Long
live Rock'n'Roll, but to repeat myself... Melodic Rock has never been as
dead, as it is today, - at least what's up to the western world. In
Japan for instance they seem to be more tolerant, though I'm not sure,
whether this is more due to the fact that the music and the musicians
rather seem pretty exotic to the people there. On the other hand, I
don't think - they are living behind the moon in Japan.
However, you can excuse the fact, that there are only about 50 people
here at Munich's Garage club tonight with many things. Maybe it's the
january hole, where many people hate going out in the evenings, when
it's freezing and uncomfortable. Or is it due to the fact, that Munich
is known to be a difficult place anyway for many artists. Or is it
simply due to the fact, that Fair Warning have been too long away from
the scene on the morbid Melodic Rock sky.
Jesus wept, If I remember right, I have seen this lot playing live last
time in the early ninetees. And I remember only wagely about it. But
just to get it straight, the bands has been off the shore only between
2000 and 2005. But I assume, that their liveactivities before and after,
have mainly concentrated on their second home country Japan. That's
maybe why they have been almost none existend over here.
Well, last summer their latest and sixth release 'Aura' came out. And
this one still gets promoted here. The Line up of Fair Warning is still Tommy Heart
(Voc)
Helge Engelke (Git),
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Ule Winsome-Ritgen
(Bass) and CC Behrens (Drums.For this tour they have also recruited
iklas Turmann of the Uli Jon Roth band, who comes in for Henny Wolter,
who is currently with the Rock Meets Classic on tour.
Tonight
we are here in Munich, the first of 3 dates in Germany, Italy and
Switzerland, before they head over once again to Japan for a headliner
tour. This here is, what we call sort of a warm up. Although the poor
situation here ain't no power push for the musicians, but of course we
are professionell and don't show any frustration. In addition to that,
there is this somehow odd location, which doesn't provide a crytalclear
acoustic, does it?! But well, we are used to that over the years. And
because it's not the band's fault, I spare out further comments on this.
We have to cope with it, that's it. Apart from that, Fair Warning 2010
are offering us a Best of.... of their back catalogue (see setlist)
And at Songs
as ‚Burning Heart’ , ‚I Fight’ and ‚Get A Little
Closer’, just to name a few, we get some nostalgic feelings. What's up
to the skills and talents, first thing coming up to my mind: you've got
a great guitarist boys. Apart from that, there are these little mistakes
now and then, by not meeting the correct tune a 100 percent. Not sure,
whether this is due to a lack of live routine, a bad hair day or, like I
said before, the local circumstances. Never mind, because most of the
audiance here, don't recognize these bits and pieces anyway. The average
mood in here is okay and is enjoying a nice litte De Ja Vu and one or
the other beer, and this without any high expectations. And this is good
so, otherwise we'd have gone home with very mixed feelings.
I
personally presume, that the band has been influenced by the local
circumstances to a certain point. Because I'm pretty sure, if we were at
the bottom of the Fujijama right now in front of 2 - 4.000 fans in the
audiance, then Fairwarning would blow up like cherry blossoms in late
japanese spring time. To be honest, I slowly wonder, why Mr. Heart and
Engelke have never thought about moving their whole life to the land of
Smiles, which would probably be much more luxury. But well, these are
speculations, and don't belong here. I think, this band is literatually
just at the wrong place at the wrong time in another musical era, where
people do not appreciate Melodic Rock anymore, exept you enjoy a
cultstatus (which they don't) or you simply play in Japan - Sayonara.....
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