W.A.S.P.-Blackie Lawless interview for 'Headbangers Ball' 1993

Rare interview with Blackie for 'Headbangers Ball'. Subscribe to my W.A.S.P. channel!
#wasp #blackielawless #heavymetal

[@eviltwinzak]

When MTV actually treated music.

[@hmpz36911]

It's not america! Metal is still alive in most other countries. The music competitions have a lot if true Metal. & their version of mtv etc plays music! Makes me wonder🎶

[@55Porter]

26 years later and WASP is still here!

[@erichani1]

He put wasp back together

[@erichani1]

Wasp is touring Europe alot

[@michaelbaker3598]

Absolutely!

[@randywissler9923]

@Disingenuous White-Boy 26 was right. He's saying 26 years from the time blackie said they were gonna be no more. Which was 93'

[@hellchild6668]

The record company wouldn't let him go "Solo"

[@arieswildchild]

I love this man! He is inteligent and smart and say exactly what it needs, not less, not more. W.AS.P. Is the best that could happen with rock music!

[@christopherbell4543]

Come on Blackie write a book we all want one.

[@VitaZest]

WASP will NEVER end!!! Thanx for the amazing interview! I adore Blackie, he's such a smart, talented, sincere, honest man...

[@jilliansjems1826]

Vita Zest yes he is AMAZING LOVE HIS INTERVIEWS HE IS TRULY GENUINE & SPEAKS FROM THE 💖 💯 & YOU CAN FEEL IT ALSO !!!!!🌹💖👍

[@jeremyslater2381]

26 years later he's still putting out great albums.

[@bmdshred77]

After this interview W.A.S.P continued to make amazing music still to this day in 2019

[@Palace-of-Madness]

Crimson Idol is a masterpiece

[@76navan]

Wasp wasp wasp one of the best heavy metal bands of all time. Blackie such a smart man. Chris was such a fuck up

[@todddavis4274]

Yep.

[@BazookaToe]

@David O Brien, such a smart man who just fed you 11 minutes of bullshit and it went down like pudding.

[@ilyalead4blade897]

such a smart man that fired Randy Piper who plays guitar ten times better than him and did fantastic backing vocals and harmonies. such a smart man

[@donfleming9528]

One of my favorite bands love all of his music never a bad song

[@azurenojito2251]

Also known as ''the weird leg'' interview. lol

[@hellchild6668]

He has very long legs

[@tonemarieantonsen1597]

@@hellchild6668 Yep very long 😁

[@mordtefpv5896]

,,, The Large Leg Conundrum!!

[@fostercat751]

🤣

[@stevestevenson289]

😆

[@allthecolors6900]

Here we are in 2022 (almost 2023)... Blackie and W.A.S.P. still going!!! A new album will be dropping in 2023

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

It's ironic how an intended solo record, is now the most celebrated and accomplished Wasp album to date. The Crimson Idol is a true milestone in the metal genre. Up there with the greatest records

[@leandrojorge80]

Still not Black Enough is an awesome and forgotten album!

[@tonemarieantonsen1597]

Agree, it is an amazing album. Love it ❤️

[@danahern7808]

One kick ass band... Listened to them as a child and it was pure ' none boring' adrenaline metal at its best!!!

[@bigdeal7043]

Wish I could have seen them in the 80’s

[@CURTEAR67]

The camera angle is weird... his legs look HUGE!! he looks like he's way back there,but his legs are up close!? I feel like I'm tripping or something?

[@markshaver3814]

Hahaha I thought there was somebody sitting next to him with their legs in the way and was waiting for the camera pan back to get the other person in the shot...but there was no other person 😂😂🤣🤣

[@tommyf9356]

I’m fucking dying🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing.

[@markshaver3814]

@@tommyf9356 Hahahaha

[@reemclaughlin4260]

Right? My stuff’s not that good! ✌🏼🤣🍀

[@TheJayrockerr]

Too funny! 😂 I was thinking that, as well. The angle makes it looks as he legs, should belong to Robert Wadlo.

[@gonedeep43]

1993 was a bad year for bands that thrived in the 80's.

[@joeyatkins1504]

One of the few bands who stayed true during grunge.he still writes like its 83. If other bands had stayed true history would be very different.

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

Blackie saw the writing on the wall at this point for bands that refused to change from the 80s excess into something a little more thoughtful. This was his attempt to stay relevant amidst the grunge movement. Little did he know that by the end of the following year, with the suicide of Kurt Cobain, Grunge would officially be dead anyway and fans would then be thinking twice about how seriously they should be taking their music and how important it is to have fun again. Unfortunately, the collapse of Grunge brought about a rise in alternative "metal" that we now know as "Nu Metal". At the time, it seemed like a mixture of Grunge, Funk, and a little bit of the 80's mixed into a blender. I'm sure anyone lost in all that mess would have been kicking themselves for donning a flannel shirt and becoming resentful of their fame.

[@russelltech7691]

Quality music never dies. And that's what Wasp has. Quality music.

[@supernatural9r406]

I Love him. Say what you want But he is a Rock Legend.

[@nickpapas6496]

He looks a bit like Yngwie.

[@randywissler9923]

He definitely does nowadays since he put all the weight on.

[@russellspear6188]

Yes, he did back then. More recently, Black has gained weight and Yngwie has lost a lot of weight.

[@donniekellerman5833]

Headless, he knew he couldn't continue with Chris anymore. True, Blackie knew he could no longer steal from Chris without him finding out! He NEVER put Chris's name on any publishing filed with the record company. Although on most songs, Chris was a co-writer! Half way through the Headless tour Chris found out & left the band. Blackie had to beg him to come back to finish the tour. Blackie is a great songwriter/singer but hes shit as a human being!!!

[@jasonwiggins4685]

He stole the name and logo from Rik Foxx who just won a lawsuit against him for all that. So guess that was a common thing for him

[@todddavis4274]

How can anybody comment about Blackie? He might be a jerk, he might be a professional. Unless you know him personally, how can you call him names? Have you guys heard Chris Holmes material? How can anybody say Chris was the talent that Blackie ripped off? Seriously? Chris is my favorite rythym guitarist of all time and he is almighty bad ass but Blackie is THE vocalist. I've been in bands and it's hard to stay together. Reasons after reasons. I dont think that anybody has the right to pass judgement on anybody.

[@tonemarieantonsen1597]

@@todddavis4274 Well said. Never thought of Blackie being a jerk. He have his bad and good side, Chris too. Can Blackie handle things wrong so definitely, but that's makes him human. Love both Blackie and Chris so i can't pick a side. I can just " judge" on behaviour and how things are dealt with.🙂

[@Malar1ya]

Fantastic interview!! \m/

[@lakeoffire1901]

I love that he never really keep eye contact with the interviewers 🖤

[@chrisi123]

and why does anybody love that????

[@user-pf7qg9lc6p]

W.A.S.P. stay classic always, its immortal, debut come always been band so saying, masterpiece! I keep this band since 80's, world shock glam 'rock' metal band ever, this band style scares shit out of me in 80's, image was so powerful and makeups, specially makeups, also band is evil reputation.

[@DMMA_28]

Ahhh so handsome. Good interv.

[@fordism.01]

The Headless children was by far the best album they ever did. Is a metal masterpiece. The Crimson idol was ok. But to me isnt as good as the Headless children.

[@LiftLikeATigress]

WASP best band in the world!!!!!! Blackie is soooooooooo sexy I LOVE his voice.... his old enough to be my dad but would love to marry him!!

[@JoypeaceinJesus]

Tigress I agree with you, Blackie so hot!!! I’ve been listening to WASP for awhile and I absolutely adore them!!

[@tammysigmon853]

Blackie is the complete package. Smoking hot!

[@erichani1]

I agree he's smoking hot and that sexy voice

[@erichani1]

@RTHA300 me at that time yes lol I had a good figure back then he would've felt it lol

[@erichani1]

@RTHA300 ok get with me welcome to houston

[@erichani1]

@RTHA300 really you want to get with me question are you Male or female

[@erichani1]

@RTHA300 go ahead get with me

[@jnmrawker6216]

So much for ending W.A.S.P. 2013

[@BrotherWells]

Also marching into 2015 with a new album coming out. Could be titled Golgotha - Blackie did an interview, well, press conference in Sweeden in 2014 and stated that the new album might be titled Golgotha

[@jilliansjems1826]

Ohhh nooo I loved the albums, awwww that's sad Best wishes to all of them 😥💔

[@dawnharley9889]

This WAS in 1993 meaning it was 20od years ago

[@sunnys3325]

94 and right in the middle of grung and alt ruling music. 91-95 was a interesting time in music I think. Sadly my fav 80s metal bands were dying out.

[@rjc7289]

W.A.S.P. is no more, and then 2 years after this interview, the band puts out the Still Not Black Enough album. Who the hell did he think he was kidding? Blackie Lawless solo will never sell albums and draw crowds like W.A.S.P. does, and he knows that.

[@JCStorm76]

WASP hasn’t even sold that many albums for 30 years themselves

[@rajesh9k9]

am i the only one who thinks he sounds or talks or pauses like GENE SIMMONS???

[@erichani1]

I thought it would be between elvis Presley and Jim Morrison

[@rayn.F.E.]

Blackie Is best singer ,original songwriter than Gene Simmons .

[@Nobody-on6gt]

Was this about the time Ozzy was doing his farewell tour? 😂

[@darrellemerick7039]

BLACKIE LAWLESS SEEMS LIKE A HUMBLE GUY. I AM SO GLAD HE HUNG IN THERE AND KEPT WASP TOGETHER.

[@worryphree]

By the thumbnail I thought it was Sebastian Bach interviewing Blackie!

[@mercuropheliac]

What you thought would be end of W.A.S.P. was really just the end of a 3-yr relationship that had almost resulted in marriage... The inspiration for songs like "Keep Holding On"... Wonder what happened between the sombre themes of heartbreak and closing old chapters in SNBE and the bitter, venomous bile that was KFD.

[@billy6220]

That weird period when Blackie got all introspective and sensitive.

[@FunTimeStudios82]

Chris is still waiting on his publishing checks

[@JCStorm76]

Lol

[@russell5078084]

Hard to believe he is 65. Probably time to retire. Especially with the health problems he's been having.

[@russell5078084]

@@davidpearson6346 do some research and you will find out.

[@JCStorm76]

He’s 66

[@HeartFullofMetal]

That 1s from "Black no1" o.O It seems so fckn cool :p I mean ur just turning TV on and u see all those great metal bands releasing all those albums :p

[@hellchild6668]

Little did he know, that the Record label would say NO

[@akadkins69]

2020

[@TheMack]

Read the liner notes to the 95 record "Still not black enough", that will tell you his state of mind at that time. I guess he had his "dark night of the soul" after The Crimson Idol and some rough years after that. Now, the album "KFD" is the next step in the process. Really interesting to see the progression there...

[@gladiator22666]

I wonder what he thinks when he watches old interviews like this ?

[@randywissler9923]

I was thin, damn I wish I hadn't eaten Randy Piper! 😂😂

[@BlackieNuff]

Still Not Black Enough was almost a BL solo release but I guess he felt that was a bit more of a return to the W.A.S.P. brand & formula, and so that's the name it was released under... I'm thankful for that. But now with that Golgotha and Re-Idolized? Yeah, maybe NOW it's time to start recording under another name. Unless "W.A.S.P." now stands for "We Are Saintly People"?

[@TheMack]

Agreed. The next step might be for Blackie to do late Elvis Presley gospel covers... =)

[@teresaeckhardt8954]

FAME ABSOLUTELY MADE ME A RECLUSE..FOR SAFETY PURPOSES FIRSTLY..BUT DISGUST IN PEOPLES BEHAVIOR WITH RIGHT AND WRONG...YEAH ,FAME CAN TOTALLY MAKE THE POPULAR RECLUSIVE..

[@Jenny-xb9zm]

I'll look farward to the future blacky

[@claymoonias204]

Yea W.A.S.P is pretty kool..I like the old stuff..right up to crimson idol..last cuts..that's bout it..

[@ejectorseatreservation3869]

Why are his legs so big!!!

[@wozg83]

Awesome 🤘🤘

[@chriswilgus165]

Besides gene Simmons...his woman issues are more important than music.j.s.

[@george25199]

Why was animal a single ? Was one of there better songs it would of sold a lot of records if on a album.

[@johndawhale3197]

Many of their best songs are almost unheard of.

[@jasonmcmillen5776]

It was supposed to be on the first album, but something with the record company prevented that. It is on the album now, along with the b-side of that single.

[@twikirobot6897]

2 album band.

[@thenewbrutes]

why does he have disproportionately huge legs?

[@PrayWithUsNow]

Blackie get out that saw blade for the leg

[@DRCRANKNSTEIN]

Paul Stanley's cousin...from another rabbi :-)

[@fostercat751]

🤣

[@malcolmmuggeridge7862]

Another rocker talking shit about the end of their band

[@evelyncolon7371]

Mi hermano Juan Colón pares Lens crafter pr Rock WASP neitan metal su hijo Deyaneira Colón universidad pr Beso tu tía Evelyn Colón pares Blacki cantas bello Dios te bendiga y tú familia

[@BadCompanygIRLLadyhutthutt]

I remember the one question I asked him.. when does your new album come out ? :)

[@evelyncolon7371]

La música es una terapia los instrumentos niños con discapacidad hay talento en puerto Rico congreso jenifer gonzales wachinton EU Jon Bon Jovi ny wachinton ozzy osbourne kiss WASP Los medicos Evelyn colon pares pr I EU somos ciudadana americana Dios los bendiga

[@bombswabs3041]

Whos the hot babe interviewing Blackie? Whats she up to now?

[@bombswabs3041]

@@apollon6191 Vanessa Warwick seems to still be alive. I guess you caused me to look it up for myself. And she's aged very well.

[@MrRockgod2011]

animal was also on wasp debut album

[@Daniel_EDDA]

No the record company don't wanted the song on the debut. they have released it on music for nations and later on the re-release animal was on the debut for the first time ever

[@mathewjohnstone8553]

Animal was picture disc not on debut album.

[@Daniel_EDDA]

David Stone Maybe a later release but the first release was on normal vinyl. I still have the vinyl www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WASP-Live-Animal-F-k-Like-A-Beast-UK-7-RARE-1988-MUSIC-FOR-NATIONS-KUT-109-/172470779644

[@MrRockgod2011]

animal was also on the re-release of debut

[@jpstephens8477]

Or not sure how to recreate myself because of grunge.

[@skybooboy]

First off, are those actually Blackie's legs? They were in the same position for 10 minutes without any movement. Second, what's up with his crotch? He's got some dark grey thing down there.

[@tonemarieantonsen1597]

Yes it's his legs and they are long .😉 Grey things on his crotch .Probably shadow. 🤔🙄

[@erichani1]

Bkackie is tall now

[@janebryant9890]

Blackie is 6ft 4....major tall guy

[@ricblackielawlessholtzbach]

@@erichani1 6'8.6" tall

[@ricblackielawlessholtzbach]

@@janebryant9890 now yes

[@leedaniel9075]

Long legs!

[@janes-e378]

W.A.S.P will have a sting in it's tail forever more..

[@hmpz36911]

Turning his back on WASP- yeah- NOT! Money dropped & he ran back quick! Lying hypocrite! Animal not on "album" oh EP- 1 song short of full length. & won't even play it anymore. All too sad!

[@Vibeagain]

Moron. What have you produced Earth shaking lately?

[@kbuss10]

6:08 wtf did he say, too long..? 😁😆🤣

[@ales7741]

wouah les jambes !

[@joetrosclair8434]

Yeahhhhth That didn’t last 😂 Which I’m good with

[@Eldorado42]

ТОЛЬКО ПОСМОТРЕТЬ. НА РУССКИЙ НЕТ ПЕРЕВОДА. ЖАЛЬ!

[@nikkifoxx8557]

Blackie's Christian faith finally caught up with him😅

[@mjrydsfast]

Headless Children is fantastic. "Lost Child" is one of my favorite metal tracks ever. Chris and the band in general hit a grand slam with that tune.

[@rickgifford-lp3kn]

Blackie is the Elvis Presley of metal , most talented songwriter, singer , no one comes close to him

[@themadmattster9647]

Elvis only wrote two of his own songs

[@anthonyv1719]

He looks like Elvis now.