Well I finished work at 4 and headed to the venue... Met up with Tonci baby and his Warwick Kapper wig outside, they opened the gates at about 5pm and everyone went in, we had to head up these stairs to swap our GA tickets for green wristbands then came back downstairs, everyone was lined up to get a good spot on the floor but when they finally opened the doors and we went down there, everyone saw it was easy to get a good spot anyway and headed back out to buy more drinks haha. We stayed out in the foyer during The Casanovas, not interested!
I didn't watch all of Motorhead because I didn't really like them but they weren't bad. Overrated I think. Nobody in the band really put on a show or moved that much, they were too loud for the venue and you couldn't hear the vocals properly, they were just nothing special really. I don't get the big fuss with them or see anything that makes them stand out from any other loud aggressive garage metal band.
The Motley Crue show opened with all guns blazing. Shout At The Devil was an amazing opener with a dramatic build up at the start, awesome staging effects, the whole arena chanting, great atmosphere and great song and heaps of fire machines, the stage looked unreal. Then they kicked into a bunch of other songs off the first 2 albums (plus Louder Than Hell off Theater Of Pain) which were great to hear, but to be honest the band's performance was a little weak. It took me until half way through the first verse of a couple of songs to pick what they were playing, Nikki & Mick's guitar & bass parts just sounded like a big mess and the vocals weren't that loud, so until I heard a familiar line or drum fill it was hard to pick some songs in that set (possibly also because every song off the first 2 albums has the same style beats & riffs all around the open A string haha).
Anyway it was all going pretty well anyway, lots of great songs, great stageshow, Vince was pretty damn good up there, and the crowd was going nuts, cool atmosphere... and suddenly 40 minutes into the show while things are just getting started, "We're gonna take a 10 minute break". Not cool.
But then it picked up again when they came back out with Girls Girls Girls, the highlight of the show so far. They nailed that one, it sounded great, the crowd was going wild, and some nice dancing girls & sleazy video footage didn't go astray either. This kicked straight into Wild Side which was good too, but like alot of the songs in the first set, sounded a little messy. The show went a little downhill for the next part... Don't Go Away Mad just isn't really a great live song, Primal Scream is an awesome song but Vince really struggles vocally with it live, then Glitter and Without You were totally unnecessary songs to have in the set. It all got better again though after that with Home Sweet Home which had a great crowd singalong and lots of lighters in the air, then probably the best song of the whole night Dr. Feelgood which was a THUMPIN version of it, sounded unreal! And again, the hot chicks dressed as nurses and their theatrics during it plus the fire machines at the end all added to it heaps! Same Ol' Situation was next and not bad.
Then came Tommy's infamous Tittie Cam. It wasn't as bad as everyone said, in Melbourne he didnt hassle any girls or tell them they sucked. One girl got up on someone's knees to get the attention of his camera and kept teasing it but wouldnt take it off so he was tryin to get her to flash for ages but she was certainly provoking it deliberately and enjoying teasing the crowd and eventually gave everyone a peek. But Tommy is so annoying and should not be allowed to have the mic. Even Nikki shouldn't. As far as I'm concerned, ONLY the lead singer should talk to the crowd on stage, it should be a rule with all bands. Just coz Tommy is the most famous, or Nikki is the guy who runs the band, doesn't mean they should be talking. Steve Harris is the main man in Iron Maiden but you don't see him take over the mic from Bruce do you? Gene Simmons is always the loud mouth off stage but apart from saying "OH YEAH?" in his bass solo when does he talk on stage?
Kickstart My Heart finished the main set with heaps of pyro and everything, and thankfully we DIDN'T get a Mick Mars solo - I was so relieved! Nikki smashed a guitar at the end, in time with pyrotechnics going off when it hit the ground. Could they possibly have ended the set any more like KISS? Haha. Then it was only about 3 minutes before they came back for the encore, Anarchy In The UK which I hate but the topless girls playing with fire during it was cool.
Overall, it was a great night and a fun show, but certainly had it's flaws. The stageshow was great, I thought Vince was great and EASILY moved the most on stage, worked up the crowd well (some of his talking is a bit annoying but he does the job), sung better than I expected, and easily looked the best which doesn't say much for the rest of the band! Mick worked hard and did a good job, moved more than I expected him too but he looked almost dead. Tommy is way too hyperactive and annoying, thinks he is a rapper, talks too much, kept saying "Who's your boy! Who loves ya! Gimme a YO motherfuckers! Hell yeah motherfuckers!" And Nikki is so overrated as a performer it just isn't funny. I don't understand why all these chicks bag Vince and reckon Nikki is still the bee's knees. Nikki didn't move around or perform even half as much as Vince did, he has put on just as much weight as Vince (he just covers it up alot more), and I have no idea what was going on with his strange makeup.
In summary, best songs were Girls Girls Girls, Dr Feelgood, Shout At The Devil, Wild Side and Ten Seconds To Love. The performers were great, the stageshow was great, Vince was good. The pacing of the show let it down. The break ruined the energy, the ballads were lumped together in a big clump which was a downer, the old songs were all played in one hit and then the later ones all together, and the Tittie Cam went for too long. Tommy was a cockhead, Nikki is overrated & Mick is a battler and did his best, and they weren't very tight at times either. They have a KISS size stageshow around them, but their professionalism & performance as a band doesn't come close to what KISS still have, and are older, and do it for longer without needing breaks in between.
I didn't watch all of Motorhead because I didn't really like them but they weren't bad. Overrated I think. Nobody in the band really put on a show or moved that much, they were too loud for the venue and you couldn't hear the vocals properly, they were just nothing special really. I don't get the big fuss with them or see anything that makes them stand out from any other loud aggressive garage metal band.
The Motley Crue show opened with all guns blazing. Shout At The Devil was an amazing opener with a dramatic build up at the start, awesome staging effects, the whole arena chanting, great atmosphere and great song and heaps of fire machines, the stage looked unreal. Then they kicked into a bunch of other songs off the first 2 albums (plus Louder Than Hell off Theater Of Pain) which were great to hear, but to be honest the band's performance was a little weak. It took me until half way through the first verse of a couple of songs to pick what they were playing, Nikki & Mick's guitar & bass parts just sounded like a big mess and the vocals weren't that loud, so until I heard a familiar line or drum fill it was hard to pick some songs in that set (possibly also because every song off the first 2 albums has the same style beats & riffs all around the open A string haha).
Anyway it was all going pretty well anyway, lots of great songs, great stageshow, Vince was pretty damn good up there, and the crowd was going nuts, cool atmosphere... and suddenly 40 minutes into the show while things are just getting started, "We're gonna take a 10 minute break". Not cool.
But then it picked up again when they came back out with Girls Girls Girls, the highlight of the show so far. They nailed that one, it sounded great, the crowd was going wild, and some nice dancing girls & sleazy video footage didn't go astray either. This kicked straight into Wild Side which was good too, but like alot of the songs in the first set, sounded a little messy. The show went a little downhill for the next part... Don't Go Away Mad just isn't really a great live song, Primal Scream is an awesome song but Vince really struggles vocally with it live, then Glitter and Without You were totally unnecessary songs to have in the set. It all got better again though after that with Home Sweet Home which had a great crowd singalong and lots of lighters in the air, then probably the best song of the whole night Dr. Feelgood which was a THUMPIN version of it, sounded unreal! And again, the hot chicks dressed as nurses and their theatrics during it plus the fire machines at the end all added to it heaps! Same Ol' Situation was next and not bad.
Then came Tommy's infamous Tittie Cam. It wasn't as bad as everyone said, in Melbourne he didnt hassle any girls or tell them they sucked. One girl got up on someone's knees to get the attention of his camera and kept teasing it but wouldnt take it off so he was tryin to get her to flash for ages but she was certainly provoking it deliberately and enjoying teasing the crowd and eventually gave everyone a peek. But Tommy is so annoying and should not be allowed to have the mic. Even Nikki shouldn't. As far as I'm concerned, ONLY the lead singer should talk to the crowd on stage, it should be a rule with all bands. Just coz Tommy is the most famous, or Nikki is the guy who runs the band, doesn't mean they should be talking. Steve Harris is the main man in Iron Maiden but you don't see him take over the mic from Bruce do you? Gene Simmons is always the loud mouth off stage but apart from saying "OH YEAH?" in his bass solo when does he talk on stage?
Kickstart My Heart finished the main set with heaps of pyro and everything, and thankfully we DIDN'T get a Mick Mars solo - I was so relieved! Nikki smashed a guitar at the end, in time with pyrotechnics going off when it hit the ground. Could they possibly have ended the set any more like KISS? Haha. Then it was only about 3 minutes before they came back for the encore, Anarchy In The UK which I hate but the topless girls playing with fire during it was cool.
Overall, it was a great night and a fun show, but certainly had it's flaws. The stageshow was great, I thought Vince was great and EASILY moved the most on stage, worked up the crowd well (some of his talking is a bit annoying but he does the job), sung better than I expected, and easily looked the best which doesn't say much for the rest of the band! Mick worked hard and did a good job, moved more than I expected him too but he looked almost dead. Tommy is way too hyperactive and annoying, thinks he is a rapper, talks too much, kept saying "Who's your boy! Who loves ya! Gimme a YO motherfuckers! Hell yeah motherfuckers!" And Nikki is so overrated as a performer it just isn't funny. I don't understand why all these chicks bag Vince and reckon Nikki is still the bee's knees. Nikki didn't move around or perform even half as much as Vince did, he has put on just as much weight as Vince (he just covers it up alot more), and I have no idea what was going on with his strange makeup.
In summary, best songs were Girls Girls Girls, Dr Feelgood, Shout At The Devil, Wild Side and Ten Seconds To Love. The performers were great, the stageshow was great, Vince was good. The pacing of the show let it down. The break ruined the energy, the ballads were lumped together in a big clump which was a downer, the old songs were all played in one hit and then the later ones all together, and the Tittie Cam went for too long. Tommy was a cockhead, Nikki is overrated & Mick is a battler and did his best, and they weren't very tight at times either. They have a KISS size stageshow around them, but their professionalism & performance as a band doesn't come close to what KISS still have, and are older, and do it for longer without needing breaks in between.
They rocked without all the gimmicks. There's something different about them live I think. Whereas Motley sounded worse live than their albums.
