- Sep 27, 2006
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short review of each band:
gilby clarke- knew his solo stuff. he was pretty good. he never had an outstanding singing voice but his set was passable.
xyz- i saw their whole set. very underrated band. one of the best sounding singers of the entire day. My friend said they were to him the best band of the day other than extreme. B stage
y&t- caught the last 4 songs they did which sounded great. never was a huge fan of them but enjoyed what i heard.
slaughter- to me the biggest letdown of the day. mark's voice sounded great when he sang in his lower register and great when he screamed but anything in between was just bad. the only slack i'll give them was the fact that these guys play a few shows a year and outside of that i don't think mark slaughter even practices singing anymore. i know TS only play a few shows a year to but i'm sure they practice during the rest of the year. mark no longer does that so his voice itself was more than likely out of shape.
jetboy- caught the last 3 tunes. i always liked this band. they were very different from the rest of the sunset strip acts getting signed around that time. singer sounded dead on as far as i'm concerned. feel the shake was a crowd pleaser. i was happy they played new material. something a lot of bands did not do. B stage
jani lane- i've seen him 3 times now by going to various festivals. the first time was about 8 years ago while he was still in warrant. this was by far the best he sounded to me. i thought he hit most of the notes and had much more energy than the last 2 times i saw him. i enjoyed him and he played a new tune. didn't even care if i saw him and i stayed for most of the set. Surprise of the day
bulletboys- caught 2 songs, for the love of money and smooth up in ya. singer was good and the crowd seemed to love them. like i said only caught 2 songs but from the crowd response they put on a good show. B stage
dokken- don dokken sounded passable. maybe it was early in the day for them. Seemed like they were having fun but didnt connect with the crowd at all. Seemed more like good buddies playing and telling stories
kix- tons of energy and sounded great. Crowd went crazy for the hometown boys like they were the rolling stones
l.a. guns- i hate seeing l.a. guns without tracii guns but this is the second time i've seen this l.a. guns lineup. solid set. nothing bad or outstanding. B stage
extreme- other than TS this was the best band of the day. these guys sounded great. guitar player nuno bettencourt was off the charts and the energy was abundant. i felt bad for them having to follow kix but they pulled it off
keel- caught 4 tunes and ron keel sounded good. his voice was much smoother than it use to be. more professional sounding and less raw. wish i saw more of their set. B stage
ratt- 2nd time i saw ratt and i've seen stephen pearcy (the singer) solo. his voice sounds good on some tunes and bad on others but overall has no power. Average hits setlist
slamm- carmine appice is a drum legend and i'm sure TS was happy this guy was there because he's from the same area. me and my friend watched 10 minutes of it. it was a stomp style heavy metal show. small crowd more than likely due to the fact the 2 biggest bands of the show were playing and people wanted last minute food, beer and bathroom breaks. Also very few people other than drummers would know who he was. carmine seemed a little mad the crowd was so small and tired but as a drummer i liked it. B stage
twisted sister- finally saw a full show by them. i was at the innsbrook show a few years ago when the huge storm blew threw and left before the storm ended so i missed the rest of their set after it stopped. minus the technical problems at the start, a guitar stack was wired wrong, they sounded great. blew me away. best band of the day. Dee snider was funny as hell
Overall Id say most of the guys on the b stage gave more energy than the mainstage bands except for extreme, kix and twisted sister. I did not see any of steal panther. The biggest complaint I have is due to most of the bands giving a good performance the overlapping of stages made me miss more of the b stage bands setlist than I wanted to. I wish I saw more of jetboy, bulletboys and keel because it seemed the crowd was really into them and they sounded great. i'll try to answer any questions anyone has about setlists, etc if i can
gilby clarke- knew his solo stuff. he was pretty good. he never had an outstanding singing voice but his set was passable.
xyz- i saw their whole set. very underrated band. one of the best sounding singers of the entire day. My friend said they were to him the best band of the day other than extreme. B stage
y&t- caught the last 4 songs they did which sounded great. never was a huge fan of them but enjoyed what i heard.
slaughter- to me the biggest letdown of the day. mark's voice sounded great when he sang in his lower register and great when he screamed but anything in between was just bad. the only slack i'll give them was the fact that these guys play a few shows a year and outside of that i don't think mark slaughter even practices singing anymore. i know TS only play a few shows a year to but i'm sure they practice during the rest of the year. mark no longer does that so his voice itself was more than likely out of shape.
jetboy- caught the last 3 tunes. i always liked this band. they were very different from the rest of the sunset strip acts getting signed around that time. singer sounded dead on as far as i'm concerned. feel the shake was a crowd pleaser. i was happy they played new material. something a lot of bands did not do. B stage
jani lane- i've seen him 3 times now by going to various festivals. the first time was about 8 years ago while he was still in warrant. this was by far the best he sounded to me. i thought he hit most of the notes and had much more energy than the last 2 times i saw him. i enjoyed him and he played a new tune. didn't even care if i saw him and i stayed for most of the set. Surprise of the day
bulletboys- caught 2 songs, for the love of money and smooth up in ya. singer was good and the crowd seemed to love them. like i said only caught 2 songs but from the crowd response they put on a good show. B stage
dokken- don dokken sounded passable. maybe it was early in the day for them. Seemed like they were having fun but didnt connect with the crowd at all. Seemed more like good buddies playing and telling stories
kix- tons of energy and sounded great. Crowd went crazy for the hometown boys like they were the rolling stones
l.a. guns- i hate seeing l.a. guns without tracii guns but this is the second time i've seen this l.a. guns lineup. solid set. nothing bad or outstanding. B stage
extreme- other than TS this was the best band of the day. these guys sounded great. guitar player nuno bettencourt was off the charts and the energy was abundant. i felt bad for them having to follow kix but they pulled it off
keel- caught 4 tunes and ron keel sounded good. his voice was much smoother than it use to be. more professional sounding and less raw. wish i saw more of their set. B stage
ratt- 2nd time i saw ratt and i've seen stephen pearcy (the singer) solo. his voice sounds good on some tunes and bad on others but overall has no power. Average hits setlist
slamm- carmine appice is a drum legend and i'm sure TS was happy this guy was there because he's from the same area. me and my friend watched 10 minutes of it. it was a stomp style heavy metal show. small crowd more than likely due to the fact the 2 biggest bands of the show were playing and people wanted last minute food, beer and bathroom breaks. Also very few people other than drummers would know who he was. carmine seemed a little mad the crowd was so small and tired but as a drummer i liked it. B stage
twisted sister- finally saw a full show by them. i was at the innsbrook show a few years ago when the huge storm blew threw and left before the storm ended so i missed the rest of their set after it stopped. minus the technical problems at the start, a guitar stack was wired wrong, they sounded great. blew me away. best band of the day. Dee snider was funny as hell
Overall Id say most of the guys on the b stage gave more energy than the mainstage bands except for extreme, kix and twisted sister. I did not see any of steal panther. The biggest complaint I have is due to most of the bands giving a good performance the overlapping of stages made me miss more of the b stage bands setlist than I wanted to. I wish I saw more of jetboy, bulletboys and keel because it seemed the crowd was really into them and they sounded great. i'll try to answer any questions anyone has about setlists, etc if i can
