W.A.S.P. were put on this planet to repulse parents and deliver metal mayhem to their kids—and they achieved both straightaway. Their debut's sordid tales of sadism and Satanism had the PMRC up in arms—no surprise, the way growling mastermind Blackie Lawless aims for maximum shock value with “On Your Knees” and “The Torture Never Stops.” The music backs him up too: W.A.S.P.’s Sunset Strip polish comes bolstered by toughness and velocity imported from the cutting-edge NWOBHM scene.