Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    I saw Wanyno Cluett hauling equipment around the stage.  I wonder
    if he knew what he was doing???
    
    
    

    
    	What happens if you're gonna go to an outdoor show and it
    	rains?
    
    	Do u get wet, or do they reschedule?
    
    	Thanks for any info.
    
    							GTI
    

    
    	It's at the PA Club in Gardner.
    
    	Do they have a covered stage or stage area?
    
    	Thanks for any info.
    
    							GTI
    

    
    
    	The PA will probably have to reschedule since there's
    	no protection from the weather.
    
    	It's basically a beach with a small place to buy some
    	food/beer.
    
    	Tigga~~ who lives in Gardner

    
    	Well, how'd everyone like Metallica last night?
    
    	I got MAIL from Steve Owen this morning saying it was
    	a great show.
    
    							GTI
    

    Yeah, great show, this is my third time seeing the *same* show,
    but still loved it!  I hoped they would of changed the staging around
    a bit, and do something new, but no luck.  We only got offered one
    back-stage pass, and well, there were six of us, no one went back.
    They played a little past eleven, the longest of the shows I've
    seen.  I lost my earplugs on the third song by the Cult, couldn't
    stand the silly things, but needless to say, we were right below
    those wonderfully loud speakers, and my ears are still ringing..
    Yes, there were a couple of MOSH's down front, in the first three
    rows (which consisted of about ten rows worth of people..)  We were
    in the seventh row, and I had to stand on the top backs of my seat
    in order to see.. woke up in the middle of the night with charlie
    horses in my legs! 8-)
    
    The Cult are going to be touring by themselves soon.  They looked
    a little "out of it" (Candy said they looked bored..?) different
    than what I expected, but they were good also.
    
    CJ

    Last night Metallica/Cult show being my first real heavy Metal
    concert was definately intresting.  I enjoyed the Cult and could
    see them too.   Metallica did nothing for me.  I didn't listen to them
    before the concert and won't now either.  Every song sounded the
    same to me.  After awhile I gave up trying to see the stage and watched
    the people.  That was and experience in itself!!!
    
    I'd go see the Cult again.
    
    Renee

    	>>I didn't listen to them before the concert and won't now
	>>either. 
          
    	This is one of the reasons I won't go to a Metallica concert.
    	(or any other band I've never listened to). I find it very
    	difficult to get into the concert if I don't know the songs
    	they're performing.  Like you said, it seems everything just
    	sounds alike.
                     
    	For example, I found it really hard to get into Information
    	Society at the MTV concert last week because I hardly knew
    	their songs.  On the other hand, I LOVED Milli Vanilli.

    	Tigga~~~ who knows listens to ..And Justice For All constantly!
    	    	             

    
    
    Re: .9
    
    Yup and they did "Damage Inc." also!
    
    
    Paul

        >>>I didn't listen to them before the concert and won't now
	>>>either. 
        >  
    	>This is one of the reasons I won't go to a Metallica concert.
    	>(or any other band I've never listened to). I find it very
    
         
        >Tigga~~~ who knows listens to ..And Justice For All constantly!
         
    
    	Why don't those 2 extracts make sense to me?
    
    							GTI
    

    I wish that I had stayed out longer to see this concert because I doubt
    whether a band like the Cult could get away with suppporting Metallica
    in England.....Back when the band was the Death Cult, we used to get
    annihilated in the moshes by punks/skinheads, simply for having long
    hair.

	>>Why don't those 2 extracts make sense to me?
        >>GTI
          
    	Because you're a dolce, that's why.  (8
    
    	What I meant is that it's really difficult to go to
    	a concert (IMO) and see a band that you've never listened to
    	before and enjoy it.  I haven't heard ALL of Metallica's tapes 
    	and am just starting to thoroughly enjoy AJFA since I play
    	it constantly.  BUT!!  I would still find it difficult to
    	go to a Metallica (or any other band) concert and be able
    	to enjoy it...
    
    	UNDERSTAND NOW?!  (8
                
    	Tigga~~~
               

    -1 yeah, I understand how you feel, I know most of Metallica's songs,
    have all of the albums, but I found the Cult a little *hard* to
    get into because I only knew two songs off of the new album, and 
    they only have two albums (?), I know the first album though.
    
    It's hard being a Metallica Virgin.. 8)  But I caught you enjoying
    it a little Ms. Quebec.. ;')      
    
    CJ

    The Cult have 3 albums out as the Cult, and a few imports as the
    Death Cult and Southern Death Cult.
    
    I liked the Cult, even though the Singer wasn't as good as he's
    been in the past.  
    
    I thought Metallica was better back in March when they played with
    Queensryche.  They weren't as tight (jaymz and Kirk kept rushing the
    tempos!!), and they were constantly out of tune.  They were ok though.
     

    
    Never said I didn't enjoy it.  Just not turned on to Metallica
    as a result of it.  Besides some of the scenery was VERY nice.
    
    Renee

    Were my ears screwed.. or was the soundman really screwin' the band
    up?  How many times did they try to get things goin'???
    
    CJ

    I'm over in the UK - The Cult are over here soon....
    Will be deafinately going to catch them - out of interest, does
    anyone want to tell me what sort of stuff they played?
    
    

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RIGEL4::JBONNO                                       46 lines  31-JUL-1989 08:23
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    Do you ever feel like you walk through life getting reamed just
    about everywhere you go?  Well, I saw Tesla/Great White/Kix last
    night, so now I am going to tell you how it went.
    
    Kix, of course, wasn't very good at all.  It was the last show they
    were doing (gee, and wasn't I lucky to see it!).  Right around the
    end of their gig, all the roadies came out on stage and walked around
    for about 5 minutes mooning the audience.  They were dancing around
    and pretty much acting crazy.
    
    Then.........the moment of truth.  Tesla came out next.  Yep, that
    is right folks, and they only played about a 50 minute set.  They
    opened with Lady Luck, and then played these songs:
    
    Hang Tough
    Gettin' Better
    No Way Out (Heaven's Trail)
    Yesterdaze Gone
    Flight to Nowhere
    EZ Come EZ Go
    Cumin At You Live
    Modern Day Cowboy
    Little Suzi
    
    And that was it.  Then the boys from Kix came back out and jammed
    with Tesla to the tune "It's Only Rock n Roll" by the Stones.  Tesla
    sounded incredible during their whole show.  Not one goof, just
    played great, and had a good time doing it.  This band was definitely
    the attraction at this show.
    
    So then out came Great White.  We were pretty pissed at the fact
    that Tesla didn't play for an hour, so it was hard to get into GW.
    My favorite song of theirs is Mista Bone, and that song rocked.
    These guys also sounded really tight, but they were not as much
    of a crowd pleaser as Tesla.  As a matter of fact, I saw some "birdies"
    being shot when GW was playing.  
    
    Oh well, another day another ream for ol' John.  And then to top
    it all off, I was supposed to get back stage passes from a guy I
    know who works security, but of course he had to work outside the
    arena and I could not get out to see him.
    
    Tesla Roooooooooooooolz
    
    Jab 

    Just thought I would add this note to illustrate the ups and downs
    of a rock fans life :
    Last weekend an outdoor concert took place in the North of Ireland
    on the shores of Lough Neagh billed as "Rock the Lough". The gig
    comprised of local metal bands with "Mama's Boys" as support and
    Rory Gallagher as headliner. I was supposed to drive up from Dublin
    with my brother (travelling Willbury) and a friend of his. I had
    to pull out due to other commitments at the eleventh hour. Disgruntled
    they headed off anyway by bus on Sat morning. The nearest they could
    get was Magherafelt which is about 5 miles from where the gig took
    place. They got a taxi to the gig and according to their reports
    it was one of the best gigs ever in Ireland. The rig used had 
    apparently been designed for Prince and the sound quality was
    excellent. Already I am jealous. One of the local bands named
    " Emerald " turned in a fine set and then introduced a guest. And
    guess who came on. Yes youre right, who else but Vivian Cambell.
    The local fire brigade had to called in to put out the fire on his
    fret board. He was smoking. Ok I'm going green now. Mamas Boys 
    turned in their usual fine performance sporting a new lead singer
    and Don (where am I) Airey on keyboards. Then came Rory who as we
    all know by now never fails to give 100% and really got the place
    jumping.
    At this stage it is getting late and my brother is worried about
    getting a lift home. He tries but to no avail. He has to walk 5
    miles back to Magherafelt to find that there is no room at the inn.
    Everywhere is booked out. Into a taxi and off to the next town
    called Crookstown. At this stage spirits are flagging and the night
    looks like it could be a long one. Luckily they find a hotel and
    check in. This is where I go nuts. Who walks in but Rory and the
    band. Rory is wrecked after the gig and has to go to bed but the
    lads in the band stay up drinking with the brother till 5am.
    Next morning when they are checking out ,down comes Rory. "Will
    ya have a pint lads." In they go for a few jars with Rory. Aside:
    I have been a Rory fan since 1977 and was shattered one day when
    someone told me that he was not in fact "God". They got chatting
    about his new album and up and coming gigs and the general 
    concensus is that he is a gentleman. 
    Anyway that just illustrates the downside. I missed the meeting
    of a lifetime with my childhood hero.
    
    Sorry for dragging on but just a quickie on the plus side:
    
    Last night I drove down the country with the brother and his mate
    to Tullamore to pick up Mamas Boys on their club tour of Ireland.
    The gig was excellent with Don "where am I" Airey looking like
    he didn't really know what was going on. Anyway to cut a long story
    short at the end of the gig we were talking to the soundman and
    we enquired where they were playing next. He replied " Tralee on
    Saturday night". Guess what, my vacation starts on Sat and I am
    going to Tralee. 
    
    Its a funny old up and down Rock and Roll world really.
    
    Next week I will tell you how I have been a fan of Frank Marino
    for 15 years and missed his concert in Portland by 10 hrs.
                                                              
    

    Hey,
    	Anyone going to the WBCN party at the Garden this friday night?
    All I know is that Kid Crash is playing...
    
    What's the lineup?
    
    /Motorbreath...if I go, I'll have to pass on Mr. Big thursday

    Oh yeah, Del Fuegos are playing at Chevy's wednesday as well.
    
    Is Flesh opening for Bang Tango sunday night at the Channel?
    
    unconfirmed rumor
    
    /Motorbreath

    
    Candy and I saw them one night at the channel they opened for
    Farrenheit.  The singer is an ultimate poser and definate 
    wanna-be with no voice.  He screamed more than anything.  I didn't
    enjoy them or their music.  There seem to be most well known song
    with their fans was called "Take No S**t"....need I say more?
    
    Rae

    RE: the 'BCN thing...
    
    	Supposed to be some major league Boston music celeb's there
    	too.
    
    	9 bands $9
    
    	joe.

    Bad Brains - Astoria, London
    
    I remeber some years ago a trudge up to Stevenage Bowes Lion Centre
    in lousy weather to see a suport band...what's more, a dreadlocked
    religious support band.  It was to be one of those evenings of
    blood-filled basins in the toilets and constant battles on the
    dancefloor.  It seemed that most of Hertfordshire's British Movement
    had turned up to greet the visiting Americans.
    
    the band met agression with Agression, 'Spit on the government,
    spit on the Queen, but don't spit on us, cos who spits gets hit'.
     Quite simply, the Bad Brains were awesome.
    
    Things have since progressed in the right direction.  Tonight there
    are no non-sentient sieg-heiling skinheads, the touts are doing
    good business, and the Bad Brains are headlining before a capacity
    crowd.
    
    Only one of the two advertised supports showed any signs of playing.
     A reasonably irritating surf punk band with a heavy Ramones Influence.
    They went down well with the younger spikey tops and warmed the
    place up if nothing else.  the BBs on the other hand brought this
    ugly old building alive.
    
    After breif praise to Jah, HR lead them into the strongest set this
    side of sanity.  The previous split in their ranks has if anything
    provided them with fresh ideas and although there was perhaps too
    much emphasis on selling their new album, Quickness, their older
    material still provoked a frenzied response.  The reggae if you
    like that sort of thing is highly polished but retains Dr Know's
    distinctive guitar sound, while the HArdcore/Metal/Thrash is the
    fastest in town, any town.
    
    It would be nice to finish with the line from the latest album,
    'With the quickness, the children are here to stay,' but the night
    was marred when after a very short encore the band refused to come
    back on.  It looked for a while as though there might be serious
    trouble.  the safety curtain was torn down and empty can were thrown
    on the stage until a brave DJ appealed for calm and the situation
    died down.  Ironically the BBs message of peace and understanding
    never even made it as far as the charming Cross Road.
    
    Written by Morat.
    Copied without permission from Kerrang!
    
    Flip
    

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CHEFS::DALLISON "Screaming blues-o-mania"            29 lines   2-NOV-1989 07:56
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    We missed about 20 mins of Skid Row (traffic was a b*tch). They
    were good, except for Sab Bach kept swearing (annoying). They did
    I remember You, Youth Gone Wild, 18 and Life etc.. all the good
    stuff from the album.
    
    White Lion were good too. I gotta say that Vito Brata is AMAZING
    live. I was mesmerised by the guy. They did all the popular songs
    and my fav, which was "When The Children Cry". Vito did lots of
    short unacompanied solo's.                
                                              
    Motley Cr�e were okay. They opened with Kickstart my Heart which
    got the crowd going. They rang through all the classics like
    "Smoking...", "Girlsx3","Wild Side","Home Sweet home","Shout at
    the Devil" etc.. and finished with Dr Feelgood. they only played
    for 1 hour 40 mins. Tommy Lee's drumming antic STOLE the show. I'm
    not gonna go into details coz I'd spoit it for Flip, but lets just
    say that they er.. turned my stomach upside down !! Mick Marrs has
    got the stage presence (and chops) of a wet herring. Nice backing
    singers though, especially when they put on their nurses uniforms
    for Dr Feelgood 8^).
                
    Overall, the show lasted from 7:00 to 11:40. Thats four hours and
    forty mins of music for little ���. Great value.
                
    -Tony

Skid Row - White Lion - M�tley Cr�e:  Wembley Arena, November 2.


Skid Row:  These guys were the b*lls!  Yep Sebastian continually swore 
throughout the set (incidentally Tommy Lee actually said f*ck seven times
in one sentence....), but as he said....."if you've come to see the Partridge
Family, then there's the f*cking door!"  They played all of the tunes off the
album.  These guys really know how to play as a *band* - FANTASTIC!!!!

White Lion:  Geez, when I go to see a band, that's exactly what I would like
to see.....A BAND!!  Not Vitto Bratta and the Lionettes!  YEs this guy is 
amazing on the guitar, but throughout the set, the lights were dimming and
he was going in to his classical bits whilst the others left the stage -
waste of bl**dy time!  It got boring.  Best tunes were Radar Love, Little
Fighter and When the children cry.

M�tley Cr�e:  Man, these guys were loud!  It was worth the two year wait to
see them (remember when they cancelled because they thought is would be 
dangerous to set up the lighting rig with ALL that snow on the roof - it didn't
snow that year!).  Mike Mars is a complete a$$hole - but ya have to admit
he plays that steel guitar damn good for a 95 year old!  Tommy Lee's drum
antics stole the show.....and he droped his pants!  Donna (nasty habit) should
learn not to stick her...ahem...chest out so far or she's gonna break her
back!  Vince punched a security guard who tried to stop a fan getting on stage,
the kid was up there for a whole tune then slam dived into the front standing
section 8^)

Bestest moment was when they came back for the third encore - all three bands,
pluss Lemmy from Motorhead, came on to sing Jailhouse Rock.  The "ONE MORE TIME"
bits went on for fifteen minutes!

Flip  

	SKID ROW - VAIN  Hamersmith Odeon 13 November 1989

	The concert hall was packed - a complete sell out!!!

	VAIN are a complete waste of time - everything they do has been done
	by others...several times and alot better!  They did have a couple of
	good moments: introduction to 'Who's watching you' and also the big
	build up for a song about his ex girlfriend (relationship lasted all
	of 30 mins).  He had the lights dimmed and told us of how chocked up
	he felt - then he screeched at the top of his voice, "F*CK YOU B*TCH!!"
	There set last for about 40 minutes - too long in my opinion!

	The crowd erupted when Skid Row hit the stage, they played for over
	two hours - AMAZING!  They get better every time I go and see them!
	They played all the tracks off there current album, plus:

		Holiday in the Sun		Sex Pistols	AWSOME!

		Train kept a rollin		????

	They had Lemmy from Motorhead come up to play on this one (plus
	VAIN) and another guest whom I can't remember at the moment.

		Wrathchild			Iron Maiden

	Nicko McBrain played the drums on this track - awesome cover, they
	gave IM a run for there money on this tune!

	Sebastian did all his raps in between tunes (colourful language
	included).  Ripped the sh*t out of the likes of Sidney Youngblood:

	"Who the F*CK says betterrr-r-r-r-r?!?!  It's better!"

	Milli Vanilli -

	"HEY Milli!!!  Suck my F*CKING Vanilli!"

	And, of course, we all had to do our one fingured salute to everyone
	who sh*ts on HM fans!

	I recommend everyone to go see these guys when they support Aerosmith!
        
	Flip

    
    Oops, they trashed there drum kit at the end of the show.
    
    Flip

	Too bad about VAIN.  Seems a record deal, life on the road,
	and god knows what else, has turned a really solid metal
	band into a bunch of jerks.  They used to be extremely 
	popular here in the Bay Area when they were a humble local
	band.  Ah well...spoiled by success(?), I suppose.

	Lisa

emcee: "Please welcome the best guitarist alive!"

Joe Satriani: "Wow we've got quite a crowd here tonight!"
              "You're the best crowd we've ever had!  This is the last show
                        of the tour, but we're definitely coming back here!"
              
a satisfied customer: "That concert was 10 times better than some of the
                       ones we've paid $20 for!"


Some of the quotes from last night's performance.  Words won't do it
justice, this was something you had to experience.  This was probably the
biggest crowd that has ever come out to see JUST Satch.  It was SRO with
20,000 rockin' the Coliseum.  He played for 2 hours and had to come out for
3 encores!

We sat in the upper deck, about 50 feet away on Satch's side (straight out
from his corner), so we could see really well.  All around the top of the
stage were these huge diamond vision TV screens so we could still see his
finger work up close.  The cameraman was right in front of the stage.  Each
screen was probably about 6+ feet high.

Thanks to Crown (they rule!), the house was probably the cleanest and
purest I've ever heard at a major venue.  The sound engineers did a great
job!  I saw a whole wall of racked Crown Macro-Tech amps along the left
side of the stage!  I counted 10 racks of 5 amps each, plus assorted EQ's,
etc.

He opened up with "Flying in a Blue Dream", and followed with:

Ice 9, Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, Circles, Can't Slow Down, One Big
Rush, Crush of Love (introduced with "...time to do a little soul"), I
Believe, Midnight/Echo, Always with Me Always with You, Surfing with the
Alien, Satch Boogie, Ride (introduced with "...a song for cruising on your
motorcycle"), and Back to Shalla-Bal (introduced as "...another
sentimental love song").

"I Believe" was done in an acoustic setting with Joe on a Yamaha.  The
crowd gave him a standing O after the acoustic setting for 5 solid minutes
followed by the "stampede of feet" (everyone stompin').  The band had to
wait for the deafening roar to die down to continue.  The rest of the songs
had Joe rotating through his black Ibanez, chrome Ibanez, and the Ibanez
with the custom scribbles on it.  The back of his rack was facing me, but I
could see 2 Marshall � stacks to the left of Mover's Yamaha drum kit.

For encore #1 he did Big Bad Moon.
 "    "    #2 "   "  Not of This Earth
 "    "    #3 "   "  Rubina

Satch and Jonathan Mover didn't do any spotlight solos, but Stu Hamm did.
Stu did a two-handed tapping version of the Peanuts theme (Snoopy's song)
plus one other cartoon theme that had the crowd roaring.  

He was fairly sociable with the audience, getting them involved in the
show.  Satch also improvised on more than half the songs, this was where he
was really great!  He got really funky on "Crush of Love".  It really
showed off the different styles he's capable of.

When I saw the roadies cleaning up afterwards, I saw on the floor in front
of his monitors a tube screamer, a wah pedal, and a channel switcher.
Nothing real elaborate.  I came pretty close to getting a few of his picks
too.  The roadie wasn't very good at throwing them up into the balcony, but I
saw what was on them.  They were sort of like the Fender mediums in
texture.  On one side was the surfer logo, his name on the other.  All were
pink or yellow.

I drooled while admiring his 3 Ibanez's up close.  Nice Axes!  I think I'll
go buy one ;-)

One thing I noticed that I couldn't quite figure out.  He cups the guitar
with both hands around the bridge to get his patented screeches and growls.
What is he doing to get his?

Mike

    So, here I am fresh from the Scorps concert last night and I am
    physed(tm).  The Ahoy in Rotterdam is a sh*tty venue but this did not
    spoil the concert.
    
    The support band nearly did though. The openers were Winger who played 
    more like ducks with broken wings.  I have seen more life in a dead 
    haddock than I did in these 4 wallies.  By the way did you know that Kip 
    means 'chicken' in Dutch (^8*.  Still, the Dutch not being the most
    lively of audiences probably didn't even notice that the band had gone
    to sleep.  And they didn't play too long (actually 5 minutes was too
    long).  This gave me a chance to get several beers down while waiting
    for the main attraction.
    
    What an incredible intro.  The lights went down and the LIGHTS went on
    and the music started building and whack they were there.  The way they
    strutted on stage reminded you of there ethnic origins but it was
    commanding.  They opened with a number from there new album, it was
    quite good but not as good an opener as 'Coming Home' is.  But it was
    obvious to hear that they had gone back to the style of playing of the
    'Blackout' album.  Mostly good rocking tunes with fast licks. 
    Surprises in store though when the basist played a 2 minute solo intro
    to one of the numbers, which then literally exploded with a beat that
    was almost thrash in its energy output.  Great stuff.  It is a shame
    that I don't know the names of the tunes as I don't yet have the new
    album.  Crazy World was quite obvious and there was a ballad about
    their experiences in Russia (something about Rings?).  Both of these
    songs were well received even by the laid back Dutch (who still hadn't
    got out of their seats).  Klaus Meine ran around the stage like a
    dervish, climbing all over the drummers rig, knocking over the other
    memebers of the band, etc.  You could see they were having a ball!
    
    They played most of the new stuff, plus a LOT of their old favs (Rythm
    of Love, Dynamite, Big City Nights, Rocking Like a Hurricane, Blackout
    and many more).  Even the unemotional Dutch fans (who still hadn't
    stood up) waved their lighters in the air when they played 'Still
    Loving You'.  This is about the nearest the Dutch fans get to
    expressing enjoyment (^8*.  The band came back for an encore and
    finished up with Big City Nights which was about as good a place to
    finish as any.
    
    The Scorps played for nearly 2 hours, giving pretty good VFM.  The new
    stuff sounds pretty good, so the concert has hadd the desired effect
    with me as I will definitely be buying the album.  The light show is
    excellent, the emphasis being on knocking your head off with ultra
    bright (halogen? (^8*) lamps in stacks and the subtle effects of
    coloured lighting, loved the red glow on the band at the end!  Klaus
    Meine's voice has improved with age (not so shrieky) and the band has
    got much better technically.  They also seem to have even more energy,
    must be on high protein diets (^8*.
    
    Go and see if you can (but arrive late after Winger).
    
    
    
    GAZ (mods please feel free to move this as I am too lazy to look for
    the Scorps or Concert notes)
    
    
    
    GAZ
    

    GAZ...
    
    Did they open with Squeeze Me Please Me.....???
    
    Bonzo

    Re -1.  They opened with a number from their new album.  A good going
    tune but I don't know the name unfortunately.  Also, I don't know every
    one of the Scorpions songs as I only have 6 of their albums.
    
    Oh yes, I nearly forgot, they also played an old Who number 'Can't
    Explain'.  Showing my age here, as Klaus Meine didn't credit it. (^8*.
    
    
    
    GAZ

    Da WHo did it. The Scorps covered it on ROckers and BAllads.

      GAZ, nice concert review. The last time I saw the Scops was at the
    Monsters of Rock here in the states. Out of all the bands I thought
    they were the best. IMO. I'll definitly check them out again if the
    come around here somewhere (fat chance).
    
    					The KER
    

    I agree with you, KER, I thought the Scorps were the best band at our
    US Monsters of Rock show (in Denver, the last show on the tour) last
    year.
    
    I also enjoyed Metallica, but the sound was pitiful for their part of
    the show.
    
    gh

Capsule review of yesterday's Operation Rock and Roll show:

Metal Church - Definitely a nice surprise! We got there late, and thought we'd
miss them, but they ended up not going on until almost 5:00 - perfect! They
were real good, although the sound wasn't that great (it got better as the
set went on). I know that Buck isn't enamored of the new singer, but I
thought he sounded real good! 

Dangerous Toys - we blew them off to sit in the sun for a bit......

Motorhead - what can I say, I love these guys!!! Like MC, they had some sound
problems at the beginning of the set - everything was real muddy and meshed 
together, and you couldn't hear Lemmy at all. Got better over time though,
and by the time they did classic stuff like "Killed By Death" and "Ace of 
Spades", they were killer! Also, the new material sounded really strong,
supporting my contention that '1816' is the best Motorhead album since Fast
Eddie Clark left.

Alice Cooper - Great show!!!! It started out a little weak, the guitars 
sounded a little too processed on rockers like "Under My Wheels" (opener).
But after the first 3 or 4 songs, they started hitting stride, and it just
got better from there. The set list had lots of classics ("Billion Dollar
Babies", "Only Women Bleed", "Elected", "School's Out", "Go To Hell"),
and the new stuff sounded good too (except maybe "Poison"). One of the
new songs (?), called "Love Is Like A Gun" was a standout. Very cool show,
lots of stabbings and electrocutions and all that sorta fun stuff that
Alice is known for. Fourth time I've seen him since he came back a few years 
ago, and the best since the first time.

BTW, Al Pitrelli was not on guitars last night. The two guys he had were more
than adequate - the rhythm/lead player was real good, and the lead/rhythm
player was a MONSTER guitar player! He was doing all that sweep picking stuff
that you hear a lot from the Racer X/Cacophony-type players. I tried to catch
his name, but didn't understand what Alice said - anyone know who he was? Oh,
and the drummer for Alice was Eric Singer (previously residing in the Where
Are They Now File).

Judas Priest - Same as always, totally professional and just plain great! 
These guys were one of the originators of Heavy Metal, and still one of the
best at it. For more info, see the review I wrote of the Worcester show back
in January - it was very similar (except Great Woods had a lot of pyro).


Overall, I was pleasantly suprised at the quality of the show. Every band was
impresive and enjoyable, no easy task. Except for Priest, they all started a
little slow and then caught fire (while Priest was "on" from the word 'go'!).
Lot of bang for the buck, and I think no one walked away disappointed.

alan

    Was it a full house last nite?? Just curious.. The papers didn't review
    it at all this mornin'....
    
    /w
    

> Was it a full house last nite?? Just curious.. The papers didn't review
> it at all this mornin'....

Nope. Rough guess, I'd day 8K-9K people in attendance. The Providence show
the night before was cancelled because of lack of ticket sales. Definite
hard times in the music biz......

alan

    
    
    > Definite hard times in the music biz......
    
    In the music biz...or in the Metal Biz?
    
    Don't forget, the Lollapalooza Tour sold out all over the country.
    
    Maybe it's time to start a new topic about the future of music and
    metal (but I don't note in this conference enough to start it myself).
    
    Habitually lazy.
    
    kat

    Yeah, Ice-T is kind of a wild card in that bunch, didn't seem to fit as
    far as I could see.  I don't like him or his stuff, so if I went I'd
    probably leave during his half-hour or something.  From the reviews in
    RADIO_RADIO, the alternative crowd there didn't appreciate him either.
    
    However I would definately go out of my way to see Nine Inch Nails,
    Living Colour, the Butthole Surfers and Janes Addiction!  With a lineup
    like that, I'd be willing to sit through a band or two I don't like.
    
    Oh yeah...Marshalls rool, nuff said!
    
    gh

    Is Ice T touring with his thrash band or just by himself.I read in a
    UK music magazine that he has a metal outfit that plays thrash called
    "body count"or something like that.They play delightful little ditties
    such as KKK bitch,Cop killer and some others.
    
    
    
                                                Staynz

So, anyone see the Screaming Trees/Soul Asylum/Spin Doctors concert last
night??

I was curious as to how each band was, particularly the first 2.

-a

    
    	A couple guys here at MRO said the 1st 2 bands were very good,
    	and that they couldn't hear a word the Spin Doctors were say-
    	ing.
    
    							GTI

    I've seen the Spin Doctors doing live stuff on a couple of Tv shows and
    they seemed pretty weak in the vocal dept.  The exception was the SNL
    performance, as I recall.
    
    On the other hand, Soul Asylum are really much better live then on
    their most recent record, they rock.  The one song I've seen the
    Screaming Trees do live was also cookin, I'd love to see them!
    
    gh

    
    	Happened to go back through the replies in this note today ...
    	some old names and reviews of some of today's bands as they
    	were "up and coming".
    
    	Interesting.
    
    	The one thing that sticks out in my mind is one of the 1st
    	replies inthis topic, which says, basically, "Kix sucks".
    
    	8^)