A very good friend of mine works as drum tech for wasp among other bands, im a big wasp fan and he knows that, so every time they play somewhere near my city i get guest list to the show, one night we were also with blair and duda for some drinks and talked about music , and favorite musicians and favorite albums and they shared some cool stories . It was one of the best nights of my life .
First time I saw them was in Gothenburg Sweden 15 November 1986 (looking at my concert ticket from that day...I still have it!) when they were the opening act for Iron Maiden. Great fun and great memories! 👍
I'll never forget that scene where Chris Holmes was in the pool in his leather pouring Vodka down his throat on a raft in The decline of the western civilization the metal years 🤘👍
Another awesome tutorial video Dave !! And I only just today noticed something in your videos, above your “ Late Night Lessons” sign on your wall to your right , you put up a framed picture of the group name !! Today it was W.A.S.P. A week or so back it was SAXON , etc. I usually am engrossed in your playing and watching your hands to gain your sharing on chords & picking & never really looked much at your room decor 😆. Thanks again as always for all you share 😎👍
Great video as always and quite eye opening to see how those riffs are played. I guess many of us did them wrong over the years not knowing they were down tuned. At least I was wrong 😂🤘🏻
Crimson Idol had some gems with Blackie and his acoustic parts, soulful singing , also Bob Kulick epic solos in there too. Still love WASP all these years later! Great review.
Thanks so much for showing this.. I always love the wasps.. I almost poop my pants when you showed how to play "Sleeping in the fire".. One of my all time faves.. I was so hoping that you would take it one step further. Wasp has an acoustic version of Sleeping in the fire. You can find it on UA-cam. On the acoustic version, about 10 seconds into the song there is a second guitar that comes in and is played for about 20 seconds and leads right into the start of the vocals. I always loved that part. I searched youtube and the entire internet and could not find the tabs or someone that shows how to play that part.. If you (or anyone else) has an idea how I can find out how to play that part.. Let me know.. I would be very grateful to anyone that can help..
Iam so glad you covered some of these wasp songs and that you knew about Eddie and Chris hanging out together I heard Eddie taught Chris how to play guitar thank you for your ex excellent content
So good,David! Love Blackies voice, great falsetto and their music is really cool. Forever Free is my favorite song from them, especially the drum outro. Have you ever gotten into Stevie Blaze from Lillian Axe? VERY melodic player, and overlooked IMO.
Wasp? 3 words... Blind in Texas! 1985 I heard this on a underground metal radio station. Wasp at their roots. Blues to heavy Rock! Incredible rock Band! Hmnn? makes us wonder... Accept!
Very nice episode, and you chase such a good WASP songs, too. Blackie and Wasp are legends for sure, I liked your t-shirt with the chainsaw very wasp-type too ✌️😁🎸
One of my Fav Bands when i was a kid 90-92 Ish.. they toured Europe a lot in Early 2000-2012 .. saw them like 10-12 times.. Later albums are also great : Dying for the world is a monster🙏🏻
You can clearly see that PG borrow that Maneater riff to wrote Take a Walk. Sadly the lesson does not cover any song from The Crimson Idol. Great album! But another wonderfull lesson again Dave!!
Very nice. I loved WASP, esp those first two albums. I really loved that first album and feel it is quite underrated. They aren't the most complex songs but man... solid collection for a first album. I think their rhythm stuff was excellent. I'd almost say that WASP along with Queensryche and Fates Warning were probably the most 'me' bands circa 1985 -1990. I was a metalhead through and through but my main band in the 9th and 10th grade was a punk band. We did a couple metal songs that were comically punked up a bit. We were definitely more hardcore than the Toy Dolls, but think in the Toy Dolls ballpark. We did Hellion in that style.
When playing Animal I Fuck Like A Beast, during the 2nd half, after the alternating F# and G dyads, the power chord is a D (5th fret A, 7th fret D strings) NOT an A dyad (7th fret A, 7th fret D) Source: The studio recording
You didnt totally get all of that intro 2 Sleeping In The Fire correct. Im not musically trained but my ears have yet to fail me. Listen to that intro riff again and when you go back to the beginning that 1st chord shape changes for the last couple of notes before the riff repeats again.
I saw them in 85, the energy was insane. Great Band!
I'm a wild child too. Hell yeah Dave you been kicking the guitar ass with the lesson choices. Great as always. Keep em coming
A very good friend of mine works as drum tech for wasp among other bands, im a big wasp fan and he knows that, so every time they play somewhere near my city i get guest list to the show, one night we were also with blair and duda for some drinks and talked about music , and favorite musicians and favorite albums and they shared some cool stories . It was one of the best nights of my life .
First time I saw them was in Gothenburg Sweden 15 November 1986 (looking at my concert ticket from that day...I still have it!) when they were the opening act for Iron Maiden. Great fun and great memories! 👍
Love W.A.S.P. Or should I say L.O……V.E. Great lesson Dave.
Great tune, LOVE machine.
Love W.A.S.P got all their albums, still can't beat Chris Holmes guitar tone on the first 4 albums . Great lesson!
Thank you so much!! I’ve been looking forward to this video for so long!!! 🎸
W.A.S.P. is awesome and so is that shirt. Thanks Dave!
Fantastic !! Totally unexpected to see you do a video on W.A.S.P. !!! I love Blacky Lawless !! A staple from my youth !!! Thank you , Dave !!
I'll never forget that scene where Chris Holmes was in the pool in his leather pouring Vodka down his throat on a raft in The decline of the western civilization the metal years 🤘👍
With his Mom siting there by the pool 🤡
Little known fact. The vodka in the bottle was actually pool water.
The bottle had water 💦
Definitely water. WHO would have thought Chris would out live EVH?
@@gingataffhe said in a interview that it was real vodka
The Heretic (The Lost Child) is a masterpiece. Chris Holmes Rocks. Thank you
SOOOO good Dave. The debut album and Last Command are masterpiece records. I like The Electric Circus as well. Awesome job!!!
You're my new guitar teacher! Thanks!
I saw WASP open for Quiet Riot on NYE in 1984 in Lakeland FL. Great show. I love the solo to Sleeping (In The Fire).
From Stryper to W.A.S.P.: this is why I love this era of music. No genres today are as varied.
Thank you for the Wasp lesson, great stuff man🤘
Another awesome tutorial video Dave !! And I only just today noticed something in your videos, above your “ Late Night Lessons” sign on your wall to your right , you put up a framed picture of the group name !! Today it was W.A.S.P. A week or so back it was SAXON , etc. I usually am engrossed in your playing and watching your hands to gain your sharing on chords & picking & never really looked much at your room decor 😆. Thanks again as always for all you share 😎👍
Great video as always and quite eye opening to see how those riffs are played. I guess many of us did them wrong over the years not knowing they were down tuned. At least I was wrong 😂🤘🏻
Love your break downs.. Sorry I just found you!! Rock Hard Brother!!🎸🎶
Crimson Idol had some gems with Blackie and his acoustic parts, soulful singing , also Bob Kulick epic solos in there too. Still love WASP all these years later! Great review.
Thanks so much for showing this.. I always love the wasps.. I almost poop my pants when you showed how to play "Sleeping in the fire".. One of my all time faves.. I was so hoping that you would take it one step further. Wasp has an acoustic version of Sleeping in the fire. You can find it on UA-cam. On the acoustic version, about 10 seconds into the song there is a second guitar that comes in and is played for about 20 seconds and leads right into the start of the vocals. I always loved that part. I searched youtube and the entire internet and could not find the tabs or someone that shows how to play that part.. If you (or anyone else) has an idea how I can find out how to play that part.. Let me know.. I would be very grateful to anyone that can help..
Man, what about Blackie’s vocal qualities on Trail of Tears. EPIC
This is awesome...
Iam so glad you covered some of these wasp songs and that you knew about Eddie and Chris hanging out together I heard Eddie taught Chris how to play guitar thank you for your ex excellent content
So good,David! Love Blackies voice, great falsetto and their music is really cool. Forever Free is my favorite song from them, especially the drum outro.
Have you ever gotten into Stevie Blaze from Lillian Axe? VERY melodic player, and overlooked IMO.
Thanks for the video, mate 🙂
Love the intro! Hilarious!
Wasp? 3 words... Blind in Texas! 1985 I heard this on a underground metal radio station. Wasp at their roots. Blues to heavy Rock! Incredible rock Band! Hmnn? makes us wonder... Accept!
I've heard The Heretic dozens of times but I never realized I hadn't really listened to it until now.
Very nice episode, and you chase such a good WASP songs, too. Blackie and Wasp are legends for sure, I liked your t-shirt with the chainsaw very wasp-type too ✌️😁🎸
Awesome video. Thanks
Nice! 🤘😝🤘🇵🇷
Wasp!! Back in early 2000s, I had the wasp tab sight chainsaw Charlie, learned all the songs. Glad to see this episode
Thanks this is awesome. Just like thoose riff bands. Please cover more from the 80’s best era of music
One of my favorite bands.
One of my Fav Bands when i was a kid 90-92 Ish.. they toured Europe a lot in Early 2000-2012 .. saw them like 10-12 times.. Later albums are also great : Dying for the world is a monster🙏🏻
Nice! Love Wasp! More Skolnick please ;)
I saw WASP, Slayer, and Raven in 1987 in Seattle. Raven was a letdown but WASP and Slayer were great.
You can clearly see that PG borrow that Maneater riff to wrote Take a Walk.
Sadly the lesson does not cover any song from The Crimson Idol. Great album! But another wonderfull lesson again Dave!!
They had some killer riffs was a big fan back in the day and let's not forget the singer a great front man and showman
The live versions of Animal are absolutely killer. It’s played faster and it sounds beautifully heavy
Big Chris Holmes. Best left hand of the entire 1980's. And a full blown alcoholic. Plus got to hang out the back of Lita Ford. My man.
Never been a fan of WASP, but I like a few of their songs and I've always liked Blackie's vocals.
Watched the whole clip, super nice playing but where is “Harder Faster” ? I would really like to learn that song.
Very nice. I loved WASP, esp those first two albums. I really loved that first album and feel it is quite underrated. They aren't the most complex songs but man... solid collection for a first album. I think their rhythm stuff was excellent. I'd almost say that WASP along with Queensryche and Fates Warning were probably the most 'me' bands circa 1985 -1990. I was a metalhead through and through but my main band in the 9th and 10th grade was a punk band. We did a couple metal songs that were comically punked up a bit. We were definitely more hardcore than the Toy Dolls, but think in the Toy Dolls ballpark. We did Hellion in that style.
Awesome \m/
BLACKIE LAWLESS FTW!!! wasp was such a great band, one of the best of the 80's. chris holmes, holy cow that guy could really play
Wow, that's rock!
Need to touch on the later years too... Crimson Idol especially.
Why. Always. Sausage. Pizza....? Great lesson!
Great lesson Dave!!! I loved W.A.S.P. when they started. Heavy and herd. Tipper needs a new hobby because metal won the war!!!!🤘
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I think youre thinking of Vinnie Vincent Invasion. They did a song for Nightmare on Elm Street part 5.
WASP is king of the metal.
Wasn’t Blackie in the New York Dolls for a bit?
Please chords of Helix 🙏
When playing Animal I Fuck Like A Beast, during the 2nd half, after the alternating F# and G dyads, the power chord is a D (5th fret A, 7th fret D strings) NOT an A dyad (7th fret A, 7th fret D)
Source: The studio recording
Love WASP
Wasp was named after the bug, by rick fox. Who was the bass player before the made it. Otherwise I enjoyed the video thanks.
I think it was Tipper and the Satanic Panic crew that gave W.A.S.P. the names " We Are Sexual Perverts" and "We Are Satans People"...
You didnt totally get all of that intro 2 Sleeping In The Fire correct. Im not musically trained but my ears have yet to fail me. Listen to that intro riff again and when you go back to the beginning that 1st chord shape changes for the last couple of notes before the riff repeats again.
W. A . S. P. Rule!!!!
That first riff sounds like a Judas Priest thing.
Bartlett ......RJ
Blackie said that now WASP stands for nothing these days
Dude
Dude?
@@LateNightLessons another great lesson, love it, thanks David
we are sexual perverts
WASP … White Anglo Saxon Protistan …
Where is that govt jive now, cuz those Rap lyrics are way out of hand and nobody does shit about it
Love Blackie's vocals.