W.A.S.P. - I Wanna Be Somebody - www.randypiper.net Blackie Lawless (Vocals/Bass) Randy Piper (Guitar/Vocals) Chris Holmes (Guitar) Steve Riley (Drums) Irvine Meadows, CA USA. Welcome to the Metal House of History, Randy Piper
We were there, this was back in 85' at Irvine Meadows in SoCal, WASP was opening for IRON MAIDEN, if ya look at the vid close, you can see the POWERSLAVE graphics off to the sides on the speaker cabs....Holy shit killer memories!!
Remember when WASP hit the stage and peeps from the lawn came over the wall and everyone started jumping over the seats?...Me and my buddy started jumping and ended up in like the 12th row
No way. Cliff Richard's was a massive force that you had to witness, it gave the band power that it never got back, you had to see it,this is a cut down version.
84 maybe 85, Reunion arena, Dallas Texas. My first concert, fourteen or fifteen years old,ticket cost $14.50 lower balcony near the stage. I didn’t know a thing about WASP at the time but man they blew me away. The main thing I remember about that show was this song and the three of them on their little boxes at the edge of the stage fucking hammering. It was , for me , one of those great rock n roll moments. I left a WASP fan for sure. Unfortunately I only got to see them two more times, it would have been three but the show was shut down due to overcrowding. This is the definitive line up for me, Randy and Blackie’s voices worked so well together.
Growing up on the west coast in the 70s and 80s i watched these guys on the LA circuit a few times. I think Blackie almost lit that poor drummer on fire more than once. These guys were underrated.
I just noticed this was at Irvine. Was this a show where you opened for Iron Maiden? If so, I was there, RIP Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. I saw so many great bands there.!
My parents lived in Lake Forest about 7 or 8 miles from Irvine Meadows. I swear the night of this show you could hear it from their backyard. That's louder than the 5 Freeway!
Randy Piper doing his best to cover up Holmse's drunken dip shittery at the end of the song and make it look intentional, all while hiding his embarrassment over Blackie's choice of socks. Man I would have loved to be there!
You won't see this kind of showmanship at a "Green Day" or "Turbonegro" gig. Actually, you won't see it anywhere these days. It's too bad, but that's how things go.
Johnny Rod was a great addition on bass. Great energy and showman. He still has that bright yellow Ironbird according to a somewhat recent pic of him that I saw where he was playing the same yellow bass.
Blackie pushed Randy Piper out of the band because he wanted to switch from bass to guitar also he did try out and did some work with Alice Cooper but he went with Kane Roberts instead
@@godwillguideme.3773 Randy wasn't straight up fired. Randy owned a recording studio and he felt he was neglecting his time there during his tour for WASP second album. He and Blackie made a agreement that he'd leave after the tour. Blackie wanted to play the guitar again so he was fine about the situation. Randy was one of the few that actually had a good relationship with Blackie. Randy was the lead guitarist for Circus Circus (pre WASP) and was the lead guitar for WASP back when Rick Fox played bass.
Hey don't get m3 wrong. I love wasp,Always have righ5 from 5h3 beginning..but that silly hop running/dance thing Blackie started doing after the second album.(end of show "goodnights"...Sorry just looks ,Ike he is trying g to be AL jolson..mammy mammy Blackie or Macky.. ugh..OK Steve.
@@patr70 Los Angeles was 2nd only to England when it came to great Metal bands. Most don't realize that alot of the "glam bands" weren't from Hollywood, like Poison was from Pennsylvania, Winger from New York etc. So many REAL metal bands came from Hollywood or the surrounding areas. Slayer is from Southern California, Metallica of course. A great band that never made it big Armored Saint was from here Metal Church and Exodus from the bay area. Van Halen of course Randy Rhoads the list goes on and on.