Artist
W.A.S.P.
W.A.S.P. is a heavy metal artist from Los Angeles, California formed in 1982. 35 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Heavy Metal · Los Angeles, California · Best heavy metal albums
- 35
- Releases
- 1984–2025
- Active years
- 1982
- Formed
Artist
W.A.S.P. is a heavy metal artist from Los Angeles, California formed in 1982. 35 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Heavy Metal · Los Angeles, California · Best heavy metal albums
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The Best of the Best
2000
The Crimson Idol
1992
The Last Command
1985
The Headless Children
1989
Inside the Electric Circus
1986
Golgotha
2015
Live... In the Raw
1987
Reidolized: The Soundtrack to The Crimson Idol
2018
Babylon
2009
Dominator
2007
Helldorado
1999
Double Live Assassins
1998
First Blood... Last Cuts
1993
The Sting
2000
Bonus Tracks And B Sides
2025
Dancing With Danger (Live 1986)
2022
Live in Japan 1986
2017
The Neon God, Part 1: The Rise
2004
The Neon God, Part 2: The Demise
2004
Inside the Electric Circus / The Headless Children
2003
Dying for the World
2002
Unholy Terror
2001
Business the American Way
1998
W.A.S.P.
1997
Kill Fuck Die
1997
Still Not Black Enough
1995
WASP
1984
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982. They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot and others. The band's popularity peaked in the 1980s, yet they continue to record and tour, making them one of the most enduring of the West Coast heavy metal bands. W.A.S.P. gained notoriety for their shock rock themed image, lyrics and live performances. They have sold over 12 million copies of their albums. The band was a prominent target in the mid-1980s of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) led by Tipper Gore, who at the time was wife of then-Senator Al Gore (D-TN), an organization that pushed for warning labels on recorded music. The band immortalized its fight with the PMRC on the song "Harder, Faster" from their 1987 live album, Live...In the Raw. "I Wanna Be Somebody" is the most notorious single from W.A.S.P.'s debut album. and It was ranked at No. 84 in VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All Time. In October 2007, W.A.S.P. embarked on The Crimson Idol Tour, to celebrate that album's 15th anniversary. It is the first time that the album, often regarded to be among the band's finest work, was performed in full from start…
