Interview with Blackie Lawless after W.A.S.P. released the “Kill Fuck Die” album and preparing to release “Double Live Assassins”. Hear why he doesn’t regard the sound on KFD industrial, how they came up with the new sound and how it was received. He also talks about why is open about using backing tracks live, why Chris Holmes left and returned and why W.A.S.P. is the most dangerous band in the world and what it took for him to understand what freaked people out.
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Stig is the founder and the president of Metal Express Radio, based out of Oslo, Norway. He has been around doing Metal radio since the mid-eighties. In fact, running Metal Express Radio takes almost all of his time. Is it worth it...? "Most times, yes," Stig says. "My philosophy is to try to give all Metal releases a fair chance to get promoted in one way or another. As you can imagine, it can be an arduous task to listen through about 20 albums every week! Still, I know we have the best METAL dedicated radio on this planet, and that is a reward in and of itself. I hope one day the whole Metal community can and will make listening to Metal Express Radio part of their daily rituals! Yeah, right..."
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