Talk:Blackie Lawless

message: From what he said he likes those bands not necessarily influenced by those, I don't think you can hear much Beatles, Black Sabbath or AC/DC  influence in WASP music. Also those sentences sound a bit awkward, two times influence.
--Delpino 22:42, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Gene Simmons never used the "Devil's Sign", so he couldn't have adapted it from Lawless. Simmons often used the "hang loose" sign on stage, which was frequently taken to be some sort of occult hand sign. However, it was Ronnie James Dio who first used the "Devil's Sign" on-stage and he took from his grandmother. (The sign is, in fact, a common European folk sign, used to ward off evil and the Evil Eye). 220.233.178.130 (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Devil's Sign 

message: he moved to NY at the age of 6.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.210.166 (talk) 04:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackie was born in Florida 

message: The article's author suggests that stories of use of mobile phone cameras etc being discouraged during the "Crimson Idol" show were exaggerated or incorrect. I was at one of the shows on that tour, and stage crew were actively discouraging the use of such items, shining torch-light on "offenders" while the band was actually playing, and insisting they desist from such use. Whether these people were ejected or had phones confiscated, I have no idea, but free use of such items was definitely not allowed at the show I attended.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leapso (talk • contribs) 12:05, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Times 

message: Just a minor sidebar note here. During Blackie Lawless's time in the Killer Kane band (with Arthur "Killer" Kane of the New York Dolls) they recorded at least three tracks. These were issued (if not before) on a 1982 album entitled "Sons of the Dolls" on the French label, Fan Club. They include the song "Mr Cool" cited in the main article, a song very much in the style of "Love It to Death" era Alice Cooper Band material. 
He indeed was apparently billed as 'Blackie Goozeman' at the time. It's possible that this name was derived from Blackie Guzman, a Mexican professional wrestler who achieved some popularity in the US in the 1970s. Otherwise, it would seem to be a remarkable coincidence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leapso (talk • contribs) 12:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music Career 

message: Moving the random trivia here until someone can put into the prose of the article.
* Baseball player Ryne Duren is his uncle.  Before becoming a musician, Lawless played in the minor leagues for the Cincinnati Reds organization. He is a fan of his hometown team, the New York Yankees, but despite his involvement in baseball has stated that Muhammad Ali is his idol.
* Lawless has been friends with fellow Staten Islander and former New York Dolls bandmate David Johansen, as well as with Ace Frehley of KISS and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe, with whom he once worked in the band London.
* As part of the W.A.S.P. stage performance, Lawless mounts a macabre metal sculpture that doubles as a microphone stand (Known by fans and Blackie as 'Elvis'). Reportedly weighing in excess of 1,000 lbs., it is mounted on springs to allow Blackie to climb atop and swing from it during the show to dramatic effect. This mic stand is often cited by the band as the reason for its cancellation of shows, due to its tremendous weight being too heavy for the stage.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.119.246.18 (talk) 23:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Can somebody tell me why in one area, he was born in Staten Island, NY, and the infobox says he was born in Tampa, FL? Somebody better fix this.--68.174.251.243 (talk) 05:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Born? 

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