NCMC Raven: Chris Holmes to the chat tonight. Blackie and Chris will both be
NCMC Raven: answering questions under the screen name WASPBnC. Their
NCMC Raven: latest album, *Double Live Assassins* was released 2/24/98 and it
NCMC Raven: absolutely rocks! We suggest you kick back, pop in one of the
NCMC Raven: many great W.A.S.P. cd's these guys have given us over the years,
NCMC Raven: and crank it up!!!***
NCMC Raven: .
NCMC Raven: Welcome Blackie and Chris!!!
WASPBnC: Hi folks!
NCMC Taz: Ready guys!? here goes!!
WASPBnC: Ready.
NCMC Taz: Firehsefn2: blackie..when are you gonna put mel back to work?? he
is driving me up the walls
WASPBnC: Blackie says hi, we're here. :)
WASPBnC: B: I decline to answer that.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RJ jrny: Chris: How is Lita Ford doing??
WASPBnC: C: Hell, I don't know, I haven' tseen her iin 10 years.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Typhus666: Is Live in the Raw coming as a reissue?
WASPBnC: WASPBnC: B: Yes, all the reissuses will be out mid-May, I believe may 19th
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IceMan KCK: Were any touch ups done to Double Live Ass.?
WASPBnC: B: No.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: KTCK Head: what are the tour plans for DLA....headlining or will wasp be with other bands
WASPBnC: There is talk that we may do this Monsters of Rock show that's ggoing to start in mid june
WASPBnC: and run through August, but that's not yet been confirmed.
WASPBnC: And it's approximatly 40 shows.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: DaliaRose: What do you think about the state of Metal in the 90s? and Marilyn Manson?
WASPBnC: B: Considering that the 80's were a Metal phenomenon, the 90's seem lees by comparison, but in
WASPBnC: reality this music is about really where it should be. You have to remember
WASPBnC: that we are dealing wiht a sub culture, not amainstream musical genre. Marilyn
WASPBnC: Manson? We're deeply flattered.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Waspoholic: Is the next CD going to be along the lines of KFD or will you be going back to your roots....
NCMC Taz: or neither?
WASPBnC: It's right now, from the rehersals that just started a week ago
WASPBnC: it feels like Chainsaw Charlie of FLAB.
WASPBnC: (or)
WASPBnC: Doing the live album, we liked it from the point of wiew that it was 2 guitars, bass and drums. And very
WASPBnC: much in your face. And considering WASP has never done two albums that sound
WASPBnC: the same, back to back, it seems like the right thing to do. Because
WASPBnC: when we make records, the records that we make at any given time
WASPBnC: reflects the mood that we are in at any given moment, and that
WASPBnC: seems to be the mood that we are in now.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: blackie ...just wondering when you guys are gonna tour mobile alabama we have not had any
NCMC Taz: great shows here
WASPBnC: B: We have not seen a schedule on the proposed tour this summer, I don't know if
WASPBnC: we'll be there or not.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IRWINandDJ: Blackie, what do you consider your best work?
WASPBnC: B: Crimson Idol. For myself, for the band Headless Children.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Take that back..
WASPBnC: It would be a tossup beteen Headless Children and KFD.
WASPBnC: Now, next?
NCMC Taz: Ouijafire: i love K F D !!!!!best album yet! you guys are better than ever!!
WASPBnC: B: You have very good taste!
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Simmons319: i seen every tour to date and you guys kick!! dont give up! I can't wait to see you
WASPBnC: Cool!
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: TheLegacy8: Blackie and Chris : Thanks for so many years of unimaginably great music, you are truly legacys!!
WASPBnC: Thank you!
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: ***Both TOS and Protocol are in effect for tonight's event.
NCMC Raven: Although you may chat with each other in the room, if you have a
NCMC Raven: question or comment for Blackie or Chris, please type a ? for
NCMC Raven: question or ! for comment. A queue will be kept and your
NCMC Raven: question will be taken in the order received.***
NCMC Raven: .
NCMC Raven: ***Once you've put up your ? or ! please open an IM and have
NCMC Raven: your question typed and ready to send. You will be notified
NCMC Raven: when it's your turn, and until that time please keep IM's unblocked to
NCMC Raven: both NCMC Raven and NCMC Taz.***
NCMC Taz: REDACER 01: what was the inspiration behind Keep Holding On??
WASPBnC: B: Keep Holding On was something...I had gone througha really, really bad
WASPBnC: relationship, and as a songwriter, you learn that a lot of the best stuff to
WASPBnC: do is to try to capture the mood your in at the time. Sometiimes the mood is good, sometimes the mood is not
WASPBnC: so good. Based on the information I just gave..that song would
WASPBnC: probably be self explainitory.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: blackie or chris will any of the videos that you guys put out be on the reissue list?
WASPBnC: B: Good question, because we're fighting over those right now
WASPBnC: with the vidoe company, but I imagine that the will be it's like
WASPBnC: anything else you gotta drag them through the mud an the blood before you get sommething done.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Ivivian: Blackie's youngest fan hasn't gotten the concept of "Live Album" yet. He said, "Mom, we've got those
NCMC Taz: songs on other albums. Is there anything new?" LOL! (The Schaffer Clan loves ya, Blackie!)
WASPBnC: :::laughs:::
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: MoanaL: Blackie, what ever happened to the book you were writing? Will we ever get to read it?
WASPBnC: B: I'm sitting here in a room right now looking at a pile of matieral that Chris and I have been assembling
WASPBnC: for over a years now..photos, that kind of stuff. I know
WASPBnC: that it sounds like it's
WASPBnC: Christmas, but it is coming. It's turning out to be more indepth than
WASPBnC: we originally imagined. You can write and encyclopieda on Chris' life alone.
NCMC Raven: ***Just a reminder that during tonight's event, Chipster
NCMC Raven: Entertainment, Sanctuary Management and CMC International
WASPBnC: What people are going to find strage about it is that it's going to be like the old expression, Truth is
NCMC Raven: Records are sponsoring a very cool W.A.S.P. contest through the
NCMC Raven: Nightclub. For details, please see the *Contest* screen you
NCMC Raven: passed on your way in!***
WASPBnC: starger than fiction. When you look back, it's hard to believe went
WASPBnC: through things like that and survived them. There's a thing on the new live album where
WASPBnC: I'm telling a story about when Chris went to jail, and it's a milllion and one stoiries like that. Some
WASPBnC: of them are funny, and some of them are pure horror.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Blhawkbob: What happened to Blackies' plan to run for Senator?
WASPBnC: B: Still thinking about it..I'm waiting for Al Gore to become president
WASPBnC: so I can bwe a royal pain in his ass alike he was in mine.
WASPBnC: But considering politics is show business for ugly people, I'm not sure if there's a place for me.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: BChurch809: Blackie and Chris: How does it feel to be working with one another again?Was there any
NCMC Taz: animosity between you 2 after all those years apart?
WASPBnC: C: No.
WASPBnC: B: Liike old times..there's things we know now that we wish we would
WASPBnC: have known then..kind of like life.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Wait..
WASPBnC: This year marks 20 years we've been together..we've been together longer than half
WASPBnC: ours lives..what are you gonna say? I guess it's karma.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IRWINandDJ: Blackie, looking back, how do you feel about Still Not Black Enough? Personally, I think it rules
NCMC Taz: next to Crimson Idol
WASPBnC: B: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. I listened to it the other nioght..about 2 weeks ago..for the first time in years.
WASPBnC: I thought it was good when I first did it, but now I think it's better than I thought it was...It's
WASPBnC: definatly the scariest record that I've ever made. There's a song on there called Scared to Death, and
WASPBnC: listening to it reminded me of what I was going through at the time I wrote it. I had gotten quite ill
WASPBnC: and for about 3 months, couldn't really function, and although it turned out to be sever allergies, it
WASPBnC: was demonstrating definate symptoms of AIDS. To say that it gets you
WASPBnC: attention is a gross understatement. And considering that they could not find out what was wrong with me, I
WASPBnC: had a coupla months to contemplate waht was gonna happen asn what was wrong with me...
WASPBnC: the opneing line of the song says, "Grit your teeth and listen for the gun," and
WASPBnC: all thought that's usually associated witha sporting event it can be taken
WASPBnC: other ways as well. But fortuantly, everything turned out all right, and I'm ok now. Other
WASPBnC: than I have to take shots once a week now for allergies, which I give to myself, BTW.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: We're trying to give everyone a chance. Be patient ok? Thanks! :)
NCMC Taz: KFD97: What do you think of Derek A's SAVAGE Fanzine?
WASPBnC: B: He's been really dedicated for a long, long time. And it was one
WASPBnC: of the true sources of information that people could get concerning us. He's done a
WASPBnC: really good job. He's also helped us wiht historical information that we've needed.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: blackie or chris have you guys talked to any of the former members of the band such as johnny rod
NCMC Taz: or randy piper and if so what are they up to these days?
WASPBnC: C: I talked to Johnny about 2 1/2 years ago, he's a paramedic in Pittsburgh. Randy, the
WASPBnC: last timme I saw him was about 10 years ago, driving down the 110 freeway, I think
WASPBnC: I handed him a beer, and that's the last time I seen him. I seen Riley a few nights ago.
WASPBnC: I'm just wonderin where Tony's at. We still miss Tony.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: NAMROK: I saw Chris at the LA Guns show last weekend, do you guys stay in touch with any past band members?
WASPBnC: We just covered that.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IceMan KCK: How is your financial situation in the 90's?...Millions???
WASPBnC: B: That sounds like an ex-girlfriend wanting information. I delcine to answer for that reason.
WASPBnC: GBext?
NCMC Taz: TheLegacy8: To Blackie and Chris: Is it true that you're working on the soundtrack to the new Crow movie?
WASPBnC: B: We're not sure where in production the are now, we're not sure if Disney has that one hold now. It's being
WASPBnC: done through Miramax, which his the parent company of Disney, and we're
WASPBnC: not sure what the status of that is now.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Simmons319: Blackie & Chris - what do you guys like to do for fun, besides music and touring, and what kind of
NCMC Taz: cars do you drive?
WASPBnC: C: We don't have any fun. I have a car with four tires and a steering
WASPBnC: wheel. B: We like to terrorize.
WASPBnC: We like to have strangulation sex...alone in the room.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Wait...
WASPBnC: Blackie wants to clarify that its' CHRIS who likes that kind of sex.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: hey blackie or chris any plans to release a new home video of DLA?
WASPBnC: B: Not any immeidate plans. But we do have home videos of home stragulation sex.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: DMetal1: Guys do you like Metallica? I heard you toured with them in 85 and Lars loved it
WASPBnC: C: Yesh, we're good friens..I used to know Cliff Burotn, if you ever look on the album Master of Puppets,
WASPBnC: it'll say something on the album. That's due to us coming into soundchecks and repeating what
WASPBnC: we did the night before.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: ((Burton))
NCMC Taz: IRWINandDJ: Is there one W.A.S.P. song that defines the band?
WASPBnC: C: Not for me. B: They just define different eras.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: NAMROK: I'm from Toronto and haven't seen you guys since "Headless". Any plans to return to the Great White
NCMC Taz: North
WASPBnC: B: Haven't seen the routing for the proposed tour yet.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Typhus666: Is The Crimson Idol reissue going to be a double CD? ...Chris great to have you back!!! More
NCMC Taz: self inflicted strangulation sex for the world I say... :)
WASPBnC: B: The Crinmson Idol reissue will be a double CD. The Story of Johnathan is
WASPBnC: 17 min ling and then there's the correspomding B side, there's no way we could fit all that one one disk.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Terridon: Hello Blackie & Chris it's me Derek Anderson! How's it going? Thanx for putting my address in
NCMC Taz: "Double Live" It's been pretty crazy ever since, tons of mail. I can not thank you enough.
NCMC Taz: BTW did Dan send my "Live...Animal" disc out yet?
WASPBnC: B: Did you send the money yet?
NCMC Raven: ***Both TOS and Protocol are in effect for tonight's event.
NCMC Raven: Although you may chat with each other in the room, if you have a
NCMC Raven: question or comment for Blackie or Chris, please type a ? for
WASPBnC: waiting for an answer to that, Taz
NCMC Raven: ! for comment. Remember to keep IM's open to NCMC Taz and NCMC Raven. ***
NCMC Taz: Terridon : are you talking about shipping and handling charges?
NCMC Taz: If so.. just tell Dan how much and I'll send it
WASPBnC: B: No comment.
WASPBnC: Next>?
NCMC Taz: IceMan KCK: How many albums have you sold worldwide?
WASPBnC: B: That sounds like the woman who wanted to know how much money we're making. You'll
WASPBnC: not trick us into those kind of comments.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: MARKZOMBIE: Is it true that W.A.S.P. used to stand for WE ARE SATAN'S PEOPLE?
WASPBnC: B: We Ain't Sure Pal.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: FUELDEVIL: Blackie, what decade have you enjoyed more? The 80s or 90s? Also, whats the thing that gets ya
NCMC Taz: the angriest???
WASPBnC: B:
WASPBnC: B: The 80's...I can't answer the question about the decades..it's two
WASPBnC: different things..I like them both for different reasons. The anger part is..injustice
WASPBnC: of any sort. I got a list as long as your leg. I'm like anybody else..
WASPBnC: it depdns on the mood I'm in and who or what's pissing me off at the
WASPBnC: moment.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: NCMC Raven: What inspired the lyrics for *My Tortured Eyes*?
WASPBnC: B: Both Chirs and I...the same thing that inspired My Tourtured Eyes is the smae thing
WASPBnC: that inspired "U" and "Kill Your Pretty Face." Chris and I had
WASPBnC: really come our of really bad realtionships when we started that record.
WASPBnC: And Chris said that he hda read somewhere that the ultimate revenge in
WASPBnC: a realtionship gone bad wwas to commit suicide, because
WASPBnC: then your ex would have to live with it. C: The object is to get THEM
WASPBnC: to commit suicide, not you. B: Yeah.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Simmons319: I really like all of your own music - please don't do anymore cover tunes - WASP music is the best
WASPBnC: B: We're gonna cover a WASP song.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Wait...
WASPBnC: B: Tell Pete Townsend that.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: ***Just a reminder that during tonight's event, Chipster
NCMC Raven: Entertainment, Sanctuary Management and CMC International
NCMC Raven: Records are sponsoring a very cool W.A.S.P. contest through the
NCMC Raven: Nightclub. For details, please see the *Contest* screen you
NCMC Raven: passed on your way in!***
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: blackie or chris how many guitars do you guys take on tour with you?
WASPBnC: C: Many as it takes..I dunno..bout 3? 4? 4. B: Some guys like to take a lot..we don't. Stuff
WASPBnC: gets beat up on the road.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: BChurch809: Blackie and Chris: What are your personal favorite W.A.S.P songs and what do you most enjoy about
NCMC Taz: playing live??
WASPBnC: B: We've done 100 songs..that's like asking which one is your favorite kid.
WASPBnC: B: Being ina rock and roll band is everything you ever heard it was and more. It's
WASPBnC: everyday, something new is happening. You've got some new BS going on. And
WASPBnC: after a while, that becomes normal. Being on tour is kinda like rolling
WASPBnC: band of pirates, it's rape, pillage and strangulation sex. We had a song called Scream Until You Like It, now
WASPBnC: you know where it came from.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: ChainsawMe: Blackie how about doing a cover of "Stroke" by Billy Squire, it would rock!! Or do you plan on
NCMC Taz: doing any covers period? We need Johnny back! forgive and forget :)
WASPBnC: Wait...
WASPBnC: C: Favortie song to play live os FLAB.
WASPBnC: Because I sing.
WASPBnC: {Answering the above}
WASPBnC: B: Well I think Johnny would do a good cover of the Stroke. What's that saying about WASPBnC: Mike Duda?
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Pgarg: Blackie, it's Paul from Metal Edge... DLA is amazing... Anyway, in between bouts of strangulation sex,
NCMC Taz: have you had time to read Manson's autobiography? If so, what do you think of him saying
WASPBnC: B: No. Why?
NCMC Taz: HE'S responsible for you and Chris getting back together? And Chris, can we
NCMC Taz: stab him with that knife cane you were working on making on tour?
WASPBnC: B: Hmm...well consdoeriing that Chris and I got back together in
WASPBnC: spring of 1995, and we had not yeat heard of MM, the boy must be truly clairvoyant.
WASPBnC: C: :::laughs::: In both eyes.
WASPBnC: Allthe way through the neck.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Wait...
WASPBnC: B: He's just mad because I won't let him have sex wiht me.
NCMC Taz: MIGUT: How is your relationship with your new label as compared to Capitol?
WASPBnC: Now next :)
WASPBnC: B: Sounds like the president calling...the Capitol situation had
WASPBnC: deteriorated greatly..they don't know how to sell rock anymore. Smaller
WASPBnC: labels like CMC which are now really part of PMG were considereed an intermidiate size label. If you
WASPBnC: go back to the question that we had earlier on, when someone asked where
WASPBnC: this type of music is you find that these intermediate size labels have
WASPBnC: a better sense of what's happening on the street. They are much more in tune and have their thumb on
WASPBnC: the pulse of the people.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: SUrban1956: Blackie, is it right, that you wrote a book? Which title has it??
WASPBnC: Asked and answered. Next?
NCMC Taz: Metalbelle: hi! blackie, your past family problems and pain helped u write crimson idol..do u think
NCMC Taz: anything else uve been thru is as painful?
WASPBnC: B: Crimson Idol is a combination of differnt people that I've known, not just me.
WASPBnC: There's a lot of guys in this business that I know and I took a little bit from each
WASPBnC: of their personalities and I put them all together. That's who Johnathan is. I did
WASPBnC: that story because I kept getting asked one question over and over: Fans would say
WASPBnC: How do I get from where I'm at to where your at?
WASPBnC: And I would tell them that show business is not looking for people who
WASPBnC: WANT to do this, show business is looking for people who MUST do this.
WASPBnC: So I thought I would tell them the story about hte darkest possible side of this businees, the side that no
WASPBnC: one ever really talks about. Then after you've heard the stoary, if you still think
WASPBnC: you want to do it, go for it. But the moral of the story is..be careful what you wish for cause it
WASPBnC: may come true. What we had talked about with Still Not Black Enough, the whole vibe that surrounded that, ther
WASPBnC: there was a 2 or 3 month period there that was pretty funky but
WASPBnC: everything turned out ok. I'm sitting here thinking about htat MM comment, and the more I think about it, the
WASPBnC: more it pisses me off. He seems to be so self rightreous, thinks he's
WASPBnC: so talented, if he ever DREAMS that he could do what we do, he
WASPBnC: better wake up and apologize.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: Keep those questions coming guys! We've got lots of time to get them in!
NCMC Taz: LAKEOFFOOLS: Blackie you say somethng soflty in the backround of no way out of here and mantronic, what do you
NCMC Taz: say??
WASPBnC: B: God, I don't remeber. It may not even be me talking it could be cross talk of
WASPBnC: some sort, I can't remember.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: Wait...
WASPBnC: B: I do have one funny little story about something on a album. On the first
WASPBnC: album there's a song called On Your Knees and right at the end of the song you hear me say,
WASPBnC: What the **** was that? And what happened was that there was some radio interference, or cross talk that had
WASPBnC: come into my headphones, and it was a Mexican woman placing some
WASPBnC: sort of a takeout order at a local resturant there. She seemed rather
WASPBnC: excited about whatever it was she was getting.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: TheLegacy8: To Blackie: Are your B.C. Rich Worlock's specially made, do you have a
NCMC Taz: sponsership from them. I've noticed that your's is unique and had the pleasure
NCMC Taz: of playing one of your's in a Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando.
WASPBnC: B: Yes, they are custom made. They are streamlined, there's only
WASPBnC: on volume knob on them It's set up strictly for
WASPBnC: playing live, so you don't have to fool around wiht 40 knobs. Chris
WASPBnC: had a good idea for a guitar, no knobs, just an on/off switch. It's wither
WASPBnC: on zero or on ten. We ain't got no stinking dynmaics.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IceMan KCK: Why does the Double Live CD booklet have more pictures of Blackie and Chris than
NCMC Taz: Stet and Mike? And where are they tonight?
WASPBnC: B: We don'tt put those booklets together, that's done by the record company. And they
WASPBnC: put more pictures of me and Chris in there cause we're so damn good looking. And besides, Stet's been known to
WASPBnC: scare small children. Stet and Mike are down at rehersals right now...presumably
WASPBnC: rehersing.
WASPBnC: Nest?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: blackie would you leave the USA if al gore was elected president of the united states?
WASPBnC: B: I would move to Washington DC. I want to be right next to him. If and when he's elected
WASPBnC: we're going to have a gold disk of Animals made up and presented to her personally, we'll
WASPBnC: leave it at the steps of the Whitehouse, I doublt they'll let me in. Our little gift from us to her, cause
WASPBnC: no one helped us sell more records that she did. And come to
WASPBnC: think of it, he can't be having sex with her. C: I wanna know how
WASPBnC: long he can hold his breath for.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Typhus666: When can we expect a new studio album? Will there be a stolen video released via the
NCMC Taz: internet of Chris' strangulation sex in the interim? 100% agreement on MM BTW
WASPBnC: B: New studio album after the first of the year. C: As to the other question, as soon as I edit Tipper
WASPBnC: Chelsea out of my video. I'm going leave Buddy in, though.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: WATI!
WASPBnC: B: I would like to ass something to that..when Chris gets done with these
WASPBnC: things, it's ogoing to make the Pamela Lee video sound like Sesame Street.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: ((add)
NCMC Taz: LAKEOFFOOLS: Blackie what is your real name and birthday
NCMC Taz: You where in a band sister is there a way I could get a hold of any of those albums
WASPBnC: B: My real name is Steve, 9/4/56, and there has been talk that we may relase
WASPBnC: soe of that stuff that Chris and I did together in Sister, cause there are songs that
WASPBnC: WASP has done that are from that era..Sex Drive, Cries in the Night, which
WASPBnC: was originally called Mr Cool, which is better than what eventually
WASPBnC: ended up on the album anyway. The beginning of the Crimson Idol came fron
WASPBnC: a song called What I Am..the opening line.."I look at my face in the mirror." was
WASPBnC: part of an early Sister song.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: MoanaL: Blackie, Goodbye America is a great song off a great CD... the "speech"
NCMC Taz: that's in it -- was that written just for the song, or is that from a real speech?
NCMC Taz: By anyone we'd recognize? Either way, great stuff! Love the lyrics!
WASPBnC: B: The middle of that is from Martin Luther King form his I Have
WASPBnC: A Dream speech.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Anonymous : Blackie...it is rumored that the band will play on a plane from NJ
NCMC Taz: to Las Vegas for an AOL party...is this true?
WASPBnC: B: Well we've played on planes before..but not he way you're talking about. That is
WASPBnC: only a rumor..news to me, haven't heard anything about it. The only way we'd do that is if we get to
WASPBnC: drive.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Curveboy: Blackie, do you resent the fact that NIN had a hit with your lyrics, and was
NCMC Taz: KFD (the song) a direct responce to that?
WASPBnC: B: I don't resent anything that anybody does...obviouly they are referring to the song Animal, Animal has
WASPBnC: done very well. And yes, KFD is subtle hint that we appreciatee your partronage.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Orb4u: you guys have been around the business awhile...what in your opinions make a song
NCMC Taz: Good and what makes a song fizzle?
WASPBnC: B: Belaiveability, honesty...can't write about things that we don't know anything about. It's got to come from
WASPBnC: the soul. C: Well for me a good song is when you're diriving down the freeway at
WASPBnC: 60 and the song comes ont he radio, you're doing about 90 or 100
WASPBnC: without knowing it.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: FUEL DEVIL: Ok Blackie --straight up-- what do you think of Nikki Sixx? And who'd win in a fight, Chris or you
NCMC Taz: ?
WASPBnC: B: Depends on whata you're fighting for..sounds like we're fighting over Nikki. What do I think about Nikki?
WASPBnC: I haven't talked to him for 6 or 7 years and I don't know what he's doing really, other than what everbody
WASPBnC: else sees..I don't oay much attention to be honest. Chris ablready beat my
WASPBnC: ass four times this week.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Waspoholic: Will you be playing any of your "less popular" songs on the next tour like The Heretic
NCMC Taz: War Cry, Or One Tribe? DLA is great!
WASPBnC: B: Gotta do a smapling of songs that you think most everybody wants to hear. And if you
WASPBnC: play play more obscure things, you end up disappointing the majority.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: SCARLETaka: When will a list of tour dates and locations be available?
WASPBnC: B: Soon as the ink is dry on the contract, which has not been done yet..but we're close.
WASPBnC: I would guesstimate sometime wihtin the next two to three weeks.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Wasp94: Blackie .. did you recieve the banner yet?
WASPBnC: B: Yes, and I've tried three times to call him to thank him which I plan to do..
WASPBnC: called once, no answer, called twice the phone was busy. He's on the phone too much. I loved it.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: LAKEOFOOLS: This is a question for Chris- what issuse and date was the hustler magazine
NCMC Taz: you where in, in which Blackie saw you?
WASPBnC: C: Late 77
WASPBnC: or 78..February...
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: ***Just a reminder that during tonight's event, Chipster
NCMC Raven: Entertainment, Sanctuary Management and CMC International
NCMC Raven: Records are sponsoring a very cool W.A.S.P. contest through the
NCMC Raven: Nightclub. For details, please see the *Contest* screen you
NCMC Raven: passed on your way in!***
NCMC Taz: LectricEye: Chris, when i was at La Canada High School, a music teacher told me he
NCMC Taz: helped you build guitars. When did you go there and did it help you musically?
WASPBnC: C: I went to a program called Option programs..it's for people that are not gonna graduate. What
WASPBnC: they do is give you an option to make your creditss other was. Therefor I got
WASPBnC: to ride my dirt bike for credit, I had a home econimics class, I grew pot at NASA was across the street. I
WASPBnC: played guitar for credit. It was in 1976. B: It gives a whole new meaning to the term
WASPBnC: jet propulsion. C: I got a 92 Corvette I was to sell, black on blck, 40,00 original miles, mint
WASPBnC: condition, 18,000. Call Dan. Or e-mail at dbiecchele@aol.com.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: We're trying to give everyone a chance to talk to Blackie and Chris. Please be patient! Thanks. :)
WASPBnC: WAIT!
WASPBnC: We're gonna open a thing later in the year called the WASP Store, in which
WASPBnC: we are selling a lot of props from our previous tours. Also in that, I've got
WASPBnC: Iorn Maiden's set from the Powerslave tour that Steve Harris wants me to sell. Which makes me
WASPBnC: a prop pimp, I guess. It's actually the inside of the ablum jacket. I've had
WASPBnC: it storage for 14 years now, Steve said he wanted it for his living room. Obviously, it never made it to his
WASPBnC: living room.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: REDACER 01: just wanted to say i have been listening to your music since 8 grade
NCMC Taz: .been through my first wife and i now have a wonderful son. but my love for your music
NCMC Taz: has never changed, thanks
WASPBnC: Many thanks, sorry about the wife, hope we didn't cause it.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: PGARG--Chris, how many miles? Take out the breaks, I'll give it as a gift ; )
WASPBnC: Blackie's car....40,000 miles.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Curveboy: Blackie and Chris, is there any band you've opened for, or have opened for
NCMC Taz: you, who just impressed the hell outta ya night after night?
WASPBnC: C: Yeah, there is. It would be Kiss because they can keep the ssame
WASPBnC: ugly lookiing face through all the years they've been on..Gene's still got
WASPBnC: that some ugly looking face. A lot of bands have a lock of...B: Black Sabbath, but
WASPBnC: not as a band..Tommy Iommi was pretty amazing night after night. It was a real treat to
WASPBnC: watch him.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Simmons319: Where do you guys call home - East or West Coast?
WASPBnC: B: West
WASPBnC: C: I'm a native here.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: RLAMONT27: chris what were you doing before you reunited with blackie in wasp?
WASPBnC: C: Oh I was just going through some ups and downs in my life. I was
WASPBnC: searching for the person that I am..soul searching.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: JDyer48942: Blackie, why wasn't Frankie Banali kept on as a permanent member of the band?
WASPBnC: B: To the best of my knowledge, Frankie had other things that he wanted to pursue. Still good
WASPBnC: friends.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: TheLegacy8: To Blackie: It's clear that Chris is your source for the anger in W.A.S.P. Was KFD
NCMC Taz: like the end of the fuse since you haven't been working with Chris in several years?
WASPBnC: B: It was really like a buildup of frustration/anger. He was definatly the
WASPBnC: fuse for the stick of dynamite.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: AGARZA33:is there a chance that wasp will release some vintage concerts as part
NCMC Taz: of them reissuing stuff, i think that would be a good idea?
WASPBnC: B: Although it is a good idea, there are no plans to do it as of yet, but
WASPBnC: we are onsidering it.
WASPBnC: C: {comment on the KISS/WASP thing} What is this Godzilla vs
WASPBnC: King Kong?
WASPBnC: My monster can beat up your monster?
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Vanjudy: blackie was " keep holding On" in a recent movie?
WASPBnC: B: If it was, I haven't seen any money for it yet.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: BChurch809: Blackie and Chris: What do you have in your stage monitor mix? I.E. Vox and guitars? Also
NCMC Taz: what kind of mics do you use?
WASPBnC: B: That was a joke, BTW.
WASPBnC: C: I don't have any moniters. B: I use SM58's and basciallly the only thing I have in my moniter is snare
WASPBnC: drums. I just don't like the confusion of a bunch of other instruments in ther, and I don't need moniters
WASPBnC: to hear myself sing.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: MScar28223: What songs will be on the reissues of Headless and Crimson? Will you please play
NCMC Taz: Chicago on your next tour?
WASPBnC: B: The reissues have the B sides that correspond for that album. We love Chicago to death, no
WASPBnC: place is better.
WASPBnC: Everybody knows I've said a milllion times, Chicago is the most happening city in the world.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Aceboy5821: Who came up with THE HEADLESS CHILDREN album cover concept?
WASPBnC: B: A guy named John Kosh. He's the same guy the first album he ever did, at the ripe]
WASPBnC: old age of 9, was Abbey Road from the Beatles. His second cover
WASPBnC: was Who's Next. John has Crimson Idol, Headless Childrena dn Still Not Black
WASPBnC: enough.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: BGKnott: One of my unpublished novels was inspired by "Crimson Idol" and I often listen
NCMC Taz: to your music for inspiration. If the situation ever warrented, would
WASPBnC: ((19, not nine...)
NCMC Taz: you consider allowing use of your lyrics? (Don't worry, I won't pull a
NCMC Taz: Tipper and misquote you without permission and make you look bad.)
WASPBnC: B: Absolutely, anytime anything like that is requested, we've almost
WASPBnC: without exception given permission. As a matter of fact, there's
WASPBnC: a person that's doing a short story based on the concept of a song we did
WASPBnC: on the KFD ablum, The Horror. They're not only using the song in the flim, but the story
WASPBnC: is based on the lyrics.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: IRWINandDJ: Blackie, i'd like to know the inspiration for "Breathe".. To me, one of the greatest songs i've
NCMC Taz: ever heard!
WASPBnC: B: It's just the whole idea, when you're close to sommebody, everyody's heard the expression that you can't
WASPBnC: get close enough..but when you breathe through someone, it's about as close as you can get.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Waspoholic: Blackie and Chris: Do you have e-mail addresses for corespondence with fans?
WASPBnC: B: Right now, no. But I'll give you the address for posting and snail mail. C: Doesn't it
WASPBnC: help to have a computer?
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Cenotaph20: Blackie and Chris what bands have you been into lately? Also Chris, are you still a full blown
NCMC Taz: alcoholic???
WASPBnC: C: Snoop Doggy Dog, and yeah, I still drink. B: I like Tool, they
WASPBnC: remind me of old Pink Floyd.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: STEELR1103: what label will the re-issues be on?
WASPBnC: B: They are not being put out on an AMerican label, but they are being distributed
WASPBnC: in America on the English label. We have a world wide deal over there. The president of Castle left and
WASPBnC: we went with him.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: EmonDemon: Chris: you seem to have a greater role in the band these days. How much input did
NCMC Taz: you have in the older days? and were you always more of a contributer
NCMC Taz: than the others??
WASPBnC: C: It's hjust the same as before. Probably looks that way because the
WASPBnC: other members are gone, you know?
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Obiwanhrdy: Blackie & Chris what are you thinking!!!!!!!!!
NCMC Taz: Please listen to Headless Children and Get rid
NCMC Taz: of this Marilyn Manson ripoff stuff your doing now!
WASPBnC: C: I've been leaning toward Snoop Doggy Dogg myself.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: LAKEOFOOLS: Blackie I was curious why Still Not Black Enough wasn't taken so seriuosly, there was no tour or
NCMC Taz: live stuff.... why was that??
WASPBnC:
WASPBnC: B: Someone asked a question about where does my source of anger come form? See previous comment!
WASPBnC: {Now answer the question}
WASPBnC: B: Because Chris and I had already determined that we were gonna get back together, so the time it took for
WASPBnC: him and I to do that there woudl have been no time to do a tour. Like I said, him and I got back together in
WASPBnC: August of 95, there's was no time for to tour the record. The record had
WASPBnC: already been released a couple months prior to that.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Metalbelle: i wish all the members of wasp good health and happiness for 98 :-) the rock rolls forever on..
NCMC Taz: thanks to you !!!!
WASPBnC: Cool, thank you.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: ***Just a reminder that during tonight's event, Chipster
NCMC Raven: Entertainment, Sanctuary Management and CMC International
NCMC Taz: KFD97: Blackie, How come you did the drinking of the blood on the KFD tour in Japan?
NCMC Raven: Records are sponsoring a very cool W.A.S.P. contest through the
NCMC Raven: Nightclub. For details, please see the *Contest* screen you
NCMC Raven: passed on your way in!***
NCMC Taz: KFD97: Blackie, How come you did the drinking of the blood on the KFD tour in Japan?
WASPBnC: B: I was thirsty. You'll see it come this summer. ANd I'm also thinking about
WASPBnC: doing it with two skulls instead of one. And what I'm thinking about
WASPBnC: doing, and what I'm considering is doing the blood with two skulls. One I will
WASPBnC: throw into the audience at the end of the blod routine, and the other, we will sign and number each of those
WASPBnC: skulls and make them avalible for either sale or contest giveawayse. They will also have the
WASPBnC: date and the city written on it. Should prive to be a real collector's item.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Crisscoula: Is there any chance of a WASP/KISS tour?
WASPBnC: B: Not likely.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: We can take a few more questions now.
NCMC Taz: Wasp94 : So does that mean this summer tour will be just as theatrical as KFD tour?
WASPBnC: B: I'm not really at liberty to comment right now. Some of the things that are being negotiated have to do
WASPBnC: with the actual props themselves.
WASPBnC: There's this gigantic wood chipper that we used at the end of the last tour, that shoots about
WASPBnC: 100 pounds of meat all over the audience. That seems to be the real sticking point.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: CasketCrue: Blackie, what is the next album gonna sound like, more towards KFD or WASP and The Headless
NCMC Taz: children????
WASPBnC: Asked and answered. There will be a chat log avalible. Next?
NCMC Taz: LAMMERSD: Chris, How do you feel about the way you were prtrayed in "The Metal Years" movie?
WASPBnC: C: Why? It's just the way life is, you know? It's just the way my life is, big deal. And
WASPBnC: it's honest.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Cenotaph20: Blackie what band was Mike Duda in before and what nationality is he? Also Chris what really
NCMC Taz: angers you the most???
WASPBnC: B: To be honest with you, I don't know what Mike is or where he came from. We just found him. You think I'd
WASPBnC: know more about comebody I work with. C: He was ina bad VD and Steve Pearcy from Ratt, his band. Strangulation
WASPBnC: sex makes me nager...I dunno till it's there. I wake up in the morning pissed off.
WASPBnC: ((anger))
WASPBnC: What makes me mad would make somebody else very pleasant or vice versa.
WASPBnC: What is one mons trash in another man's castle.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: ((mans))
NCMC Taz: MScar28223: Tell me about your involvement in the third "Crow" movie.
WASPBnC: B: To elaborate my earlier answer...we're supposed to do two songs for it, but we're not sure if
WASPBnC: Disney has put the movie on hold.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: BGKnott: Who's guitar style is the music based on, Chris' or Blackie's?
WASPBnC: B: Both.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: EmonDemon: Blakckie, do you write lyrics or music first in songs?
WASPBnC: B: do it both ways..usually the easiest way for me is to come up wiht a song title first. 90% of
WASPBnC: the time if I come up with a song title, it tells me what the lyrics and the
WASPBnC: music are supposed to sound like.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Typhus666: When is the official web page going up and will the WASP store be located there?
WASPBnC: B: Sometime this summer...it's not like a retailstore, just something that will
WASPBnC: be avalible from our merchadisning company..it'lll have some cool stuff, all the way
WASPBnC: from some saw blades I used to wear to the fishtank the girl was in the Love Machine video. Whaich still
WASPBnC: functions BTW.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Wasp94 : What cities was Doulbe Live Assassins recorded in?
NCMC Raven: Because someone just IM punted me...the queue is gone. We can take about 4 more questions.
WASPBnC: B: Switzerland, Chicago, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: TheLegacy8: To Blackie & Chris: I just have to know, what are you guys doing after this chat is over?
NCMC Taz: Cruise out for a beer? Head to some late night Rehersals?
WASPBnC: B: We are going to wade though El Nino, cause it's getting down out here. That little
WASPBnC: MExican SOB is really trying my patience.
WASPBnC: Next?
WASPBnC: WAIT.
WASPBnC: Then rehersal.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: AGARZA33:are you gonna have some cd singles of any of the live stuff or for kfd, i havent seen any yet?
WASPBnC: B: Probably not.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: LAMMERSD: Hardradio.com is currently playing the hell out of Double Live Assassins. All signs
NCMC Taz: point to metal returning to prominence in the US very soon. Will
NCMC Taz: WASP be there when it comes full circle? Any thoughts on Hardradio
NCMC Taz: supporting you as much as they have?
WASPBnC: {B: Paul's a liar}
WASPBnC: B: It's kinda realted to the wuestion that came before about the singles. But, we certianly
WASPBnC: hope that that question ends up being a prophetic statement.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Typhus666: Will there be a reordering of the songs on the Crimson Reissue to keep the flow
NCMC Taz: w/ the B-Sides (Phantoms, Story of...)? and thanks for your time and the music!
WASPBnC: B: The Crimson Idol ablum will be in it's orignal form..the 17 min narration will
WASPBnC: be on the second disk.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Raven: We've taken the last question...thanks.
NCMC Taz: CasketCrue: Hey guys, if you had the oppurtunity to tour with one other artist of your choice, who would it
NCMC Taz: be??
WASPBnC: B: Live or dead?
NCMC Taz: Live OR dead... your choice!
NCMC Raven: {Blackie is thinking}
WASPBnC: B: Marylin Manson. Get him out there and shut that sissy yap of his once and for all...
WASPBnC: show him how it's done.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: ceMan KCK: How much drumming did Stet do on the Crimson Idol? And did Manson steal the
NCMC Taz: title "Rock and Roll Nigger" from your lyrics?
WASPBnC: B: Stet payed about half of it, Frankie palyed half..I don't know about the RnR Nigger line for a fact..let's
WASPBnC: just say that he liberally borrrowed..cause i had never heard
WASPBnC: that line anywhere before that, and I thought it was reather unique.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Metalbelle: blackie name ur musical influences growing up.
NCMC Taz: what band made u think...i wanna do that?
WASPBnC: B: Work backwards...the last bandI went to see live we saw the Who do Quadraphiena. Musical
WASPBnC: influences...my mother was very musical, and I gerw up with music in the house. I grew up hearing Little
WASPBnC: Richard, Elvis around the house. Then my sister got into the Beatles. My first
WASPBnC: real influence was Steppanwolf, Born To Be Wild. And then other nads tha proceeded
WASPBnC: in that vein after that. The visual influence was not KISS. Ace
WASPBnC: beinga friend of mine, you never get influenced by your frineds as
WASPBnC: much as someone you don't know. Chris grew up next door to Eddie Van Halen, and I doublt that what
WASPBnC: eEddie does influnces him that much. By the time I had met Ace, I already had a band called Back Rabbit that
WASPBnC: was doing what would eventually become WASP. And without question, my
WASPBnC: theatrical influences came from Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown, and bands like that.
WASPBnC: There wass also a type of theatre going on at UCLA called psycho drama.
WASPBnC: And that style of thearter was designed to take what was happening on the stage and put it into the audience,
WASPBnC: and to provoke audiences anywway possible.
WASPBnC: Even to the point of anger. It's bascially to get reaction form
WASPBnC: the audience anyhow, anyway you can. What alwya intrigued me was trying to get
WASPBnC: deep inside the human psyche, and to push as many little dark, secret button insode people as I could.
WASPBnC: Next?
NCMC Taz: Last question coming up guys!!!!!
NCMC Taz: Cenotaph20: Blackie, a friend of mine told me you guys were racist, is this true? Chris, I
NCMC Taz: just want to tell you that I respect you and look up to you because your a honest
NCMC Taz: person! Thank you wasp for making music that i engoy listening
NCMC Taz: to so much, and I wish the best for you guys!
WASPBnC: C: We're racist against people who are racist. People are people. B: I have two big
WASPBnC: influences in my life..my father, and Mohammed Ali. When I look at Mohammed, I see no color. Nothing
WASPBnC: could be further from the truth, to the question of my being a racist.
WASPBnC: That it! :D
NCMC Raven: ***We'd like to thank Blackie, Chris and Chipster Entertainment for
WASPBnC: C: Merry Christmas!!
NCMC Raven: enabling us to hold this event tonight. It's been a blast!!! Hope
NCMC Raven: we can do it again sometime! Thanks guys!***
NCMC Raven: Thanks to the great members who turned out for this tonight too. :)
WASPBnC: B: This is my first offical AOL chat like this..
WASPBnC: I really enjoyed it. It's better than doing staight interviews, it's moere conversation, and you get a
WASPBnC: sampling of what everbody is thinking, and I enjoyed it very much. We;ll see everybody this summer!!
NCMC Raven: Winners will be notified by email no later than tomorrow.
WASPBnC: For this tour...we are entertaining the idea of possibly putting together a traveling caravan of WASP fans,
WASPBnC: and I would be very interested to see the response.
WASPBnC: You can respond to the screen name..I'll forward it along. :)) Stormy))
NCMC Taz: Wasp94 will be in that caravan! :)
NCMC Raven: Always room for a bird in the caravan too. :)
NCMC Raven: Well guys...we have to close up the room. Thanks to all of you for coming and for your questions!!! We'll
NCMC Raven: have to do it again VERY soon!
NCMC Raven: Goodnight Everyone! ^v^
NCMC Taz: Thanks guys!!! You were great! Blackie was great... Chris was great! You all Rule!!
NCMC Taz: Goodnight!!!!