My fave too. After Headless, the first 3 are next grouped tightly together. Beyond that, Crimson Idol then the rest which I haven't given enough listens to rank.
The Headless Children The Last Command W.A.S.P Inside the Electric Circus The Crimson Idol I need more time with the last 20 years but I like most of what I've heard. Great band!
Great ranking ! I love your #1 , easily one of my favourite albums of all time ! Got to see them twice back in the day , first was in ‘84 they opened for Krokus & second time was in ‘87 on the Inside The Electric Circus Tour ! I’m happy I got to see them with my favourite two lineups , pays to be old(er) sometimes lol . I might take a shot at ranking these myself ! Great job as usual 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Wow, I've never seen anybody rank Inside The Electric Circus this high! Cool, hahah. As a teen ( I'm probably a bit older than your dad, lol ) I taped a few songs from that record off the radio in '86. Yup, the radio, here in Finland. When hard rock ruled the world! 😃 My introduction to W.A.S.P was listening to my little brother's tape of the debut, on *August 17th 1985*. The date is in my calendar from that year so I didn't have to go by my memory on that one. I Wanna Be Somebody was the coolest song for a teenage girl just getting into hard rock and heavy metal at the time - I used to sing along to that tune in front of my mirror, pretending to be a rock star. Those were the days! For Christmas '85 I did the smart thing and bought my brother The Last Command ( on vinyl ) as a present - I think I ended up listening to it more than he did, lol. Remember the cover art and the inside sleeve very well. Like your channel. Rock on!! 🤘
I saw W.A.S.P. in 1984 (first album), opening for KISS. They blew KISS away. Lights go down, The Doors song "The End" is playing. But it's the version from the film Apocalypse Now. Sounds like helicopters are directly overhead. Last song, a million feathers are dumped over the audience. The 1980s ruled. You will never know what you missed. Rock on, Dude! Great channel. Thanks for carrying the metal torch into the next generation.
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Wow, man. I respect your opinion and all but I frickin' love Golgotha. I think it's one of their best. Thanks for the post. I agree that Wild Child is their best tune. Used to play that with my band - a lot of fun.
#1 W.A.S.P. #2 The Last Command. I tried to get into electric circus and thought it was subpar compared to the other prior albums. What am I missing since you're the bigger fan and put it at #2? Love that you finally got to W.A.S.P.!!!! Love the list!
Good video. I could never rank WASP's albums...I absolutely love all their stuff. I can't wait to see them on their tour! I've been waiting a long time to see WASP live!
I'm surprised you rank Golgotha so low. I don't think there are any weak songs on it and the title track is absolutely riveting, at least, in my opinion. 'Eyes of my Maker' is really powerful as well, I think.
These kids today have a problem with God and religion. Not all, but a lot. Golgotha is one of Wasp best, if not the best. The songs are powerful and the messages are clear enough. Blacky is trying to wake these people up, to something, that even he himself at one time turned his back on. He has even said that he is getting older and he has a fear for his soul, because of the life he has lived. The song Golgotha itself is a heavy message. Jesus died for us and through his blood, we are saved.
I was into W.A.S.P. through the Headless Children album then they lost me. Two things about them, they always had excellent B-sides to their singles and they were great at doing covers. The B-sides I have are "Show No Mercy" B-side of "Animal", "Paint It Black" on the "School Daze" single, "Mississippi Queen" which is on the "Wild Child" The Wild Remix 12" single, "Savage" on the "Blind In Texas" single, "Flesh + Fire" on the "95-Nasty" single, "Locomotive Breath" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from the "Mean Man" single, & "Lake Of Fools" and "War Cry" from "The Real Me" Shaped Picture single. All great songs. Great video Bryce.
I had a W.A.S.P. birthday party when I was 12 haha Cool list 👍 For me it's a tie between the debut & 'The Last Command', Blackie was tough on bass & the twin axe attack with Chris Holmes & Randy Piper was the business 👌
I missed out on WASP in the 80's ... let's just say it didn't go well with church camp. But I like them now and didn't realize the credibility their music had to go with all the controversy. Yours is the best WASP video I've seen since Razorfist's Metal Mythos on WASP \m/ \m/
Very true!! Bryce and Razorfist are the best ones that really 'get it' and have a genuinely respectable opinion of WASP! And both mention the extra crispy "Chris Holm's guitar tone". Casual or radio only listeners don't catch all the complexities and subtleties of all individual instrumentation that make up a song.... Great list and channel, newly subscribed here!!🤘🤘
BLACKIE= underrated IMO. Six feet 5 inches = big dude. Tremendous baseball player, near Pro level. Like your 1-3. But will say both those 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣4️⃣albums NEON GODS , I played to death when came out. As usual, your show was tremendous. Keep it up 👍 💯
Hey Bryce, I've only just seen your channel but I'm loving your knowledge. W. A. S. P. Are the first band I ever saw way back when I was 16 and I've been loving them ever since. I didn't like KFD when it came out because I was a massive fan of the earlier albums. I played it last night and absolutely loved it. My favourite will always be Live In The Raw - possibly my favourite ever album (dare I say even over Reign In Blood by Slayer)... Studio albums wise Inside The Electric Circus is played more than any other, Restless Gypsy can just stay on repeat for me. Take care dude, I look forward to seeing more from you.
Check out KFD for yourself than, because you may just fall in love with it. The live album, Double Live Assassins is up there with Live After Death for me. The Crimson Idol is phenomenal as well.
@@bschuler6216 I love KFD. I bought that when it came out and a friend we went camping with had an amazing Bose stereo. Kill Your Pretty Face would send chills down your spine when he cranked it up.
Great video. I am a big fan of the first 4 W.A.S.P studio albums plus the live album and the Animal EP. No big fan of the later stuff. My #1 will always be the Headless Children album, I saw them on the Headless tour in Europe they played in a small circus tent on a real tiny stage, it was just awesome.
The vinyl of "Live in the Raw" has a few more songs than the CD -- "Shoot From The Hip," "Widowmaker," "Sex Drive" and "Sleeping (In the Fire) [acoustic]
@@howardbeale661 The record company wussed out yet again. One of hardest singles to find is Live...Animal. This song was recorded at Long Beach Arena but left off the album. What a crime.
You nailed this list. I have to agree with you about the Still Not Black Enough album. The only major change for me would be Dominator over Unholy Terror. Great list!
Interesting how many people love W.A.S.P. 's later albums and songs but you nailed this one on the number one for sure. You obviously know great W.A.S.P. when you hear it. I love the band but kind of lost track of them over the years and am not terrible sad I did as their debut is tough to top (still have my original vinyl of it which I bought when I was 18....MANY W.A.S.P. albums ago. MANY! LOL!) Otherwise, I begged my mom for moccasin boots for Christmas when I was 17. You can imagine why. To my astonishment, she bought them for me. Blackie is unparalled and I did appreciate your list. Awesome!
Great video , you did a great job. I have all their albums up to KFD , but I bought that cd and it really disappointed me, since that album i bought DOUBLE LIVE ASSASSINS their live album it ROCKS but haven't got any more since.
I absolutely love Double Live Assassins too. You definitely already own the best of WASP. The only other album I think is kinda essential is Dying For The World.
I just recently got into WASP. I currently have their debut and Babylon. I need to start getting more of their albums to add to my collection. I totally agree, Blackie Lawless is a killer vocalist and I think super underrated.
Nice video! Great ranking, I don't full agree with the top few albums because I tend to prefer Last Command, Crimson Idol and Headless Children as my top 3, but I also love Electric Circus, WASP and Still Not Black enough so I get that they're your top albums. Amazing band, and especially their first 6 albums are killers. I also have a soft spot for Babylon, really underrated album.
My top 5 5. Circus 4. Last Command 3. Crimson 2 WASP 1 Headless Wasp are in my top 5 favorite bands of all time. Its weird being 27 and liking all the 80s metal. Thanks for telling me about the band Toxik Bryce think this was on repeat a lot last year and a bit this year.
Hey Bryce, hope all is well. I know you mentioned a while back you'd be doing this and I tried to hone up on their discography. RL, as it often does, got in the way and I cannot bring myself to give you a list. However, I became mesmerized again with The Crimson Idol especially when you add 'The Story of Jonathan 1992' to the mix. I'm biased towards the concept/darker stuff Blackie wrote and the combination of both puts it over the top for me. At least at this time. I can't argue with your list, it's nearly impossible to rank W.A.S.P. releases. Saw them back in '07 I think, after his 'transformation'. Didn't get to see them before which is a life's regret. Still, one of the more underrated musicians, dude is a genius. In the coming weeks/months/years I'll do my best to give you my ranking, but it's just not possible atm. Keep fucking killing it, my man. Always brings a smile to my face to see you've got new content when I can make it here.
Agreed on Still not black enough and Helldorado. Good list! Mine is pretty much similar to yours but I love much more The Neon God and the pair Unholy Terror and Dying for the world are superb.
Now I know how hardcore star wars OT/prequel fans feel when people say the other is better I felt intense, impotent rage seeing KFD at the bottom and still not black enough above the crimson idol 😭😭😭 great video though thanks 4 the challenge 👍 1. THE CRIMSON IDOL (my favorite album ever by anyone) 2. KILL.FUCK.DIE. 3. THE NEON GOD (was meant to be a double album) 4. THE HEADLESS CHILDREN 5. INSIDE THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS - we agree it's great :D 6. W.A.S.P. 7. UNHOLY TERROR 8. DYING FOR THE WORLD 9. STILL NOT BLACK ENOUGH 10. GOLGOTHA 11. HELLDORADO 12. THE LAST COMMAND (I like this one as much as everyone else does I just love the others more than most do) 13. DOMINATOR 14. BABYLON (love it just wish there was a little more, and it's shorter + 2 covers)
The debut by far is my favorite. Saw them on that tour open for Krokus. Saw them again on the Last Command tour open for Kiss. What killed WASP’s growth in popularity was the consistent line- up changes. After Headless Children, Blackie should have just went with his name. I know it shouldn’t matter, but people tend to see a “band” name and hate to see members come and go.
I forgot to put a comment with my list. I was introduced to the band in January 1985 when I took a chance on the debut. As soon as Tony starts off I Wanna Be Somebody, I was hooked. 36 years later, they are still my go to band even though I had taken a break from them after KFD until Babylon came out. I haven’t spent the kind of time with the 2000’s albums as much as the rest but those are great albums.
1. The Headless Children 2- The Crimson Idol 3. The Last Command 4. W.A.S.P. 5. Still Not Black Enough 6. Unholy Terror 7. Dominator 8. The Neon God I 9. Inside The Electric Circus 10. Golgatha 11. The Neon God II 12. Babylon 13. Dying For The World 14. Helldorado 15. K.F.D.
W.a.s.p. is basically the judas priest of shock rock. Sabbath made it heavy, but priest made it metal, and Alice Cooper made creepy, but W.A.S.P. made it scary.
I enjoy seeing what other people's rankings are. Very interesting there, thanks for sharing! Headless>Crimson>Neon 1>Dying>Dominator>Unholy>Helldorado>Command>Golgotha>Babylon>WASP>Circus>Neon 2>Still Not>KFD
Well, some of us have been around since the beginning and I give you some credit for your choices, but all WASP albums are so good, that I have never had a definite order that I liked. They all Rock.
Cool list. The first two albums are still the best two for me. I’d actually put The Last Command at one. It should have been the album to break them really big but it never quite happened for some reason. I always thought ITEC was good but inferior to the first two. Id probably agree with K.F.D last but I probably have Golgotha slightly higher. Just for “The Last Runaway” alone. Which you didn’t mention.
Dude... I LOVE WASP and I’ve been WAITING for the ranking. Here’s my ranking if you aren’t familiar already: 1. The Crimson Idol 2. Headless Children 3. W.A.S.P. 4. The Last Command 5. Inside The Electric Circus 6. Still Not Black Enough 7. Dying For The World 8. Babylon 9. Unholy Terror 10. Dominator 11. Golgotha 12. Neon God pt. 1 13. Neon God pt. 2 14. Helldorado 15. KFD The only ones I dislike are KFD and Helldorado. Other than those, solid discography.
Even though this in an old vid it randomly came across my feed. I'm a fan of WASP but had criminally underappreciated Electric Circus; Restless Gypsy is incredible.
Nice job, great to see that guys your age can have some great tastes. Megadeth and W.a.s.p. happen to be my 2 favorite bands, not necessarily in that order, or are they? I'm going to subscribe, keep it up 👍
@@brycetalksmetal I'm approaching 50yrs old myself and have 4 kids around your age range, sadly none of them into Metal, hmm you think your parents would be interested in a trade? 2 for 1 perhaps....lol just kidding, love them turds, just sucks I cant share my knowledge of 80s Metal with them! Looking forward to more content from you 👍.
15-Helldorado 14-Still not black enough 13-Unholy terror 12-Babylon 11-Golgotha 10-Dominator 9-The Neon God part.II 8-The Neon God part.I 7-Dyng for the world 6-Kill Fuck Die 5-Headless children 4-W.A.S.P. 3-The last command 2-The eternal Idol 1-Inside the electric circus
I started listening to W.A.S.P. with the release of Inside the Electric Circus, and have purchased everything they've released. I love K.F.D., and am shocked it's so far down the list. When it came out, I looked at it as Blackie's way of showing all those like Marilyn Manson that they could do what they do every bit as good. The scream in Kill Your Pretty Face is haunting. I'm a fan of yours Bryce, but I think you missed the mark on KFD.
This would be my list: 1 W.A.S.P. 2 Inside the Electric Circus 3 The Headless Children 4 K.F.D. 4.1 Live In The Raw (had a couple of new songs) 5 Still Not Black Enough 6 The Crimson Idol 7 The Last Command 8 Unholy Terror (how did you not mention Charisma) 9 Dying for the World 10 Helldorado 11 Dominator 12 Babylon 13 The Neon God: Part 2 - The Demise 14 The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise 15 Golgotha 16 ReIdolized
Good video Bryce. I watched the WASP VHS 'Live At The Lyceum' over n over when I was Younger. Even though the audio was fiddled with, it set the bar very high for my expectations of a live Heavy Metal band. Amazing songs. Blackie Lawless's shock Rock still resonates heavily too, especially in the more extreme bands. Flames, skulls, eating worms, pentagrams, setting himself on fire, shooting fire from his crotch, throwing raw meat, impaling fetuses, molesting nuns, covering himself in blood etc. All the good things ha! But they had the songs and a vocalist that was so much better than a lot of the sleaze Metal that crawled out of the L.A scene with 'em. To be honest the repetition got a bit too much for me and I lost interest. The last record I bought was Dominator but still they're one of the greats!
1. The Last Command 2. WASP 3. Inside the Electric Circus 4. The Crimson Idol 5. Still Not Black Enough 6. The Headless Children 7. Babylon 8. The Neon God: Part 2 - The Demise 9. Unholy Terror 10. The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise 11. Dying for the World 12. Dominator 13. Helldorado 14. Golgotha 15. KFD
Bryce, I’m very interested to hear your take on the Wasp lip syncing fiasco. He was on trunk nation and admitted to it. This is not a message to disparage Wasp, but rather just get your opinion on what you think of lip syncing in rock music. Long time subscriber. Awesome content as always Bryce.
15. Still Not Black Enough 14. Helldorado 13. The Neon God: part 2--The Demise 12. Unholy Terror 11. The Neon God: part1--The Rise 10. Dominator 9. Golgotha 8. Babylon 7. The Last Command 6. Inside The Electric Circus 5. Dying For The World 4. The Headless Children 3. WASP (the self-titled debut) 2. K.F. D./Double Live Assassins 1. The Crimson Idol I'm kinda guessing here as I've never owned Dominator or Neon God part 1. I only love love my top 5. Last Command & Electric Circus have some amazing songs, but also some real duds. I was super let down by Still Not Black Enough when it came out. It just sounded like watered down, recycled Crimson Idol riffs. I had a very similar feeling with the Tool albums that followed Aenima. I remember buying the cassettes of Helldorado & Unholy Terror right when they came out & being extremely disappointed after KFD. Luckily I stick with them for Dying For The World, imo their last essential record. I got fooled again by the Neon Gods, thinking I was gonna get another Crimson Idol. Wow was I disappointed & wrong. The self-titled debut could easily be number 1 as it is pretty flawless, but it also kinda resembles Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry which i believe came out the same year.
Headless, crimson, and black enough are easily my favorites. SNBE was a real go to for me during some harder times in life. Of the later albums, Dominator
Inside the Electric Circus is a masterpiece. Also; my first concert was WASP, Armored Saint and Metallica during the RTL era. I don't think I could come up with a better first concert experience \m/
I first listened some of the K.F.D. Songs on the double live assasins and I loved them then I bought k.f.d.and I was kind of disappointed, I m sure if they wouldnt be so experimental on the sound this album would be a lot better! Crimson Idol,headless children and debut album are all number one in my opinion
Wasp is absolutely a great band for sure. Blackie is one of the best Frontmen of all time. 15 Still Not Black Enough 14 KFD 13 Golgotha 12 Dominator 11 Helldorado 10 Neon God part 1 9 Babylon 8 Neon God Part 2 7 Unholy Terror 6 Dying for the World 5 WASP 4 Inside the Electric Circus 3 Headless Children 2 The Last Command 1 Crimson Idol
K.F.D. divides the opinions of W.A.S.P. fanbase. I love it personally. Had to listen to several times and after that I was deep into it. This is my order: 15. Helldorado 14. Neon God 1 13. Neon God 2 12. Still Not Black Enough 11. Dying For The World 10. Golgotha 9. Babylon 8. Unholy Terror 7. Inside The Electric Circus 6. The Last Command 5. K.F.D. 4. Dominator 3. W.A.S.P. 2. The Crimson Idol 1. The Headless Children
Little late to this party... but as a younger guy back in the 80's I avoided theses guys especially because of that first album cover...I was a bit scared to try em out. Then I saw the album single for Fuck Like a Beast with that rip saw cod piece picture and thought okay, gonna check this shit out. The vinyl was (can't remember) either a red or clear vinyl and then I played the song. I WAS HOOKED... this was a new sound for me so I got their debut album and OMFG was blown away by L.O.V.E Machine. Been a fan ever since and yes, two of the BEST at their craft: Blackie and THE Metal God himself... Rob Halford.
Agree with you! Their first album is a masterpiece! Second, third and forth are amazing too. Then it just feels like they are trying to recreate their first album, but fail. Still, love WASP, thanks to “I wanna be somebody” I started listening heavy metal)
Restless Gypsy, Rebel in the F.D.G., Arena of Pleasure, Still Not Black Enough, The Horror, Hot Rods to Hell, Locomotive Man, Hallowed Ground, Asylum #9, Never Say Die, The Burning Man, Babylon’s Burning, Slaves of the New World Order
Evermore is one of my favorite W.A.S.P. song's ever. I've seen them 3 times in concert. Great live band with a lot of energy. I love the album Unholy Terror.
I love all W.A.S.P's albums.. but The Headless Children will always be number 1 for me.. Amazing band. Great live too
It is because Ken Hensley played on that album
My fave too. After Headless, the first 3 are next grouped tightly together. Beyond that, Crimson Idol then the rest which I haven't given enough listens to rank.
Amazing album but the cover of The Real Me was the one I remember when I was 16 and introduced me to WASP back in the day...
Couldn't agree more Clive.
The double live album is fantastic 2 CDs, 40th anniversary boxset will be released
Nice channel and video! I love W.A.S.P. Nothing can touch The Headless Children. That album is a masterpiece.
Top 3 for me
1. Headless Children
2. Crimson Idol
3. Golgotha
Cool to see Still Not Black Enough so high. Criminally underrated album.
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Yea, totally agree, I also ranked it top 5 : )
Keep Holding On is my fav wasp ballad such a beautiful song and blackies best vocal performance for me Love that whole album
I love the atmospheric keyboards on that album, but the production's bad and I remember there being too many ballads on that one.
The Headless Children is a top 50 album all time.
The Headless Children
The Last Command
W.A.S.P
Inside the Electric Circus
The Crimson Idol
I need more time with the last 20 years but I like most of what I've heard. Great band!
Great ranking ! I love your #1 , easily one of my favourite albums of all time ! Got to see them twice back in the day , first was in ‘84 they opened for Krokus & second time was in ‘87 on the Inside The Electric Circus Tour ! I’m happy I got to see them with my favourite two lineups , pays to be old(er) sometimes lol . I might take a shot at ranking these myself ! Great job as usual 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Wow, I've never seen anybody rank Inside The Electric Circus this high! Cool, hahah. As a teen ( I'm probably a bit older than your dad, lol ) I taped a few songs from that record off the radio in '86. Yup, the radio, here in Finland. When hard rock ruled the world! 😃
My introduction to W.A.S.P was listening to my little brother's tape of the debut, on *August 17th 1985*. The date is in my calendar from that year so I didn't have to go by my memory on that one. I Wanna Be Somebody was the coolest song for a teenage girl just getting into hard rock and heavy metal at the time - I used to sing along to that tune in front of my mirror, pretending to be a rock star. Those were the days! For Christmas '85 I did the smart thing and bought my brother The Last Command ( on vinyl ) as a present - I think I ended up listening to it more than he did, lol. Remember the cover art and the inside sleeve very well.
Like your channel. Rock on!! 🤘
So underrated
I saw W.A.S.P. in 1984 (first album), opening for KISS. They blew KISS away. Lights go down, The Doors song "The End" is playing. But it's the version from the film Apocalypse Now. Sounds like helicopters are directly overhead. Last song, a million feathers are dumped over the audience. The 1980s ruled. You will never know what you missed. Rock on, Dude! Great channel. Thanks for carrying the metal torch into the next generation.
Sounds awesome... and thanks man
Breaks my heart to see _KFD_ all the way at the bottom. I know it's your opinion and your video, but still... damn.
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Sorry, don't have it in my top 5 either...though it is a cool album anyway : )
Wow, man. I respect your opinion and all but I frickin' love Golgotha. I think it's one of their best. Thanks for the post. I agree that Wild Child is their best tune. Used to play that with my band - a lot of fun.
Thank u so much for doin wasp. Been waiting for this along time. Hell yeah!!🤘🤘
Been rocking to W.A.S.P. since 1982.. picking a favorite album is impossible for me.
#1 W.A.S.P. #2 The Last Command. I tried to get into electric circus and thought it was subpar compared to the other prior albums. What am I missing since you're the bigger fan and put it at #2? Love that you finally got to W.A.S.P.!!!! Love the list!
Great video man. Keep it up! 🤘🏼
Good video. I could never rank WASP's albums...I absolutely love all their stuff. I can't wait to see them on their tour! I've been waiting a long time to see WASP live!
It's amazing video .Congratulations from Brazil.
Great run down young man , seriously underrated band and honestly I’m still discovering their back catalogue, it’s worthwhile
I'm surprised you rank Golgotha so low. I don't think there are any weak songs on it and the title track is absolutely riveting, at least, in my opinion. 'Eyes of my Maker' is really powerful as well, I think.
I agree brother that album should really be much higher
Right.👍
These kids today have a problem with God and religion. Not all, but a lot. Golgotha is one of Wasp best, if not the best. The songs are powerful and the messages are clear enough. Blacky is trying to wake these people up, to something, that even he himself at one time turned his back on. He has even said that he is getting older and he has a fear for his soul, because of the life he has lived. The song Golgotha itself is a heavy message. Jesus died for us and through his blood, we are saved.
Still Not Black Enough is my favourite WASP album
I was into W.A.S.P. through the Headless Children album then they lost me. Two things about them, they always had excellent B-sides to their singles and they were great at doing covers. The B-sides I have are "Show No Mercy" B-side of "Animal", "Paint It Black" on the "School Daze" single, "Mississippi Queen" which is on the "Wild Child" The Wild Remix 12" single, "Savage" on the "Blind In Texas" single, "Flesh + Fire" on the "95-Nasty" single, "Locomotive Breath" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from the "Mean Man" single, & "Lake Of Fools" and "War Cry" from "The Real Me" Shaped Picture single. All great songs. Great video Bryce.
Great list my man.
Love wasp, I have to say I really love their dark ballads 🤘🏼
I had a W.A.S.P. birthday party when I was 12 haha Cool list 👍 For me it's a tie between the debut & 'The Last Command', Blackie was tough on bass & the twin axe attack with Chris Holmes & Randy Piper was the business 👌
I missed out on WASP in the 80's ... let's just say it didn't go well with church camp. But I like them now and didn't realize the credibility their music had to go with all the controversy. Yours is the best WASP video I've seen since Razorfist's Metal Mythos on WASP \m/ \m/
Very true!! Bryce and Razorfist are the best ones that really 'get it' and have a genuinely respectable opinion of WASP! And both mention the extra crispy "Chris Holm's guitar tone". Casual or radio only listeners don't catch all the complexities and subtleties of all individual instrumentation that make up a song.... Great list and channel, newly subscribed here!!🤘🤘
Absolutely flawless review. I respect your opinion. Thanks a million for your input these albums can console the most wicked in life.
You got another suscriber i love wasp and heavy metal in general
BLACKIE= underrated IMO. Six feet 5 inches = big dude. Tremendous baseball player, near Pro level. Like your 1-3. But will say both those 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣4️⃣albums NEON GODS , I played to death when came out. As usual, your show was tremendous. Keep it up 👍 💯
Thanks!
Hey Bryce, I've only just seen your channel but I'm loving your knowledge. W. A. S. P. Are the first band I ever saw way back when I was 16 and I've been loving them ever since. I didn't like KFD when it came out because I was a massive fan of the earlier albums. I played it last night and absolutely loved it. My favourite will always be Live In The Raw - possibly my favourite ever album (dare I say even over Reign In Blood by Slayer)... Studio albums wise Inside The Electric Circus is played more than any other, Restless Gypsy can just stay on repeat for me. Take care dude, I look forward to seeing more from you.
I plan on expanding this collection. Lawless is the real deal, so, I will use this list to guide myself. Great idea, love the album rankings.
Check out KFD for yourself than, because you may just fall in love with it. The live album, Double Live Assassins is up there with Live After Death for me. The Crimson Idol is phenomenal as well.
@@bschuler6216 I love KFD. I bought that when it came out and a friend we went camping with had an amazing Bose stereo. Kill Your Pretty Face would send chills down your spine when he cranked it up.
Interesting to see you put Still Not Black Enough up there! I love that album!
For me The Headless Children is their #1 album.
Cool and well explained, as always !! : )
Great video. I am a big fan of the first 4 W.A.S.P studio albums plus the live album and the Animal EP. No big fan of the later stuff. My #1 will always be the Headless Children album, I saw them on the Headless tour in Europe they played in a small circus tent on a real tiny stage, it was just awesome.
W.A.S.P rules. They have a few albums I need to dig depper into. Also killer shirt man \m/
My #1 favoriteband. God bless you for doing this video
Live in the Raw is a great Live album by them. I actually play that more than the studio albums I have. Great band
Very little of that album is actually live, but yeah it's still worth every minute.
The vinyl of "Live in the Raw" has a few more songs than the CD -- "Shoot From The Hip," "Widowmaker," "Sex Drive" and "Sleeping (In the Fire) [acoustic]
I whole heartedly agree.
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@@howardbeale661 The record company wussed out yet again. One of hardest singles to find is Live...Animal. This song was recorded at Long Beach Arena but left off the album. What a crime.
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As someone who has been meaning to get into WASP, I really appreciated this breakdown!
You nailed this list. I have to agree with you about the Still Not Black Enough album. The only major change for me would be Dominator over Unholy Terror. Great list!
Truly no one can write and sing killer catchy choruses than Blackie. So under rated so I’m so glad to see them get some props from ya
Had the pleasure of seeing WASP open for Kiss in St. Louis in 1986 at the old Kiel Auditorium.
Interesting how many people love W.A.S.P. 's later albums and songs but you nailed this one on the number one for sure. You obviously know great W.A.S.P. when you hear it. I love the band but kind of lost track of them over the years and am not terrible sad I did as their debut is tough to top (still have my original vinyl of it which I bought when I was 18....MANY W.A.S.P. albums ago. MANY! LOL!) Otherwise, I begged my mom for moccasin boots for Christmas when I was 17. You can imagine why. To my astonishment, she bought them for me. Blackie is unparalled and I did appreciate your list. Awesome!
Great List! I love WASP....The Last Command, WASP and Electric Circus, my top 3
Great video , you did a great job. I have all their albums up to KFD , but I bought that cd and it really disappointed me, since that album i bought DOUBLE LIVE ASSASSINS their live album it ROCKS but haven't got any more since.
I absolutely love Double Live Assassins too. You definitely already own the best of WASP. The only other album I think is kinda essential is Dying For The World.
I just recently got into WASP. I currently have their debut and Babylon. I need to start getting more of their albums to add to my collection. I totally agree, Blackie Lawless is a killer vocalist and I think super underrated.
Nice video! Great ranking, I don't full agree with the top few albums because I tend to prefer Last Command, Crimson Idol and Headless Children as my top 3, but I also love Electric Circus, WASP and Still Not Black enough so I get that they're your top albums. Amazing band, and especially their first 6 albums are killers. I also have a soft spot for Babylon, really underrated album.
My top 5
5. Circus
4. Last Command
3. Crimson
2 WASP
1 Headless
Wasp are in my top 5 favorite bands of all time. Its weird being 27 and liking all the 80s metal. Thanks for telling me about the band Toxik Bryce think this was on repeat a lot last year and a bit this year.
No problem, Toxik is awesome glad you like them!
@@brycetalksmetal \m/
Cool list, almost mirrors my own top 5 ranking : )
My (european) version of the debut actually says "W.A.S.P - Winged Assassins" on the spine. So at one point I guess that was gonna be the name.
Great video!
Headless children at number 5! This is my number 1 with the idol as number 2. I would also rank Golgotha much higher.
Hey Bryce, hope all is well. I know you mentioned a while back you'd be doing this and I tried to hone up on their discography. RL, as it often does, got in the way and I cannot bring myself to give you a list. However, I became mesmerized again with The Crimson Idol especially when you add 'The Story of Jonathan 1992' to the mix. I'm biased towards the concept/darker stuff Blackie wrote and the combination of both puts it over the top for me. At least at this time.
I can't argue with your list, it's nearly impossible to rank W.A.S.P. releases.
Saw them back in '07 I think, after his 'transformation'. Didn't get to see them before which is a life's regret.
Still, one of the more underrated musicians, dude is a genius.
In the coming weeks/months/years I'll do my best to give you my ranking, but it's just not possible atm.
Keep fucking killing it, my man. Always brings a smile to my face to see you've got new content when I can make it here.
I’ve only heard their Debut and The Last Command, pretty cool band.. Can’t wait for that DragonForce ranking though! 🤘🤘
Your list is perfect! Inside the electric circus is a phenomenal record!
I love WASP. They were the best thing to come out of that mid 80's LA scene...
lol WASP is not from LA or CA 😅
@@Endo-uu8mo Wrong
@@billblaze752 Blackie is born in NY and other members was also not born at LA or CA,so its a LA Band but not at all
Agreed on Still not black enough and Helldorado. Good list! Mine is pretty much similar to yours but I love much more The Neon God and the pair Unholy Terror and Dying for the world are superb.
Now I know how hardcore star wars OT/prequel fans feel when people say the other is better I felt intense, impotent rage seeing KFD at the bottom and still not black enough above the crimson idol 😭😭😭 great video though thanks 4 the challenge 👍
1. THE CRIMSON IDOL (my favorite album ever by anyone)
2. KILL.FUCK.DIE.
3. THE NEON GOD (was meant to be a double album)
4. THE HEADLESS CHILDREN
5. INSIDE THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS - we agree it's great :D
6. W.A.S.P.
7. UNHOLY TERROR
8. DYING FOR THE WORLD
9. STILL NOT BLACK ENOUGH
10. GOLGOTHA
11. HELLDORADO
12. THE LAST COMMAND (I like this one as much as everyone else does I just love the others more than most do)
13. DOMINATOR
14. BABYLON (love it just wish there was a little more, and it's shorter + 2 covers)
The debut by far is my favorite. Saw them on that tour open for Krokus. Saw them again on the Last Command tour open for Kiss. What killed WASP’s growth in popularity was the consistent line- up changes. After Headless Children, Blackie should have just went with his name. I know it shouldn’t matter, but people tend to see a “band” name and hate to see members come and go.
I forgot to put a comment with my list. I was introduced to the band in January 1985 when I took a chance on the debut. As soon as Tony starts off I Wanna Be Somebody, I was hooked. 36 years later, they are still my go to band even though I had taken a break from them after KFD until Babylon came out. I haven’t spent the kind of time with the 2000’s albums as much as the rest but those are great albums.
1. The Headless Children
2- The Crimson Idol
3. The Last Command
4. W.A.S.P.
5. Still Not Black Enough
6. Unholy Terror
7. Dominator
8. The Neon God I
9. Inside The Electric Circus
10. Golgatha
11. The Neon God II
12. Babylon
13. Dying For The World
14. Helldorado
15. K.F.D.
Cool ranking, the top 5 look familiar to me ; )
Who asked you
@@chrisb6484 You don't have to be asked to post something before you can post it
When I see a Grim Reaper Album on Vinyl, I'm going to take what you say seriously.
Got all three,maybe I should have a channel.
#1 right on the money switch 2 and 3 around man and ur list be on point
Excellent ranking.
I liked your ranking did good
Nice list, I did not know the have put out that many albums. Lost track after Crimson Idol
love your channel man. could you possibly rank whitesnake?
Thanks! And probably at some point 👍🏻
Love your shirts
W.a.s.p. is basically the judas priest of shock rock. Sabbath made it heavy, but priest made it metal, and Alice Cooper made creepy, but W.A.S.P. made it scary.
Fantastic list! I would only swap the Last Command & Electric Circus. You said it yourself "Wild Child" is one of their best songs! ;)
Good review dude, but inside the electric circus is number one 😎🎸
Nice shirt!
I enjoy seeing what other people's rankings are. Very interesting there, thanks for sharing! Headless>Crimson>Neon 1>Dying>Dominator>Unholy>Helldorado>Command>Golgotha>Babylon>WASP>Circus>Neon 2>Still Not>KFD
Have you ever gotten into Stryper at all? Their one of my favorite glam bands from that era. Loved the video too! W.A.S.P is such a great band! 🤘
Yeah they’re pretty good and thanks!
Well, some of us have been around since the beginning and I give you some credit for your choices, but all WASP albums are so good, that I have never had a definite order that I liked. They all Rock.
Great 😊 video love the band
Cool list. The first two albums are still the best two for me. I’d actually put The Last Command at one. It should have been the album to break them really big but it never quite happened for some reason. I always thought ITEC was good but inferior to the first two.
Id probably agree with K.F.D last but I probably have Golgotha slightly higher. Just for “The Last Runaway” alone. Which you didn’t mention.
Dude... I LOVE WASP and I’ve been WAITING for the ranking. Here’s my ranking if you aren’t familiar already:
1. The Crimson Idol
2. Headless Children
3. W.A.S.P.
4. The Last Command
5. Inside The Electric Circus
6. Still Not Black Enough
7. Dying For The World
8. Babylon
9. Unholy Terror
10. Dominator
11. Golgotha
12. Neon God pt. 1
13. Neon God pt. 2
14. Helldorado
15. KFD
The only ones I dislike are KFD and Helldorado. Other than those, solid discography.
Even though this in an old vid it randomly came across my feed. I'm a fan of WASP but had criminally underappreciated Electric Circus; Restless Gypsy is incredible.
Nice job, great to see that guys your age can have some great tastes. Megadeth and W.a.s.p. happen to be my 2 favorite bands, not necessarily in that order, or are they? I'm going to subscribe, keep it up 👍
Awesome… Megadeth is my number 1 band all time and W.A.S.P. is in my top 10
@@brycetalksmetal I'm approaching 50yrs old myself and have 4 kids around your age range, sadly none of them into Metal, hmm you think your parents would be interested in a trade? 2 for 1 perhaps....lol just kidding, love them turds, just sucks I cant share my knowledge of 80s Metal with them! Looking forward to more content from you 👍.
15-Helldorado
14-Still not black enough
13-Unholy terror
12-Babylon
11-Golgotha
10-Dominator
9-The Neon God part.II
8-The Neon God part.I
7-Dyng for the world
6-Kill Fuck Die
5-Headless children
4-W.A.S.P.
3-The last command
2-The eternal Idol
1-Inside the electric circus
Great list!!On a personal level i consider THC by far their best and most complete album from start to finish.
I started listening to W.A.S.P. with the release of Inside the Electric Circus, and have purchased everything they've released. I love K.F.D., and am shocked it's so far down the list. When it came out, I looked at it as Blackie's way of showing all those like Marilyn Manson that they could do what they do every bit as good. The scream in Kill Your Pretty Face is haunting. I'm a fan of yours Bryce, but I think you missed the mark on KFD.
This would be my list:
1 W.A.S.P.
2 Inside the Electric Circus
3 The Headless Children
4 K.F.D.
4.1 Live In The Raw (had a couple of new songs)
5 Still Not Black Enough
6 The Crimson Idol
7 The Last Command
8 Unholy Terror (how did you not mention Charisma)
9 Dying for the World
10 Helldorado
11 Dominator
12 Babylon
13 The Neon God: Part 2 - The Demise
14 The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise
15 Golgotha
16 ReIdolized
Great list
My top 5
1. The crimson idol
2. The headless children
3. The last command
4. W.A.S.P
5. Dominator
1602Great stuff Bryce.
Good video Bryce. I watched the WASP VHS 'Live At The Lyceum' over n over when I was Younger. Even though the audio was fiddled with, it set the bar very high for my expectations of a live Heavy Metal band. Amazing songs.
Blackie Lawless's shock Rock still resonates heavily too, especially in the more extreme bands. Flames, skulls, eating worms, pentagrams, setting himself on fire, shooting fire from his crotch, throwing raw meat, impaling fetuses, molesting nuns, covering himself in blood etc. All the good things ha! But they had the songs and a vocalist that was so much better than a lot of the sleaze Metal that crawled out of the L.A scene with 'em.
To be honest the repetition got a bit too much for me and I lost interest. The last record I bought was Dominator but still they're one of the greats!
1. The Last Command
2. WASP
3. Inside the Electric Circus
4. The Crimson Idol
5. Still Not Black Enough
6. The Headless Children
7. Babylon
8. The Neon God: Part 2 - The Demise
9. Unholy Terror
10. The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise
11. Dying for the World
12. Dominator
13. Helldorado
14. Golgotha
15. KFD
Bryce, I’m very interested to hear your take on the Wasp lip syncing fiasco. He was on trunk nation and admitted to it. This is not a message to disparage Wasp, but rather just get your opinion on what you think of lip syncing in rock music. Long time subscriber. Awesome content as always Bryce.
Thanks a lot man!
And I talked about that some in my review of their show I went to last year: czcams.com/video/ne4HCl5I9wc/video.html
Still Not Black Enough is my #1
Great album 👍🏻
Good cover of uriah heeps easy livin on ITEC
the pic of Steve Reilly on the back of Last Command always cracks me up
Great video. I don't think this band has ever made a bad album.
15. Still Not Black Enough
14. Helldorado
13. The Neon God: part 2--The Demise
12. Unholy Terror
11. The Neon God: part1--The Rise
10. Dominator
9. Golgotha
8. Babylon
7. The Last Command
6. Inside The Electric Circus
5. Dying For The World
4. The Headless Children
3. WASP (the self-titled debut)
2. K.F. D./Double Live Assassins
1. The Crimson Idol
I'm kinda guessing here as I've never owned Dominator or Neon God part 1. I only love love my top 5. Last Command & Electric Circus have some amazing songs, but also some real duds. I was super let down by Still Not Black Enough when it came out. It just sounded like watered down, recycled Crimson Idol riffs. I had a very similar feeling with the Tool albums that followed Aenima. I remember buying the cassettes of Helldorado & Unholy Terror right when they came out & being extremely disappointed after KFD. Luckily I stick with them for Dying For The World, imo their last essential record. I got fooled again by the Neon Gods, thinking I was gonna get another Crimson Idol. Wow was I disappointed & wrong. The self-titled debut could easily be number 1 as it is pretty flawless, but it also kinda resembles Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry which i believe came out the same year.
Headless, crimson, and black enough are easily my favorites. SNBE was a real go to for me during some harder times in life. Of the later albums, Dominator
Inside the Electric Circus is a masterpiece. Also; my first concert was WASP, Armored Saint and Metallica during the RTL era. I don't think I could come up with a better first concert experience \m/
I first listened some of the K.F.D. Songs on the double live assasins and I loved them then I bought k.f.d.and I was kind of disappointed, I m sure if they wouldnt be so experimental on the sound this album would be a lot better!
Crimson Idol,headless children and debut album are all number one in my opinion
Still Not Black Enough is a great record. Great list!
Wasp is absolutely a great band for sure. Blackie is one of the best Frontmen of all time.
15 Still Not Black Enough
14 KFD
13 Golgotha
12 Dominator
11 Helldorado
10 Neon God part 1
9 Babylon
8 Neon God Part 2
7 Unholy Terror
6 Dying for the World
5 WASP
4 Inside the Electric Circus
3 Headless Children
2 The Last Command
1 Crimson Idol
K.F.D. divides the opinions of W.A.S.P. fanbase. I love it personally. Had to listen to several times and after that I was deep into it. This is my order:
15. Helldorado
14. Neon God 1
13. Neon God 2
12. Still Not Black Enough
11. Dying For The World
10. Golgotha
9. Babylon
8. Unholy Terror
7. Inside The Electric Circus
6. The Last Command
5. K.F.D.
4. Dominator
3. W.A.S.P.
2. The Crimson Idol
1. The Headless Children
Little late to this party... but as a younger guy back in the 80's I avoided theses guys especially because of that first album cover...I was a bit scared to try em out.
Then I saw the album single for Fuck Like a Beast with that rip saw cod piece picture and thought okay, gonna check this shit out.
The vinyl was (can't remember) either a red or clear vinyl and then I played the song.
I WAS HOOKED... this was a new sound for me so I got their debut album and OMFG was blown away by L.O.V.E Machine.
Been a fan ever since and yes, two of the BEST at their craft: Blackie and THE Metal God himself... Rob Halford.
I haven't really listened to too much WASP but their debut is definitely my favorite.
for me The headless children is 1
2 the last command
3 Wasp debut
4 the crimson idol
5 inside the electric circus
6 Dominator
the rest are ok
Agree with you! Their first album is a masterpiece! Second, third and forth are amazing too. Then it just feels like they are trying to recreate their first album, but fail. Still, love WASP, thanks to “I wanna be somebody” I started listening heavy metal)
what are the songs you used in this ranking other than wild child and the tourture never ends
Restless Gypsy, Rebel in the F.D.G., Arena of Pleasure, Still Not Black Enough, The Horror, Hot Rods to Hell, Locomotive Man, Hallowed Ground, Asylum #9, Never Say Die, The Burning Man, Babylon’s Burning, Slaves of the New World Order
Evermore is one of my favorite W.A.S.P. song's ever. I've seen them 3 times in concert. Great live band with a lot of energy. I love the album Unholy Terror.