W.A.S.P. - "30 Years Of Thunder"
I stumbled upon this a few days ago, and having been a W.A.S.P. fan for well over ten years now, couldn’t resist giving it a read. It’s a bit lengthy, but worth a read if you’re interested in the band. I often find it interesting to read about the thought processes that went on behind particular albums and songs, especially if I’m quite familiar with the material beforehand and have drawn my own conclusions as to what may have transpired. Making the comparison with what I think and what the artist was thinking always leaves room for more thought. I guess that’s one of the big positives about music: It doesn’t really matter if it evokes the exact same emotion as what the artist was thinking or intending, but it matters that it makes people think, or just enjoy it for the sake of enjoying something creative.
Either way, there’s a few good tidbits in this piece. Concerning W.A.S.P. itself, I’ve never been able to figure out why they never seen more popularity in North America than what they did. As far as I’ve observed, and confirmed in this article, W.A.S.P. has always been embraced in Europe. Then again, Europe has always embraced metal much more than North America, for several reasons that I can think of that I will not dare go into...
W.A.S.P. has always struck me as harder, heavier and edgier than several of their contemporaries coming out of the Sunset Strip (and other areas) at the time. I started out my metal fandom partially by listening to eighties ‘hair metal’, and gradually moving onto what can be classed as being more true metal. W.A.S.P. was always one of my favorites, and provided the perfect bridge between the two. I would still love to see this band live. I missed them by one day (due to flights) both times I was in Finland. I missed them the last time they played anywhere near my home due to being well under legal drinking age. Maybe one day....
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| Still one of my personal favorite albums. |
