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W.A.S.P.

Whenever those middle class matrons, the P.M.R.C., trot out their hysterically harebrained case for censoring rock music, W.A.S.P. usually turns up at the top of their hit list, whether it’s because the band’s name is an acronym of WE ARE SEXUAL PERVERTS or their songs glorify violence, drinking, sexual perversions and drug abuse.

April 2, 1987

W.A.S.P.

Whenever those middle class matrons, the P.M.R.C., trot out their hysterically harebrained case for censoring rock music, W.A.S.P. usually turns up at the top of their hit list, whether it’s because the band’s name is an acronym of WE ARE SEXUAL PERVERTS or their songs glorify violence, drinking, sexual perversions and drug abuse. Their stage show (sometimes featuring the throwing of raw meat into the audience, drinking blood from a skull, and, at one time, the simulated rape and murder of a topless woman!!) doesn’t help their case much, nor does the ominous buzz saw and exploding cod piece Blackie struts the stage with.

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