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For
Immediate Release:
W.A.S.P. Strikes Back on June 11th
With Dying For The World on Sanctuary/Metal-Is Records
USAToday.com Live Chat Scheduled For April 18th at 8:00pm Eastern
On June 11th, shock rock innovators W.A.S.P. will release their
most inspired effort to date.
On the heals of 2001's critically acclaimed Unholy Terror (heralded
as an "�excuse to flay your carcass more ruthlessly than anyone
else can�" by L.A. Weekly and "�hard, nasty and loud�" by Hit
Parader Magazine), Blackie Lawless and company are unleashing
a 10-track demonstration of inspiration through aggression entitled
Dying For The World.
With a lineup that currently consists of vocalist/guitarist/ringleader
Blackie Lawless, longtime contributing drummer Frankie Banali
and bassist Mike Duda, and newcomer Darrell Roberts (who joined
the band just prior to the Unholy Terror U.S. Tour), Dying For
The World was recorded and mixed at Blackie's studio in Los Angeles.
The album was actually inspired by letters received from troops
who fought in the Gulf War.
Blackie explains: "Our motivation for this record was prefaced
by letters sent to us from the tank divisions during the Gulf
War, where the troops would actually go into battle blaring 'Fuck
Like A Beast' and 'Wild Child.' After the events on 9/11, we felt
we would give them a fresh batch; in essence, we've literally
made an album to go kill people by."
Consisting of songs entitled "Shadow Man," "Hell For Eternity,"
"Trail Of Tears," "Rubberman," "My Wicked Heart," "Stone Cold
Killers," "Hallowed Ground," "Hallowed Ground #5 (acoustic),"
"Black Bone Torso," and "Revengeance," Dying For The World emphasizes
a method of dealing with anger.
A native of Staten Island, Blackie elaborates: "This problem isn't
going to go away; we WILL have to deal with the Middle East eventually.
There is no longer an 'if', it's 'when'!" Should this bold statement
of an album's message be misconstrued and be accused of corrupting
America's youth, W.A.S.P. are no stranger to defending their rights
as entertainers.
Their music was under public scrutiny and placed on the Parents
Music Resource Center's "Filthy 15" list in the mid 80's for containing
"questionable lyrical content". VH-1 is premiering a new movie
based on the subject on April 21st called Warning: Parental Advisory.
USAToday.com will host an online live chat with Blackie Lawless
on April 18th at 8:00pm Eastern to discuss the band's involvement
and current state of music today.
Log onto http://talk.usatoday.com
for details. W.A.S.P. plan to celebrate the release of Dying For
The World with a summer tour, once again blatantly displaying
their voracious stage show! Dying For The World will be released
on June 11th through Sanctuary / Metal-Is.
www.waspnation.com
www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com
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