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hmmmm..... be honest, do you really wanna read for the 150th time, what Motörhead was like live in concert? Jes..... usually I'm really objectiv and innovative, but slowly even I do loose flexibility to describe the whole spectacle over and over again. Lemmy and Co. use to return every year now, preferably just before christmas. The Zenith venue has become their house club, and it's walls are shaking every time because of the extreme noise level. Actually good, that a band, who used to play in front of just about 150 fans back in the eighties has build up such a cultstatus over the years. Most interesting is the fact, that in the audiance you do not just find freaks from the past who have grown with the band, but also youngsters, who are just about to discover Motörhead for themselves. It's a long evening coming up, because there are three supportacts on the list, who have got the duty to heat the place up. And again - yes I did miss the first goal, who listens to the name Valient Thorr because I was usy talking to a very charming man, who owns, beside his band, two chocolate shops back home in New Jersey. There you can purchase marcipan and even Salzburg mozartballs, which is for NY a rather exotic offer. Yeah it's a good insurance, ain't it?! But first of all comes the band, which is almost as long in the business as Motörhead and owns the filgrian name "Overkill". But let's start from the the beginning, - my beginning - and this starts with act no.2 "Skew Siskin", who are introducing their sixth record 'Peacebreaker' with this appearance. .
We have waited long enough, didn't we?! Christ I just thought, when I'd seen this lot last time, and I got frightened, when I realized, that it must have been already 5 years or so since last time. That doesn't seem true anymore... On the other hand time goes by so quickly, that it seems like the day before yesterday. However, I'd been looking forward to this appearance and to meet the guys again. Everything seems perfect - almost. Overkill still owns a huge aura, exspecially frontman Bobby 'Blitz' Elsworth, who still seems so youthful for h is age. I wonder how he does it including those huge potential of energy. But again, it's the bad sound condition in here, which takes some of my enthusiasm about this band away. And it's not even their faoult. And again I must say, that I prefer seeing Overkill rather in a smaller venue than here on this big stage. But on the other hand, here they catch up with 5.000 people. And that's another story.
Personally I have to
complain about another fact out of the photographic perspective. As we all
know, it's the usual 3 odd songs, we photographer are aloud to shoot our
pics. But this time, as soon as the magic time is over and we are out, up
there we are getting half of a striptease, proving an almost perfect body
for that age. Some 25 year olds would get jealous about this. Anyway it's
just not fair, and yes, I do complain aftershow and hope next time this
action will be done a bit earlier. My camera will be grateful and me too
:-))) Musically the set includes sort of a greatest hits package and two
songs from the new album 'Immortalis'. The last song is 'Elimination' form
the 1989 album 'Years Of Decay', which is still one of my favorite. Over
all the tenor is truly not negative, but also not overwhelming. I
personally look forward for the spring headliner tour of Overkill (view
tourdates on this page) And I can only advise you, to check 'em out
again then. You will luv 'em even more than tonight - with more energy,
vibe, sexy aura and whole lotta great music..... and...... hopefully
an earlier striptease for the visual aspects :-)))))
But if it wasn't like that, it wouldn't be Motörhead, would it?! And then Lemmy, Phil and Micky are starting immidiately their inferno with 10 times the speed of sound, so the very last days seems like a kids birthday party compared with this. To visit a Motörhead concert without earplugs is almost dangerous and not fair our ears. Apart from that, there is not much say, - year for year alyways the same thunderstorm, which reigns down on us. . I spare myself to explain any more details or even songs. Because I would only repeat myself from last year.....
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