Bought the latest WASP disc Dominator. Pretty good stuff. Blackie Lawless is an interesting artist since he has created a bunch of very different records. Some of them are brilliant, others close to crap.
The first couple of albums in the 1980s were great rockers of the time. Then he made one of the best concept albums ever, Crimson Idol, in 1992. After that, his career went down big way. Crappy CDs one after another. Next concept album failed (1995), 1980-copycats failed as well (1997, 1999, 2001 – the last one being the best of these). Then, out of the blue, in 2002 he made a quick album that ended up being on par with Crimson Idol. Dying for the World is a concept album based on 9/11 that simply delivers. After Dying, again a major process in creating a two-disc concept projet called Neon God. Total failure that came out in 2005. Now, in 2007, another quickie is out. Kind of following to Dying, Dominator does not quite reach its level but comes close.
This made me think how much it matters to cut it quick if you want to deliver something truly creative. Be it a novel, tune, or flick, it often pays to cut it quick. Just to get the spirit on record. And it also makes sense to cut the whole stuff quick, not just first chapter, track or scene.