W.A.S.P.

Artist:  W.A.S.P.
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Glam Metal, Speed Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Metal

Original line-up:

Blackie Lawless:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Randy Piper:  Guitar
Rik Fox:  Bass
Tony Richards:  Drums

W.A.S.P. are an American Heavy Metal Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1982 by Blackie Lawless (Vocals, Guitar), Randy Piper (Guitar), Rik Fox (Bass) and Tony Richards (Drums).  The band's name is "White Anglo-Saxon Protestants" and the band debut album W.A.S.P. had the words "We Are Sexual Prevents".  The band's single "I Wanna Be Somebody" was the most successful single from W.A.S.P.'s debut album and became VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All Time.

Title:  Live In Japan 1986  (2017)
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Glam Metal, Speed Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Metal
Label:  Air Cuts
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  On Your Knees  (5:10)
 2.  Fistful Of Diamonds  (5:41)
 3.  Sex Drive  (3:40)
 4.  Widomaker  (5:13)
 5.  Sleeping (In the Fire)  (6:04)
 6.  Wild Child  (6:04)
 7.  I Wanna Be Somebody  (7:44)
 8.  Blind In Texas  (7:32)

Personnel:

Blackie Lawless:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Chris Holmes:  Lead Guitar
Johnny Rod:  Bass, Background Vocals
Steve Riley:  Drums, Background Vocals

Live In Japan 1986 is the live album by W.A.S.P., was released on October 13, 2017 by Air Cuts, recorded live at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan.  The entire original Nippon Broadcasting Corporation Transmission.