W.A.S.P

Due to my age and my interest in the band W.A.S.P.

Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture Chuck Klosterman 2010

W.A.S.P frontman Blackie Lawless was briefly the tour drummer with the New York Dolls, which basically meant he understood showmanship if not necessarily musicianship.

Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010

For reasons that shall forever remain unknown, the entire W.A.S.P catalog was re-released by Snapper Music in 1998, as if these works were somehow lost musical treasures that demanded further examination.

Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010

Tipper Gore was actually the best thing that ever happened to W.A.S.P; thanks to the PMRC, the band got famous for a song virtually no one in America had ever heard—“Animal (Fuck Like a Beast),” a track that Capitol refused to release (and was subsequently distributed as an “underground single” on the Music for Nations label).

Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010

So much music around these days is about sex, isn't it, from Push The Button by The Sugababes to She Bangs by Ricky Martin to Animal Fuck Like A Beast by W.A.S.P, and all this sexy singing is triggering uncontrollable sexual urges in children.

Get Free Perfume & Win A Holiday & Stuff 2006

Tipper Gore was actually the best thing that ever happened to W.A.S.P; thanks to the PMRC, the band got famous for a song virtually no one in America had ever heard—“Animal (Fuck Like a Beast),” a track that Capitol refused to release (and was subsequently distributed as an “underground single” on the Music for Nations label).

Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2003

When I wake up the next morning, there will be empty bottles all over my living room and a bunch of W.A.S.P tapes piled on my couch.

Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2003

W.A.S.P, Live … in the Raw 1987, Capitol: After three studio albums, W.A.S.P had quickly established themselves as the most sexually depraved rock band in America.

Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2003

Due to my age and my interest in the band W.A.S.P.

This Is Zodiac Speaking Chuck Klosterman 2003

She was metal to the core, even marrying Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P that move heightened her “bad girl” credibility, because Holmes had posed in the “For Ladies” section of Hustler magazine and evidently has a huge dick.

Fargo Rock City Chuck Klosterman 2003