Altsounds — We can proudly announce that W.A.S.P. will bring their “The Return of Babylon Tour 2010″ to Stockholm Rock Out Part 3 on October 16th. Confirmed bands since before: KIX, Steelheart, Dizzy Reed and Badmouth, the 1 day festival will be h... more info

Metalsucks — Anso can have Steel Panther, Vince can have Ratt, and you, Reader, can have Quiet Riot (even though Frankie Banali played in W.A.S.P. for quite a while, Quiet Right still sucks in this guy’s book). Pretty much everyone in Mötley Crüe has proven t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — We're Late For Class said... FREE Indie Release WE’RE LATE FOR CLASS #49 Adventures In Krautrock: A Tribute To Faust (2010) We've stolen from Faust before. This time we're getting away with it by calling it "a tribute." Goes to show that with a l... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... SHAUN CASSIDY Wasp (1980) WRITTEN, PRODUCED & PERFORMED BY TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA. Don't miss this out of print classic. Cool covers from Bowie, Townshend, Byrne & Ian Hunter, alongside material from Todd & Utopia. Shaun Cassidy's las... more info

Guardian Music — In the run-up to the 2008 US presidential election, Swells emailed his thoughts on the insipid Rock the Vote tour. Hopefully, his suggestions will be taken up in time for the 2012 campaignRock the Vote? I think they'd have a hard time rocking the bus... more info

Pitchfork — Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that the... more info

Metal Injection — by: Graham Hartmann Blackie Lawless showed his prima donna side by walking out on a gig because of a $198 restaurant bill. The W.A.S.P. lead singer refused to pay the bill and stormed out of The Crocodile Rock only hours before he was supposed to tak... more info

Metalsucks — UPDATE: Apparently Blackie broke out after refusing to pay the club a $198 food bill. Classy dude. Get the full skinny at SMN. The cancellation of last week’s W.A.S.P. show here in New York was allegedly for very noble reasons – the promoters wer... more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers W.A.S.P. have cancelled another gig just days after they scrapped a show in New York following a ticket mix-up.The band was slated to play at the Big... more info

Metalsucks — Whoops, wrong kind of wasp. W.A.S.P. are on tour right now. W.A.S.P. were supposed to play here in NYC last Thursday night. Even though DEP and Shrinebuilder were playing that very same evening, W.A.S.P. somehow managed to wrangle in five-hundred fan... more info