Classic Metal From Aging Shock rockers
Joseph Adams | Superior, WI USA | 09/23/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"W.A.S.P. was one of the most controversial metal bands of the 1980s and continued to far less fanfare into the 90s and new millenium. Starting with the release of Helldorado I couldn't take them seriously any more as they kept on churning out albums even though they were past their prime. Their last album to be taken halfway seriously was K.F.D. as the band chose to update their sound, bringing in some electronic elements a la Nine Inch Nails or Marilyn Manson. But their first album contains a number of classic tracks like Love Machine, Sleeping in the Fire, On Your Knees and Hellion. I don't get why W.A.S.P. was so controversial, big deal one swear word in the chorus of one song? With Headless Children they proved thsemselves to be legitimate musicians, and still even here a Marilyn Manson type shock rocker predating the now retired and aging Manson by nearly a whole decade."