First of all, I enjoyed the VH show with Hagar, I missed the opening band, I arrived late, but didn't much care. Hagar sounds as he did the last time I saw him with Van Halen. For me that was back in '88, on the Mosters tour with Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken & Kingdom Come. It was at the Kingdom in Seattle which has since been implodede. Michael Anthony sounds great, unfortunatley he still does that god awful , bass solo, shame of you! Alex still has chops & Eddie, was a tad bit sloppy. From what I had been reading on various sites, ther guy hasn't been real sharp on this tour... Damn shame.
I went to check out the Scorps with Tesla, they had Keith Emerson opening for them. What an odd opening choice huh? He was playing all this aci-rock meets progressive rock with a touch of jazz fusion... Imagine that. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't overly impressed. I guess it's kinda like when people refer to peopel like Yngwie as "wanking." Tesla sound great, they are tight & they put on one hell of a show. They did play three numbers off the Into the Now record, which was too many, they did play for a little over an hour & crammed as many tracks as they could into that hour. It was choice Tesla. The last time I saw Tesla was in '90, when they opened for Motley. At that time, Jeff Keith & Tommy Skeoch were so faced & sloppy that they got pretty damn close to getting yanked from the stage. It ended with Tommy clapsing on the stage & getting dragged off by a roadie... Not the case this time around, they kicked ass. The Scorpions?
This being the 4th time seeing them, the first being back in '88(see VH), then, '90, '98 & now in '04. Thought their bass players & drummers have changed, the core line up remains intact. Klaus & Rudolph are amazing performers, they always put on a show & always sound excellent.
My jaw hit the filthy floor of the arena, when I heard Klaus. How could this guy not lose an ounce of his singing ability? He sounds like he did in '88!
Good for him. Anyway, like with Tesla, the Scops put on a hell of a show too. They played four tracks off the new record, I love the new record, unfortunately I could have lived with only hearing one of the tracks live & more "hits." This was the second show of the tour, so if both bands are this tight right now, they can only get better as the tour rolls on....
I went to check out the Scorps with Tesla, they had Keith Emerson opening for them. What an odd opening choice huh? He was playing all this aci-rock meets progressive rock with a touch of jazz fusion... Imagine that. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't overly impressed. I guess it's kinda like when people refer to peopel like Yngwie as "wanking." Tesla sound great, they are tight & they put on one hell of a show. They did play three numbers off the Into the Now record, which was too many, they did play for a little over an hour & crammed as many tracks as they could into that hour. It was choice Tesla. The last time I saw Tesla was in '90, when they opened for Motley. At that time, Jeff Keith & Tommy Skeoch were so faced & sloppy that they got pretty damn close to getting yanked from the stage. It ended with Tommy clapsing on the stage & getting dragged off by a roadie... Not the case this time around, they kicked ass. The Scorpions?
This being the 4th time seeing them, the first being back in '88(see VH), then, '90, '98 & now in '04. Thought their bass players & drummers have changed, the core line up remains intact. Klaus & Rudolph are amazing performers, they always put on a show & always sound excellent.
My jaw hit the filthy floor of the arena, when I heard Klaus. How could this guy not lose an ounce of his singing ability? He sounds like he did in '88!
Good for him. Anyway, like with Tesla, the Scops put on a hell of a show too. They played four tracks off the new record, I love the new record, unfortunately I could have lived with only hearing one of the tracks live & more "hits." This was the second show of the tour, so if both bands are this tight right now, they can only get better as the tour rolls on....
