Nov
23
2008

Monsters Of Rock 6

PhotosSunday, November 23, 2008 - 05:55:38 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music)
Monsters Of Rock 6 - who knew that tributes bands could be so much fun? Well, with 80's hair bands, you've got to be figure there is some potential.

We went to Monsters Of Rock 6 last night, particularly since Poisoned (formally Cry Tough) were on the bill. We heard about them on Triple M earlier in the year, and Katie had been on the lookout for a show to go to.

Photobox ImagePoisoned were the first band up after we got there, and well worth (for me anyway) the $25 ticket price. I always figure that tribute acts can go either really good, or really bad, especially when it's a band that you're a big fan of. Right from the get go I was quite impressed. Particularly Bret and Bobby's get ups were quite good. Being the second band up, there weren't many people on the floor, and it didn't take long for the singer to jump on the stage, and get people off their asses. With a good deal of cockyness, and reluctance to allow people not to rock made him a good Bret Michaels in my mind. He and 'Bobby' both seemed to have the moves down pretty well too. The only thing that didn't seem true to the real band is when the singer screwed up the words to Every Rose and the guitarist adjusted accordingly - I can't really imagine the real C.C's ego would allow that to happen. [wink] All in all I'd definitely like to see these guys again.

Before we left, I asked Katie if she wanted to borrow a Motley Crue t-shirt, as I was sporting the new Poison t-shirt that Katie had got me for my birthday. But she remembered that she had her David Lee Roth t-shirt. During X-Halen the boys from Poisoned tapped Katie on the shoulder to look at the back of the t-shirt, making it a good choice to wear.

Photobox ImageX-Halen were particularly enjoyable. The singer (who joined Poisoned during their set) did a really great rendition of David, and similarly the guitarist really nailed the Eddie Valen Halen sounds and style.

Photobox ImageKisstroyer were also ridiculously impressive. Given that the show started at 6, and that we were going primarily for Poisoned, we figured that we'd probably leave at some point before Kisstroyer. Not because I don't like Kiss or anything, just 6 bands in one night is a lot to get through. However, since it was such a good night, it was actually really easy to stay for the whole show. And we both were really glad that we had, given that Kisstroyer probably wasn't that far off actually seeing Kiss. Perfect costumes (as expected), pyrotechnics, fire breathing, blood spitting and smoking & pyrotechnics spewing guitars. The whole theatrics was a lot more than I expected for a tribute band. I definitely left really impressed with the Kisstroyer show.

Anyways, a great night. Hail 80's hair bands...and their tribute groups! [smile]

And here's to hoping there is an opportunity to see Poisoned again!

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