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‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panic

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“Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to talk to me. They thought I would be right for the part of The Terminator”: WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’ wild tales of Lemmy, Gene Simmons and The Village People

Metal Hammer

“My band and crew hadn’t worked in three years so we plowed on – eight epidurals later and 180 opium tablets, I made it through the tour”: Blackie Lawless on touring, talking solos with David Gilmour – and that time W.A.S.P. bought 52 Marshall heads

He recalls scavenging Marshalls from Ted Nugent, explains why he still records to tape, and reveals what he’s discovered about his band’s early days that he didn’t know at the time

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“We were at an EMI dinner, and David Gilmour was there. I said, ‘By far, you’re my favorite guitar player. How do you come up with those melodies?’” W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless on the invaluable advice he received from the Pink Floyd icon

Lawless has also revealed why he had to switch to bass for the band's first two albums

Guitar World

“The first time I met Lemmy, he said: ‘How do you sit down with that sawblade codpiece?’ I said, ‘You don’t!’”: WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’s strange journey from shock rock to God

An epic interview with WASP singer Blackie Lawless about controversy, codpieces and Christianity

Metal Hammer

Blackie Lawless tells fans who think W.A.S.P. don't play live at all to stay away from their shows

W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless admits to using back tracks in live performances and has no time for the critics

Metal Hammer

“They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century

How Motörhead’s late 90s and early 2000s three-piece line-up more than lived up to past glories

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10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles

David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were

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Disturbed show in Arizona cancelled at last minute due to excessive heat

Soaring temperatures wreaked havoc on Disturbed's equipment in Phoenix, leading to late cancellation

Metal Hammer

Chris Holmes: "I don't know any other guitarist on this planet that plays the way I do"

Expect plenty of W.A.S.P. songs from former guitarist Chris Holmes when he tours this month, but don’t ask Blackie Lawless to show up

Metal Hammer

10 metal musicians who hate backing tracks and 6 who don’t have a problem with them

From Kiss and W.A.S.P. to Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Megadeth, metal is divided over the use of backing tracks live

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Chris Holmes: “I’m overlooked, sure. When I was in W.A.S.P., I was never allowed to do any interviews with guitar magazines. Blackie Lawless wouldn’t let me”

The often-overlooked former W.A.S.P. guitarist looks back on his early years, the height of fame and – oh, yes – that infamous scene in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

Guitar World

10 last-gasp hair metal guitar albums that arrived before the grunge armageddon

The ’90s arrive. Grunge was coming. But who knew these late-stage hair metal albums would mark the end of the party?

Guitar World

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes recalls what happened when Blackie Lawless threw raw meat into the back of his amp

Though Holmes' guitars remained unscathed from Lawless's grim confetti substitute, the same can't be said for his guitar amp

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"The pain is overwhelming": Blackie Lawless details physical suffering on current tour

"It has become obvious to many of you that either watching the shows live or on YouTube that there is something physically wrong with me" - W.A.S.P.'s Black Lawless

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Kevin McKenna's week: Crannogs, brochs and Effie’s Hunger Games

IN this month of our energy apocalypse an assortment of right-wing voices are prescribing exotic means of avoiding death

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