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2010 double cd re-issue in rigid digibook with 5 bonus tracks (2 more tracks than the 1998 and 2007 re-issues. These two tracks were previously as bonus on The Last Command) With glam rock making a comeback of sorts in 1984 (Mötley Crüe, Ratt, etc.), another Los Angeles band, W.A.S.P., couldn't have picked a better time to release its self-titled debut. By merging lyrics that dealt with the expected heavy metal themes (sex, Satanism, etc.) alongside Blackie Lawless' rough vocals and Chris Holmes' guitar riffing, the band sounded and looked more menacing than your average L.A. glam band at the time. Add to it a stage show that was gimmick-heavy (Lawless would drink blood from a skull and rip open a pillow, while wearing buttless leather pants and saw blades on his arms), and you had a "can't miss" recipe for controversy and publicity — resulting in the debut's eventual gold certification. The album contains most of their best-known tracks, such as the raging singles/videos "I Wanna Be Somebody" and "L.O.V.E. Machine," plus the anti-establishment "School Daze," the semi-ballad "Sleeping (In the Fire)," and the angst-filled anthems "The Flame," "Hellion," "On Your Knees," and "Tormentor." This remastered reissue contains three bonus tracks, including a cover of the Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black' as well as their overtly sexual early fan fav, 'Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)'. 2007 remastered re-issue with the same bonus tracks as the 1998 version but this one comes in a digipack cover Track listing: 1. I Wanna Be Somebody 2. L.O.V.E. Machine 3. The Flame 4. B.A.D. 5. School Daze 6. Hellion 7. Sleeping (In the Fire) 8. On Your Knees 9. Tormentor 10. The Torture Never Stops Disc 2: 11. Animal (Fuck Like a Beast) 12. Show No Mercy 13. Paint It Black 14. On Your Knees-live 15. Hellion-live