Saw Poison and Motley Crue in concert tonight, and Poison was actually good. Great sound, high energy, Bret sounded good....never thought I'd compliment Poison, but they did a good job.
As far as the Crue*, they were awesome. I've seen them now 5 times, and they still bring it as far as a live show. First concert I've ever been to was Motley Crue in '89 as a 13 year old, and I was completely blown away. Opening song then was Shout at the Devil, the show was indoors; the song opened with huge pyrotechnics, and bras being thrown on the stage as they rose up from platforms in the stage with Pentagram lights roaming the walls of the arena. Tommy Lee's drum solo consisted of him being in a cage that was suspended in air, way above the stage, pushed out above the first few rows of the crowd while it spun upside down. I left that show thinking, "wow, concerts are really awesome."
Seen probably 75 bands since, and learned quickly that a lot of bands just don't know how to put on a spectacle like these guys do(although there's obviously much more talented musicians I've seen). This was my 5th time seeing them, they had a very good tour in '05 for Carnival of Sins, which was damn good, couple mediocre ones too, where Vince was fat, the show was decent but nothing great....tonight thought, they brought it. Most bands simply don't put on a show like this anymore. I'm still wondering if they hook Vince up to AutoTune, but he looked good and kept it high energy as a frontman. Tommy's "Roller Coaster" drum solo brought back that sh!t eating grin I had as a 13 year old seeing them for the first time(look up his new drum solo if you don't know what this is...unreal). Nikki's running around spitting blood(water) on fans in the first few rows. They have stripper-looking broads dancing/doing backups. Pyros, lights, smoke....Just sick.
*I'm a crue fanboy, that's my disclaimer...but even still, I'm a huge "live music" fan first, and I left very impressed! Probably helps I had really good seats too.
Anyone else seen them on this tour? Thoughts?
As far as the Crue*, they were awesome. I've seen them now 5 times, and they still bring it as far as a live show. First concert I've ever been to was Motley Crue in '89 as a 13 year old, and I was completely blown away. Opening song then was Shout at the Devil, the show was indoors; the song opened with huge pyrotechnics, and bras being thrown on the stage as they rose up from platforms in the stage with Pentagram lights roaming the walls of the arena. Tommy Lee's drum solo consisted of him being in a cage that was suspended in air, way above the stage, pushed out above the first few rows of the crowd while it spun upside down. I left that show thinking, "wow, concerts are really awesome."
Seen probably 75 bands since, and learned quickly that a lot of bands just don't know how to put on a spectacle like these guys do(although there's obviously much more talented musicians I've seen). This was my 5th time seeing them, they had a very good tour in '05 for Carnival of Sins, which was damn good, couple mediocre ones too, where Vince was fat, the show was decent but nothing great....tonight thought, they brought it. Most bands simply don't put on a show like this anymore. I'm still wondering if they hook Vince up to AutoTune, but he looked good and kept it high energy as a frontman. Tommy's "Roller Coaster" drum solo brought back that sh!t eating grin I had as a 13 year old seeing them for the first time(look up his new drum solo if you don't know what this is...unreal). Nikki's running around spitting blood(water) on fans in the first few rows. They have stripper-looking broads dancing/doing backups. Pyros, lights, smoke....Just sick.
*I'm a crue fanboy, that's my disclaimer...but even still, I'm a huge "live music" fan first, and I left very impressed! Probably helps I had really good seats too.
Anyone else seen them on this tour? Thoughts?
