Chris Holmes interview at Hellfest 2014

[@1969ryson]

Hes sober, its just from years of drinking that he sounds like this. I had a great uncle who was sober and sounded like this after years of drinking. It never went away.

[@darkChristian]

one my hero's always will be.half of W.A.S.P. the best band there ever was. were all getting old.

[@mattboone6311]

"I bet there's a lot of people out there just wishin', dyin', for the chance to get on this stage for once in their life."

[@df21snow]

how is this man still alive?

[@jimmynorris1558]

Chris I’m ready let’s fucking rock

[@kadielynn100]

He doesn't look bad for 56. Here is very smart for leaving United States, he would have to pay a fine for not having health insurance Obamacare what a joke

[@crungen5134]

what he needs is a fucking dentist

[@sandranewton1648]

Such a cool dude

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

Is that Chris Homes or Big Foot from the Howard Stern Show?

[@moegreene6165]

Chris Holmes is not Big Foot, it is.

[@moegreene6165]

IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS

[@sunsetblvd3674]

It would be so awesome if Chris holmes, Tommy scheoch, and Zakk wylde would just get together and do a side project like a tribute band to Lynyrds Skynyrds and tour this summer!! Imagine that??? Nothing but skynyrds....i would pay to see that....

[@Explorer766]

Reality show right here.

[@marcmeunier77]

Triste de le voir ainsi... Quel énorme guitariste il était...

[@paganwarrior1000]

Love you Chris see wasp in Manchester UK 8thnov 1986

[@briandoyle6188]

For some people when your free of the shackles,drink/drug addiction,bills, scraping a living and all the shite that has had aimed at him for years (some his own making)then when your away from that it is euphoric... don't want to go into the reason's why I think that but I do know he feels...as with the health care he might be thinking don't waste it on me....the band he's got around him at the moment are really good talented blokes....good luck Chris....

[@xandorentweihen4136]

Chris mean man Holmes!

[@jarrodschroeder2071]

Chris , you fucking rock man!! I been a wasp fan for many years! Please get back in your band with blackie!!!

[@imperialexilemusic4049]

Hey Chris, reply to your emails.

[@ryandeanlindgren9054]

Cool!

[@nuts45150]

flashback chris holmes from wasp interview big dreams

[@MrUltraworld]

I think he's right. If his music doesn't sell in the US, and he's going to spend most of the year touring Europe and Japan anyway, why live there? Blackie Lawless is one year older than Chris Hoimes (57), maybe he's hittin' the sauce again.

[@dean1618]

He is brilliant!

[@trifonaskalofolias]

i love how he is...just that...

[@pcycosocial]

Sad but true Chris!! Man I miss when playing guitar meant ??? Playing Guitar!!!!

[@jarrodschroeder2071]

People need to fucking stop cridisizing chris holmes!! How many of you, "the public" had sold out concerts? Or have sold millions of albums or singles sales? Huh? None of you have! stop slamming chris holmes!!

[@jarrodschroeder2071]

Knock it off

[@YoungManNihilist]

Jarrod Schroeder It was Blackie who sold out concerts and sold millions of albums and singles. Chris was just drinking along.

[@jarrodschroeder9052]

YoungManNihilist

[@raydeen1]

+YoungManNihilist Exactly right. Chris was along for the ride. A beneficiary. Kind of like Robby Krieger of the Doors.

[@october72393]

He is so right... about what music is like now.... goood luck with the hard rock.... or heavy metal.. or whatever is rooookckck music.... hip hop hippittty hop suck the pop whatever u want 2 call it hop is the now.................crucify my lord.....here it is....

[@skinwearingmaniac9856]

Chris Holmes is trying to live his heyday all over again, who will he ever be without WASP and Blackie.

[@sweethair2310]

SKINWEARING MANIAC trying? looks like hes doing it baby. Hes sober too (good for him!)

[@freewill51]

sweet hair You call that sober?

[@jamesdean8022]

sweet hair hes on crank, clear as day. Dudes playing sucks..come on man, this is like telling your drunk uncle he can play. His shit is fucking terrible.

[@nikwhocares3467]

sad to see him in such a bad condition :-(

[@Fischize]

permanent dain bramage

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

Notice how he rocks back and forth, cause I did. Homie is still tweaking.

[@lilblakkat]

Hip hop is just mainstream the way pop was when WASP was in it's prime. Even back then, Ozzy, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Def Leppard and Motley Crue was on the Radio but WASP never were. Metallica and Megadeth surfaced and GNR came along and blew the doors off of WASP along with a lot of other bands. Rock band are still out there, I personally think that he can't keep up. Hip Hop sucks but don't blame them.

[@sambarron8953]

Cris homes doesn’t give a fuck what other people think about him

[@tjp3rd]

Back on the sauce it appears

[@dianeherman7873]

Did he ever stop? By the looks of his ravished body, I'd say no!

[@tortimeese]

Diane Herman er, I think you mean "ravaged," not "ravished." Unless you are an ex-groupie who ravished his body, which means it would be all your fault! You seem to have an untoward hatred of the man. Addicted or not, he seems like a nice enough fella. And, I think he and Blackie made a great pair. Even Blackie has publicly said that, when writing songs and laying down tracks, he fed off of Chris Holmes' anger.

[@sambarron8953]

There’s no more music in LA

[@ROOKTABULA]

5:53 huh

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

This is so sad :( Chris Holmes has always been a very talented guitarist, and an amazing performer. But he is wasting his talent, just so that he can pull a couple of drinks! Blackie has often tried to make him settle down, so that he could rejoin W.A.P.S, but it seems like a lost cause for him. I hope he can somehow get his stuff together again.

[@MisterCritch]

That's all total bullshit mate! Who are you? You don't know him & don't say you do... Because if you did.. You'd know all you say here is bullshit!

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

MisterCritch Hehe, no shit Sherlock! I don´t know him, i am simply stating what most people know as the truth ;)

[@dianeherman7873]

MisterCritch Chris is a major alcoholic and I don't need to know him personally to say that. (Even though I did meet him once in the 80's) I have followed his career since the beginning and have watched him ruin his career. He is missing teeth, can't speak clearly and has little control over his body movements. Watch "Decline of the Western Civilization, The Metal Years" to see what and arrogant asshole he was even in front of his mother. He may not be arrogant in this interview but he is a full blown alcoholic.

[@MisterCritch]

Diane Herman he gave up drinking in 95... I know that & there's another reason for his body movement... I said he didn't drink.. But I didn't say he doesn't do any other substances. But if you new what your talking about.. You'd know its not the drink that makes him like this.. He gave that up & replaced it with something else... I'll let you work it out as your so smart.

[@MisterCritch]

Diane Herman by the way... I just wanna add to my last comment that your a disrespectful cow too! I'd love to see how perfect you are... Saying shit about people on here... Are you more successful than Chris? When you don't know what your talking about... Which you don't! You should keep it shut! & I can say your a disrespectful cow... Because your comments are on here for all to see! Chris is a great guitarist .. Done great music & I'm sure he'll do more great music... Let me know what you've achieved in the last 20 years? You've kept your teeth nice & white???

[@trifonaskalofolias]

drunk or high...love it...

[@MyDarkShadows79]

Σκασε ρε βλακα!!!!!!

[@xPHALLANGESx]

this sucks, this guy is a great guitarist. Just too burnt out from drinking. Its a damn shame, I love how wasp trys to fit him in as he is their best guitarist, it just seems to feed the poor cat's addiction. I hope some day he clues in. Wasted talent.

[@raydeen1]

"Same old WASP crap." Chris, the only reason you have what you have in life is because of that "same old WASP crap." If not for WASP, where would you be? Exactly where you are now. Is anyone going to plunk down money for that new album of yours? How many people even know of your band? Damn...respect the concept that helped you achieve the life you've been able to live. You should be thanking Blackie every single day.

[@44Liriodendron]

Haha, Chris is wasted in this interview.

[@dianeherman7873]

He is wasted everyday!

[@therisingphoenixvapery102]

@@dianeherman7873 Not so. He's been sober since 1996

[@rodjohnson8899]

Holmes is right about L.A. music scene there SUCKS.

[@reasonrally6658]

I dig Chris Holmes but straight up he looks and sounds like crap and somebody tell him "Gansta Rap" went out a long time ago. Hope he gets it together 'cause he was full of life and good looking. Today CH looks like Charles Manson's brother. Its just sad.

[@laudanum669]

Sad.

[@RiffMagMetalMag]

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[@gypsykatcher30]

He looks like a biker.