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27. Feb. 2003
Wörgl Austria Komma
Mountain
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Bloody hell on all sibirian long tail parots.... Leslie West ain't really suitable for beeing an No. 1 example of a long time weightwatchers diet. Although, - it used to be worse. But who gives a f..... He still can play, - I mean he is still brilliant. Woodstock is past. Long live Woodstock. Not much has changed. Not the image, not the style. Mountain belong to the so called cultbands. And this species stands above everything. Leslie doesn't need a 5 men band to produce the typical rich Mountain sound. He does ist alone, only with the help of bassist Ritchie Scarlett and long time mate drummer Corky Laing. . Corky brings in the certain touch of humor without drawing away from his excellent drumming. You can't overlook his similarity to Quasimodo, the watcher of Notre Dame. Mountain do improvise hell of a lot but with much love for details. No, Leslie is no perfectionist, that's what he always admits. But he does what he does, let's say without making a mistake. A fossil of the Sixites has gone for the 2000s to conquer the world again. And thanks to his talents, fresh energy and youthful esprit the Woodstock legend will definately go for it and combine the past with the present to move the result into the future. All I can say is - long live Woodstock, long live the ghost of time and long live the nostalgy..... |
15. Feb. 2003 Munich
Elserhalle
Hammerfall
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Yes, yes, yes...memories come up. That's Heavy Metal ala' 1985. Only with the difference, that this band didn't exist at those times. But maybe Sweden has now only just reached this era. However, what these five Scandinavians celebrate up there is perfect, we've got to give 'em that. Every clichee is true, every tune in place and the xact imagecare. Hammerfall are celebrating bombastmetal like in good old times. But they do it 100% right. With a vocalist who reminds us at the eunuch of the prince of Arabia, a guitarist, who give us the impression, as if he comes straight from the sahelzone and a bassist who's got some similarities to a gorilla ape, the band let the earth quake. But don't worry, that's all imagecare. despite the sahelzone figure. At least Oscar can eat what he wants and doesn't gain weight. That's something worth, I'm telling ya'. Otherwise everything's perfectly put in place. The pyroshow leaves a lot impression and lets the eyes of the fans glitter like a christmas tress. And drummer Anders bum gets happily noticed by the few girls in the audiance, including myself and reminds me fairly on AC/DC's Angus. Never mind boys, you've given us a good time, and this is what counts, ain't it..... Long live Heavy Metal! |  |
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14. Feb. 2002 Munich
Rattlesnake Saloon
Albert Lee & Hogans Heroes
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if godfather in musicheaven had a name, it was Albert Lee. Oh my God, how I admire this man as a musician and as a man. I don't think I exaggerate to say, that he's one of the best guitarrists at all. And god damn, Albert is one of the most underrated musicians. He's played with Lennon and with Bowie, he's got a grammy last year, and he's got the reputation of a hero in musicianscircles. But what does it matter when 1) he's mistaken with Alvin Lee from Ten Years After all the time and 2) he doesn't get the flowers, he'd deserve. Mainly he plays with Bill Wyman (Ex-Rolling Stones), but sometimes Albert feels free to do his own thing and records and plays with Hogans Heroes, - underrated like always. Within the Guinessbook of Records he would probably break chains and leave some other guitarrists out in the rain. Albert has always gone for Country and Blues, still open for everything else. He plays, that you can hear angels sing in heaven and he shows almost acrobatic knowledge. Although he won't act like a star. He's british, he's shy and he gives his bandmates the credits. But mostly it won't work, because he's simply too f.... brilliant. The only thing I can say: Albert, you're the very best, and I dearly love you.... |  |
12.2. 2003 Munich Kl.
Elserhalle
Mitch Ryder
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He looks like his own Granddad in the meantime, but this does not affect his performance. Mitch Ryder and his Detroit Wheels - oh by the way, there's only one real Detroit chap besides Mitch in the band, the rest is german and fidles usually in a band named "Engerling". But never mind, last but not least it's the music what counts. And the music is alright. Mitch tells the same stories like last time, he uses the same mimik, and he plays the same songs. So what can go wrong? - Nothing literatually. Yeah, maybe they are rolling a bit too loud this time - the Detroit Wheels. But that's maybe, because they wanna wake up the small group of admirers, - who knows. "Devil In A blue Dress" ain't missing and also a homage to the Rolling Stones in the end. Result of the event: nothing overwhelming, but nice..... |
20.1. 2003 M
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Okay! Saxon are cult, and not just since yesterday. The second bonus is "Crusader", "747" and "Wheels Of Steel". And that's enough to stand above everything else. Biff, - how old is this chap actually? - Fifty-something I presume. Never mind really, if there weren't some offious relaxing periodes inbetween the set by sitting at the drumkit bottom for a few seconds. But whatever daddy moves in a snailspeed, the kiddies in the group break it even by fast acrobatic. Only uncle Paul (Quinn) is even slower than a snail. The visuell aspect also includes the outfit, which shows naked muscles on one hand (I don't mind, if there are some...) or heavy army coats and joggingsuits to hide a aging belly or the fact to be a aspargarus tarzan. But as long as we go for hell and Heavy Metal, we overlook those few wick points which have developed thanx to natural evolution.Musically is nothing wrong, and that's why - long live Crusader, who speeds with 747 on wheels of steel throughout the intergalactiv world of Hardrock for the past quarter of a century. Eh..... tea time included in the catering of course.... |  |
