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W.A.S.P. Singer Talks Real-Life Incident Involving The Late Cliff Burton That Reflects A Scene From Spinal Tap Movie

W.A.S.P. Singer Talks Real-Life Incident Involving The Late Cliff Burton That Reflects A Scene From The Spinal Tap Movie

May 30, 2022 2:50pm

Author: Michael Pementel — Via a conversation with 101WRIF radio station’s Talkin’ Rock show, W.A.S.P. singer Blackie Lawless spoke to a past incident involving the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton that reflects a scene from […]

Did Ghost End Up Ripping Off Underground Swedish Metal Band Notre Dame? Member Of Band Speaks Up

Did Ghost End Up Ripping Off Underground Swedish Metal Band Notre Dame? Member Of Band Chimes In

May 25, 2022 4:25pm

Author: Michael Pementel — In a recent interview with The Metal Voice, Swedish metal artist Snowy Shaw talks about whether he feels Ghost have ripped off his band Notre Dame or not. Notre Dame was […]

Blackie Lawless: W.A.S.P. Might Finally Play “Animal (F*** Like a Beast)” Live Again

January 14, 2022 11:58am

For those who don’t know or remember them, W.A.S.P. was easily one of the cooler acts of the hair metal movement in the ’80s. The band, whose name was rumored to be an acronym for […]

W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless Claims He Was the Original Choice to Play the T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2’

December 7, 2021 11:01am

Of the many spandex-clad bands who proliferated the hair metal scene of the 1980s, W.A.S.P. were one of the more metal, and much of that came from frontman Blackie Lawless. From singing satanic sex ballads […]

The 40 Greatest Metal Drinking Songs of All Time

December 2, 2020 10:59am

Drinking will always be an important part of heavy metal culture. Spiritually, alcohol gives way to the loud, brash frenzy fostered by ancient gods like Dionysus, and so is loved by fans of singalongs and […]

10 Hair Bands Who Were Actually Metal As Hell

September 25, 2020 9:12am

The hair boom of the ’80s was historic for heavy metal as a whole, in that it was the first time the genre saw itself rise to the top of mainstream culture — and then […]