Favorite Guitar Riffs Of All Time W.A.S.P Guitarist Doug Blair Interview NAMM - WASP Live

www.livetojam.com at NAMM Interviews Doug Blair of WASP about his all time favorite guitar riffs and whats on the horizon for WASP. NAMM 2013
We caught up with Doug Blair (the lead guitarist for WASP) and talked about his five favorite guitar riffs which include: Flesh For Fantasy and Rebel Yell from Billy Idol, The Hunter and Into The Fire by Dokken, and Somebody Give Me A Doctor by Van Halen.
He lists Love Machine, Chainsaw Charlie, Crazy, Babylon and I Wanna Be Somebody as favorite WASP songs to play live.
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From Wikipedia:
Doug Blair, born February 11, 1963 as Douglas Blair Lucek, is a guitarist and member of W.A.S.P.. Doug's early development as a musician took place in his home state of Connecticut (USA). His focus on technical ability with the guitar quickly saw him gaining a reputation locally with his early band, Run 21. This band played small club dates in the Tri-State area (NY,NJ,CT) and recorded some original material during that time. One of the songs, "Baby It's Your Face" was recorded at Presence Studio in East Haven and released on the Metalstorm compilation produced by Jamie Bircumshaw and Tom Boyd in 1985. This early Doug Blair band, Run 21 also included Stet Howland on drums who would later join W.A.S.P. ( as would Blair). Run 21 was especially known for its outlandish show (compared to other Connecticut acts) that would see Blair jumping up on the bar and playing while running in between glasses and bottles. The act had an element of comedy with drummer Stet Howland's dialogue with the audience. This early "over the top" style of performance were pre-cursors to what Blair and Howland would be doing with the internationally known W.A.S.P.
He initially joined W.A.S.P. for a short time in 1992. During his time Blair authored a guitar column for Mixx Magazine ( now known as Intermixx Webzine )where he gave instruction and advice on the general subject of guitar playing and guitar instruments which he was known to design. He was also a quick replacement on W.A.S.P.'s Unholy Terror Tour in 2001 on two festival gigs when Chris Holmes left the band. In 2006 he was hired by W.A.S.P. for the third time.[1]
His 'other' current band is Signal2Noise with percussionist/vocalist John Anthony. Their debut album, "Fighting Mental Illness", has 7 songs; Generica, Contrast, Hear, Disown, Out, Corner, and a bonus acoustic version of Wall.[2][3]
Blair is known for inventing the innovative instrument the "GuitarCross" which blend five guitar strings with three bass strings (guitar strings sent to one amplifier, bass strings to another) to make a unique sound. He uses this invention in s2n and also uses a unique 12-string acoustic named "Asia."
Current members
• Blackie Lawless -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar (played bass, drums, and keyboards on various albums) (1982--present)
• Doug Blair -- lead guitar, backing vocals (1992, 2001, 2006--present)
• Mike Duda -- bass, backing vocals (1997--present)
• Mike Dupke -- drums (2006--present)
Former members
• Randy Piper -- guitar (1982--1986)
• Tony Richards -- drums (1982--1984)
• Rik Fox -- bass (1982)
• Chris Holmes -- guitar (1983--1990, 1996--2001)
• Steve Riley -- drums (1984--1987)
• Johnny Rod -- bass (1986--1989, 1992--1993)
• Chad Nelson - drums (1987)
• Kelly Martella - drums (1988--1989)
• Frankie Banali -- drums & percussion (1989--1990, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2004)
• Stet Howland -- drums (1991--2005)
• Bob Kulick -- lead guitar (1991--1995) (live performer and guest on The Crimson Idol and Still Not Black Enough)
• Lita Ford - guitar (1993)
• Darrell Roberts -- guitar (2001--2006)
• Mark Zavon -- guitar (2006)
1984 W.A.S.P.
1985 The Last Command
1986 Inside the Electric Circus
1989 The Headless Children
1992 The Crimson Idol
1995 Still Not Black Enough
1997 Kill Fuck Die
1999 Helldorado
2001 Unholy Terror
2002 Dying for the World
2004 The Neon God: Part 1 -- The Rise
The Neon God: Part 2 -- The Demise
2007 Dominator
2009 Babylon
Singles
• Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) 1984
• "School Daze" 1985
• I Wanna Be Somebody
• Love Machine
• "I Don't Need No Doctor" 1987
• "The Real Me" 1989
• "Mean Man" 1989
• "Forever Free" 1989
• "Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)" 1992
• "Hold On To My Heart" 1992
• "I Am One" 1992
• "The Idol" 1992
• "The Story Of Jonathan" 1992
• "Black Forever / Goodbye America" 1995
• Babylon