Chris Holmes - W.A.S.P. - Sleeping In The Fire - Bannermans Bar - Edinburgh - 28/09/2016

[@alfiend331]

This sure took me by surprise. Didn't know he had another vocalist/guitarist in the band. The singer really stays true to the original and hits those crazy high notes and goes on to shred some guitar, too. Chris still has his own unique style and plays it well.

[@gamerdude4840]

Shame he cant play his own solo , i loved this solo from way back

[@michaelprince7329]

This shit is raw!!! I see there are some haters out there, but this version was good!

[@dimitrisserkitzis2904]

Just amazing..We NEED to put respect and admiration to the guy next to Chris...Whoever knows lets make it fair here...Respect and soul above all...

[@seventhstar]

So raw and such awesome camera angle on Chris playing this solo. He is so under rated! Love this song!

[@dirface]

Wow the vocals! Chris is 100% attitude, just how we like em!

[@Durwo0d]

Blackbeard nails them vocals. Gave me chills. Not too shabby at all....

[@darrenhawbrook9569]

It's all about the rum lol

[@abolishwelfare]

That’s Rob “Bumblefoot” Thal.

[@Durwo0d]

@@abolishwelfare I have heard that name. What else has he done?

[@abolishwelfare]

Darwin is my name yes my parents hate me ..... Rob was in Guns N Roses, Sons of Apollo and Asia, as well as recording as a solo artist.

[@Durwo0d]

@@abolishwelfare I think I remember him being in G-n-R. Thanks man!

[@brettcar6340]

This was real good. One of Wasps best.. Awesome to see Chris playing.. He's still got it! \m/

[@marelinestud]

This video shows how difficult it is to fill Blackie's shoes. One of the best performer ever.

[@michaele5173]

Props to the drummer being able to perform with one square inch of working space.

[@YogaArmy]

LOL they put him in a tuna can

[@folkertbeukers2593]

it was terrible....

[@diegoferrero7657]

Infatti è un cazzuto italo americano...

[@DenSvartaStjarnan]

Hey! At least they're not playing for Yngwie...

[@Quackhead73]

Awesome... Great vocal... The band rocked this shit!! One of my favorite tunes from forever.... Love the guitar CH.... One humbucker... One volume... All balls no bullshit!! Sums up you as an artist man!! Well done!!

[@jonhilke]

Chris Homes I love you man I wish you well.God bless Chris Homes!

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΦικας]

Chris is leader

[@rockenOne]

Which god? At the alter of rock'n'roll

[@brianpotter7520]

Finally.... been waiting on Chris to do and play like I know he can.. I believe we are going to see some good music from Mean Man.

[@elizabethbeaver1535]

My name is Mike, I saw WASP back in 1984 with quiet riot, WASP blew them off stage and I believe Chris is the best guitarist they've ever had, seen the show in my former home town of Augusta,Ga.

[@wyattsexton7083]

Those are the Randy Piper solos!! Killer!! Chris Holmes is back!! He's gotta keep this singer n' keep it going!

[@emmockladdie]

Fully agree Wyatt. The French dude is great ... met him after their Dundee show this summer and he is such a nice bloke. He looks fierce and crazy on stage but he is the complete opposite off stage. Great bunch of guys Chris has with him now ... enjoying what they do which is what it's all about.

[@jaecrowther7869]

I agree to

[@tonyiacomi4822]

@@emmockladdie Who is that guy? The singer

[@fasteddie777666]

@@emmockladdie I thought that was Bumblefoot....great singer and a great guitarist !!!

[@vascocollaco3822]

Yeah I love Chris but man those Randy solos can only be played by the Pipester.

[@oz_medias]

Oh DAMN!!!! I grew up with, and thrive on, the 80's metal ballads and arena rock. Sure the NWOBHM was all muddled in with L.A. Glam Rock/Hair Metal or what have you (Poison, Motely et al), now it's a hodgepodge of Black metal, Death Metal, Progressive metal and so on. This is undeniably just brilliant rock/metal, through and through. The epitome of arena rock, absolutely as classic as it gets. No matter how you choose to classify it, it is simply incredible. What a song! Thanks for taking part in my life! ....oh, did I say I liked it too? :D

[@Endo-uu8mo]

Death Metal and Metalcore can suck my balls😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tonysilliker5977]

That bodged up shit and fucking crap they call metal now. Has never been a tin piss pot never mind metal.

[@ianmordaunt8443]

Many thanks for putting this up.Oh my lord ! 80's were just the best !

[@jeffreyhastings6820]

1985 i seen WASP open for KISS animalize tour. Still have my ticket stubs 🤘 That concert kicked some ass man. Holy Fucken young then that was a long time and a thousand concerts later I’m still kicking. 🤘🎸🤘

[@chrisbolgar4639]

One of my favourite songs and this version is musically perfect. The only thing it misses is the madness of Blackie. I mean, he is a real great artist, singer and musician - maybe one of the greatest living today - but you may not want his abilities.

[@garygould3530]

It is very hard to sing like Blackie Lawless, almost impossible, and this video proves just how much better a singer Blackie is than 99% of singers in the game. -the ghoul

[@KandJHorrordotcom]

The reason I love Chris Holmes is he thinks the most important parts of the song are what he contributes. And I agree.

[@darkjester2713]

Singer does this killer song justice...powerful and beautiful

[@magnetic2222]

I GET CHILLS EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO THIS SONG, WITH INCREDIBLE MELODY AND SOLOS, THIS GUY WITH THE BLACK BEARD PLAYS A LOT AND SINGS EVEN BETTER

[@breakerbill8776]

Always loved this song! One of the most underrated metal song of all time.

[@victorr7462]

Fuck that sounded awesome! Man would I love to see Chris Holmes in concert.

[@mapiusp6743]

the BEST version of 'sleeping in the fire' I have ever seen. The one from Live in the Raw is second best

[@andywags2776]

I enjoyed that & am happy that Chris has got a band that can put on a good show but anyone that thinks it is better than any era of W.A.S.P needs help.

[@danepatterson8107]

Waggie Lawless werd

[@MegaWumba]

Waggie Lawless that singer is money though

[@gerberbernstein7360]

Lol, yeah, they had to go all the way to Scotland, to find a bar that would let them play.

[@larrybaumgardner6419]

if you knew 1/2 of what you think you do, ya might be dangerous,,,But alas, ya just a know it all blowhard

[@KevinLangford-hh9ze]

I've been lucky enough to see Chris play this live twice both times was bloody amazing and awesome 😊😊

[@shadwell749]

This is a good lineup and you can see that Chris still has the fire burning in his soul.

[@scottsmith379]

Chris Holmes loves to play and it shows! God Bless You man! Great band too.

[@patrickhale424]

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS!! I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF WASP SINCE I HEARD " FUCK LIKE A BEAST" I have seen them 3 times in the 80's and '90s.

[@Martinjr1975]

I saw WASP 2 years ago. All i can say is that this is more honest than what Blackie is doing nowadays with his playback show. Great work.

[@AbrahamLinkoln]

Awesome! Blackbeard - Well done! That's exactly the thing that I wanted.

[@breakfastbuddy5]

most of us feel with Chris , and want him to make a living of what he have started ,

[@screamsfromthegrave3324]

That singer sounds like Tim Baker from Cirith Ungol singing WASP. That was pretty cool

[@alankozak9675]

This is incredible to here live again!!! You go Chris!!!!🙂

[@MrBlackJack011]

W.A.S.P. cant play this song without Chris! its fully Chris's solo

[@maziku4749]

that was great. singer has some good pipes.

[@steveclem]

Cool. Thanks for posting.

[@savoysix5468]

Proper metal, the singer guy is awesome.... and Chris is just total legend

[@ericj.rodrigue617]

Wow! Pure emotion! Love it!

[@billhogue9523]

Always loved his tone...raw and simple....one pickup guitar thru a Marshall and turned up loud.

[@CharlieDErcole]

One of the best performance of sleeping in the fire in a very long time, no disrespect to Doug Blair but this version KICKED FUCKEN ASS!!!

[@emmockladdie]

It was a freeking sauna in that place that night - can you see the sweat running off Chris's knuckles? true METAL !

[@frankwright2121]

Chris hasn't played this solo correctly in over 15 years.

[@ronnieratliff2849]

Chris and whoever that Blackie wannabe playing sold out bars in England while Blackie and Doug playing sold out festivals across Europe...lol. Chris is washed up.

[@ronnieratliff2849]

+Windwar attack guess I struck a nerve !

[@Endo-uu8mo]

@@ronnieratliff2849 Doug is never as good as Holmes or Piper or Kulick hes a nobody compared to that 3 Legends

[@guci_Zuca]

mystery solved: Lead Guitar/ Singer Thomas Cesario - he looks like ron bumblefoot but he is not ron :)

[@dougstringeroutdoors150]

You are correct! Definitely had me fooled. He looks just like him, even the guitar!

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

That fretless had me wondering 😛

[@michaelthorn3144]

Excellent!!! Keep rockin' Chris.

[@ronvandeberg2286]

METAL WILL NEVER DIE !

[@SiddhartaScarlett]

Some people talking about Holmes lost some of his skills.... Come on! All We grew up... We can't pretend be the same when We was 20 years old.... Several skills stay leave behind us, and we have to find another way to Do the same things.... It's a fact of human body and mental skills.... So, please, don't be so cruel, because one day, time is gonna catch us too. Regards ! Siddharta Scarlett.

[@trevorblackbirdguitar9952]

Siddharta Scarlett he was also an addict too. It fried his brain. So glad he's sober now. He plays allot better now than he did

[@johnstrika9170]

Lol he never had any skills to begin with. Very simplistic guitar player.

[@michaelprince7329]

John Strika I wouldn’t go as far and say Chris doesn’t have skills. I wouldn’t say he is the greatest axe man either. He always did a good enough job. The band WASP as a whole was made them. Not Blackie; not Chris or the various drummers they had. Although I am partial to Riley. Richards and Banali were both damn good! Point is to say Chris can’t play is off base. I like this version as well as any WASP version. It was solid!

[@marcusfreitas7919]

Who's the singer???? Man, he nails it !!!!

[@cliffordhritz5215]

That was amazing!

[@Curratum]

Wow, the singer pulled it off incredibly well! Great job, people!

[@tuomaskuusinen]

That was actually pretty fucking gold. Vox are fantastic.

[@amoruzz]

Smok'in Chris!! The singer has got the vibe down and good licks.

[@montoyagerardo]

A pretty cool new approach to the song with the drums, and it sounds great…

[@lizcuero9065]

Hooray!!!!! Mr. Holmes looks happy!

[@frankpfau9054]

😮 is this ron bumblefoot on vocals (same guitar and face…)…. holy moly never knew about his amazing voice!

[@luizfarmboys]

Meu Deus.. incrível!!! Que vibe! Queria estar nesse show!!

[@rightbro]

Chris Holmes still got it. Great job by vato singing!

[@emmockladdie]

Great sentiment there in your comment. Once you have pure metal in your blood its there for ever.

[@stilldrummin45]

I WAS A FUCKIN HUGE WASP FAN.....BIG TIME..... STILL HAVE ALL THE ALBUMS AND PICTURE DISKS... ROCK ON CHRIS HOLMES, ROCK ON BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@StangQuest94]

Not bad at all. Isn’t that Bumblefoot (GNR) on vocals?

[@jkslayer13]

It's not blackie but amazing job

[@joerambo8]

if course its no blackie this is not wasp or anyone trying to replace him.

[@johnbalducci3507]

Awesome I didn' t know he was still alive . Is he ? Is that Jack Sparrow on vocals ? Chris really learned how to play on the Headless Children. Wasp,s best lp I think.

[@emmockladdie]

Alive and kicking ... ass!

[@muzengarocker3184]

Magic solo!

[@matthewdavis9173]

Way to keep rocking Chris!!! Was so glad to see you guys kick ass on this! The dude singing has some pipes! Eat your heart out Blackie!!!

[@maxihernandezrodriguez4714]

La mejor versión de esta atemporal canción que escuche, siendo un fan de W.a.s.P de toda la vida, reconozco que la voz del cantante es increíble y lo hace realmente bien.

[@WhiteManXRP]

Amazing singing from an unexpected source

[@antoniotorres1762]

Excellent version!!!!!!

[@Raw-guitar]

This is awesome to the core.

[@Raw-guitar]

Im glad Chris is cancer free now.

[@nolimits300]

Blackie and Chris have to reunite and be again that awsome band WASP

[@malargwr15711]

My god that is truly epic!

[@emmockladdie]

I agree. Proper metal.

[@palivatricmilivoje2139]

Fall of one of the best HM gitarists

[@randyjohnson5426]

Watching the singer made me want to put an eye patch on one eye and go plunder a ship.

[@rightbro]

Righty mate!!

[@craigf7313]

Amazing singer and guitarst.Shame old 'chris' cant or wont play his solo for whatever reason.Age?

[@eddieboyd9200]

Better watch it again because he plays his solo at the 2:55 mark \m/

[@samslone9457]

Playing WASP songs,having anathor Blackie or someone trying to sound like him,sing the songs.Chris in one interview states that he can sing and that Blackie never let him.Now we see why

[@ilyalead4blade897]

as we hear here and on other records, he CANNOT hold a tune. that would sound terribly awful alongside Blackie's almost perfect singing

[@cornocrudeli5289]

Well, although I agree with you about chris, I cannot about blackie's singing: after listening to many bootlegs over the years, he's never been good at performing live, surely not as much as in the studio.

[@danthegreaser71]

Chris Holmes is still a kick ass guitarist!

[@emmockladdie]

And a super nice gent! I am looking forward to seeing the new documentary, I think it will put the record straight on quite a few issues. Good to see this legend growing old disgracefully.

[@koolerm4806]

Huh.....Chris Played Randy's Parts and Homeboy Played His!! Hope All Is Well Overseas Chris!

[@cosadico2248]

He insulted Blackie, but plays his songs

[@debbiejohnson8572]

Dont hate me, but its missing Blackie's voice Im gonna leave that alone now

[@laabsenceofcol8079]

Fucking love Chris's solo in this song. Always, always will adore this song 🖤

[@guimarsalviano5007]

Wow ! Very good ! This is the rock n roll spirit. \m/

[@alejojoaquinmorenomoya8913]

Sois muy grandes mejor musica y mejores musicos imposible. Las bandas grandes no suenan de esta forma tan autentica.

[@AnnaAnnaYes]

WASP Thier debut,will always be a Classic Chris,stay strong and clean.Peace to you

[@horselaverda]

best version ever

[@martinezdemon3282]

Another one who smokes his socks!!!

[@rodwinter1978]

Homes is beast as always. The vocal neailed . At first glance I've thought of Brooklin 99's Pimento 🙂

[@TakeTheHold]

Sometimes I can't decide which version should I listen. This one or original??

[@duaneelliott2327]

wasp intriges me. I like the lyrics a lot but just can not get into the music( I do not know why I am a Rush fan). what blackie did to Chris Holmes was wrong and if he was a born again Christian as he claims he would apologize and make things right with him. I do not believe he did. good luck Chris Holmes and blackie lawless you are up there with Neil peart as one of the greatest progressive rock and or metal lyricist.

[@Cryptosifu]

Oh wow, that singer!!!!! Blackie with a beard!

[@matross7777]

goosebumps running! it's great !!!!

[@beyondtheveilofdeath4195]

...you'd better play yer guitar, Chris..leave vocals to him, please....

[@stevengoodman3498]

Nice job gentleman. Bumble doing nice job on vocal and guitar. Hard to mimick Blackie. Chris on point playing sweet solo as only he can! Tearing up Europe in style.

[@suhaibghazi7673]

Anyone got links to other vocals by this singer? Is it confirmed his name is thomas cesario?

[@emmockladdie]

He gets a credit on this album: Fairyland - The Fall Of An Empire - www.discogs.com/Fairyland-The-Fall-Of-An-Empire/release/10315253. I met him at Chris's gig in Dundee and I can confirm he is very European - French I think even though his name sounds otherwise. Lovely guy - made Chris Holmes look short in height.

[@guci_Zuca]

tomas cesario the blackbeard got true skills, holmes is ready for retirement when he plays solos and he should let blackbeard to play true solo like piper did in the past...

[@jkslayer13]

Wow what a amazing performance

[@emmockladdie]

Hot, sweaty and metal as f**k! I can't wait to see a live metal gig again.

[@johnkeel2636]

I love you Blackie, but they Owned this One.

[@xandao]

Awesome!

[@jailsonsilvamistyfier7994]

Perfection, extremelly super heavy

[@karlsimon6277]

I bet that goddamn gig was fucking FUN.

[@roddreww9593]

This is fucking HEAVY METAL. Chris Holmes Forever.

[@alessimo75]

That guitar solo gets me goose bumbs.

[@randywade70]

This makes me sad as well..went to 15 concerts from 84 to 86 to see my favorite guitarist and his solos....and he couldn't even do one of his best in this?? FUCK I MISS THE 80's !!! Hahaha ..no really 🤘🤘

[@TheLurker_666]

They killed it!!

[@suhaibghazi7673]

Is this singer Oliver Tindall? Can we get a definitive answer?