The one thing about Wasp is that they have continued to put out albums when all others fell by the wayside. Sure, there have been a few hiccups and line up changes along the way but Blackie is still fronting the machine. This was album number eight and was originally released in ’99, which was past their prime years but nevertheless it is still a solid hard rockin’ record.
This is a reissue through the Madfish label and the mix isn’t the best if I’m honest, especially the drums. They sound a tad muffled, like they are coming from the next room. As well as Blackie, OG member Chris Holmes was still in the band at this point, although he would depart after the next release. Out of the ten tracks on offer here my favourites are Damnation Angels, Can’t Die Tonight, and Saturday Night Cock Fight. All of which are good enough to be classed as prime WASP tunes.
Once you get behind the shock rock gimmicks of blood and cheese graters, Blackie is not bad at writing a good tune.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
