W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes opens up about his drug and alcohol use
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2014
- The most popular weekly entertainment magazine in Finland, Seiska, interviews former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes about drugs and alcohol.
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After seeing the infamous pool scene in Decline of the Western Civilization II, I never thought in a million years this guy would still be alive today.
😅😅 No shit..You're right..😅😅
I had forgotten about his infamous pool scene. He was a pure idiot then and that sequence ruined the careers of everyone in WASP.
Absolutely No SHittttttttttt!!!!!!!! How he laid on the float in that Pool and Killed that whole bottle of Vodka and all the other bottles he held like babies, WILL NEVER FORGET THAT... His Mother was Pool side just watching him....Decline of W. part 2 RULED!!!!!!!!
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onetaothree yeah I hear you. He barley escaped death.
I remember partying in the 80's same as Chris describes. Actually believed people like us would die young and didn't care. Going sober does change the way you think.I'm older than Chris and glad i'm still here. Glad you're still here too Chris. Now if I could make my guitar sound like yours...................
BUT YOU CAN STILL COOOOOOMMMM
Congrats on many, many years of sobriety. Always loved his work with WASP.
I also lived a similar life as Chris, without the fame he achieve obviously. Wasn't for a like of trying though. i even gave up guitar for a long time because drinking and some drug use took me down a nightmare, suicidal road. Thank GOD i never killed anyone drinking and driving. I have been sober a decade now. i even started playing guitar again. i found the love of just playing music again. i know at my age my rock star dreams are over but, passion for making music never will. ROCK AND ROLL!!! If anyone is suffering from addiction, reach out and get help!! You have to take the first step but, thankfully there are millions of recovering people out there and YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!!! That is why support groups are so great. Anyway...God bless...and, yeh, i saw the famous pool interview of this guy way back in the day and, he was me...cam't believe we are both alive!!! LOL...
I am a sober musician as well. During the early to mid 90's I lived and worked in Austin
TX, playing in various bands around 6th st.
I was just having fun, but then it got to much to the point where I couldn't hold a regular job. And since I wasn't a star, I damn sure needed one. So I got away from it for a while. I still play though, just don't play bars anymore. Stay sober man, the only way to be.
I'm just glad that despite all he's been through Chris Holmes is still alive..hope he stays with us awhile longer good going Chris we love you brother.
I hope he's doing well now. God bless
Chris must be the most underrated, under appreciated Heavy guitarist of all the history of hard Rock/ Heavy metal. This guy has a very unique tone and sound. , A sound that defined a generation and the music of WASP.
Long live to the King of Sodom and Gomorrah!
hes fkn awful, r u kidding me
No one can play the guitar like he does
I cant believe this guy is still alive to be honest.
I agree. I am happy he has stopped. The infamous interview he did in the pool, was hard to watch and was sad
Eric Wells I remember seeing that interview many years ago. If memory serves me right, the interviewer, a female, would only do the interview if Chris Holmes's mother was in attendance. I guess this made her feel safer? He was not sober in the interview.
Nobody can especially if you've seen western civil the metal years.
@@DurianKing70 nope it wasn't like that....he just wanted to be able to drink and have his mom there
Considering his blood is 99.9% Vodka permanently I don't think any viruses could survive in his body
Amen brother. From a HARD CORE drunk for 25 years working on his 4th year dry, after the first year, it's hard to justify going back to it for me.
Kudos to Chris for his 21 years of Sobriety and being clean 😁😁 I am a recovering addict as well ! I still drink on occasion during holidays but I'm 14 years clean now
I'm happy that he's clean and sober. He's one hell of a guitar player.
Wow how i wish my body would have been allergic to opiates, so much misery and pain avoided. If any young kids are thinking of trying hard drugs do yourself and your loved one's a favor, stay away- do the right thing, drugs will take you to places you thought you would never go and it will def make you do things you thought you would never do. When everyone else is falling in love or getting a great job, having your first child, buying your first house etc etc you will be the one in the dope house trying to find a vein in your arm. Please stay away from drugs and alcohol.Trust me not dope. Last but not lease DO NOT EVER get on Methadone.
and methadone is the only way when everything else fails. sadly when you get your body and mind addict to it, methadone will be the only way. some people have their bodies in need of opiates for life. methadone saved me after 18-19 years of use. I was never more than 6 months totally clean. I entered in 2015 and gladly it has been the only stuff to keep me in peace. so telling others to not get on it is a very baaaaad advice. methadone will saves those whose bodies are forever changed. sad but true.
Michael Birchall I have been a very big fan of wasp I've been listening to their music since 1983 the year I graduated high school here I am 53 years old now I want to say I love your music and wow you got the most beautiful and emotional lyrics to your songs better is through our mistakes that we learn how to live even if we have to stumble and fall to get there yes I like to drink too I've only been drinking beer since I was 9 years old and what I do is get drunk and enjoy listening to some good rock and roll from wasp take care guys Chris Holmes and Blackie Lawless you guys rock my world keep up the good work I wish I could meet you in person that would be my dream come true
Thank you for these. I was never a huge fan of Wasp, but I liked them, but this guy is just too cool. Love his honesty, etc,. He's a good guy it seems. Hope he's well. Man, makes me want to go to Finland and jam!
He is absolutely well, and playing again. Hes currently on tour in the UK, and he is one of the nicest men you could ever meet. I had the pleasure of hosting Chris, His Wife and the band at my house for two days/nights last week, and you couldn't wish for nicer people.
Yeah with how so many musicians who have died from OD's, alcohol, etc... it's amazing that Chris is still alive.
glad to see Chris still rocking out!
One of the best metal musicians on the planet-period.Chris is the real deal.Hes been there done that.I hope he can stay sober.Good luck bro! Keep jammin - youre awesome!
Hey Chris my big brother!! I was that little kid from Mt.Washington that you really made an influence on me as a little guy Remember Judy and Fritz the drummer? Stan and Lynn Greg Magie is my uncle!!! hit me up man!!
Wow....Chris Holmes...jesus. He looks so different now.
@@this-is-slammin-549 For the record smartypants Chris Holmes stopped drinking in 1996 🙄
Looks like a different person.
If I had to say honestly which album I've listened to the most in my life, it would have to be Live....In The Raw. So glad Chris is still going strong and seems happy, the guys probably one of the main reasons I'm playing the guitar 25 years later.....still want that damn bud charvel.
I agree, it's amazing that Chris is still alive today. Getting sober isn't easy but it can be done, he's proof enough.Good goin' Chris.
Chris Holmes keep up the good work
Wow i totally respect this dude. He has given me alot to think on at the least and enjoyed me with his musical talent at most.
chris,The Mean Man ...
I wish he stayed on track with Blackie Lawless
they were a great Team,they kicked ass big Time:)
@Nikki Sixx until Chris found out that Blackie had him sign his music publishing over to him.
Agreed 👍😎
You're a great guitarist and Brazil loves you!
I hope he's doing well too because wasp we're the first band I ever saw liveLiverpool Royal court 27th April 1989 And he was amazing on stage and the guitar-you always remember your 1st gig and I remember this guy because of it!!
He sounds a lot like me actually. I used to be a nighclub musician and of course the drinking went hand in hand with it.
I drove home drunk so many times I lost count, had 2 DWI's, and wrecked seveal cars. That didn't stop me. I started
having stomach problems and ulcers and it was only then I realized I had to. Once I stopped for a while I couldn't
relate to the stupidity of drunks eiether
*****
Yeah I'm 50, and on the average I played
for $60 to a $100 a night. I played
in Austin TX then I moved back to Corpus Christi TX where i live now.. The rate of pay for anything is cheaper once you get south of San Antonio, it's like they consider it Mexico
down here. Of course the cost of living is cheaper too. But yeah-I drank a lot back then, being in bars all the time and being surrounded by it. I no longer drink and seldom do I play gigs anymore, the economy took care of that.
*****
I always try to be honest--it's like people should just "be who the fuck they are"
One thing I can't fucking stand is a fake fucking person, or somebody who's so
"perfect" that they don't make mistakes.You know the type of person!
*****
Yeah I'm quite aware of that actually. Bunch of stupid kids wanting to be some big shit in their liittle fantasy filled mind behind a username and a picture.I use my real picture
*****
I speak with reasonable people out there,
like yourself. But for the most part-----
It's UA-cam --- The bottom of the barrel for open discussion Forums!
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Never been there.I been to Toronto,
lived in SE Idaho with my brother for a few years. But I like living in the South-I hate the cold.Of course it gets pretty hot and humid here for like 8 to 9 months out of the year.
On of these days I want tot ake a road trip and visit Canada. I been overseas when I was in the service 85 to 89. Was stationed in Germany- a lot to see over there
Hey Chris my heart goes out to you!!! I was drinking to but grew up in NY and started drinking at 18 oh drank hard yes have a dui under belt to!! But then 1999 I moved down here in Georgetown s.c. and in 2010 and then one night gotta 12 pack drank it by myself in 2 1/2 hrs and wasn't buzzed I was shocked the short amount time it took me to drink that and said to myself I am not getten another one this is nuts and just quit cold turkey..I didn't know who to call where to go and did it all myself been sober ever since and I'm 52 now!!! I'm proud of you man been wondering for years what happened to you I'm happy to see you, your well and happy still rocking it out!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Good for you man.Wish you well.
Chris is a genius guitarist, one hell of a mean mother fucker, and an honest and sincere guy...i can't wait to see him play on Oct 1st in London.
Chris is the man!! The Blonde Bomber!!
Yeah..The tattooed madman!
This man is my idol and live in Finland 😎😎😎😎😎
Dude is the best storyteller ever
Guy's a Definitely a very humble talent!!!
HUGE FUCKING PROPS TO CHRIS HOLMES! Most underrated heavy metal guitarist, I love his style and rhythm riff
I fucking LOVE how he's playing the same old Jackson V, he's had since the 1980's. And, how it's beat all to hell. I still play the same bass I gigged with in the 80's, and it's beat to hell, and back, too.
That beat up Jackson is probably a much higher quality guitar than most brand new Jacksons today even the US-made ones. I have a friend who bought a brand new SL1 Soloist from Sam Ash not too long ago and it started to not make a sound after a few weeks. Turns out one of the wires going to the bridge pickup got cut off due to faulty soldering.
By the grace of God...thanks lude , you rock .
Good for Chris!
What's sad is that too many people think that you have to be into drugs if you like R&R and that's false.
Awesome guitar player.
God Bless.
He still has some chops man, i can't believe the heroin rejects his body. I wish my body would reject opiates, I'm in treatment now and it sucks, sucks worse than you can ever imagine. Do not even try heroin or opiates, you will regret the day for the rest of your life, I promise you.
He finally wised up.
Same here! Back in the 80s I used to drink and drive all the time. I was drinking when I was 15 years old. I was driving in the ninth grade. And I had a good job. So I was usually the one who bought the alcohol on the weekends. And I was in a band playing out in bars and nightclubs.
God bless that counselor. Chris is worth saving from alcoholism, we all are. It's true kids, stop drinking and go watch your friends. You'll see what really goes on at those partys.....Pretty much nothing. Try it.
God Bless This MAN! BEST GUITARIST!!!!!!!!
Really??? That guitar solo was pretty shit
Gordon Heaney Shut up and have a little respect
MrSpideryfingers Respect for what exactly?
For the Great jobs he's done while in WASP ( one of the Greatest Heavy Metal Band )
How you guys can easily forget those Brilliant SOLOs ? and remember we are talking about almost 40 years ago Man. hope that Shakes you a bit
MrSpideryfingers Well, clearly you're a fan and therefore biased. I remember F*ck Like a Beast when it came out in 1984 (I think) but I am afraid to say I think Chris Holmes is an average guitarist who wasted whatever talent he had and pissed his life away on drink and drugs.
You know what? I trashed his music on another video, but he just inspired me with this! "My bad" dude..
I remember the infamous pool scene from 30 years ago. Back then it was fuckin hilarious. 20 years later I felt sorry for him and embarrassed for him. But I had a serious drinking problem for 20 years that I eventually beat. Congratulations on your sobriety Chris, I going on year 10
3 years here
Turn the damn alarm off!! He is lucky to still be around.
Good for you Chris
Good for you and God bless you Chris. I'm grateful you're still rockin and sober. You look great. I don't drink anymore because alcohol just makes me horribly sick. Don't like that and street drugs are still a yet for me. I don't plan on crossing that street.
I cant belived this guy played in The Headles Children
You can not do drink and drugs and be an outcast, screw everyone else. Be yourself and not a sheep following everyone else. Good for him giving it up. I'm so glad I never did drugs, been offered drugs numerous times but turned it down, people thought I was crazy but so what.
Chris Holmes I learned his guitar parts I would play Wild Child,Jack Action,I Don't Need No Doctor all great songs
Cant believe the guy in the pool knocking down the bottle of vodka is the same guy!!😲😲
Blackie Lawless said in a interview that the scene with Chris and his mom was not supposed to be in the movie. It was more a joke but used it in the film without knowing. So he says
He is the same path as Zakk Wylde. He had no beard back in the 80s and 90s but now (and during the 2000's) he has long beard. He really reminds me of Zakk in a way.
Was that the Anvil chick?
Chris Holmes will always be Chris Holmes.
Dude downed multiple FULL bottles of vodka in minutes in Decline of Western Civilization II. My liver hurt watching it. Glad he cleaned up.
Es un guitarrista mágico chris💗blackie
I'm glad Chris is off the alcohol and drugs, hope he is still doing well.
I agree to that he should be in the hall of fame
I really wish WASP would get back together. \m/
WASP haven't broken up.
Same man
i look up to this guy for sobriety. i want to stop drinking
I actually really like his lead guitar work. It's more hard rock than metal: Almost early Jimmy Page and Cream era Clapton, with more nastiness. He would be awesome in a larger band with more instruments, playing his bluesy style, with the right singer. I hate the music industry these days. He should be in a big band, selling big numbers of albums. Rock on Chris Holmes!
I did read somewhere that the whole pool scene was all set up and it was only water in the bottle and I think it was the director who said that in this artical or what ever it was...
I remember seeing Chris Holmes in the Documentary Decline of the western civilization II where he's in a swimming pool getting interviewed absolutely WASTED.
Michael Wolf yeah. I was trying to find that clip here. No luck. But i remember it fairly well. And should. I only seen decline 2 bout 1000 times. That was one of my fave parts.
Its gotta be here somewhere. Gonna look again.
So is he still drinking but not drinking and playing? Chris Holmes is a great guitar player. I love his work with WASP.
I am shocked this guy is still alive. Last time I saw him was THAT interview in that documentary film. Or was it a mockumentary?
TRAGIC...........he used to be so handsome and cool.
Youngsters please note this.
Yes take note youngsters that if he never partied he would look exactly the same as he did 30 years ago.....
He still is, he's almost 60 years old.
Chris Holmes is cool metal legend
Is he still alive and where is he now ? That guy was the king shit back in the day
Chris Holmes is still my favorite I still like his playing way better then zakk or dimebag I think he should be in the rock and roll hall of fame just by himself but one guitarist who is better would be Neil young or Kurt Cobain man I can not imagine the level if talent but Chris Holmes is close. But his playing blows my mind every time.
lol
Josh Pelton What?
@@joshpelton3708 he is you douchebag.
He actually seems smarter nowdays_ In the 80's he was a dumb blonde_ i was amazed he could even play guitar_ Blacker Lawless was actually an intelligent guy_ I imagined Blackie jamming with Chris ....'No Chris ! It's a Sustained D and then back up to the G Dammit !!'
Dude has actually held up very well.....
Except he can't hear his goddam alarm clock going off.
is that Charles Manson on his guitar?
Of course
Had no idea Jackson had a Charles Manson signature guitar!
The unruly one they call the Blonde Bomber! Chris rules!
Chris holmes kicks ass one of my favorite guitarist of all time. Way better then Zack wiles or dimebag. That dude can play. Also checkout Laurence sims from the band rotton meat. Demos for new album going to be out by 2016
+salamango81 ,,, dime sucked
+Jeff david ..WHAT?? WTF, DID YOU JUST SAY?? DIME SUCKED??
+Jeff david I hope you are joking
+Laurence Sims You have no clue what you're on about. His playing was even below average in his heydays. Nowadays it's even worse. Did you see the beginning of this video? That's embarrassing! Zack Wylde and Dimebag are far from my favourite guitar players but they're in a completely different league than Holmes. One he can only dream about.
Yeah Chris is my favorite guitarist of all time.
W.A.S.P. is not the same without Chris.
Hey a little smoke never hurts take the edge off
Fucking hell, I haven't checked on this guy since the early 90's, what a shame :(
What a great fucking guitar!
WTF happened to Zakk Wylde?
Wow hell after the pool interview {the saddest thing I ever saw} & the decline of wasp I thought he was dead....hope he makes it back n2a band he was hella good in his prime~With blackie being almost 60 Somedays u jus have to think there comes a time to quit...The music will live on....
Sober Today, Doesn’t Mean That The Damage isn’t Done..you gotta walk the road that you pave
He reminds me of the dude from Shameless.
reminds me of EVH haha
same tone of voice and shit
Awesome metal on 🤘😈🎸
with the mo9sty respect to Chris Holmes, when I watch him talk, his face sorta reminds me of Mansons face, even tho theyre 2 entirely completely diffenrent people, but just lookswise.
He seems wasted during this.
Chris is 62 years old... He's lived the life of 10 rock stars and is still making music and sober. To go from being a full blown alcoholic for 30+ years to sober life is a feat all its own. I have nothing but respect for Chris. Considering how much money Blackie has fucked him out of I'm surprised Chris isn't in prison for murder. I give him credit also for being a man and washing his hands of Blackie.
@@richardcurtis1912 Truth 100%TRUTH
Well, as a kid, I used to think Blackie was cool! The imagery and everything! I made a BC Rich guitar out of cardboard as a kid because of W.A.S.P. But this was in the time of "Myth & Legend" so to speak,as the rock musicians were like gladiators! SO LARGER THAN LIFE! As all you had was the vinyl, Rock magazines, hear say and word of mouth! But now, with the internet, we have a lot of actual facts surfacing and band members being able to express "The Truth". There's a lot I have researched about W.A.S.P and as much as I tried not to believe half the things I read, because I didn't want to believe them. The bottom line is that my respect has been shattered regarding Blackie Lawless! Granted, he is articulate, but he is also a scheming, selfish, greedy, profit thirsty sell out! He has robbed others of what should rightfully be theirs! And he is a wimp!!
DUDES out there man......sad.........
i heard the "pool interview" while, he was drunk, the vodka bottles were full of water. i guess no one knows except for chris, his mother and that chick that slept with lemmy that made the movie
Still something going on there! Still though...Respect to Chris!
He was a force in Wasp.
Very sad man. Glad he is sober though.
Listen to some of his new music havy as fuck!!!
Chris holmes if ya read these ya got heavy fans in Canada!!! Woyld pay top dollar to see you live!!!
Yep Grog goes on while the numbers it has destroyed increases...beware the battle with the bottle...
Me too Chris. First day w painpill. Second day No euphoria just Blah. Not for me. TIP. If you itch w opiates. UR allergic. 80%of most people
Who gives a fuck what he does/did, his music was awesome.
well its bullshit that he never played drunk, in the late 90s wasp played the station night club in rhode island and i was hired to run monitor mix for the band, about 2 hours before the show i had to bring chris to kent county hospital to get his methadone so he wouldnt detox on us, he rode with me with bottle in hand and was drinking like a fish right on up to show time, he was so polluted playing he was a mess but somehow sounded great,, and after the show is when he got serious about drinking and bellied up to the bar and drank beyond anyone ive ever seen. the end
+robb harrington Maybe that was the "one time, years ago" they were referring to, lol.
Actually even Blackie Lawless and other band members said that Chris never played drunk
+sean dean they can say it untill they are blue in the face and i seen it first hand..