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Founding member of heavy metal band Wasp launches fundraiser for ongoing cancer treatment

Chris Holmes’s wife said they are thousands of dollars in medical debt

The Independent UK · Aug 1

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

“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

“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 · Jan 11, 2025

“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

Metal Hammer · May 4, 2024

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

Louder · Aug 11, 2023

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 · Jul 23, 2023

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 · Jun 12, 2023

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

Metal Hammer · May 18, 2023

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 · May 16, 2023

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 · May 1, 2023