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		<title>Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; Re-idolized</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/02/album-review-w-a-s-p-re-idolized/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wasp-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="wasp" /></a>Napalm Records [Release date 02.02.18] Moving away from the trashy, good-time, OTT lyrics of earlier albums, The Crimson Idol (released in 1993) saw Blackie Lawless and W.A.S.P. move into the territory of the concept  album. The Crimson Idol tells the &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/02/album-review-w-a-s-p-re-idolized/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/02/album-review-w-a-s-p-re-idolized/">Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; Re-idolized</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; White Rock Theatre, Hastings, 12 October 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-wasp-white-rock-theatre-hastings-12-october-2017/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wasp-1024x576.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="WASP - White Rock Theatre, Hastings, 12 October 2017" title="WASP - White Rock Theatre, Hastings, 12 October 2017" /></a>Loud, brash, obnoxious, Blackie Lawless’s LA metal outfit W.A.S.P. burst on to the scene in the early 80s and were never far from controversy. Over time, however, the band evolved and their output started showing signs of growing maturity. To &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-wasp-white-rock-theatre-hastings-12-october-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/10/gig-review-wasp-white-rock-theatre-hastings-12-october-2017/">Gig review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; White Rock Theatre, Hastings, 12 October 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: WASP – Golgotha</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/album-review-wasp-golgotha/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wasp-golgotha-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="WASP – Golgotha" title="WASP – Golgotha" /></a>Napalm Records [Release date 02.10.15] This is the first new WASP album in 6 years following 2009’s ‘Babylon’ and some may ask, ‘why bother?’. In recent years the path for WASP has not run entirely smoothly including last year’s planned &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/album-review-wasp-golgotha/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/album-review-wasp-golgotha/">Album review: WASP – Golgotha</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: WASP – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 18 September 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=32895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/gig-review-wasp-02-academy-glasgow-18-september-2015/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wasp0002.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="WASP – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 18 September 2015" title="WASP – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 18 September 2015" /></a>WASP are undergoing something of a resurgence at the moment. Following their last ‘greatest hits’ tour which received glowing reviews, Blackie and the band started writing new material and the new album ‘Golgotha’ is now also gaining favourable feedback in &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/gig-review-wasp-02-academy-glasgow-18-september-2015/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/gig-review-wasp-02-academy-glasgow-18-september-2015/">Gig review: WASP – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 18 September 2015</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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