Metal Mania: W.A.S.P.

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https://youtu.be/ Tgf0u_AouMk - Metal Mania: W.A.S.P.

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Just to Catch Up

Remember Friday, April 10? I was ecstatic because two of my all-time favorite bands were going to play in Iowa. On Saturday, 8-19, Spitalfield plays in Des Moines and Bayside plays in Council Bluffs. On Sunday, 8-20, Spitalfield plays in Council Bluffs. I didn't know that was the actual daily schedule for the two day festival in Council Bluffs when I wrote the following post, but I know it now: Spitalfield and Bayside.
I also learned that Extreme and Living Colour are playing at the Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids on 8-19-2023.
I also learned that the legendary metal band W.A.S.P. and Armoured Saint are playing in Clive on 8-19-2023.
How do I choose which of these legendary concerts I actually attend? It's a difficult decision.
I have an answer: don't decide. Instead, go with your family to an Iowa Cubs baseball game in Des Moines. I am not going to see any of those concerts on 8-19-2023. I am going to watch baseball.

Blackie in Pain

W.A.S.P. plays in Moline, IL, on Thursday, August 17, 2023 and in Clive, IA, on Saturday, August 19, 2023. I am not going to either cocert. I hope that his health allows him to continue to tour as he obviously wants to!

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As many of you already know I had a serious setback at the hands of a very unqualified Doctor here in Europe about 2 weeks into the tour. I've been receiving treatment at a hospital in Berlin and that team of Doctors has been nothing short of fantastic. But, at the same time they strongly advised me to stop the tour and go back to L.A. and begin my rehab. But it's hard for them to understand, this is the only 40th Anniversary I'm ever going to get, not to mention the fans that have stood by us this entire time have waited over 3 years, and because of the pandemic suffered 3 different sets of tour postponements. I go back to Berlin on Friday for 2 days for more treatments which means both the shows in Italy will be missed. At the start the Doctors there told me without rest and rehab I would definitely get worse. As hard as I've pushed through these shows, they were right. The show last night in Zurich was cut short by 2 songs, and I do apologize for that but the pain reached a point where I could no longer perform and it lasted throughout the entire show. My legs were giving out on me and it got dangerous. I will not be able to stand to do the remaining 5 shows, so the compromise I reached with the Doctors was if I would stay seated, in a chair to do these last 5 then they will give me clearance to finish the tour and do those remaining 5 shows. I've never done this before, but please understand, my intention is to finish this tour, come hell or high water, and give this incredibly dedicated fan base, that has been with us from the beginning, the show they have all heard about. Plus we're going to build the chair into "Elvis". Hey, he's been with us the whole time and he will finish this tour right beside me because he's basically one of the Band.

But, as frustrating as this all has been I can't wait to get into rehab, and then destroy America.... Again, on the 2nd, and final leg of the "40th Anniversary World Tour"!! We are Coming Back....and we're Coming to Hurt Somebody!!

B. L.

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Blackie is Sounding Great

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https://youtu.be/ XOVO1stLrKE

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Love It but Hate It

I have many regrets in my life and one of them is to not attend the Armoured Saint / W.A.S.P. / Metallica concert on 2-13-1985. I was reminded of this concert when I stumbled upon this page that lists W.A.S.P. Tour Dates in 1985. I also enjoyed looking at all the tour dates for various bands here, but I do have a gripe about it. When you click a link, it opens a new tab in Firefox with no navigation link to take you to the previous page. I wish the design was such that a new tab is not opened by clicking a link.

The Return of Chris Holmes

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Gems

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0:00 Judas Priest - The Sentinel 

5:05 Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare 

11:19 Metallica - Blackened
17:59 Accept - Starlight
21:52 Anthem - Venom Strike
26:40 W.A.S.P. - King of Sodom and Gomorrah
30:31 Razor - Cross Me Fool
33:47 Dokken - Into The Fire
38:17 Cacophony - Savage
44:08 Black 'N' Blue - Chains Around Heaven
48:09 Running Wild - Freewind Rider
53:30 Metal Church - Ton Of Bricks
56:31 Savatage - Power of the Night
1:01:46 Fates Warning - Without a Trace
1:06:36 Carnivore - Male Supremacy
1:14:04 Elektradrive - Secret of the Holy Grave
1:19:36 Crimson Glory - Eternal World
1:23:29 Norden Light - Legends

Irony is Metal Sludge being able to identify a tribute as "Well-Written"...

Well-Written Tribute to Frankie Banali by Blackie Lawless

Explanation for BL Not Playing in USA

Music Saturday, March 09, 2019 5:28 PM

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Watch "Eddie Trunk on why Blackie Lawless of WASP Refuses to Play in the United States (3/8/2019)" on YouTube

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Revolving Doors!

When you look at these 5 pages, you might be put off by how many times the band's lineup has changed. I don't really think that's appropriate. There are bands that are not as popular or as well-known as these 5 bands who change their lineup at least as frequently as these 5. The difference is that sites like blabbermouth.net, Loudwire.com, and other metal music websites are around to write about the changes and, sometimes unfortunately, provide fans with a place to voice their pleasure (or displeasure) with the change.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Sabbath_band_members
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cradle_of_Filth_members
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Megadeth_band_members
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quiet_Riot_members
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P.#Members 

I could have easily listed Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest instead of the above 5. What started me down this path was thinking about Cradle of Filth because I just found out I downloaded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoriana_%E2%80%93_The_Seductiveness_of_Decay from Youtube.com, including this (ahem) gem:

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Cancer SUCKS!!!!!

METAL CHURCH Drummer STET HOWLAND Undergoes Spinal Tap

Some New Old Files

During the process of fine tuning my music collection, I had to download the following from youtube.com because the original files I downloaded were corrupted.

1. Dream Theater_Octavarium full album
2. Exodus_Bonded By Blood full album
3. Fastway_Trick or Treat full album
4. Iron Maiden_Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son full album
5. Kim Wilde_Kim Wilde full album
6. Megadeth_Rust In Peace full album
7. Megadeth_So Far, So Good...So What! full album
8. Mercyful Fate_Don't break the Oath full album
9. Mercyful Fate_Melissa_25th Anniversary Reissue full album
10. Motley Crue_Too Fast for Love full album
11. Motorhead_Inferno full album
12. Ratt_Invasion of your Privacy full album
13. Shinedown_Us And Them full album
14. The Damned_Damned Damned Damned full album
15. Vanilla Fudge_Vanilla Fudge full album
16. W.A.S.P._The Last Command full album

L.O. - boom boom - V.E. - boom boom - LOVE Machine!

In 1984, when this release came out, I remember it being played during gym class at Harding while we ran / jogged around the gym.