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Blackie Lawless studio headshot
Blackie Lawless on what Kiss got right, why rock'n'roll is disappearing, and the price of fame

By Dave Everley Published

These are the things WASP's Blackie Lawless has learned while travelling life’s highway

Bands & Artists
W.A.S.P. posing backstage
Nine albums by W.A.S.P you should hear, and one to avoid

By Dave Everley Published

Buying guide W.A.S.P's infamy as leading shock metallers of the 1980s belies a back catalogue full of serious classic rock-influenced songwriting

Buying guide
Photographs of Lemmy from Motorhead, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose
30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

By Classic Rock Published

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

Bands & Artists
WASP’s Blackie Lawless posing for a photograph in 1986
WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’ wild tales of Lemmy, Gene Simmons and The Village People

By Rob Kern Published

Interviews
WASP posing for a photography and pulling faces
WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’s strange journey from shock rock to God

By Paul Elliott Published

An epic interview with WASP singer Blackie Lawless about controversy, codpieces and Christianity

Interviews
WASP in 1987
Blackie Lawless tells fans who think W.A.S.P. don't play live at all to stay away from their shows

By Stef Lach Published

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless admits to using back tracks in live performances and has no time for the critics

Bands & Artists
WASP in 1987
Former WASP / LA Guns drummer Steve Riley dead at 67

By Paul Brannigan Published

Steve Riley, best known for playing with WASP and LA Guns, has died after a short illness

Bands & Artists
Cronos, Tommy Lee with Fred Durst, and Blackie Lawless
“She's got a fire raging in between her thighs, I got a hose to put it out, try this for size”: a deep dive into terrible heavy metal lyrics about sex

By Chris Chantler Published

Metal might nail it when it comes to lyrics about death, war, Satan and existential terror...but sex? Um, not so much

Interviews
David Bowie, Ian McKellern as Gandalf, WASP’s Blackie Lawless and The Terminator
10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles

By Paul Travers Published

David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were

Interviews
Blackue Lawless, arms outstretched, holding a flame
"The pain is overwhelming": Blackie Lawless details physical suffering on current tour

By Fraser Lewry Published

"It has become obvious to many of you that either watching the shows live or on YouTube that there is something physically wrong with me" - W.A.S.P.'s Black Lawless

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