Metal School - Mercyful Fate & King Diamond

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An overview and retrospective of both Mercyful Fate and King Diamond. Formed in 1981 from the ashes of Danish hard rock band Brats, Mercyful Fate caught widespread attention with catchy riffs and dark occult imagery. Musical differences would soon cause the band to split again, this time forming King Diamond. Put on some headphones and kick back as we take a deep dive into the history, the albums, and the music of two bands with one of the most recognized frontmen in metal, King Diamond.
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Music Videos
Evil: • Mercyful Fate - Evil (...
The Family Ghost: • King Diamond - The Fam...
Welcome Home: • King Diamond - Welcome...
Sleepless Nights: • King Diamond - Sleeple...
Egypt: • Mercyful Fate - Egypt
The Bell Witch: • Mercyful Fate - The Be...
Nightmare Be Thy Name: • MERCYFUL FATE - Nig...
Witches' Dance: • Mercyful Fate - Witche...
The Uninvited Guest: • Mercyful Fate - The Un...
The Night: • Mercyful Fate - The Ni...
Give Me Your Soul: • King Diamond - Give Me...
Interviews
Sky Trax (King Diamond - 1986): • King Diamond 1986 Inte...
The Joe Franklin Show (King Diamond - 1987): • King Diamond {intervie...
Music Box (King Diamond - 1987): • King Diamond Another R...
Headbanger's Ball (King Diamond at Dynamo Open Air - 1993): • King Diamond interview...
Headbanger's Ball (Hank Shermann & Michael Denner at Dynamo Open Air - 1993): • Mercyful Fate Intervie...
Headbanger's Ball (King Diamond - 1993): • King Diamond Interview...
Headbanger's Ball (King Diamond - 1995): • Mercyful Fate Via rock...
Headbanger's Ball (King Diamond - 1996): • King Diamond - Intervi...
MTV (King Diamond - 1996): • King Diamond talks abo...
Performances
Doomed by the Living Dead (Eindhoven, Netherlands - 1983): • Mercyful Fate -Doomed ...
Into the Coven (Eindhoven, Netherlands - 1983): • mercyful fate into the...
Victimized/Cremation (Houston, Texas - 1989): • King Diamond - Welcome...
Full Concert (New York, New York - 1989): • KING DIAMOND: live in ...
Last Rites (Montreal, Canada - 1999): • Mercyful Fate - "last ...
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@JoeyArmstrong2800 2 года назад

Melissa and Don't Break the Oath changed my life. The guitar playing is absolutely phenomenal.

@markusforsberg6741 2 года назад

Dont forget their ep mercyful Fate or nuns have no fun from 1982 that album is fucking awsome.🤘😈🤘

@GChris-ny8fp 2 года назад

Same

@seagullpoet 2 года назад

I always hear new things, after decades, when listening to them.

@keropiboy 2 года назад

Ever heard "Burning the cross"? Absurd guitar playing!

@Peter_Rosendahl 2 года назад

Agree with you, but for me "Them" is the absolute favorite album.

@realmchat6665 2 года назад

The early Mercyful Fate stuff is untouchable - without peers. The first time I heard Don't Break The Oath it blew my mind like few other albums have in how far beyond it was anything else at the time.

@TheChadTI 2 года назад

It's hard to pick a favorite between the 2. Depends on the day really.

@benedictdonald4338 2 года назад

Agreed. I first heard the EP is 1985 and couldn’t believe it. Nothing out there was remotely similar. Phenomenal band.

@TheMafrand 2 года назад

Two masterpieces. My favorite song is Night of the Unborn. Maybe not their most well known song but I find it awesome :-).

@robertpreston2220 2 года назад

Melissa and DBTO are the best metal albums ever! And the fact King is an actual satanist gives them an added thrill to listen to especially knowing they are based on many of his real life experiences and practices

@eduardokaehlermeister9463 2 года назад

@@TheMafrand my favorite song too… it would be awesome watch them playing’Night of the Unborm’ live.

@MichaelHolmgaard 2 года назад

Michael Denner & Andy LaRocque were one of the best guitar duos of all time!!!!! Their work on Fatal Portrait and Abigail is some of the most wickedly tasteful I've ever heard 🖤

@jasoncrane2415 2 года назад

Fuck don't forget Hank Sherman...

@tyl812 19 дней назад

Eh...it's ok

@tpecillo 2 года назад

Andy Larocque is a freakin' god and is to often left out of the discussion of the worlds greatest metal guitarist

@FreeRPGer 2 года назад

Indeed. Andy rules (right up there with Michael and Hank, but with his own style). Same with Kim Ruzz. He was a self-styled, triplet heavy drummer when he played in the Fate days, totally overlooked.

@Albendova666 2 года назад

Fuken aye👊👊👊

@baldvale5418 2 года назад

Andy's guitar playing is spellbinding, we know he is the best f-ck the rest \m/

@simonmoloney2783 2 года назад

Hes one of my favorite guitar players, he also done solos on Deaths 1993 album individual thought patterns, it's unbelievably amazing, Andy is a God.

@t.y.3966 2 года назад

Absolutely!! It's criminal!!!

@jseipp 2 года назад

The Thin Lizzy guitar solo 6:54 is one of my favorite Mercyful Fate guitar moments! It's such a great example of their uniqueness.

@WyattScott 11 месяцев назад

yes! 👍👊🏻

@tomwhittaker9461 10 месяцев назад

I love it too.

@Jonathan_Brose 7 месяцев назад

Pure melodic evil🤘🤘🤘

@kenedie4646 2 года назад

Merciful fate and King Diamond are two of my favorite bands, since 1985. There has never been a song that I have not loved, from either band. End of story. I love both bands.

@NIGHTROCKER70 9 месяцев назад

I was 15 in 85 and it was the year I discovered them. What a life changing experience, well...musically. Had never heard anything like it. Loved tons of metal, but never heard a singer like that. Then throw in the guitars that completely mesmerized me and it was done deal, I was a Huge fan.

@Darrell9000 2 года назад

Those first two mercyful fate albums are so good.

@paulgrindley8192 2 года назад

The Eye was my introduction to King Diamond. Absolutely love that album \m/

@will-love-lvx 11 месяцев назад

I think that's my favorite as well. Everything about it works for me.

@RyanSeek 2 года назад

Excellent career synopsis once again. As an aging rocker with gray hair claiming a solid foothold and who witnessed firsthand the times documented here, there isn't much I don't know about these classic bands you cover, but you never fail to drop a few little tidbits that I was unfamiliar with. So KUDOS to you for that! It must take an incredible amount of research (and album playthroughs) to put these rockumentaries together, and I, for one, can appreciate that kind of hard work and dedication. Thank you for that commitment and know your hard work is a worthwhile effort to many of us.

@antreynolds9775 2 года назад

Can't tell you how much I've been waiting for this thanks to hear about one of my all time favorite vocalist and bands

@joescambait 2 года назад

I saw King for the 1st time in 86 at the Channel Club in Boston with casket and baby dolls, swords and ear piercing vocals . It was great . I was right up front banging my head off the stage. I will never forget

@RazorRex 2 года назад

I am super excited for both new albums set to be released this year.

@zionmartell42 2 года назад

Same Here 🤘😈🔥

@1cedcoffee 2 года назад

i've known of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond for a while now but i truly got into their music a few weeks ago Don't Break the Oath is one of my favorite albums of all time, and King's "solo" stuff is honestly very addicting to listen to, the albums and stories in them are so unique that its nothing but a pleasure to listen to

@jackdough8164 2 года назад

I never got how this band wasn’t considered one of the big metal bands of the day, at least here I North America

@SuperTugz 2 года назад

They kinda were, in the underground metal community at least... just never had the commercial appeal to the masses that say a band like Metallica had

@neonknight-1522 2 года назад

@@SuperTugz i agree... i dont think metallica or a few other big metal bands are better than mercyful fate.

@jeremyindra3685 Год назад

Satanism declared, That's why, America particularly back in those days was fighting against that. HS!

@Pr1me_Zer0 11 месяцев назад

They were and are huge in the metal scene. Kings voice turns a lot of people away, they can't handle the greatness.

@HumanAction76 Месяц назад

Conspiracy was always my favorite, and I started listening with 'Don't Break The Oath'. Got to see Diamond once in concert, and it was an experience you never forget.

@TheMountainDemon 2 года назад

Another home run! Although, I'm surprised you didn't bring up Black Rose in the beginning. That's some awesome stuff too. Thanks for another great video!

@edwardcontreras8816 2 года назад

I was just listening to I Need Blood the other day! Talk about underrated.

@looking-glass-girl 17 дней назад

Thanks for the video! I love the first 4 King Diamond-Albums so much. Mercyful Fate have a lot of great albums too (especially"In the shadows" does it for me perfectly), but I enjoy the King's focus on atmosphere and catchy tunes a bit more. Very exceptional and awesome Metal-Bands.

@nightelf4860 2 года назад

This was an absolutely GREAT video !! My first introduction into King Diamond was "Sleepless Nights," after that I was hooked :) Take Care

@portuguesebeer5069 2 года назад

Excelent vídeo. Your best vídeo so far in my oppinion! Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

@dope1258 Год назад

Getting stoked for the Mercyful Fate show here in Denver in acouple weeks, and came across this sweet documentary. Such perfect timing. Thank you for this! 🤘🖤

@markgreene1162 2 года назад

Thanks Metal School once again for knocking it out of the park. 🤘Hopefully this year we get new albums from both bands. That's the word out there, cross are fingers. 🤞🤞

@vladimirtemnyalov7059 2 года назад

King is THE KING, so metal so special, so unique!

@llongone2 2 года назад

Abigail is the best heavy metal album ever made. Fatal Portrait, Don't Break The Oath, and Melissa are also Top 100 of all time.

@Torgo1969 2 года назад

I got into King late in the game, in November 2015. But it was just in time, as I was able to see him in Detroit that very month!

@MidnightMark12 2 года назад

@@Torgo1969 I was at the Fillmore that night! I was up in the box tier. Wow, it was freezing that night. I thought that we would have made the DVD, but the Philly show made the cut. Stay Heavy \m/

@theblackflame4002 2 года назад

I wore out multiple copies of that album, and it was such an influence on me(along with 80's slasher/exploitation films) that I named my first self published novel "Abigail". Sadly Abigail 2 was not anywhere near as good. Even for KD leaving well enough alone isn't a bad thing.

@jacques9515 2 года назад

Satan's Fall's disjointed composition works in the atmosphere its attempting to craft imo, securing it as one of the best all time MF tracks

@Waitingforthewormstocome 2 года назад

This was awesome! Thanks for putting it together! King is the King!

@CBT5777 4 месяца назад

"Dead Again" is an underrated masterpiece. Are you kidding? Not sure why you didn't enjoy this one as much. It's brilliant! Every song on it is brilliant. I'll give The Puppet Master and Abigail 2 another listen. I have the CDs but I never listen to them.

@themadmattster9647 Месяц назад

The Brats are underrated af. Their 70’s demos were ahead of their time, almost have an early street punk uk 82 vibe

@danielpolsinger7565 6 месяцев назад

Very good documentary. You put a lot of work into it.

@IraSiegel 2 года назад

Really well done. Mercyful Fate and King Diamond are both amazing.

@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt Год назад

30:24 in the shadows is my favorite mercyful fate/king diamond album. Virtually every song a masterpiece.

@painunmanaged 2 года назад

Great history. Alot of stuff I never knew. Thanks.

@MoonlitSlime Год назад

I'm a huge King Diamond/Mercyful Fate since high school and was so happy to see them covered like this! They definitely have ups and downs, but there's not a truly bad album among them. I can't wait for the Institution to finally drop

@Chadner 10 месяцев назад

I don't know how much they planned for it, but to me it makes total sense that a song depicting Satan's Fall would be chaotic and a song talking about an unbreakable oath would have more structure. They were master storytellers, not only through King's lyrics but also riffs, solos and tempo changes. I always feel I am watching a movie by listening to their music.

@mattmarkowitz8894 2 года назад

thanks! this is very detailed. king diamond was the 2nd concert I went to an 2000 when I was 15 (the 1st was metallica in 1997). it was a life changing exoeriance and I've been a fan ever since :)

@Keepler22b 2 года назад

The production and sound on some of KD and Merciful fate early stuff is ahead of its time. Sleepless Nights rocks!

@MCastleberry1980 11 месяцев назад

To paraphrase someone years ago "King Diamond awesome when he's singing 5 minute songs about Satan as opposed to 11 minute songs about Grandma Ghosts"

@jag5766 10 месяцев назад

Don't break the Oath, and Abigail is the best King Diamond ever put on vinyl. Hands down!

@drummerw17 2 года назад

The Master of the Vampire progressive Black metal music. Absolutely 🤘😈🤘

@theftianity4086 2 года назад

Absolutely love 9. Nice job on the vid.

@vistalite 11 месяцев назад

I saw Mercyful Fate open for Motörhead. About two years later, I saw King Diamond touring for Abigail. I didn’t see him again for 32 years. My favorite records by these bands are Don’t Break the Oath and Fatal Portrait.

@ericsartanahorner 2 года назад

Great video on a legend. Great music from both bands. Puppet Master is my favorite KD album. Very underrated.

@Krrrimmi 2 года назад

I had a KING DIAMOND poster in my room back in highschool. \m/ :))

@natemottor8462 2 года назад

Been an MF/KD fan 25 plus years. What's really amazing is the consistent high standard of quality. Even the rehearsals are awesome. Check out "Disgrace" and "The End" on 20 Years Ago.

@RobGeiger 2 года назад

Thanks for another great video. Your work is appreciated. I love how many different "favorites" there are listed in the comments. I don't mean that sarcastically; I love the diversity. I love all of King's work, but for me, House of God was something special. I adore the whole album. And even though Abigail 2 is not his best, the intro track (The Storm) is one of those "perfect" songs for me - that combination that just works and can't be improved.

@maytons 9 месяцев назад

Satan's Fall was the song that got me into metal in 1983 and I still consider it a masterpiece.

@r1too 11 месяцев назад

I think don't break the oath" is an absolute masterpiece of work.

@TheTrooperMB Год назад

i had BRATS 's 1980 album in my PC folders for YEARS (a decade maybe) and I thought , well this is punk rather than rock but i didn't know it was related to King Diamond somehow!

@rocknrollneverdies75 2 года назад

Thank you for this! Love the course!!!

@hibachisamurai21141 2 года назад

To the make of this video....WELL DONE, SIR.

@dirface 2 года назад

Puppet Master was such a surprise! Very intriguing and cohesive story line as well.

@lucasmacleod8761 2 года назад

First when heard King diamond I thought that was joke and I hated. After I revisited while listening the history of black metal, I don't know how but I loved! Now Mercyful Fate is one of my top 10 bands. Great video congratulations 👏👏👏👏

@ericcrane4871 2 года назад

I saw Mercyful Fate, touring DBtO album, squeezed between Exciter and headliner Motörhead at the Warfield in San Francisco in 1984. Chaos ensued right as Motörhead took the stage-theater chairs ripped from their moorings- and the Warfield banned heavy metal shows for years after that.

@97warlock 11 месяцев назад

I really really liked Them .... soon as I saw Conspiracy, bought it & Both albums got worn cvompletely fully totally out relentlessly playing both of them. I didnt expect Conspiracy to be SO good.

@edbalabon2221 Год назад

Puppet master is the best Christmas album ever. So many hooks,and King to some people is Corny, but I think that's what makes him great!! Andy's playing is untouched!

@Mockingbird650 2 года назад

Damn! King Diamond has a great memory. For those of you not native to Portland, OR. the Starry Night is the name of an old venue that has been renamed the Roseland Theatre.

@gavindell6682 2 года назад

Another legendary band that I wish would rerecord their early material to give the fans a better sounding fatter version of some of the best metal records ever.

@dmhq-administration 2 года назад

Just subscribed to your RU-vid channel. King Diamond and Mercyful Fate is cool! My first album on audio cassette was the Spider's Lullaby, but I think My favourite album is The Eye or the album about witches. 🤘🏻😎🖤🤘🏻

@davidmeyer6500 2 года назад

Metal School, "The Graveyard" is underrated! "The Waiting" is full throttle. "Meet me at Midnight" , " I am not a Stranger" A big fan of these.

@OrKestrAlan 2 года назад

One of the best metal band, great compositions, 🎸👌🤘🤘🤘

@xxraddrummerxx 2 года назад

great video man, as usual.

@Aut0KAD 2 года назад

my first experience was great with dressed in white but when I heard Egypt, I was like omg... still one of my favorite songs of all time

@samfarrens 2 года назад

Great video!

@MateoVilhelmo Год назад

I didn't realize how much of my life was defined by King until this video lol even my wedding ring tattoo is the KD bat 🤘

@eriknelson45 29 дней назад

This was a thing for 3 months I just want mercyful faith

@11b3xds 2 года назад

Great run thru! Thanks for posting! KD Rules and AL fuckin rocks!!

@mtuers 3 месяца назад

Where does Black Rose come in? I got that rehearsal recording that they released about 20 years ago, and it was awesome. King Diamond and company covering "Radar Love", along with some excellent original progressive rock.

@_zoinks2554 2 года назад

I was sure you were gonna screw this up. The discography is huge, but you did a really good job covering both bands. Your album evaluations are quite fair. With MF/KD, everyone has their favorites. Some of your comparisons to other bands seem odd but it makes sense with where you"re coming from. The interviews in Danish were a nice touch.

@nathanielzuranski 2 года назад

9:05 I understand where you're coming from with this, but if anything, hearing this specific example in the song reminds me of songs by Emperor and their transitions doing similar things, once again highlighting they were extremely influential to black metal and it not just being Diamond's makeup and the occult lyrics.

@rickschweitzer9845 2 года назад

Don't break the oath is a must have in any true metal collection.

@swirvinbirds1971 2 года назад

Never heard the Brats stuff... That's some killer stuff as well.

@jimink3047 Год назад

Been a fan for a while now and I j needed to rewatch this. The last 3 1/2 minutes of Satans fall is insane

@jessnorvisgaard6745 11 месяцев назад

Great video!

@OccultThinkTank 2 года назад

On Abagail the song *Family Ghost* there is a voice at the end that was not King Diamond and was not intended. They tried to remove it but found they couldn't do it so King kept it. As far as I know this was the only time that happened on a song.

@Troy-McClure81 2 года назад

Still got my Red on Black giant Dont break the oath silk flag hanging up to this day

@olegyamleq7796 2 года назад

Melissa and Don't Break the Oath, back to back, maybe the best two metal record release of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have them both on LP.

@johndude8221 2 года назад

Other people say them and the eye were bad albums but I like them both.

@louispeddiltton47 2 года назад

"them" is an album i can totally relate to.

@tobybartlett8449 2 года назад

Great video! There was 1 question I had that was not answered…What jurisdiction does King Diamond rule over? My guess, the King of amazing falsetto.

@raoulmontefiore4803 Год назад

I've always thought there was a pronounced The Damned influence certainly on Brats which continued on Mercyful Fate.

@RonaldPatino 2 года назад

Thanks for the video.

@toralm6974 2 года назад

Great and interesting documentary. Remember reading articles about King in the swedish magazine called OKEJ in the middle of the 80's. The occult of his style made me interested. This was before the "Norwegian black metal" and for me didn't K.D and M.F. hit the bulls eye. He could been the father of black metal....

@melovemusic69 9 месяцев назад

Discovered both of these bands when in 2011 and what fun for the next year or 2 getting into each of these albums. The ones I had trouble really getting into were the later ones such as 9, Give me Your Soul, Into the unknown and The Graveyard. Kings voice changed in my eyes after HOG and felt that was his peak for King Diamond. I didnt care for The puppet master as much as you did since once his wife started sing in the albums it lost something for me. Im hoping she doesnt sing on the new album other than helping background for the high notes. King is sounding like he did in the 80's and 90's now since he is in better health now after his open heart surgery back in 2010. You can tell his voice was definitely suffering in GMYSP and lacked the energy. As long as its taking to make the institute it better be really good, lol.

@Nickk81 4 месяца назад

Great vid

@shredward666 2 года назад

I'm certainly in the minority here, but I think 'Abigail II: The Revenge' is the best KD in the last 2 decades. I think it's unfairly compared to it's namesake predecessor but is such a fantastic album song & performance wise. Totally underrated imo

@ccanavesi 11 месяцев назад

The core member of MF was Kim Ruzz. When he left the level of the band's songs stepped the quality down a lot.

@jimyounger9490 2 года назад

I actually have the Brats album. Just because. But Merciful Fate is my all time favorite band. And you’re nuts , the arrangements are what made Fate , among some other beautiful things.

@kolyochakalov8292 Год назад

the graveyard is my favorite King Diamond album

@deluge71 2 года назад

Great video...thanks for posting! That being said, I must disagree re: Conspiracy versus Them. I thought the cheesy lyrics on Conspiracy pretty much ruined it. It's still a good record, but purely from a musical perspective. When King starts singing about "Dr. Landau," and his "bad breath," I pretty much checked out! Nonetheless, you definitely put in the time and effort. Many hails, and I look forward to checking out the rest of your channel! :)

@ericv7720 Год назад

I was a bit young for Mercyful Fate on their first go-around but really got into them and King Diamond right after high school in '92, upon buying "Return of the Vampire" on cassette. The next year, MF would reform, so we would be graced with a continuous string of albums from both MF and KD for the rest of the decade!

@shanegriffin2215 2 года назад

Mikkey Dee is one of the most incredible drummers ever.

@NikkLiberos Год назад

Lemmy said it best: "The best drummer in the world, Mikkey Dee!"

@humanactivated1017 Год назад

Yea but motorhead weren't exactly musicians , mickey dee is not bad but no dynamics in his playing .

@TheTrooperMB Год назад

@@humanactivated1017 his drum playing on Overkill blew my socks off with Scorpions regardless ..

@screamingeagle7704 Год назад

Agreed. He is awesome as the Scorpions drummer

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 11 месяцев назад

No argument

@jamesddubz Год назад

After 40 years still Love Mercyful Fate and King Diamond \M/

@samgott8689 Год назад

Don’t Break the Oath has possibly the most metal album cover of all time. Iconic.

@s.d.c5513 11 месяцев назад

That or "Live After Death" ⚖️

@juliereminiec4937 10 месяцев назад

One of them

@Chadner 10 месяцев назад

Not only it is iconic and hauntingly beautiful, but it's also the most 'real' looking. I always imagined some poor soul meeting a businessman in a bar and foolishly signing a weird contract and, the moment the deal is done, suddenly, the sharped-dressed businessman turns into a demon, the pub turns into hell, and as the demon slowly sinks into the fire he points at the man and says "don't break the oath", then as it never happened, he is back at the bar sitting alone. Minutes later, the waitress comes back, "oh, I see your friend just left you here, huh?" But the man can't hear a word.

@whiptech 9 месяцев назад

It was an air brush project of mine in highschool in 1987. 👍

@soundboyeric2276 9 месяцев назад

I prefer Melissa it's so awesome looking if I was a tattoo guy I'd get that shit. But The Oath is my favorite mercyful fate song by far.

@markpalavosvrahotes5575 2 года назад

I consider Them and Conspiracy as a double album the best ever made.

@badground3534 2 года назад

Great for sure. I love don’t break the oath, Abigail and puppet master

@hektorlinko 2 года назад

Yes...absolutely a great double album. Very good storytelling. A+++

@hektorlinko 2 года назад

@@badground3534 Same here, The Oath and Abigail easily the best albums ever. Never get tired of listening to it. Have you seen the live concert in Philly with the Abigail tour? Awesome video! A+++

@badground3534 2 года назад

@@hektorlinko no I’ve never seen king diamond or mercyful fate I want to do bad

@JesusManera 2 года назад

Count me as one of those who considers The Graveyard to be one of King Diamond's most underrated. I think it's a great album.

@c.s.charles2102 2 года назад

I like that one a lot too. Black Hill Sanitarium, Sleep Tight Little Baby, and Lucy Forever: Three awesome tracks for three different reasons

@tonyruiz1976 2 года назад

That whole album is very good, don't know why it didn't do so well, to me it was just as good as all the other stuff IMO

@Coasterdude02149 2 года назад

I just chalked it up to the changes in the scene. The labels killed metal, it was a sad, shitty end to our generation. I’ve been a huge fan of King from the start and feel he’s always stayed true to his roots and gave us awesome music. The only one I had trouble getting into was VooDoo. I still need to give that more spins. LONG LIVE KING🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@tonyruiz1976 2 года назад

@@Coasterdude02149 The Album Voodoo is an awesome album you really have to give it a chance, but I guarantee you that you will like it once you listen to it and the congas are played by Dime bag and he helped with some of the songs 🎵 but it's a great album believe me 🎸☠💀✌🤘

@Hispandinavian 2 года назад

I remember reading the liner notes "if you try to reenact any of the lyrics of this album, you are too stupid to live"

@christianhart2159 Месяц назад

Which album? Haha

@Hispandinavian Месяц назад

@@christianhart2159 I think it's the one that came out around 1997. It was a cassette.

@mark_beastpriest5539 2 года назад

If you made the PMRC's shit list in the 80's, it was guaranteed you were going to be HUGE! I started listening to metal back then, and I remember kids buying albums that said "parental advisory" on them. The best unpayed publicity a band could ask for.

@fledglingbodhisatva4821 2 года назад

That label appeared in 1990. Everything else is spot on!

@andrewpardue3324 Год назад

I think WASP was the first band album to get tagged by the PMRC / Washington wives group in about 1984/85 the self titled album didn’t have a parental warning at that time it just said “Explicit Lyrics” so of course we all had to have it ! First pic I saw of Blackie was in Hit Parader magazine he was holding an axe 🪓 and drinking blood out of a skull!I ripped out and bought their 1st album the next day and have never been disappointed the guitar work was always awesome ( I prefer Chris Holmes and Blackie together best and I always loved Blackie’ singing voice he sounds incredible and very unique! He’s always been one of my favourite singers and still is to this day ! WASP has always had great musicians in every version of the band over the years. if I remember right i was in grade 8 and 14 years old at the time ( I’m 52 now and still a metalhead! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻) it did not have the effect that censorship group wanted! Quite the opposite! Even Blackie Lawless said that was the best thing they could have done the album sold 10x as much as the record company had projected! 😄