First time hearing WASP - Wild Child 

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Blackie has one of the best voices in rock!!! Great songwriter!

Chris Holmes has one of the best guitar sounds ever and so underrated guitar player. His stories with EVH are awesome too

Ever since I saw the video for "I Wanna Be Somebody" back in 1984 I've been a fan of this band. My favorite album was "The Last Command". W.A.S.P are definetly in my top 5 Metal bands from the 1980:s. Alexis the guitar player Burch was referring to who drank the vodka is the blonde haired guitar player in this video , Chris Holmes.

Randy Piper and Chris Holmes were such a vastly underrated guitar duo!!! And R.I.P STEVE RILEY, you will be missed!!!

When holding a press conference a journalist asked about the band´s name standing for "We Are Satans People". Blackie leans toward the microphone and responds calmly; "We Ain´t Sure Pal".

One of my fav groups was lucky enough to see them live in the 80’s back home L,A

This is a proper classic!

Great classic W.A.S.P. Great job guys and gals. Lol.

One of my favorites comes from the album " Not black enough ".

When I first saw these guys back in the 80's my first words to the rest of my band was... "OH, Elvira's got a brother." Few months later I saw them open up for KISS in Denver. Good times.

Blackie has continued to release amazing tracks, if you want some more wasp try WASP - heaven's hungin black, WASP - miss you, and WASP - Golgatha

Saw WASP open for Iron Maiden at Irvine Meadows Irvine CA in 1985. Epic. I was 19 years old I'm now 57. Still love my 80s metal❤. My brother in law is a huge WASP fan and corresponds with Chris Holmes. Chris has sent him guitar pics and various WASP memorabilia.

I always did like Blackie Lawless's voice on this song. That raspiness.

The baddest of groups to come from the hair metal time period. Great live killer songs

Great reaction to a very underappreciated band.

I hope you both will react to :"Forever Free" sometime.It's a rock ballad.Alexis may enjoy that one more.Just a suggestion

Love it 🤘Man the days of WASP & Blackie Lawless 🔥

You need to show her The Idol and Hold onto my heart (the 1992 live accutic version is nice) and Forever Free. I think she might like those alot. You could throw one of their wilder ones in there like Scream until you like it from the movie Ghoulies II or Blind in Texas. They have so many good ones.

Saw them on the Electric Circus tour in 86 with Warlock. 👌🤘

Speaking of guitars Chris also had the Budweiser guitar as well but I believe that was after The Last Command

Seeing this reminded me of the documentary, "Decline of Western Civilization 2, the Metal Years"

Blackies voice was so underrated. Great vocalist.

W.A.S.P. !!!! Yes!!! Not unlike Ronnie James Dio, Blackie's voice was made for METAL !!!

Wasap is music is live 🤘🤘🤘🎸🤘⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Crimson Idol is a top 5 concept album of all time. It’s a masterpiece!!!!

Sleeping in the fire .. headless children.. by wasp they're awesome songs

Speaking of spiders. Blackies´ bass is shaped in a way so it has a spider as a motive.

I first saw W.A.S.P in 1983 at the country club in Reseda California. I have been a fan since. Fun reaction

You should show the famous clip with Chris Holmes in the pool drinking

Woo Hoo, I love it, W.A.S.P was one of my favorite go to bands To listen to in the 80's, And I still. Listen to them today, They have a ton of great tunes to choose from.

Loved this album

Best concert I ever attended was WASP opening up for Iron Maiden 🤘🤘🤘

Blackie also sings that he does something... like a beast ! He' s an Animal ! 🤘 ;)

Need to react to the Idol by WASP

You should do an acoustic song of WASP for Alexis to show the vocal abilities of Blackie. I think he is highly underrated.

And Shock... BY FAR. WASP. GOLGOTHA..... ONE OF THE GREATEST CHRSTIAN SONGS about The CRUCIFIXION EVER PRODUCED...VIDEO AND ALL...EPIC....

Need to dive into some Headless Children and Crimson Idol territory

I was such a big WASP fan back in the day but watching this now some 40yrs later and I'm like "Jesus H..! What was I thinking?" lol

My 1st exposure to W.A.S.P. was in the back of Metal Edge or RIP or one of the other metal magazines I got every month, they had lyrics to some songs every month and one month, Wild Child was the song. I had never heard them before but after reading the lyrics I sought them out to listen to it and loved it. It's sad Blackie uses tracks during live shows now.

Blackie and his river dance. It's like he restless leg syndrome.

Dude... I was in 8th grade and heard this song. I was a KISS fan....but this kicked it up a bit! I had to learn how to play this song !!! This was kind of it for me. Not a big fan of theirs, but the guitar and video hit me in my 13 year old age. I then got dokken and i knew i had to play. Had a good career. Thanks to the predecessors!!! 👏🤟🍻

Oh wow, can't believe you're hearing W.A.S.P!! Saw them live with KISS way back in the day, amazing show, I honestly thought they out performed the headliner KISS, that's saying a lot!

Very underrated band

Chris Holmes in that pool drinking bottle after bottle of vodka is the best it's in that western civilization movie

She would love,,, cries in the night!!!

W.A.S.P. was always a very underrated band. I remember that a lot of the metalheads I hung with looked down at them until they heard The Idol. Then they began to realize the band's talent. I still listen to that song all the time. It's just too good not to.

That scene with the vodka was from The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. Thay movie is one of the best music documentaries ever made.

And yes, I watched Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins religiously.

Seeing heavy metal bands in broad daylight always gives me The Fonz jumps the shark vibe.

Will there ever be a reaction to a Kiss song/video?

W.A.S.P My Jam! 🤘🏼🤘🏼. Blackie Lawless.. seeing them live as a kid so awesome

wow, brings back memories. We did EVERYTHING in excess in the 80's and we loved it!

In a song called Animal Blackie screams "F**k Like A Beast" it always gives me chills.

Haven’t seen the mutual Omaha opening forever

W.A.S.P is still one of my favorite bands to listen to. So many amazing songs that people have either forgotten about or just havent discovered. There are some real gems even on their 2015 album "Golgotha" one to check out there which is kind of ballady but powefurful with jist a lot of repeated lyrics but "miss you" is fire! Love the guitar work in that song. Should definitely cjeck it out even just for yourselves and not to make a reaction to.

Love W.A.S.P. Wish I could find more reactions/reviews. Not sure why there aren't more from them amd bands like Danzig, Kix and one ive only seen one reaction for one of the most underrated bands Princess Pang. I think they may not be well know enough. I feel like you may be more "in the know" for the time period. If you can find these bands and react to them would be amazing.

These guys were on the border of being shock rock. Mostly just through the image they put on. Then black and death metal came along and made them look tame.

Saw WASP open for Metallica in '85 (yes, for some of this tour WASP was the headliner, but not the night I saw them), also with Armored Saint who came on before WASP.

Man when I was young watching this I thought this video was the coolest thing ever! It did not age well...LOL Still a great tune though, and I still think W.A.S.P.'s Crimson Idol record is one of the most underrated concept albums ever done. I would put it up there with Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime and Pink Floyd's The Wall. It's that great.

You got to add accept balls to the wall to your list

From the movie maker: Chris Holmes was drinking water out of that bottle. So the scene is less shocking. ;)

You should react to The Crimson Idol one song at a time. Keep up the great work.

Stevie Ray Vaughan so excited live at the el mocambo watched him play for three hours without stopping just unbelievable, Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa I'd rather go blind live, ACDC ride on 😊😊😊

It's weird to me, 'cause a lot of metal fans today would rather the early 80's never really happened, 'cause a lot of it seems cheesy and goofy today. But at the time, metal was still a fairly new genre and was still trying to find its truest voice. Personally, it's my favorite era for exactly those reason. It was ridiculous, it was WAY over the top, but it was FUN. I think a lot of metal bands nowadays just take themselves way too seriously. Loosen up, dudes. It's still only Rock 'n' Roll. \m/

I saw them on my 20th birthday with Metallica in 85.

The Idol and Golgotha are awesome. Sorry if I spelled Golgotha wrong, possibly wrong twice. Oh don't forget about Chainsaw Charlie's Morgue. Can't go wrong with any actually.

I became a Christian in the mid 80's. I found out several years ago that Blackie Lawless is now a Christian. I love that! So is Alice Cooper. And Nicko McBrain, the drummer for Iron Maiden! That's Awesome! 😁👏 I remember Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom well. Not as dramatic as the Planet Earth videos. It was very kid friendly. And if I remember right, it was followed by Tarzan. Oh, the memories of a childhood TV addict. 😄 Love your channel, guys! 👍😊

It's now been said that during the Holmes video he was drinking mainly water in a vodka bottle.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (2/6) W.A.S.P.'s Chris Holmes (1988) in the pool

Had a good voice, WTF, he still has an amazing voice. Out sings guys 30 years younger than himself.

I loved Blackie and this song so much I got “ Wild Child “ tattooed on my upper thigh!!!!😂❤

I finally got to see Wasp when they toured with Motorhead in the late 90's. Blackie seemed wasted and their set kind of sucked, but Motorhead killed it. A year or so later Wasp came back as a headliner and put on a decent show without the effects. Would have loved to see them back in the day; a classmate of mine in Junior High went to the Last Command Tour and I was so jealous!

The discography of WASP is really quite a journey. It starts of as shock / cock rock, real AOR stuff, but as he matured as a musician he really came into his own. Headless Children was a turning point, some real political messages in there, solid and solemn. Also a bit of fun, and still plenty of decadence. But the next album, Crimson Idol was a story / concept album about a troubled musician, and his decisions that led to his downfall. After that, there's such a mixture. They go a bit industrial, return to the cock rock scene, and then eventually find christianity. The music itself has everything from absolute profanity to philosophy to religious scripture. Take a listen to Charisma, or Headless Children, or Golgotha. Or Heaven's Hung In Black.

You definitely need to play wasp’s Heavens hung in black

The weather was really cold when they shot this.

Blackie has some of the best rock ballads by anyone so underrated

What a classic!! You should check out Lake of Fools, and how well it syncs with the video for the song. (Burch, do you remember Betty Boop? 🤔)

And for something different, show “Hold On To My Heart”

Blackie is probably one of the best songwriters

Of al of the Sunset Strip 'hair bands' W.A.S.P. were by far the best musically. And.that continued up till now, with an almost unbroken string of great records.

L.O.V.E. machine is another great song by these guys. The torture never stops, also.

Hmmm...from my point of view regarding the video and the marketing and product direction of the band, it definitely played on all the metal tropes of its time and catered and targeted to its primary audience which were mainly teenage and adolescent males (which I was one in those days prob 18 y/o ish when the song was realeased). The goth and medieval tropes were part of the pop culture at that time as fantasy and sword and sorcery movies/books games etc were extremely popular. I believe the band name (particularly being that it is in all capitals and has periods behind each letter indicates that it's an acronym. It was 'cool' though for the time that the acronym spelled out an insect that stings (innuendo perhaps?) and is also aggressive and thus symbolizes the bands energy and desired identity). I see the desert scene to be very appropriate as the song is about the lustful hot and steamy passions between a taken woman (in red and representing temptation and sin) and her 'secret lover' thus the desert setting. It's awesome that you two are covering this period of music and genre and giving it context. Love seeing and hearing these videos and bands now from a 'more mature' lol perspective. One more point, that was made in your video regarding the National Geographic scene with the walrus tumbling down the cliff. What National Geographic doesn't show or mention to viewers is that the walrus was being pursued by a family of polar bears and was fleeing the bears to avoid being eaten alive (a worse fate than tumbling to your death) so it chose the only other option it had which was to try and escape via the cliff. Either way it's not a good outcome. Why National Geographic chose not to tell views about the polar bears is something to look into if interested. Anyways, keep up the good work on your channel you two and thanks for bringing back all these bands and memories and to get to hear opinions on this material from a newer and slightly older generation (sorry Burch, I'm there too plus a couple years lol).

Awesome cool band, jamming yeah 🤘😆🤘🎸🎸🥁🎤

Love

poor spiders hehehe They are poorly understood animals, they are very useful in the biosphere, everything has a cycle Once I went to a W. A. S. P. show, here in Brazil and it was a very short show, less than an hour, but it was really cool, years later I read on a website that on that day Blackie Lawless, with all his arrogance, said that he wasn't going to perform, I think because there were few people and the producers threatened him and he did the show Despite this, I really like Wasp

El mejor tema de haré rock de los 80❤

I saw WASP open for KISS back in 86

Cross between Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie on stage. More on the adult side with the women in the stretching racks and drinking blood but definitely got them noticed. Did an incredible cover of The Real Me amd another of Painted Black.

LOVE WASP!!

I love it

I thought this was better than the video for Blind In Texas. The documentary was Decline of Western Civilization Part 2.

Blackie sounds just like Noddy Holder

U guys should do the manimal next

proper 80s metal blackie giving the metal poses lol

You kids really should react to The Warning. Guaranteed they will become your new favorite band.

Back when Blackie played bass

Definitely need to show her WASP "I'm blind in texas".. lol

Great song the long version is awesome, Blackie is the brother of Lucy lawless who played XENA warrior princess, great reaction guy's I might have missed it but when's the baby due? And what is she expecting?

You should listen to Battlebeast's cover of this song.