Вот недавно сделала перевод истории создания второго по счёту альбома группы W.A.S.P. ))) Мнения по переводы в комменты - они мне очень важны =) Заранее спасибо)))
Годом позже после релиза первого альбома W.A.S.P. мы работали в студии над новой пластинкой «The Last Command». В течение нашего мирового тура, я стал появляться на обложках различных плакатов P.M.R.C. и тысячи других религиозных и нравственных групп. Нас запретили в Ирландии, Норвегии и в других различных странах, включая западную часть Лас Вегаса, Невада (Мы до сих пор там не выступали!). У нас были друзья (и враги), мы пили виски и насиловали свои мозги. Этот рок н ролльный хлам был всем, о чём мы говорили, и это перерастало в различные последствия. Все чрезмерные случайности были показаны (см. клип «Blind In Texas»), и весь мир был у наших ног…кричащий о милосердии!
Большинство песен к этому альбому были написаны ещё в первом туре, поэтому они отразили всё то, что происходило в самом первом туре W.A.S.P. «Sex Drive» (усовершенствованная версия песни группы Sister) и «Wild Child» имеют самые ранние истоки. Я привлёк внимание Motley Crue с песней «Wild Child», возвращаясь в 83-ий год. Но Никки считал, что вокал для неё вне досягаемости от голоса Винса. Для нас это было выгодно, так как в данное время «Wild Child» стала песней №1. Спасибо, Никки!
Я всегда чувствовал, что не смотря на то, что первый альбом сочился гневом и яростному отношением, с «The Last Command» я стал развиваться больше как поэт. Всё элементы к альбому будут отражаться в создании «The Headless Children» и «The Crimson Idol».
Песню «Cries In The Night» я написал, когда мне было всего восемнадцать лет (тогда я играл в New York Dolls и Killer Kayne). Оригинальное название песни – Mr. Cool. Но даже после релиза я понимал и с горечью осознавал, что оригинальная версия могла быть намного лучше. Припев и
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Blackie Lawless...what can be said about Blackie that doesn't speak for itself? Well, lots of things. On first glance at Blackie, you will probably look again, mostly to SEE the dark image he projects that is not the norm. However unless you look closer you can miss a lot.With 17 years of performing under his belt, Blackie has been all over the spectrum on subject matter. Though much is light hearted, fun, or down right dirty, there is still much more there. Blackie has plenty to say about the state of our existence, and has many perceptions and messages well worth a closer look.
QUESTION: Blackie, I'm with metalflakes.com. We are a fan run, independent metal web site. Everything is donated to keep it going by the fans, for the fans. We don't sell anything, and we don't have sponsors. There is a large on-line community that live there and many of these questions were sent in by them as well as members of some other on-line metal communities.
Blackie: Ok
QUESTION: With "Helldorado", it sounded like you were headed "back to the basics, or roots" and it sounds even more so with "Unholy Terror". Though most bands that were hot in the 80's that are still working haven't caught on to the fact that their original fan base wants that, you seem to have. Was this your intention or did this just happen when you started working on this?
Blackie: It's just what happens. I don't try to calculate where things are going before I do them. The message isn't premeditated, really. The only time I ever did that, was "The Crimson Idol", because the story was written ahead of time. Every record I've ever made I'm trying to reflect who I am at the moment. Trying to determine what's happening in the market place, trendy, the flavor of the week, is a very dangerous game to start playing. That's like a dog sitting in the middle of the floor trying to chase his tail, he's never going to catch it. You end up making records that aren't honest. The bottom line for me is that I'm just trying to tell people what I am, what I'm thinking at the moment. You gotta remember that what I do for a living and what you do for a living are basically the same things. We're both reporters, we're writing down what we see, I just happen to put a little music behind mine. Not a whole lot of difference because I'm just an average guy like anybody else. I have very general tastes, just like everybody else. Usually the same things that I'm passionate about, other people are as well. So I'm the one, for whatever reason, that got elected to talk about it and I'm just writing them down and trying to share them with everyone else.
QUESTION: Unholy Terror has quite the political tone, addressing many issues, which I'll touch on in a minute. I was just wondering where the sex went? Will W.A.S.P. continue in this direction or will we hear some more sex-type songs in the future?
Blackie: Well think about what I just previously said. [While writing, I'm reflecting on what I'm] thinking about at the moment. When people say, "Helldorado's pointing in a direction", they're assuming that that direction is going to continue. But I don't ever recall W.A.S.P. doing two records that, back to back, sounded the same. To say "where did the sex go", or "where did this go", well that's like the word "change". People are scared to death of the word "change". Why be scared - can't you just add on to what you already got? People are thinking you gotta give up something for change, but you don't have to give up anything. Add on to who you already are.
QUESTION: Also, I don't think that people realize that what you're out on tour for now, you might have started thinking of four years ago. There's a lot of time between one writing process and another.