A '92 fever dream finally escapes the vault—glam metal's tragic rock opera in monochrome.
A mostly black-and-white, narrated dramatization of WASP's 1992 album The Crimson Idol, filmed in 1992 and finally released with the 2017 re-recording as the soundtrack.
Sound
Blackie Lawless's re-recorded vocals hit harder 25 years later.
Production
Archival '92 footage finally married to its intended soundtrack.
Cinematography
Black-and-white aesthetic elevates the trash into tragedy.
Director
Ralph Ziman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in 1992 but shelved for decades because Blackie Lawless hated how it looked; the 2017 re-recording finally gave him an excuse to release it.
The Crimson Idol was originally conceived as a Blackie Lawless solo project before WASP's label demanded a band album—this film restores that auteur vision.
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