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24. 6.
2004 Munich
Queensryche
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Jesus wept, remember the old times, whe Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo conquered the world with long fluffy hair and a spectacular stage outfit. Operation Mindcrime and Empire took care of sucess in the last Eightees and early Nineties. Since then, a long period of time has past, and with all this glamour and bombastic also most of the bandmembers of Queensryche have gonne. Only Geoff Tate is still alive and well, and his voice has not suffered at all over those years, Thanks god for that, otherwise the band would probably only be a bad joke anymore. But Mr. Tatemeanwhile also in his early fourtees, keeps the trademark ahead and sthe spirit inclusively a big blonde who's helping him out with her impressing voice. And because all the bonus points Geoff is very much aware of, he takes out every advantage he is able to, what means playing Operation Mindcrime from the beginning to the very end. But this bonus we can feel first from the middle of the set. 'Till then it's a rather boring performance and the moods in the audiance is rather a quiet one. Anyway the Operstion finishes with a brilliant "Eyes Of A Stranger" and for the encore it's "Empire". To get it straight, it is a solid performance for everybody in here. And even those people who suffered from a cancelled WASP show a couple of weeks ago here in munich got their thing by viewing a free concert. Geoff Tate is back again, that's for sure with lots of fresh energy, some nostalic memories for the past, a modern attitude and a great tenor. Only, Queensryche from the Eightees compared to the present is about as similar as Mozart and the Rolling Stones. But what... the Empire strikes back and we accept it- The Art of Live and Queensryche 2004 |
21. 6. 2004 München
Brides Of Destruction / Alice Cooper
Jes... and all 5dimensional castrated easter bunnys, but paradisebirds are bankclerks compared with these four individuals, who are jumping straight in our faces like mad cow deseases. Exactly within the second of the start of this horror picture show, I'm totally aware why my date for personal thoughtexchange with this band went down the drain before the show. Okay, Nikki Six, gloryfied Mötley Crüe indian chief is the trademark of the Brides of Destruction.almost exactly 20 years ago, I interviewed him first time, and he didn't change much visually. Yeah okay, the shape has changed a bit from vertical to horizonal, what's up to the body part below his chest hair. A bavarian beer specialist would get jealous about Nikki's belly. The second tower in the group is named Tracii Guns, and is not a unknown name in the biz as well. He and Axl Rose were responsible for the birth of supergroup Guns'n'Roses, but left them before the and shot to fame. After that it was La Guns, but also with them, he didn't last forever. Since then he did appear now and then on the horizon of the californian glamrock heaven, but nothing spetacular. But now and here it seems nothing can go wrong anymore. Nikki Six, whereby Mötley Fans still don't know if this band will or come or whatsoever and Tracii Guns, who's former bandmates still tour along on the surface of stranded rock'n'roll bands, have got engaged. And as if this was not enough, they got this exotic Caruso named London LeGrand (sounds bombastic decandent) and a drummer Scot Coogan... |
Heellllpppp
me!!! here comes the Brides in the truest sense of the word. Viva the
eightees, viva Gary Glitter who invented the glamrock style and viva the
sentimentality of the memory of Mötley Crüe. You choke on your spit,
when you those already glorified americans do their show. Crazy, wild
and absolutely nuts and .... very professional. That's what they are,
despite of probably drug mad illusions they suffer of.Every detail is
100% right, each tune, each move. Nothing is left to coincident, even
the scene seems to be dominated by surprises.And
now and then I got beware the feeling, that an accident is happening
soon. But it doesn't. Fact is, that even Nikki Six and Tracii Guns are
taking the polposition, what's up to the fame and the cultstatus, the
other two not quite as known chaps very soon get the same attention as
the two just mentioned oldtimer.
Result is a perfect unit, who knows how to put themselves into the right
spotlight. "Here Comes The Brides" - the egg of the
columb... no of the brides.. is played up and down, - yeah of course
they wanna sell some units, don't they?!!! And because there ain't any
more own material. Mötley Crüe's heritage has got to help out with
"Dr.Feelgood", "Live Wire" and of course "Shout
At The Devil" as an encore. To be honest, if the original creators
of these tunes would be standing on stage right now, it would not have
made a hell of a difference. But to sell the Brides as the legal heir
apparents is not really true. However, with this truly impressing
performance, which blows headliner Alice Cooper against the wall, just
two gigs in Germany and the turn down of all press, at least what's up
to munich, the Brides of Destruction have left an unforgettible
impression with a deadsure recoginition. If we have seen them for the
first and the last time today, I don't know. Why? - Hmmm next year
Mötley Crüe will do their farewell tour and if the money is good, the
Brides have already my blessing for eternity. But that's Rock'n'Roll. |
Alice, Alice... bring me another helles (another word for beer in german) no, but we'are not at the octoberfest. But, and this is the turning oint... He didn't bring his boa constrictor, his beheading instrument and his usual bones for decoration. Appartenty the reasons are the the countless festivals Alice is playing this summer and the complications for all the gear to be carried along the road. There you see, even superstars are on the save nowadays. So that's why all we got here is a normal stage with normal musicians and nothing spectacular exept the usual Alice trademark make up. The mastro of darkness and horror takes only his stick, wip and sabre and is trying to convince the fans with his pure presence. Yes he can manage at least partly. The elderly of us miss the blood splattering intermezzo but not the all time classics like "Schools Out", "No More Mr.Nice Guy", "Billion Dolar Baby" "I'm Eighteen" and "Poison". And the youngsters, who are also present in this audiance who is not half as much as yesterdy at the Status Quo gig same place same time, - they don't know the cultmassacre of uncle Alice. But where's the problem? It's simple, pushed up from an absolute madness performance of a charismatic supportband, we have this somehow boring impression of the headliner. The magic is gonne and Alice seems like St Peter with a holy glam agains the Brides from hell. the thing is, they shouldn't let crazy individuals like the Brides do the support for a cultfigur like Alice. This could get terribly wrong - for Mr. Nice Guy of course. That's why, you better take your snake with you next time, the ketchup and the bones and splatter it over the cultsongs of 3 decades, with the old commen espirit, which let's Alice really be Alice. And most of all, send the Brides to Jupiter, so they can do their own headliner show next time. And over all the spirit of Mötley Crüe is flying.... Amen... |
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