“We’re fairly far into it proper now. However when this factor occurred on the tour,” referring to the accidents he sustained, “after which I blew a gasket, then all that bought placed on the again burner. However we’re fairly far into the writing course of proper now. And we’re enthusiastic about it, nevertheless it seems like we cannot have the ability to get again to it till after the primary of the 12 months.”
Addressing the excessive musical commonplace of W.A.S.P. most up-to-date albums, Blackie mentioned: “No one makes cash making data anymore. So if you are going to make data now, you are doing it due to your legacy. And if you are going to try this, you then actually must guarantee that it is as robust as it may be, as a result of it is all the time gonna be measured in opposition to what you probably did to start with.”
He continued: “All bands, they make their bones the primary 5 years they’re collectively, the primary 5 or 6 data they make; their entire legacy is cemented there. It doesn’t suggest you may’t make good data afterward down the road, however the whole lot is gonna be consistently in comparison with that… In different phrases, consider no matter new document you do now as your opening act. It is all the time gonna be in comparison with that early stuff. And so for it to get an trustworthy evaluate or a good shake, so to talk, that new document has to perhaps be even higher than the unique stuff was, as a result of folks have had so a few years to romance these older songs of their heads. And if you go up in opposition to folks which have been doing that for a very long time, it is laborious to erase these reminiscences, and you do not wanna try this anyway. However you simply need the brand new stuff to have an opportunity to compete. And the one approach that new stuff can do that’s they must be strong data.”
