Alrighty, tonight I got the
clue - Yes I can sing! And yes, I do dare to climb up on a stage
to start off with a nitingale twitter. Because tonight I'm aware that
there are people out there who don't sing as well as I do. So I don't
have to hide with my talents and I should seriously think about a second
carriere. Holy shit... this here is a strange opera in two parts, who's
actors belong to those kinda band - the world doesn't need anymore. Yeah
of course we listen to them, when they do offer us good entertainment.
But our entertainment tonight is worse than bad and beyond 100% spirit...
sorry Jacky pure. Most of all I'm talking about the second act on the
bill.
This is called double headliner tour, a try to get 80s Rock back to
life. But please - where are there two headliners?
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Lenny Wolf, -
( at least I presume it's him within this darkness) shoots off here at
8.30 p.m. Hearing this typical voice, we know now it's him. The rest of
the clan are no names, who know how to play, no doubt about that. But if
there weren't Mr. Wolf, there would be no attention about it. Sad but
true.
On the other hand every musician in Kingdom Come is exchangeable exept
the singer, and that's Lenny Wolf, 28 years young and a few years more.
So let's put it that way, the music this band here is playing ain't that
bad and well performed. The vocals are great, the guitar and the bass as
well, but thanks to a bad sound and bad light the magic is not there.
Apart from that, the band appears in a smaller line up, because just
recently one guitarist was dropped out of whatsoever reason. So Lenny
Wolf is not only singing but also playing this guitar. He's got a double
job right now. He's doing it pretty well, but loosing a bit of the usual
frontman energy because of playing the guitar same time.
The visual aspect up there rather reminds me on some guys going to a pub
after work in jogging pants and Sweatshirt. At least some of the songs
get recognized by the audiance, who are about 150 fans.
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And that's why Lenny and
Co get some bonus points including an encore. And that one is of course
"Do You Like It", the only chartsuccess Kingdom Come ever had
in their entire carriere, followed by 'Always'.
Yeah this here was okay on the whole, but the big exitment was
definately missing. But therefore we got huge expectation about -
whatever is coming up next....
http://www.kingdomcome.de/
So what? I didn't
expect too much. But what we got now, overcame all my expectations. And
there I am again at the point, what I said in the beginning about my
hope to become a singer. Six pounds of icecubes, water and coke and a
bottle of Jack Daniels are waiting to take care for the image and
satisfy human longings in the style of Rock'n'Roll....
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And there we go, Don Dokken
2007. - Almost exaxtly 20 years ago, I've seen him on a stage supporting
Accept in Munich. To take one thing ahead, the tooth of time has
not just tasted the good man, but has been dancing a hurricane including
a salto mortale. What the hell is that? I guess the spirit of Jack
Daniels is valid for the blown up silhouette of our papagallo with the
now limited voice. In the beginning he's starting out very cool with
sunglasses in the sense of Al Capone and with probably false hair. At
least it looks like it. By the way - the same to the only other original
member drummer Mick Brown, who's hair almost gets blown off his head.
What a shame. At least we would have something to laugh about. But so,
we rather tend to cry.
To get it straight, without overdoing it, within the last 10 years I
have not heard such a bad vocalist like this. No tune is set in the
right place. Christ... this seems not for real And Caruso would bet his
throat, if he could hear this from above. Even one button on Al Capones
shirt has freaked out and away.
Most of all I feel sorry for
the rest of the band, who are the one's to keep the Titanic above sealevel.
Apart from the two just mentioned originals, Don Dokken and Mick Brown,
there is guitarist Jon Leven. Who? A - still - no name but with his
excellent playing he will be recognized soon. I'm pretty sure. And last
but not least on the left on stage - Barry Sparks, longterm bassist of Ted
Nugent. He also helps out with the background vocals. But it doesn't help
to make the whole thing better. The boss is killing a whole bottle Jacky
during the show. And while at other shows fans would have left already, we
are staying 'till the very end, because we still can't believe something
like this exists. This here is a crime on manhood, or better said, - on
Rock'n'Roll. 'In My Dreams' is the very last song, and this nightmare is
finished, like the bottle Jacky. And I got only left to say, did we
really deserve that? Lenny Wolf is a genius compared to Don Dokken, who is
more or less a shadow of himself. Jon Levin should try to put in his
talents somewhere else, and Barry Sparks - why didn't you sing the lead
vocals. Apart from that, you're better off with Uncle Ted.
And now we better go home with the hope, that Dokken gets stuck somewhere
in Nirvana. Please do us the favour Don and shoot yourself to the
Andromeda Galaxy, including your Whiskey, the wig and the castrated
vocalchords....
http://www.dokken.net/
PS: That has been one of the worst singing performanced I've experienced
for years.
Hey, why are we still here ??? Halleluja.....
'I'm singing in the Rain...I'm sing.......
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