To celebrate the band's 30 Years Of Thunder anniversary tour, W.A.S.P. leader Blackie Lawless has penned a monthly diary (fifteen in total) to chronicle the real events of the band and give fans all a little better insight to the last thirty years in their history. Check out an excerpt from the 13th diary called “Alright Luke... Time To Get In The Box” below:

The Neon God records had left a bad taste in my mouth. There were some very good songs on both of those records, but in my effort to try and better The Crimson Idol, I made the story too long and too complicated. It rambled in parts and was incredibly painful to make. There were times I’d even find myself getting lost in the story. So when it was over I told myself NO MATTER WHAT, I’m just going to RELAX and whatever happens on the next record, well, then that’s what will happen... good or not!!!

I refused to beat myself up making records anymore. And astonishingly because of my mind set it came easy. Funny how sometimes when you just get totally fed up with struggling it starts to get easier. That’s what happened with what would become Dominator. Duda and I were now the core of the band and the first thing we needed was a drummer. We met Mike Dupke from the guitarist of KILL DEVIL HILL, Mark Zavon. We auditioned Mike and the first thing I wanted to hear him do was 'The Real Me'. We had auditioned several drummers, many that are now in big name bands and none of them could really play that song. It has a high degree of difficulty and not many can play it. We watched him carefully that night and I knew within the first 2 minutes he was the guy for us. As a rhythm section he and Duda were a perfect fit for each other, both musically and personally.

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On September 21st, W.A.S.P. began their 30 Years of Thunder anniversary tour, starting in the United Kingdom and continuing worldwide.

This World Tour will be the biggest spectacle W.A.S.P. have ever created. The two-hour show will consist of three parts. A one hour set containing songs from the first four albums. The second set will be a 25 minute shortened version of The Crimson Idol complete with the movie accompaniment. A third set will consist of material from the new studio album, older material and everything in between. This show will see multiple video screens, pyrotechnics, and elements from the early W.A.S.P. shows (maybe even an exploding cod piece) and Blackie’s moving microphone stand Elvis!

Remaining dates are listed below:

October

3 – Cardif, Wales - The Great Hall
4 – Bristol, UK – Academy
6 – Varberg, Sweden - Arenan
10 – Hässleholm, Sweden - Qpoolen
11 – Trollhätan, Sweden - Älvhögsborg
12 – Sundsvall, Sweden - Spegelsalen, Stadshuset
13 – Örebrö, Sweden - Kongress
14 – Eskilstuna, Sweden - Lokomotivet
16 - Tallin, Estonia - Rock Cafe
17 - Helsinki, Finland - The Circus
18 - Tampere, Finland - Tampere Hall
19 - Turku, Finland - Logomo
20 - SeinaJoki, Finland - Rytmikorjaamo
21 - Lulea, Sweden - Kulturenshus
23 – Bo, Norway – Kroa
24 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
25 - Huskvarna, Sweden - Teaterladan
26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Rockklassiker Krysningen
27 - Karlstad, Sweden - Nojesfabriken
30 - Köln, Germany - Live Music Hall
31 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche

November

2 – Tilburg, The Netherlands - 0 13
3 – Antwerp, Belgium -Trix
4 – Lille, France - Le Splendid
5 – Paris, France - Le Bataclan
6 – Toulouse, France - Bikini
10 – Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno
14 - St. Etienne, France - Le Fil
15 – Strasbourg, France - La Laite
17 - Stuttgart, Germany - Lka Longhorn
19 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
20 - Treviso, Italy - New Age
21 - Bologna,Italy - Estragon
23 - Athens, Greece - Fuzz Club
24 - Thessalonki, Greece - Mylos Apotheke Club
25 - Istanbul, Turkey - Kucukciftlik Park
27 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 202

December

3 - Neu Isenburg, Germany - Hugenottenhalle
5 - Osnabrück, Germany - Rosenhof
6 - Memingen, Germany - Kaminwerk