"Blackie’s response to the views of “KFD” from critics and fans alike was that, in retrospect, he may have gone too far down a path that was not familiar to the fan base, and that for the next album the band would look to retrieve some of that ground by moving the band back to more traditional ground. A lot of fans took that news in great glee, perhaps anticipating an album that could combine the energy and drive of the first three albums, hopefully incorporated with the maturity of the following two albums. That of course would appear to be a practically impossible task. What the band produced instead was an album that took the essence of much of the perspective of those first three albums, and tried to recreate and transpose that onto an album some 15 years after the event. The result perhaps spoke more of the struggle within the band leader’s demons than anything else in the music, and in retrospect may have been a turning point for his future music ambitions".

On this episode we are going to talk about “Helldorado” by W.A.S.P., the band’s 8th studio album released 25 years ago this week, on today’s ‘this ain’t no joyride’ episode of Music from a Lifetime.