More from the Blackie Lawless theatre, this time adorned in a zoological metal sleeve, Blackie caged up like an animal peering through the bars with his guitar, all very lame in reality, and despite this being the bands biggest seller, I'm still living in the days of the fiery debut record. For me though, this was the bands most average album in the '80s, the follow up, 'The Headless Children' was a decent release thankfully.On here we have the bog-standard, the expected and one or two classics, mainly in the form of the title cut, '9.5 Nasty' and 'Shoot From The Hip', but by now you begin to detect a formula in the rhythms, which is where the predictable 'Mantronic' and 'Sweet Cheetah' come in to the equation.
It's all good-time rockin' stuff, but for me the W.A.S.P. circus was becoming unsteady on its tried and tested wheels.
6/10
2 comments:
Oh my God, that outfit! I like Blackie, but he should sign a paper promising to never wear that again. :oD Nothing personal, of course. No man should be caught dead in that.
When these sleaze metal groups excised the metal from their sound to go glam rock, they definitely got a hefty uptick in women attending their shows - but they lost my dollar! Thank god for hardcore punk, thrash and noise / grunge!
Post a Comment