Hmm. Sounds just like the decline movie and the Idol album all in one night. Smells like bullshit.

Great story 👍

@@kawada1 Thanks dude! It was a trip to say the least. I hear about people paying stupid money for VIP Packages. Back in the day we had a favourite club we went to which happened to be a regular stop for bands hitting Vancouver. I met qite a few there. Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Nazareth and Exodus to name a few.

@@bogrot69 totally. We had a club called Obsessions in NJ and I saw andet a bunch of upcoming bands there like warrant, winger, kix and killer dawrves

@@kawada1 Ha! Killer Dwarfs were playing at this club the night I met the guys from Nazareth. We got to know them a bit after seeing them play there a few times. It was after the show and we were upstairs having drinks with them when Dan McCafferty and Darrell Sweet walked in.

Great L.P.!...but Headless & Dying For The World are better...

Crimson Idol

It's great, but Crimson Idol is their masterpiece. Headless is also amazing.

@@TheSimba3062 Yes. Completely agree

Headless is the best IMHO.

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Ya, he had a real tribal sound that was awesome. Megadeth had a similar awesome drummer with similar problems if i remember right. I'm guessing left-handed. ??

Tony is the only WASP drummer that mattered. Everyone else,hell,you could replace them with a machine and no one would notice.

What could have made it better?

@tortimeese Blackie is still touring and will release a new album soon that will no doubt be a success. Where are all the guys that he held back? Blackie was the common denominator in W.A.S.P. 's success and he wasn't going to let anyone mess it up for him. He wrote 100% of the songs.

The explination below is spot on in - songwriters get convinced THEIR part of the music is the reason the bad is successfuf. That feeling slowly turns into "im the band" and every idea not presented by the band leader is shot down, even if its great ​@@TheMahonj

Ouuuuuuuut Oouuuuuuuuuuuuut...!

I wouldn't say that Ozzy and Sharon were the metal mafia, but they sure knew how to fuck everyone that worked for them. Paying the greatest guitar player who ever lived 200bucks a week while your buying mansions gets you the gold medal at the fuckboy olympics. Was very soon to lose Randy to Sharon's ego and greed anyway. The gift was that all he cared about was the passion, the art, the Music. Going in to take lessons a week before he died from a local guitar teacher, a teacher he had never seen nor heard before, showed a willingness to learn that knew NO bounds. Forever Randy!!!

@@HappyFoxSuperSTAR great comment! You are spot on

@@HappyFoxSuperSTAR the 200 bucks a week was to Jake not Randy right?

@@theophany1770 Had Randy lived long enough they would of screwed him to

​@@pawlpoche8736It's hard to say this is the truth. This sounds like a bitter guy from the 80's. The guys that don't make it are very bitter.

Your opinion. Glad you like it

@@daveg4236 It's the right opinion. W.A.S.P. rules. Thank God Blackie didn't listen to this hack. He's the better producer.

You forgot homosexual.

He's obnoxious, disloyal, pompous, and hypocritical

@@MrOctober44 The BEST kind of interview.

@@automatics1im Heh

@@bobdroll6381So what if he is? You seem jealous. Did he turn you down or something?

Just the way it is with him. Talk with anyone reputable that’s had dealings with him. Chris was definitely taken advantage of and was cut out of copywrite co-ownership rights and royalties on every song he wrote while in W.A.S.P. Randy Piper got hosed too. It was supposed to be a band but Lawless hijacked it away for himself. Someone should have throat punched him and taught Blackie a lesson a long time ago in how to treat folks and maybe the original band could still be playing and creating to this day. I understand the Tony Richards issue because Holmes even said something about Tony hooked on drugs and being on tour probably would have fed his habit and then would have wound up in a body bag because of it.

Nikki Sixx did 😂😂😂

@@somewhatsomething4882 Was that before after Blackie took a 2 liter bottle, filled it full of water, stuck it up a groupies ass and gave her enema while Nikki was passed out on the couch backstage, then had her wake Nikki up and spray him in the face with it?

@@mikeryan5088 He is, I've met him a few times. He's a complete asshole,

@@somewhatsomething4882 blackie had a hooker take a shit on nikki's face while they were hanging out at a hotel together though 😭😭

Most gays like to gossip, so no surprise there.

Rics an amazing guy!

Great comment! And happy to hear about Tony Richards!

The debut album could have had a better production but was damn good. Blackie has had lots of very talented musicians in his band since then and has made many good tracks and several good albums since then

iirc, Richards is currently (as of 2023, when I heard about it) in a Jazz house band somewhere in AZ. If he played like he did on the debut blasted, imagine his playing if he was "present."

He's a schmuck! He ruined WASP!

Agreed. Fantastic album

I love that record too!

Ric is a gay, bitter man-child.

@@bobdroll6381 You seem bitter that he's gay and have made at least six comments about his sexuality, so, did he turn you down or do you just irrationally hate gay people because this seems personal to you?

@@mykull666 Why would I be bitter about him being gay? Learn what the word means, because that makes zero sense. Especially contextually. I will address your inquiry, though. Gay men can often be VERY catty. Ric is no exception. In fact, he may be the poster boy for cattiness. These interviews have exposed him for the catty bitch that he is. Always blabbing about how so very imperfect all these (far more successful) people were. What about you, Ric? Do you think some of these musicians might have had some unpleasant dealings with you?...before they canned your ass. Now, YOU could've fairly asked if I was a "butthurt" fanboi or something. Well, the answer to that is also no. I can't name more than 2 and a half WASP songs, and Poison, etc. is not to be found on any playlist I've made. I'm just annoyed with this petty jerk who's taken it upon himself to bad mouth people and reveal personal details of their life, that they probably wouldn't want shared, 35 years after the fact. So I called him on it. Repeatedly. Understand?

Agree💯

Yes, it is soooooooo good. You can hate Blackie & WASP and still love that album, it's that good.

The first two albums are great, would have been best to keep the band unity, oh well bad leadership. W.A.S.P. could have been the American version of Maiden and Priest! A California band and image with great guitar tone and writing with those early albums!

Mutt Lange also knew what he was doing and had the money to do it.

Mutt lange never forced to isolate each single hit of a drummer especially when you do a quad or triplet. How you do a proper coordination flow when you have to do it singe element by element ? Its damn stupid .

​@@Nissardpertugiuyou lock the bass drum to the grid then on a separate track record the next piece of the kit, etc. Lange does it with guitars too, literally string by string. He has a superpower in making that isolated music sound GREAT

Tony has merit to get through. Playing one element at once sucks. It shows Blackie even i respect him as singer and stuff, how ignorant he is about drums. How you get a proper flow when you're doing Quads and triplets among other stuff ? It kills the vibe. How you do that if you have to do one kick, then after the other kick, the snare, one tom hit, another take for one hit to reconstituate a coordination hands and feet by 4 or 5 by that procedee. Rather to do it live.

The first WASP album is right up there with the first Damned, Runaways, Iron Maiden, etc. It's one of those albums that even if you don't like the band, or even the genre of music, you'll like and appreciate that one album.

Live in the Lyceum 1984. That’s all you’ll ever need brother.

I think ‘Hellion’ has a killer vocal track!

I think BL was jealous of Chris Holmes’ popularity. BL is and will always be the leader. But a good leader will always see the strengths in his soldiers, and run with it...

Far, with a capital F, from shredders, but Randy was a decent guitarist. They both fit the mediocre band. Wasp was another Motley Crue..very little talent but had some killer songs. You'd have to be deaf or not even know 2 notes of the minor pentatonic scale to compare Chris and Randy to KK and Tipton.

@@equalleftrights3130 I didn't compare them to KK and Tipton. I just said what they represented in that band. Of course KK and Tipton are far more talented guitar players but WASP lost that edge when Randy and Chris left.

I never knew how vital Randy Piper was to the band until i saw them is concert. It was very surprising seeing how much Randy contributed to vocals. Go past the first two albums and you can really tell what his absence did to their sound.

I must agree, Chris's tone was always so heavy and in your face. Great stuff !!!

Loved Smashed Gladys. Wish we had more from them. Always wanted to get their album cover tattooed on me just never did.

I've run into Blackie over the years and depending on what mood he is in.....you can get the nice guy (rare) or the total asshole. He was finishing up The Last Command and I asked him why he tweaked the tapes by one or two cents (didn't make any difference to the songs), and he came back with "so assholes like you will have trouble figuring it out" (i did a lot of guitar transcriptions back in the day), then gave me a stare like he wanted to kill me. What a guy.

Ace Paul thanks for your comment but what does tweaking a few cents mean?

@@freedom2084 Slightly speeding up a perfectly standard tuned song, for example, so as to throw people off. Makes his voice sound higher. It's done with videos that people "borrow".

That was the most 1980s story ive heard not a cool one a sad one.

@@craigusselman546 Agreed

He's still alive. Go figure

That was brutal ? What about Chris Holmes telling Richard Carpenter to his face "Well why didn't you sell one of your cars and feed your fucking sister ? " 😂😂

@@MERCURYSUNSET 🤣🤣🤣you're right that nuclear brutal

Yes. Such a perfectionist he uses backing tracks rather than stand on talent. Calling out a karaoke artist... for what he is.

@@zoso1980 even if that were true wouldn't be the only one

Agreed 1000 percent. Only Rob Halford could top Blackie. The Crimson Idol is a masterpiece, and so was every other W.A.S.P album.

@@zoso1980 the vast majority of bands use backing track's. Especially these old school bands who've aged over the last 30 to 40 yrs.

If you can't sing it don't do it

How fucking shitty...

love that people always say that Chris is such a great guy and give blackie crap....if Chris can say something like that to a guy who just lost his sister I'm sure he was a handful for blackie to deal with...moron

Can't we all just get along?

Bought it, listened to it once. Never listened to it again. Still have the tape.

@@villageidiot9867 well on the bright side of things, village idiot fits you well anyways.

Yes! I have the ticket for the Metallica, WASP and Armored Saint show at L’Amour but I never went. My parents wouldn’t let me go to Bayridge from the suburbs. I was just 14!

@@scorchedearth8661 I went on Friday and Saturday nights. I'm pretty sure Sunday's show was a dry one.

I Was There! Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

No,,tell us dude...

@@theoverlook5976 Thanks... I am headed that way now...

@@rlaw1971 It’s actually an interesting interview. I thought you’d appreciate watching the whole video instead of reading my typing.

@@theoverlook5976 Well, I wouldn't be surprised if Chris said something like that. He said whatever what was on his mind. Look was he said to Richard Carpenter. Would it be too much of a stretch of what he (supposedly) said to Slash? I wouldn't say Chris is a mean man. He is just really direct and straight forward. He did save my ass one night at the Roxy.

@@acepaul407 Sounds like a good story. Care to share?

Blackie is ant live as it gets .

@Michael Angelo I don't know, could be he wasn't happy with how someone played or maybe a rat ran across the room lol

there is a book out there for sale that explains that.

I like Blackie's religion and politics, but Chris should have been treated better... no doubt.

@@crushingalldeceivers -- Well, I'm an atheist and don't believe in any sky daddy. But if I did, and really truly believed in it, I wouldn't have cheated a fellow band member out of his money. And I wouldn't have written a song called F**k Like a Beast. And who knows how many women he defiled? I wouldn't do those things and I don't believe in a god. I can't stand those guys who pretend to be one thing but are really something different or find Jesus after they've had all their fun.

@@brigham2250 Aww did the wittle Mormon have to go to church as a bo?

@@sirlawrence9161 What do you want to be when you grow up mate ?

@@sirlawrence9161 -- That's quite funny. My KZfaq name has nothing to do with Mormonism. Zero. Zilch. My family history also has nothing to do with any form of Christianity. Oy vay, that was funny.

I call it the “ Amored Saint syndrome” Too heavy for radio, not heavy enough for metal fans

YES but that's what makes it sooo perfect!

Shout wasn't MC's debut album

Actually Blackie Lawless' Captain Hook pirate look was very intriguing to teenagers. But unlike Peter Pan most people grow up.

the fact a black guy loves blackies voice does more for race relations than any bs politician...love it man ..you are obviously a leader and not a follower...respect to you

Tom wearman worked w poison

Rik produced Look What The Cat Dragged In

All the bands he produces are high on drugs, working with drugged up people must be very difficult

Both bands weren’t known for their musicianship. Have to side with Browde

I knew poison when they were Paris in Pennsylvania. What they had was four guys that would have jumped out of a airplane to make it.they went off to LA and busted there asses .but if you weren't partying back then you didn't belong in a band

Throw in Vinnie Vincent and you a have total cluster fuck .

If you arent into wasp you aint into rock

Motorhead is rock & roll. WASP were (and are) a complete circus and a parody of the genre. Like Venom and thousands of ridiculous "shock rock" bands. Even that, i think "Headless Children" & "The Crimson Idol" were good attempts for quality stuff. Unfortunately that didn't last.

@@endtyme1345 everyone knows first wasp album is best

@@Clnt874 "Everyone" means sh*. Get your own opinion pal. That's the only thing it matters. Do *YOU* think is good? that's perfectly fine. 🤟🏻

@@endtyme1345 crimson idol doesnt touch the first wasp album. 98 percent of earth would agree

Yep... It's hilarious that he wanted to be the two least cool members of Kiss.

Yeah the first time I ever saw a picture of Blackie I thought this guy is the second coming of Gene Simmons.

Wasn't he friends with Ace way back?

@@philvacanti1446 Yes but Blackie says they grew up together in a street gang in New York but Ace says he meet Blackie in L.A .The video of Ace saying that is on KZfaq somewhere

@@philvacanti1446 Yes he was.

Exactly. Ric's just a gay, bitter man-child.