Rare Item Of The Month

Every month a very rare W.A.S.P. item will be represented here. If you have something really rare in your collection, you can mail its photo(s) to me, and I will host it in this section for a whole month

KILLER KANE - 7'' EP (1976)

Country of Origin / Record Label / Catalogue No

USA, Whiplash Records, EP-200

Tracklisting

Mr. Cool / Longhaired Woman / Don`t Need You

Line Up

Blackie 'Goozeman' Lawless - Lead vocals & guitar

Arthur Kane - Bass & vocals

Andy Jay - Lead guitar & vocals

Jimi Image - Drums & vocals

Additional Info

When a singing vacancy came up with the legendary ''NEW YORK DOLLS'', after Johnny Thunders leaves in 1974, Blackie takes it up. Blackie was an old friend of Arthur Kane from the Bronx and had replaced Johnny Thunders during the ill fated Florida tour in 1975. After six months playing with the then dying NEW YORK DOLLS, Blackie and fellow DOLLS bassist Arthur Kane decide to leave New York and head to L.A.

Blackie (known at this time as "Blackie Goozeman") on lead vocals & guitar, Arthur Kane on bass, Andy Jay on lead guitar and Jimi Image on drums formed a band called ''KILLER KANE'' and recorded a three-track demo. Arthur Kane took the tapes back to New York, and release a bootlegged 33 ½ 7'' EP. This includes the tracks ''MR COOL'' on Side 1 (which was later renamed ''Cries In The Night'' and used on the second W.A.S.P record), ''LONGHAIRED WOMAN'' and ''DON'T NEED YOU'' on Side 2. The songs later re-surfaced on a post-New York Dolls compilation album called ''Sons Of The Dolls''.

Photos


The New York Dolls' Arthur "Killer" Kane is second from left	Arthur Kane	An early photo of Blackie Lawless

this item comes from Lethal's private collection