W.A.S.P. was and is still badass. They never got the fame they deserved. They've made a shitload of awesome albums over the years

While never a huge RATT fan, they always had killer guitar players! Pearcy may not have been the best vocalist but he was good for that band for sure. At 65 he’s been through the ringer. The “skeleton” comments in the video are probably around the time he was fighting liver cancer and hepatitis to boot. So props to a 65 year old fighting the good fight!

Did you hear Blackie's voice though? Sounded just like he did in the 80s. His voice aged right up there with Sammy Hagar's. Great!

Blackie may have aged the worst, but his voice is still on point, honestly he has one of the coolest voices for metal ever.

Blackie Lawless is one of the most underrated metal vocalists of all time...he had that operatic style that no one else had. And his voice aged far better than Don Dokken, who lost his vocal range like 20 years ago and sings in a monotone nowadays

Wow! Beavis and Butthead grew up.

When my 6th grade science teacher saw “Ratt” and”Wasp” and “Poison” and other bands written all over my folder he asked me if I wanted to be an exterminator.

Dokken’s Tooth n Nail was awesome from front to back and Lynch is a friggin beast

Blackie is not wearing a wig!. And..... not many Can rock and sing like him When they are 64 Years old!

I was listening to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Ozzy predominantly in the 80s. I'm 50 now, and I gotta say all 3 still sound pretty damn good.

You guys focus mostly on the singers as if the rest of the band is irrelevant. They *are* bands and mention should be given to what original members are still in the bands and how they’re also holding up. For examples, Dokken was also about 80’s guitar hero George Lynch. The guy you couldn’t name with the iconic skull guitar. First thing anyone who was a fan will notice in the last footage is that Lynch is no longer in the band. That stuff matters if you’re gonna compare bands through the years. What original members are still around? Easy for a band to still be rockin’ with the aging singer surrounded by a bunch of young energetic kids on stage who weren’t even born when they hit the scene. Otherwise, great series and fun to watch

If MTV was still vibing like the 80s today, your show would be legit. Two talented hosts who know the rock world.

My dad was a huge fan of W.A.S.P. back in the day and gave me their tapes. They are probably the best sounding of the bunch in my opinion lol.

Dokken songs aren't lame. Many of their best songs they rarely even play. You guys have never heard "Prisoner" , "Unchain the Night " , "Heaven Sent " ,"Kiss of Death " , "Night by Night ", " The Hunter" and many more. Same thing with Ratt including " Back for More " , "No Surprise " , "What's It Gonna be " , "You're in Trouble " , "Givin' Yourself Away " , etc. etc..... Wasp was great also. Just not as good as Lizzy Borden, who most people never heard of. Even though metal was struggling in the 90's it didn't mean that we didn't get to see them . Saw Dokken 4 times in the 90's and one time even snuck in venue with Mick Brown's girlfriend at the time in Old Bridge Nj. I hated alternative/grunge and still do . Lost many friends back in the day but rock and metal stands the test of time. Many unknown bands never made it, but back in the late 80's there were more bands out then in any time in history. So many unknown bands from 80's that most people never heard of that have quality music. The great thing about 80's bands was that there were so many songs that got lost in shuffle that people have no clue about .

Don Dokken’s 1989 solo album “Up from the Ashes” is a masterpiece.

I read Stephen Pearcy's book from cover to cover and it was one the coolest metal biographies I ever read! They were kings of the sunset strip back in the day along with Motley Crue!

i love this series. WASP is truly an incredible band. Their album "The Headless Children" is one of metals best.

.. Props to Blackie Lawless going for the 'later-years Elizabeth Taylor' look. Nailed it.

I want to do a video of these 2 in 40 years and critique their looks.

man Blackie Lawless is looking like an old witch now . yet Chris Holmes looks like some big old badass viking now . huh i guess laying off the booze helped him out in the long run .

WASP is way better than I think you guys realize.

Ratt is an awesome band for guitar players. They actually had a pretty distinct riff style that was both melodic and heavy.

I have to say that I am so happy that I stumbled upon this channel. Great stuff!!

"WASP wasn't among the popular bands, so we didn't listen to them." That statement says all I need to know about you guys.

The 80s spawned so many amazing metal bands from around the world. Its impossible to name them all and not leave out some. For me my world consisted of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Dio, and Black Sabbath. For me the gods of an Era. UP THOSE IRONS TILL I DIE \m/\m/.

WASP was absolutely one of my favorite bands. I had their first album on vinyl when i was a kid and wore the damn thing smooth. Blackies vocals are just sublime. And Chris Holmes was and is still one my my favorite guitarists. I love RATT.I will always love RATT I don't care what anyone thinks of them.

Love this channel; funny , original and just brings me back to my highschool yrs.Thanx guys, please keep'em coming

Awesome videos! Just found the channel and got instantly hooked. Keep up the awesome content! Rock on!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Guys seriously, listen to W.A.S.P's first 5 albums, i guarantee you'll be fans

These guys really deserve some credit for continuing to do what they love.

WASP is the most underrated band ever. They are great.

You had Ratt and Dokken. That was great! I was hoping you were going to mention you noticed the Bassist for Ratt and original bassist for Dokken was the same guy, Juan Croucier, who was in the Ratt videos as well as the first Dokken video you showed.

Omg! Today is my 46 th birthday and the world is spinning. Love you guys and miss the 80's

As a massive W.A.S.P. and Dokken fan, I feel like these bands deserve way more credit. And so I must embark on this rant: W.A.S.P. definitely has the whole performance and shock rock thing going on, but hidden beneath the blood, skulls, and guts is just purely amazing songwriting from Blackie Lawless. They did have the glam looks in the 80s, but I never really grouped them with that group musically because even then they were much heavier than the rest (check out songs like 'King of Sodom and Gomorrah' and 'Show No Mercy'). Post-80s, they basically left the whole glam metal thing behind, still maintaining the shock factor, and went on to write much heavier and darker albums, many of which are concept albums like 1992's The Crimson Idol, which is Blackie basically showing people that the rockstar lifestyle ain't as fun as it seems. And they released a slew of these albums across the 00's, dealing with religious and political themes. So they have aged real well, and despite reinventing themselves a couple times (including a short-lived industrial period that you guys might dig) they still maintain that W.A.S.P. sound and feel. Onto Dokken. Dokken is interesting because to me they are a merging of 80s melodic rock and AOR with straight up heavy metal. So, while they were all glammed up in the 80s, just like W.A.S.P., its the songwriting. Dokken is the kind of band that you can chill out to, and also headbang to, they just have a perfect blending of these poppy melodies with heavy riffs and shredding from the master George Lynch. So these bands really transcend the glam label, whereas Ratt, who I also love to death, are on the "hairband" (hate the term, but I'll use it for now) sleazy sex, drugs, and rock n roll side of things. And a fun fact: Dokken's original bassist was Juan Crocier, who went on to become the bassist of Ratt, and played with them on all of their classic albums, and for a time in the early 80s was in both bands simultaneously Rant over, keep up the great work guys, always look forward to these vids

The rumor back in the day was that Pearcy had a "stuffing pouch" in the front of his pants for augmentation purposes. I was 16-17 when Ratt first came on the scene, and they looked like Adam and the Ants.

Blackie no longer drinks blood from a skull. He now drinks gravy straight from the gravy boat. He kinda looks like Lilly Munster's grandmother here.

I remember when Blackie Lawless set his crotch on fire and then yelled at his bandmates I wouldn't have to do this s*** if you wrote better songs LOL

I do like the Geico commercial "I think we have a RATT problem!"

Born in 1970 loved being a kid in the 70’s and a teen in the 80’s

I am 43. I just got into Ratt this year. I had no idea this band didn't suck until 2020.

Saw WASP 2017. They were still rocking it! Long concert also! Blackie still got his great voice pretty intact.

WASP for life man

You guys are awesome. I just found your videos and I'm a fan. You guys rock.

Blackie Lawless and Vinnie Vincent looks like the typical troublemaker twin aunties at the lotto shack...

We still need the reunion show with Larry.

In my opinion, back in the 80's most of us thought Motley Crüe were the evil guys due to the Shout At The Devil album.....oh how wrong we were. W.A.S.P. earned that title; they were the true shock rockers.

it's so interesting to see those 80s hair bands....the industry took many clothing styles from early 70s glam/glitter, mixed it with leather studs spikes etc from punk, made the rock a little harder than it had been.... I wasn't into any of it but it's Great fun to see it through youse guys eyes

accidentally stumble upon this channel.. and instantly subscribe.. friends will be friends.. right till the end.. you guys are amaaaazing.

When I was 9 yrs old in 85, Ratt, Mötley and WASP were the bands that got me into hard rock/metal.

WASP ....one of the best metal / rock bands ever . Their debut album has to be one of the best debuts ever .........

Just stumbled on this page, you guys are geniuses, aging metal bands is a hit!

Nobody's going to mention the insurance commercial. "We got a rat problem" round and round

What's Rosanne Barr doing singing lead vocals and playing bass for WASP?!?!?

Dokken was my favorite band in the 80s just loved every song they did

I'm so glad I found your channel. Luv it! Lol

I just found these. Please keep them coming. 87 was my senior year of high school so I have enjoyed all these.

Fastway, Halloween, Streetheart, Harlequin, Judas Priest, Stratovarius, were some of the bands I was listening during that era up here in Canada

Damn, for a minute i thought Sam Kinison made a comeback as Don Dokken in 2020 lol. My husband was really into Wasp. They look like really old women now, yikes. I think of the bands shown, Pearcy looked the best (even though he was skeletal he was at least more fit) but i think they all sounded pretty good still for their ages, imo. Most of the 80's bands cut their freaking hair in the 90's, i HATED it! I used to stay up & record the Headbangers Ball every weekend! I saw so many world premier videos that way, you know, when Mtv actually played music. One day i hope to transfer those tapes to my computer or discs.

You two are soooo CUTE! Thanks for the memories. Love the video!!

You two guys are the new Mystery 3000 science theater !! Hilarious

I'm an old rocker like you guys, actually older 55. You're reinforcing that I'm old feeling. I swear I was just 17 at an AC/ DC concert. Time really does fly. First time I watched one of your clips. I think I'll be back. Other bands. Nightranger, David Coverdale (from Deep Purple and Whitesnake), Survivor, Cinderella and Triumph. Everyone seems to forget how great Triumph was. I fucking love Sammy, saw him in VH and he's great. He has so much energy and he's still rocking.

You guys are nailing it. I love the VH1 I love the 80s style commentary.

Did he just dismiss Metallica ??? What the ... DUN.........DUN DUN DUUUUNNN LMFAO some jokes in this world are just timed with precision and executed to perfection this is one of them LOL fucking hilarious

Should you really dish out old rocker jokes while simultaneously wearing that vest, those glasses, and those necklaces? C'mon man, be yourself. Put back on the geek squad shirt and come hook up my stereo.

We're back and we're ready to kick it! You won't find any cheesy hair bands in this episode. We saw that a lot of you suggested these three bands, so here they are! Grab a drink, and let's rock! 🤘

In that last video Blackie looked like Ann Wilson from Heart LOL

Darrell channeling Chip Z’Nuff with those rose-tinted aviators in the commentary

George Lynch kicks ass, still to this day.

Ratt music still holds up. They were a solid band with some skilled musicians

I remember their first single f*** like a beast and my buddy argued with me that it was a f*** like a bee. Cuz their name was Wasp

Wasp stands for We Are Stupid Posers.. I saw that written on the back of Kurdt Nobrains guitar..

Dude Darrell is drunk hes slurring is words and very animated.

Do Stryper next fellas! They are still kicking a** in 2020! 🤘

About time! I've been waiting for another episode.

they didn't own any Ratt Tapes, weren't into Dokken or Wasp, these guys were "Metal Heads"?

Stephen Pearcy had one of the earliest 'poodle mullets' only to be dethroned by Steve Plunkett from Autograph. Opps, I'm forgetting the first one, Ms.Joe Elliott.

This was really well produced . It’s hard watching these musicians pass away one by one.

You guy's can be brutally honest with your critique, which I appreciate. Wouldn't it be cool if one of these Rock Gods called you up to question the critique. Glad you guy's keep on posting. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Great video...can you please tell me what software you used to make the video? Thanks...

You guys crack me up. Keep it going!

Never too old to rock!!!..... softly

By definition, all metal bands are aging. And that image of Blackie Lawless in the thumbnail is horrifying.

Stryper is one of those few bands who have even gotten through the years, vocally and musically you can hear good such a good technique 👌💖

You guys are too funny! Love it! Sad to see my old idols getting old, but we all do. Thanks for the memories boys!

I was thrash, death, grindcore, british metal guy in the '80's. Despite, W.A.S.P were (and remain) one of my absolute favourite bands. They had something that set them apart from the other L.A hair metal bands (decent songs and attitude I'm thinking) imo and Blackies voice was epic, and tbh still is pretty good.

i better have more than 5 hit points when i'm 63!!!!

I love that Darrell's voice is slurring a little more and more throughout the video!

LMFAO you guys have me laughing my a$$ off. Great video. I totally remember every one of these bands.

Hey guys!!!! I saw Ratt in a small club in downtown Pittsburgh in the 90's they were awesome 😅🤘 Bobby's dad was in the audience... Thanks for the nostalgia!!!! Stephen is amazing 💓

I bet you guys are exactly my age. I'm 44, born in '76. Was a big metal head growing up as well.

Erik and Darrell: "[Pearcy] looks like a skeleton." Well, he does have cancer, so...

Let's play "which host did 5 rails of coke?"

While Eric and Darrel spent all their time with air guitars and chasing down Eric's sister Liz ,to film her, I was trying to think of Eric's education. His sister went to an elite private school who planned a 3 week trip to Europe. I made Eric, 14 yrs., come along with us to get a broader education. He didn't want to go. What a waste! We traveled down the Appian Way outside of Rome for an entire day with lectures from me and our tour guide about the handlaid stone and the oldest highway in the world! He walked around on the freaking Appian Way! You guessed it. 6 months later he missed that question on a history test!

I really liked Ratt & Dokken as a teenager ( class of '89), Donn Dokken wrote really good songs to me, "Burning Like a Flame" was my favorite, but "Alone Again without You" was a beautiful but sad song & gave me complete opposite emotional reaction (that always stood out to me & impressed me greatly) that a band could play a song that made me feel intense emotion, then play another song that caused equally intense feelings. I'm not even going to start up about how amazingly talented guitarist George Lynch is. Famous guitarist frequently say how much they admire & respect him. I was a fan of Lynch Mob, a well with "Wicked Sensation" being a great song.

Blackie Lawless in 1984: *A wild sexual pervert that drank blood from a skull and threw raw meat at the crowd* Blackie Lawless in 1992: *Gaining decent weight, but still has a good amount of energy and can still sing* Blackie Lawless today: *Can barely sing and aging poorly* (But that doesn't stop me from liking W.A.S.P. Definitely deserves to be in the top 3 of my favourite bands. Alongside Motörhead and Pantera. Lawless forever!)

Cool show,thanks guys!🤟

You look a little like dee snider lol minus the long hair well a younger one

Lillian Axe, Electric Angels, Salty Dog (1990 Geffen Records), Helix, Circus of Power, Testament, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, Krokus, Stryper, Savatage, Scatterbrain. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

Iron Maiden Dio and Wasp was a great lineup. Wasp was spectacular!

So happy for all this W.A.S.P. love!