Mark As This Man"
2 дек 2024 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On Performing Entire Debut Album For 40th Anniversary: 'It's A Fun Place To Be Able To Go Back And Visit'
1 дек 2024 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS On W.A.S.P.'s 40th-Anniversary Tour: 'We Try To Give People The Best Bang For The Buck'
23 ноя 2024 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Defends His Pro-TRUMP Concert Speech: 'I See Him As A Patriot'
20 ноя 2024 :	W.A.S.P. - Watch 4K Video Of Entire "Album ONE Alive" Tour Stop In Toronto
19 ноя 2024 :	Watch: W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Hails TRUMP While Championing Freedom Of Speech During New York City Concert
16 ноя 2024 :	W.A.S.P. Announce 7CD Edition Of The 7 Savage Boxset, Celebrating Band's Explosive Legacy; Video Trailer
14 ноя 2024 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Like Most Entertainers, I've Lived In A Bubble My Whole Career'
12 ноя 2024 :	See Front-Row Video Of W.A.S.P.'s Entire Royal Oak Concert During 'Album ONE Alive' North American Tour
10 ноя 2024 :	Watch: W.A.S.P. Performs Entire Debut LP At 'Album ONE Alive' North American Tour Kick-Off
12 сен 2024 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS Explains Why W.A.S.P. Continues To Use Backing Tracks During Live Shows
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13 июл 2024 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS: New W.A.S.P. Music Has To Be Better Than The Classic Songs
2 июл 2024 :	W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS Wanted To Write A 'Heavy, Nasty, Stinky Rock And Roll Record', But 'That's Not What Is Coming Out'
1 июл 2024 :	BLACKIE LAWLESS On Some Fans' Belief None Of W.A.S.P.'s Performances Are 'Live': 'If They Genuinely Feel Like That, Then Don't Go'
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1 июн 2025

BLACKIE LAWLESS: No Plans For W.A.S.P. Acoustic Album But 'Never Say Never'

In a new interview with Andy Dax of Streetteam Berlin, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless was asked if there are any plans for the band to release an album of "acoustic" versions of some of W.A.S.P.'s most popular tracks. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, first and foremost, we're a rock band. There's a place for acoustic stuff. If you look at [W.A.S.P.'s fifth studio album, 1992's] 'The Crimson Idol', it's sprinkled all throughout that album. But to try to sit and think, would I do something like that? It's never really crossed my mind, to be honest with you, because, like I said, we're a rock band first and foremost. But you never say never. Down the line, if I get a good idea and I feel strong enough about it, then yeah. But at this moment, nothing that I can think of."

Asked if there is a new W.A.S.P. album in the works at the moment, Blackie said: "Well, we started working on stuff a couple of years ago for a new album, but COVID happened. And then when we were on tour in Europe two years ago, when my back got broken, we had to go through all that. And so those plans all got put on the back burner because, with all the touring and everything we're doing, the schedule's been pretty intense. So will there be new music at some point? Yes, there will be. But when, I can't tell you."

Blackie previously addressed a possible follow-up to W.A.S.P.'s 2015 album "Golgotha" during a July 2024 interview with George Dionne of KNAC.COM. He said at the time: "We have been, and last year, we had done quite a bit of work in between the American tour and the European tour, we did a lot of recording, a lot of demoing. And I thought I liked what I was hearing, and then I came back. I had a problem with my back last year when we were in Europe, and, actually, my back got broken while we were over there, so I had to have a couple of surgeries when we got home from the tour. And it gave me a lot of time to sit around, twiddle my thumbs and just listen to stuff. And I listened to the demos that we did, and there is some good moments, but it's not consistent. 'Golgotha' was a very consistent record. I mean, 'Golgotha', I think, is one of the best things I've ever been a part of. And to try to at least do something on that level…"

He continued: "Today, a band like us, it's all about your legacy, because we're not making records anymore to sell records. I mean, those days are gone. But what we do, or what any artist does when they make a new record now, they are competing against their past. So your new album effectively becomes your opening act, and it's an opening act that's going up against songs that the audience has heard and romanced in their heads for decades. That's stiff competition. So when something new comes out, for it to even be remotely considered good, in all honesty, it has to be better than the original stuff, and that's no joke.

"It had been a while since I listened to 'Golgotha', and I listened to it — I don't know — a couple months ago, and it was, like, 'Wow, this is a pretty good record,'" Lawless added. "And it has to be that good to compete with the 'L.O.V.E. Machine's and the 'I Wanna Be Somebody''s of the world. Because, again, people are romancing those songs in their head, and rightfully so.

"Music does a funny thing to our sense of time. It creates memories, the same way smell does and things like that. We remember where we were when we heard a certain song, and those are very powerful memories. And I'm glad we have that, but at the same time, when you're the person that has to create new music, you're constantly going up against that legacy.

"So, again, the new album will always be your opening act, and your opening act has to try harder just to get noticed," Blackie concluded.

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.

Blackie also spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for W.A.S.P.'s new LP in an interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station. He said: "We still are [working on it]. What happened was when we came back from the European tour, I had to have surgery and stuff, about a year prior to that, we had been working on a lot of new stuff. And when I came back, I've had a long time to go through those early demos, of what we have been working on. Listening to it with fresh ears, some of it's really good, but there's not enough of it yet where I would be comfortable in saying, 'Okay, this is finished, and let's go with it.' I'd like to go back and visit the drawing board, so to speak, and see what else is there. Because even from a two-year period of when we started working on that before to where we are right now, you're gonna gain so much, you're gonna grow so much."

Blackie continued: "I've learned you don't make records or I don't make records anymore that are spread out over a two- or three-year period, because the guy you are when you first start making it is not the guy you are when you finish making it. Get in, six months top to bottom, get that thing cranked out, because, like I said, if you don't, you end up running the risk of it kind of being a schizophrenic type of record where you've got one type of one thing and then the other half is something else and it has no real cohesiveness."

Asked what kind of stuff inspires him now, Blackie said: "Well, when we got ready to start this record a couple years ago, my mindset was I wanted to do a heavy, nasty, stinky rock and roll record. And that's where my heart was at. But when I started to write, that's not what was coming out. And so when you first start the process, you think, 'Okay. We'll go along with whatever comes out to begin with, but I wanna try to start steering this ship in a different direction as time goes by.' And that's just not what was happening. It was stuff that was more in-depth. And I thought, we did call 'Golgotha', that's one of those thinking man's records, and I thought, I don't wanna do that this time. I wanna do something that's a little lighter, like I said, a little nastier, stinkier old-time rock and roll, but as hard as I was trying to force it in that direction, that's not what was happening. Now, when we get done with this tour and the European tour next year, then it'll be time to start looking at that again in earnest. So who knows where we'll come out of it again? To give you an honest answer, I'd need a crystal ball right now to tell you that, 'cause I don't know."

In November 2023, Blackie addressed the high musical standard of W.A.S.P. most recent albums, telling Canada's The Metal Voice: "Nobody makes money making records anymore. So if you're going to make records now, you're doing it because of your legacy. And if you're going to do that, then you really have to make sure that it's as strong as it can be, because it's always gonna be measured against what you did to begin with."

He continued: "All bands, they make their bones the first five years they're together, the first five or six records they make; their whole legacy is cemented there. It doesn't mean you can't make good records later on down the line, but everything is gonna be constantly compared to that… In other words, think of whatever new record you do now as your opening act. It's always gonna be compared to that early stuff. And so for it to get an honest review or a fair shake, so to speak, that new record has to maybe be even better than the original stuff was, because people have had so many years to romance those older songs in their heads. And when you go up against people that have been doing that for a long time, it's hard to erase those memories, and you don't wanna do that anyway. But you just want the new stuff to have a chance to compete. And the only way that new stuff can do that is they have to be solid records."

W.A.S.P. kicked off the North American leg of the "Album ONE Alive" tour on October 26, 2024 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 December 14, 2024 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.

Along with bassist Mike Duda and lead guitarist Doug Blair, whose tenures in the band are 30 and 19 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.

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