I can't call the live album "Live... In The Raw" good, by any stretch of the imagination. It was a very strange release, consisting of a few old songs recorded almost live (with some overdubs), one new song “Scream Until You Like It”, and two songs that were supposedly recorded live, but were actually recorded in the studio with overdubbed crowd sounds - “Manimal” and “Harder Faster”. While the old material didn't interest me, I absolutely love all three new songs! “Manimal” was the first official W.A.S.P. video I've ever seen, but “Harder Faster” was a special one. It's unusually long, it's dirty, and it's complex. Lyrically, it's a very provocative one, but come on, these were the 80s. The new bassman Johnny Rod was there, but... call me a conspiracy theorist, but I don't think it was Johnny who recorded bass for this song. This bass part has simply too much Blackie all over it :) Anyway, it's fun to play! Enjoy!
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