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Creem Profiles

W.A.S.P

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

May 1, 1985

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HOME: Hell hole.

AGE: Emotionally or chronologically?

PROFESSION: Wick dippers.

HOBBIES: Torture, tormenting women, putting people on their knees, misogyny, keeping neighborhood butchers in business.

LAST BOOK READ: Huh?

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Actually making Motley Crue look somewhat intelligent in comparison.

QUOTE: “You ever heard that Billy Joel song, ‘Fast punk, old junk, it’s still rock ’n’ roll to me’?”—Blackie Lawless to J. Kordosh.

PROFILE: Rising from that advanced musical stronghold known as the L.A. punk scene, W.A.S.P. first reached notoriety with their tasteful ditty entitled “Animal (Fuck Like A Beast),” further endeared themselves to musical scholars the world over by throwing raw meat at their audience and violently “murdering” a semi-nude woman onstage. Though there’s some questionable musical merit at play here, it would be wise to remember Blackie Lawless’s recent quote on the meaning of success—“John Fogerty don’t get laid as much as we do.”

BEER: Boy Howdy!