WASP's Tony Richards "on the floor with a needle in his arm," Blackie/Holmes/Piper Inside the Album

[@kevinstimelsky673]

Costa was a monster player! RIP Don

[@sevenmarbles]

this was really well put together mate. been listening to wasp since 84 so i think we’re about the same age. the editing, structure, and flow of this vid is really well done. one of your best yet. you’ve provided a fantastic, insightful look into the birth of wasp in just over 10 mins that other vids take an hour and not even get close to. lookin forward to part2.

[@MsJhook]

Chris's sound was everything

[@severinlourenco8355]

Great 👍 WASP stories about their early days with recordings and members.

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

That’s funny😂. I wonder if Blackie even noticed that the revelation that he came to about releasing songs less polished that sounded like opening a can with pliers was EXACTLY WHAT THE PRODUCER WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM 😂😂😂.

[@scottwhite2757]

Nitro Wrapped in a package..No doubt , I loved it back then ..Chris was/is a Great Guitarist ..

[@seventhstar]

This is the best FIB I've ever had the opportunity of seeing!!

[@TheLordGoat]

RIP Don Costa

[@todd-1]

Another banger! Thx FIB

[@jayteesgear]

Yesss

[@markmellberg9348]

Outstanding interview

[@Mega-G-Star]

Excellent insight into a Classic Album.

[@thekid6378]

Great story again Bloom!

[@samright4661]

Is Blackie still a Christian? That Golgatha is a amazing song

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

Did Chris really tell Carpenter he should have sold a car to feed his sister after she died of anorexia? 😮

[@markmellberg9348]

Karen had millions of dollars. If Holmes said that he's rude as f*ck. Richard Carpenter easily has one of the greatest car collections in the U.S.

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

@@markmellberg9348 Chris’ comment goes to show how mental illness was looked at back then.

[@truthseeker2321]

​@markmellberg9348 I'm pretty sure Chris had no idea what anorexia was back then. He was a stoner after all.

[@SonicVR12]

​@truthseeker2321 everyone knew what anorexia was. I love Chris, but whatca dick thing to say.

[@Mad_Axe_Man125]

Tony Richard’s was a much more dynamic drummer than Steve Riley. Wish he could have kept it together and stayed in the band. If you want to hear the worst drum sound on the planet, put on the live in the raw album. It baffles me blackie buried Chris’s guitar put let whoever keep that godawful drum sound on there

[@efwfew]

the drum on live in the raw are faaar from the worst drum sound ever created. I think they sound fine to be honest, but that's just personal taste

[@hadleymanmusic]

Who Dares Wins

[@jayteesgear]

Bloom you RULE!!! 😛💯 I miss seein Chris Holmes around man! That Carpenter story- just hilarious!

[@markmellberg9348]

No it's not. Not about Karen anyway.

[@willismoore156]

Did Eddie nash own the Woodstock?

[@stevenholquin2127]

Don Costa Would Come Over To The BCRich Shop On Valley Blvd It Was Actually a Garage Behind The Sip n Shoot Bar On Valley and Eastern Avenue The Bar is Gone Everything Is Gone Don Would Come Over He Was a Early BCRich Fan In 1978 Before BCRich Got Big Well I Would Do All The Intonation and Fret Work and Tune Up His Koa Mockingbird Bass He Had One Of The Early Models Don Costa First Bought a BCRich When He Was In Donté Fox and Then Dirty Deeds Way Before WASP 🐝 I Never Charged Him One Cent For The Work I Did Because He Was One Of The Original Artists To Like BCRich Kool Cat Very Quite and Dry Humor I Would Say Go To The Bar and Ask For a Pitcher of Budweiser and Two Glasses Tell Them It’s For Me and They Will Let You Take The Pitcher of Beer 🍻 Don Would Show Up Around 3:00 pm and We Would Drink Beer As I Fixed His Bass Now I Met Tony Richards At a Dirty Deeds Gig am Also a Drummer and I Would Sit Behind Him and Watch Him Play He Had a Fast Foot 🦶 I Always Thought Tony Was Great We Played With Dirty Deeds When Butch Say Was in The Band My Band Was Quick Attack Tony Is a Kool Cat Great Drummer

[@AvaRose00]

Awesome! Same type stuff that wrestling did in the early days rubbing their opponents head with razor blades to make them bleed. Theatrical at the finest…

[@planet6393]

Wasp to me wasn’t musicians more performers worse than kiss! No one I knew listened to this crap