Year : 1985 (Madfish Music Records remastered Digipak Edition 2019)
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 133 mb
Bio:
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982. They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Dokken, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses and others. The band's popularity peaked in the 1980s, yet they continue to record and tour, making them one of the most enduring of the West Coast heavy metal bands. W.A.S.P. gained notoriety for their shock rock themed image, lyrics and live performances. They have sold over 12 million copies of their albums.The band was a prominent target in the mid-1980s of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), an organization that pushed for warning labels on recorded music. The band immortalized its fight with the PMRC on the song "Harder, Faster" from their 1987 live album, Live...In the Raw."I Wanna Be Somebody" was the most successful single from W.A.S.P.'s debut album and It was ranked at No. 84 in VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All Time.In October 2007, W.A.S.P. embarked on The Crimson Idol Tour, to celebrate that album's 15th anniversary. It is the first time that the album, often regarded to be among the band's finest work, was performed in full from start to finish. The tour kicked off in Greece, in Thessaloniki at the Principal Club Theater on October 26, 2007.Blackie Lawless remains the last member from the original line-up. They released their most recent album in November 2009, entitled Babylon.On September 21, 2012, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary of their first ever live show by kicking off a world tour at The Forum in London. The set for the tour was split into three sections: songs from the first four albums, a cut-down rendition of the Crimson Idol performance and a final segment for newer material.
Album:
Officially licensed to UK label MadFish Music, few moths ago appeared this stupendous remastered reissue of W.A.S.P. breakthrough second album “The Last Command”. Housed in a deluxe Digipak, the reissue includes 7 bonus tracks; the two B-side / Non album tracks from the band’s biggest singles, “Blind In Texas” and “Wild Child”, plus the killer ‘Live At The Lyceum 1984’.Love the 8-page booklet featuring liner notes from renowned journalist Dom Lawson, all the lyrics and photos in a true Rock Candy fashion.Here always give you more, so as extras we added the ‘remixed radio versions’ of “Blind In Texas” and “Wild Child”.With W.A.S.P.’s second album ‘The Last Command’, Blackie & cohorts made a slight move closer to the mainstream. Blackie Lawless gave the producer’s chair to Spencer Proffer who worked magic with Quiet Riot in 1983.There was also a new drummer. W.A.S.P. said sayonara to Tony Richards and hit Japan with new guy Steve Riley, who today is best known for L.A. Guns. Riley’s pasty-white demeanor fit right in with W.A.S.P.’s horror rock fantasy.This foursome (also featuring guitarists Chris Holmes and Randy Piper) became what many refer to as the “classic” lineup.Each side of the original LP was top-loaded: “Wild Child” led off side one while “Blind in Texas” was used to ignite side two. This was a calculated move, ‘cos both were chosen as singles, and are two of the catchest songs on the album.The strategy worked as this album doubled the sales of W.A.S.P.’s first, and those two singles had a lot to do with it.“Wild Child” in particular was proof that W.A.S.P. could write songs and not just iron riffs. With a bright incandescence, “Wild Child” found its way onto radio. It’s an early example of what Blackie Lawless can do when he gets everything right.As for “Blind in Texas”? It was always more of a novelty, a chance for the crowd to yell along with Blackie. A cute ZZ Top cameo in the music video didn’t hurt their chances on the Power Hour, and even the staunchest critic must admit this is a blast of pure fun.Delving into the deeper cuts, “Ballcrusher” is… a quaint love song, let’s say, with a metal chug and a cutting W.A.S.P. riff. Throw on one of those shouty W.A.S.P. choruses and you pretty much know how “Ballcrusher” goes!Wealth is celebrated on “Fistful of Diamonds” which is the blueprint for all the anthemic W.A.S.P. rockers to follow. Steve Riley made his songwriting debut on “Jack Action”, a cool rocker.On side one, however you will discover one real diamond which is the slow and ominous “Widowmaker”. This one too is a blueprint, for classic W.A.S.P. prowls like “The Headless Children”.The band delivers a true 80s metal ballad in “Cries in the Night” It does have a strangely futuristic Iron Maiden-circa-1992 vibe, as if Steve Harris nicked this song for some of his own on Fear of the Dark.Title track “The Last Command” is very simple and at the same time pure W.A.S.P., while “Running Wild in the Streets” sounds pretty much like Quiet Riot. Ask Spencer Proffer, but surely the similarity between the “all the way!” section and the “I want more!” part of “Scream and Shout” is not coincidence.Closing The Last Command is “Sex Drive”, a typical mid-Eighties glam hard rock Californian rocker, fun enough and a product of its era.The bonus tracks are juicy, as include the singles B-sides “Mississippi Queen” (a very cool Mountain cover), and “Savage”, a killer song that deserved a place into the main album. Who makes the decision to release it as an obscure B-side?The rest of the bonus tracks are all recorded ‘Live At The Lyceum 1984’, and all W.A.S.P. classics: “Animal F@ck Like a Beast”, “I Wanna Be Somebody”, “Sleeping (In the Fire)”, “Hellion” and “On Your Knees” – all sounds like W.A.S.P. were formidable live. What a kick as live recording.As extra we added the remixed versions of “Blind In Texas” and “Wild Child”, as far I know originally only done for Radio stations and not for sale. Collectors stuff.Awesome remastered reissue by Madfish.
Line-Up:
Blackie Lawless - Guitars (1982, 1986-present), Vocals (1982-present), Bass (1983-1986, 1989-1992, 1993-1996), Keyboards (1992-present) - See also: ex-Hear 'n Aid, ex-Sister, ex-London, ex-Circus Circus, ex-Killer Kane, ex-New York Dolls
Chris Holmes – lead and rhythm guitars
Randy Piper – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Steve Riley – drums, backing vocals
additional musicians:
Carlos Cavazo, Chuck Wright – additional vocals
Tracklist:
01. Wild Child
02. Ballcrusher
03. Fistful Of Diamonds
04. Jack Action
05. Widowmaker
06. Blind In Texas
07. Cries In The Night
08. The Last Command
09. Running Wild In The Streets
10. Sex Drive
11. Mississippi Queen [B-side] (Bonus Track)
12. Savage [B-side] (Bonus Track)
13. On Your Knees (Live At The Lyceum 1984) (Bonus Track)
14. Hellion (Live At The Lyceum 1984) (Bonus Track)
15. Sleeping (In The Fire) (Live At The Lyceum 1984) (Bonus Track)
16. Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) (Live At The Lyceum 1984) (Bonus Track)
17. I Wanna Be Somebody (Live At The Lyceum 1984) (Bonus Track)
18. Blind In Texas (Steve Thompson Remix) (Extra Bonus Track)
19. Wild Child (Remix) (Extra Bonus Track)
+ Video "Wild Child" (Official Video)
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