Psychotronic
Bored Silly
Saw them last night at the Garden for their farewell tour.
First opener was "The Raskins". Kind of a cross between the Osmonds and Guns n Roses. Actually not too bad, though. Poor guys were playing to an empty venue, though. That's gotta be tough.
Then Alice Cooper, whom I've seen 4 times before. Always great, always has a great band. They sounded fantastic (and way better than Motley Crue), and were super tight, played the hits and did enough of the "show" to make it worthwhile. Good on Nita Strauss, too, who is a halfway decent player.
Motley Crue. Well, what can I say. I've always like these guys. I had no expectations of them being all that good live, but who cares? After all, it's just the Crue! They met my expectations by being barely passable. Didn't matter, though, because it's a fun show.
Tommy Lee's drum sound was murky, too low in the mix, and sometimes propped up by additional percussion tracks, to the point of being overpowered by them at times. Still, he's fun to watch and his "rollercoaster" drum solo was fun.
Nikki was never much of player, and still isn't. But few if any go to see them and expect Billy Sheehan levels of chops. He looked fantastic, though. Seems to be aging quite well.
Vince Neil really had trouble singing most of the material, and was replaced at times by tracks. Only a few times, though. However, all of the backing vocals were canned, as well. Literally lifted right off the records. I wanted to yell at Nikki and Mick Mars to stop pretending to sing, because I doubt their mics are even on.
Mick Mars. Great guitar tone, actually. I was surprised. Unfortunately, nearly every song had other guitar tracks going on (rhythm guitar tracks under his solos, acoustic guitar tracks, etc.) and all it did was murk up the mix. When there were NO tracks under him, it sounded clear and up-front.
Overall, a fun time, and a great stage show. One of the best I've ever seen.
First opener was "The Raskins". Kind of a cross between the Osmonds and Guns n Roses. Actually not too bad, though. Poor guys were playing to an empty venue, though. That's gotta be tough.
Then Alice Cooper, whom I've seen 4 times before. Always great, always has a great band. They sounded fantastic (and way better than Motley Crue), and were super tight, played the hits and did enough of the "show" to make it worthwhile. Good on Nita Strauss, too, who is a halfway decent player.
Motley Crue. Well, what can I say. I've always like these guys. I had no expectations of them being all that good live, but who cares? After all, it's just the Crue! They met my expectations by being barely passable. Didn't matter, though, because it's a fun show.
Tommy Lee's drum sound was murky, too low in the mix, and sometimes propped up by additional percussion tracks, to the point of being overpowered by them at times. Still, he's fun to watch and his "rollercoaster" drum solo was fun.
Nikki was never much of player, and still isn't. But few if any go to see them and expect Billy Sheehan levels of chops. He looked fantastic, though. Seems to be aging quite well.
Vince Neil really had trouble singing most of the material, and was replaced at times by tracks. Only a few times, though. However, all of the backing vocals were canned, as well. Literally lifted right off the records. I wanted to yell at Nikki and Mick Mars to stop pretending to sing, because I doubt their mics are even on.
Mick Mars. Great guitar tone, actually. I was surprised. Unfortunately, nearly every song had other guitar tracks going on (rhythm guitar tracks under his solos, acoustic guitar tracks, etc.) and all it did was murk up the mix. When there were NO tracks under him, it sounded clear and up-front.
Overall, a fun time, and a great stage show. One of the best I've ever seen.
I'm not surprised by your concert review though.