W.A.S.P. Sting in the Tale
W.A.S.P. Sting in the Tale
Let W.A.S.P. Sting in the Tale personally guide you through all the history of Blackie Lawless and W.A.S.P. Trace Blackie’s musical roots with the unique W.A.S.P. ‘family tree’, and feast your eyes on never seen before live and backstage photos!
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Sting In The Tale,
Printed in double-spaced large font, this 263 page, unauthorized hardcover, is realistically only about 120 pages worth of text. UK author Darren P. Upton is a self-proclaimed “lifelong fan of W.A.S.P.” His book begins in 1956 with the birth of Steven Edward Duren (known to the world as Blackie Lawless). From there it briefly recounts Blackie’s childhood, noting that before getting shipped off to military school at the age of 14, he was in a street gang with KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Years later Lawless had the very real opportunity to play Major League Baseball, but opted for a career in music instead. From that point on, overly-extensive focus is placed on pre-W.A.S.P. outfit SISTER. Finally getting around to the band who went “Blind In Texas,” the author conducted exclusive interviews with former W.A.S.P. members: Randy Piper, Chris Holmes, Steve Riley, Johnny Rod, and Stet Howland. But rather than incorporating their insight into the flow of the book, he opts for a jarring and unedited Q&A format. While the 16 pages of colour and black & white photos are nice, as is the discography, Upton never gets in-depth enough with the topic at hand. For example, Holmes says that dating Lita Ford from 1987 to 1990 were the best days of his life; and that’s it, no further exploration. Unfortunately this is typical as numerous interesting tidbits are revealed, but glossed over all too quickly. Ultimately, Blackie is painted as arrogant, self-centered and uncompromising, yet the author himself states, “For many of the band’s followers, Blackie Lawless is W.A.S.P.” So to write a “Definitive Biography” without interviewing the founder, songwriter and sole remaining original member seems rather contradictory.
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|MUST READ!!!,
A truly awesome book. If you are a WASP fan then this book is a must have. It has everything you could possibly want to know and more. There is not much out there about the band and especially Blackie but this book gives you the goods on everyone who has ever been in WASP. A+
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|W.A.S.P,
En veldig bra bok som er et must for alle die hard fans!!
Mye interessante intervjuer med gamle medlemmer og mange bilder fra gode gamle dager.
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