Blackie Lawless on Chris Holmes' Warning to Michael Schenker, 'You're nowhere near prepared'

A full in bloom News Brief

-Description:
In a new interview with the Eddie Trunk Podcast, Blackie Lawless talked about Chris Holmes, Michael Schenker and the upcoming W.A.S.P. retrospective box set.

-Links-

Eddie Trunk Interview w/ Blackie Lawless:

full in bloom Interview w/ Producer Ric Browde on Early W.A.S.P. Demos:

full in bloom Interview w/ Chris Holmes Talks Ric Browde Sessions:

Hit the subscribe button & click the bell if you would like to be notified as news & interviews are uploaded.

Intro & Outro by FOOL OF FATE

#WASP #UFO #MichaelSchenker #Scorpions #MSG #ChrisHolmes #BlackieLawless

[hsjws]

I had "WASP Fan" for my plates in high school..music was alot more fun then. Kids today have every bands catalog at their fingertips, which is cool AF, but I miss record stores, Hit Parader and Circus magazine. Those were the days

[areaaudio]

Michael Schenker
Legendary guitar hero.
Frogger expert.

[bags]

Wish Chris and blackie would sit down and clear the BS regardless you can’t change the past but you can build
Off it. There must of been a solid friendship there for them two to last that long together and the end of the day it’s only money. There are ways for
Chris and black is to work that out we’re Chris would get some kind of
Compensation . Any Wasp fan will tell you Blackie is amazing but with Chris it was magic !!!!

[GTX]

I heard Schenker for the first time in 1976 when I was 14. I got U.F.O.'s "Phenomenon" and "Force It". The "Force It" album is one of the greatest metal shredding guitar tutorials of the 1970's. W the exception of Judas Priest, listen to any Brit metal band of the 80's and you'll hear Schenker's influence because U.F.O. played all over England in the 70's. But Michael was so self destructive that had he not gotten clean when he did, he would not be with us today.

[antrygis]

Why would Michael even know who you were? He was overwhelmed with UFO being so big, excess touring, the English language, etc. Yeah, he had been touring since he was 17? It's nice that you were sane enough to be persuasive enough to help him not get killed. Michael Schenker is a treasure to all guitarists; yes, he needed a handler. Add to that a wife and kid(s). Oh yeah, and the guys you love, who you're touring with are blowing all the money you're working so hard for up their noses and on astronomical cab fares to get the young babes home. Read the late Pete Way's, Fast Ride Out of Here." I'm 63 and was never a rock star but I can't explain our attitude when we partied. As DLR said on VH 1st LP, "...I lost a lot of friends there baby, ain't got no time to mess around." Michael skipped gigs. He admitted he had stage fright. Can you imagine? The guy practically grew up on a stage. But I saw UFO in 75 and yes, at the end of the show they all fell down. One of the purist, had his own voice, rock guitarists to ever live. In search of the peace of mind. Thanks for the post.

[chelizard]

Thanks for all these awesome stories, I'm 35 and in my teens it was not "cool" to like70's and 80's rock/metal music, but I thought contemporary music at the time was boring and lacked musicianship and showmanship, I was real close with a small group of friends that consumed everything 70s 80s like crazy, our highlight of the week was the weekends when we would all got to hang out at tower records just before it went under and would buy all these old magazines with articles and stories of our idols and then afterwards catch a local show if we were lucky. All of that is gone now so I really appreciate your channel! its one of my favorites, cheers!

[ronarmitagejr]

Keep the amazing stories coming. This channel rules.

[W.A.S.P._Fan_Channel]

I want to note, how during the entire interview with Blackie kind to Chris, very good-natured... From Blackie came sincere joy from past memories when Blackie and Chris had fun to the fullest!!!

[luvyesmusici]

I remember hear/reading the first part of Schenker's disappearance as related to the Moonies in LA years ago. Good to know the rest of the story. Let's face it, all of us were a bit reckless in our youths ( and beyond). Being males, we can't help it.

[RFXLR]

I was always amazed at how good they sounded live.

[soundhealer]

I was an editor/sound guy for Star Licks years ago, and we did a video with Schenker. I wasn't on that shoot, but I asked Mark Freed the owner how the shoot went. He said "He couldn't have been less cooperative". lol

[dannys_rock-n-metal]

These stories/memories are absolutely priceless! 🤘

[peteraron]

Can't wait for this box set these demos sound killer 🤘

[ronnieborchert]

Blackie is original and bad ass! One of my favorites.

[vinaymulukutla]

Interesting how Blackie stated his dislike of re-recording stuff yet he re-recorded The Crimson Idol which is regarded as a rock opera masterpiece and took out all the profanity of it, ultimately losing the vibe first time around and well...the spontaneity of it. To tell you the truth, I only bought the re-recording because of the movie.
As for Michael Schenker, he is one of the greatest rock/metal guitarists of all time but is also well known for his erratic and tempestuous personality.

[bmentlow]

Michael was EXTREMELY lucky to have crossed Sunset Blvd unscathed. 4pm is a high traffic time of day. It’s almost unbelievable! 😂😂

[rickfortine]

This was way back when I was still in high school ... We were getting Dokken EP's on import from Japan !!!

[cheeseguy]

There you go CHRIS HOLMES WAS IN BLACKIE JUST SAID IT IN A

[johnnyscarecrow]

I love how he says needless to say we wouldn't drink and drive as if the members of WASP were responsible adults. LOL

[ant]

Saw W.A.S.P at L'Amour in Brooklyn N.Y with Armored Saint and Metallica