W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band notorious for their deliberately transgressive live performances in the 1980s and their central role in the PMRC controversy. Their shock tactics made them symbols of the censorship debate in American popular music. Blackie Lawless's later born-again Christianity creates a narrative parallel to Alice Cooper about faith and rock.
Central figure in PMRC controversy and debates about rock music and censorship; Animal (Fuck Like a Beast) became an iconic censorship flashpoint; The Crimson Idol (1992) showed artistic depth; Blackie Lawless's Christianity created an Alice Cooper-style faith-in-rock narrative.
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