Wednesday
Jan122022
WASP Wednesday - Tour Announcement
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 06:18PM
Holy cow, WASP is going on tour in America and Armored Saint will provide support. The tour starts in October, so this is a really early announcement. WASP hasn't toured the U.S. in a decade. No clue about ticket sales or pricing yet. Below is a promo video for the tour, narrated by WASP singer Blackie Lawless himself.
Incredibly excited to be joining forces with @WASPOfficial this Fall to help celebrate 40 killer years of shredding! Tickets go on sale Friday at 12PM PT. https://t.co/2kZs2LUyao pic.twitter.com/ONaraZ2qVa
— Armored Saint (@thearmoredsaint) January 12, 2022
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Reader Comments (15)
WASP, in their prime, were magical. Lawless is an amazing composer. A unique singer. The stage show back in the day was icing on the sick cake.
But . . .
Lawless also seems to be a narcissist and a recluse, a person torn between being the 'guy' and being 'who he is' (whatever that means, from decade to decade). He also made some interesting choices over the years, alienating fans, gaining new ones, and also squeezing out 'classic' members who were, well, shall we say, an interesting group of people! It's his show now. But his show really doesn't gain much traction these days. So change up the show and promise to be all the things you had forsaken? Again, interesting.
And Lawless is also fragile. He cancels shows at the drop of a codpiece. He won't sing some songs because he is against them. Then he isn't. Then he is. And now he promises a return to the former glory days of the 'raw meat' locker and such? At the same time, late-stage Lawless still remains erudite. He seems to be somewhat aware of the place he placed himself. I certainly have issues with some of his ideas. But I don't begrudge him his opinions. Still, that isn't the same thing as checking a box and trying to travel back to the mid-80s (while retooling songs you had in the hopper for years before . . . again, I wish Ace was here).
This screams (until you like it) of a last attempt at getting some acknowledgment, and some money. It is, to my mind, a nostalgic cash grab in the US . . . after he burned a lot of bridges here and couldn't make money touring here (hence, Europe). After THC (the album, not the chemical), his output has been spotty at best. An acquired taste. I think he really wants the adulation that came with giving the fans what they wanted. But I also think that he is doing that now because he doesn't have a lot of other options (even his website has changed shape and looks paltry, if more professional, that the previous iterations).
I actually see Lawless as a tragic figure. So talented, so interesting, so conflicted . . . and, yet, so unaware that he lost a lot of fire trying to please himself and his fans, all while trying to figure out who he was . . . after he shot sparks from his nether-regions! Tough act to follow. Tough act to recapture.
Two of these shows come close to me. Will I go? Maybe. But I won't go expecting what once was. And I sorta' wish Lawless wasn't in a position to promise that. Because that is exactly the sort of shilling that he never had to make . . . if he had been honest with the fans and been, perhaps, more honest with himself.
Nice to see/read you, Fletch. Yes, erudite. The world is a many-splendored thing, filled with words both large and small, poignant, pointed, and occasionally plain. You always paint with the brush you are given. But, as luck would have it, you can acquire a new one with which to dabble.
I'll see Eddie at Sammy's Vegas stint. Not.
RokIsland:can we get a better host, than this sycophant.
Don't get me started on a motley Crue narrative
Little boy, that just ain't right.