Helloween US/Canada tour fall 2013

[SF Metal Man]

David Coverdale used to say that Marlboro 100s were his only sponsor, because he bought his own microphone..

And maybe that's why he has had vocal problems off and on for years now.

 

[seh750]

Did anybody think Deris sounded really weak?

Caught the show last night in Seattle. Horrible venue, but enjoyed the show. I noticed a huge difference in Deris' vocal performance based on the song. Not too surprising, on the songs he recorded originally I thought he sounded pretty good. Trying to cover Kiske's range? Yeah, that was a problem. Changed lots of lines, sort of spoke rather than sang certain parts, got the crowd to sing along quite a bit. It's got to be hard to step in and sing a band's iconic music when it's written for a completely different vocal range.

There were a few of us over 40s in the crowd, but mostly a bunch of teenagers. My cassette of Keeper of the Seven Keys is older than probably 3/4 of the crowd last night. Nice that a new generation is appreciating good music though!