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I actually do remember very well their last gig here in Munich at the Bongobar, which let me jump out of my shoes in enthusiasm. No, this here is definately not a tired Oldieband. Because whatever they deliver here again, is an explosion of entertainment and great music. No, Dr.Feelgood music ain't complicated guitar picking music, like the one of Wishbone Ash later on. But it is solid, good Blues Rock'n'Roll, and it couldn't be any better. No leg in this place stands quietly on it's place. And the venue probably hasn't experienced such an enthusiasm on stage lately, like this Dr.Feelgood show here. 
Dr.Feelgood are: Steve Walwyn (Git), John Martin (drums), Phil Mitchell (Bass) and Robert Kane (Voc/Blues Harp)

And no, their biggest hitsingle from 1979 - 'Milk & Alcohol' ain't the encore but the fifth song already. But it doesn't matter. Exspecially Robert Kane gives everything as if he wanted to win another record in marathon sprinting. He owns a lot of aura and body expression, and he puts it exactly in the right place. And a such guitarist like Steve Walwyn you have to search for like a pin on a beach. 'Down By The Jetty' sounds, as if it was written only yesterday. And the new track with the somehow suitable title 'I Drink Beer', also goes down very well. Interrupted by excellent breaks and soli it ends up with an extended version of 'Down At The Doctors'.

By the way, this here is a double headliner tour, so Dr.Feelgood got also 90 minutes showtime and it certainly belongt to the one's which could go on for ages and ain't boring for a single seconds. And if you don't believe all this, what I just told you, then I can only advice you to check this band out next time they are around. For me, this here is the best gig this year so far......

http://www.drfeelgood.de/

And like mentioned before, thanks to a charming meet and greet aftershow, I can run like hell to get to the other side of town to the 59:1 club for the Hanoi Rocks. 


Hey, just to get it straight, but I really did mean what I said about the band above, and not, because of this here ..... 
I would have luv'd to have taken him with me to Hanoi Rocks, but some fans prevented this with their autograph requests..... :-))))

... and also here, I remember too well about their last show at the Metropolis 2 1/2 years ago. To take it ahead, Hanoi Rocks are a very good live band,back then in the eighties when I saw 'em first, as well as presently. But again, we got the prove tonight that local conditions can  kill the concert enjoyment. The club is absolutey packed, and there ain't no space anymore for a single spaghetti. The heat is murder and the view to the stage handycaped. No space to move, either in the audiance nor on stage. And for singer Michael Monroe who usually needs tons of space to move around and develop his show,  this is  pretty odd. 

The bird in the cage, starts to flatter around with it's wings and looks out for the smallest possibillity to change it's position. That again leads to the fact, that Hanoi Rocks don't come across like usually or like at their last show I've seen them. I also have the impression from the very beginning, that it's not their very best night anyway. And aftershow guitarist Conny Bloon agrees with that. I know him for the longest time when he was still with the Electric Boys. With Hanoi Rocks he is for four years now. He is the only sweds within the finnish group.We do not get to see and hear a lot of  Antti Hulkko a.k.a. Andy McCoy either tonight. Therefor Matti Fagerholm a.k.a. Michael Monroe trys his very best to rescue the show.

To be honest, this  here is not the yellow of the egg,as we say so, exspecially compared to that last show in Munich. And all the glam and glitter doesn't help to make it better. They play almost the whole current album 'Street Poetry'. Best going songs are: ‚This One’s For Rock’n’Roll’, ‚Don’t You Ever Leave Me’, and most of all their hitsingle 'Around The Bend', a cover of the classic CCR tune. But we know that anyway, don't we?! It is indeed a very long setlist, and the last tune is played after midnight. That's why I've got to say, respect, that Hanoi Rocks pulled this thing through despite the sauna and all these other bad aspects. 
http://www.hanoirocks.info/

Last but not least, I've got left to say, - though you can't really compare Dr.Feelgood with Hanoi Rocks, - but tonight the english Seventies Rock'n'Roll Band have blown the finnish Glamrockers off the shore, what's up to energy level, the show and the musical talents. And this is still undertatement....


                                                                                               One to Zero for  - Milk & Alcohol