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Head WASP: Gravel-throated bassist-turned-guitarist Blackie Lawless led WASP through a rock concert at Massey Hall last night that was tame by old metal standards, Greg Quill reports
Head WASP: Gravel-throated bassist-turned-guitarist Blackie Lawless led WASP through a rock concert at Massey Hall last night that was tame by old metal standards, Greg Quill reports

Head WASP: Gravel-throated bassist-turned-guitarist Blackie Lawless led WASP through a rock concert at Massey Hall last night that was tame by old metal standards, Greg Quill reports

Date1/27/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Head WASP: Gravel-throated bassist-turned-guitarist Blackie Lawless led WASP through a rock concert at Massey Hall last night that was tame by old metal standards; Greg Quill reports.
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