Album · W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children by W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children is an album by W.A.S.P., released in 1989. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Forever Free”, on 1 list with a best position of #274.
The Headless Children, W.A.S.P.'s fourth album, came out on Capitol in 1989 with Blackie Lawless producing, and it's the Los Angeles shock rockers sounding heavy and deadly serious. Lawless leads a lineup that also includes Chris Holmes, Johnny Rod and Frankie Banali, and the songs come on big and grim.
"Forever Free" is a soaring, big-hearted anthem that became one of their best-loved songs, and "Mean Man" keeps the old snarl alive. They also tear into the Who's "The Real Me". It reached number 48 on the Billboard 200, the band's best showing, and hung on for 13 weeks. Then the band fell apart in 1990, and it took them two years to regroup for The Crimson Idol.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Headless Children on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forever Free | 1 | #274 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Mean Man | 1 | #352 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | The Real Me | 1 | #392 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.