This is the silliest thread ever probably, but quite entertaining. Anyway...
W.A.S.P. and Mötley Crüe probably shared a lot of common ground when they started out. The W.A.S.P. debut and Shout at the Devil are two pretty asskicking party metal albums with anthemic songs. W.A.S.P. were darker, rawer, fiercer and more menacing, but sure there was also a lot of common ground on the first few albums. Fast forward to 1989 and have a listen to The Headless Children and Dr. Feelgood. Not so similar anymore.
Just two cents from somebody who never doubted W.A.S.P. are and always were metal.
That mathmatical equation was pretty cool, but I will use common sense, and my 32 years as a metal fanatic.
WASP are not metal, they are hard rock. They write those brain-dead type of ditties and jingles that KISS we famous for. aka music for commericals, so kind of a COMMERICAL metal. Come one you know the Meow Mix song, by Parina Catchow, INC.
Anyhow, if I were to write a book on heavy metal, other than Slayer, Omen, Savage Grace, Abbatoir and Metallica before there move to San Francisco. Los Angles to me is know as a musical wasteland, mostly know for it overabundance of 9th rate music acts. IN COMPARISON TO METAL AS A WHOLE WORLDWIDE METAL PHENOMENA.
What I have against false metal is what I have against false money know as a counterfeit. If you came from the bank with a envelope of counterfeit money, all is good, untill someone with street smarts know you have a poketful of fake money, and some merchant takes justice into there own hands.
Look this is the corroseum. I came to this place, because I thought it had alot in common with Snakepit Magazine. So on this basis, I like to look around and try to find some cool bands I missed out on the first time around when I only cared about Power and thrash metal.
WASP IS hardly Corroseum material in the first place. If someone asked me in a music store to give a description of WASP, I would just say they are a West coast answer to Twisted Sister, and a hard rock band.