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The first two acts were very enjoyable. Alvin Lee was boring me by the third song. Long drawn out drivel of blues solos that appeared to be the same song, with the same solo over and over. And he was playing a 335 with a Kahler. That alone should be a crime to guitardom.
Also David Lee Roth on the ‘Little ain’t enough’ tour at the NEC.
Having seen him on the Skyscraper tour with Vai and been blown away the following tour was shite.
He had two guitarists with him (I believe one was John 5) but the volume was so loud I could barely tell what song he was doing, let alone enjoy the guitars.
Rusty
Too Many Strats, A few Les Pauls, A couple of PRS and a Brian May Red Special, Oh, I nearly forgot an Ivison 58 Double Cut
For a man who has been a triple-A megastar for fifty years he had zero stage presence. You could hear the pauses as he read his autocue/notes/whatever. "good evening....*pause*........pinkpop? Is there anyone here who isn't from *pause*....the Netherlands?"
His band were phenomenal but I just didn't enjoy the gig at all. It was just a bit sad. I unironically enjoyed Lionel Richie more than Sir Paul that night. H
saw Dio with Sabbath on the mob rules tour and he/they were amazing. Afraid by the time I got to see Rainbow RB had lost interest
But the support band Tribulation was so loud - and also the mix was utter shite so it sounded like a wall of static noise. I have no idea if their performance was good or not - it sounded like white noise through the PA.
My youngest son was in tears and I thought we might have to leave - poor kid. I did give him the choice for us to go. But then I gave him my in-ear defenders, and he wore those with his over-ear set over the top. He said he'd try that for five minutes and then decide whether we'd leave. And we got through the set by the support. The second support weren't great, but by then my boy was air drumming.
But I was concerned the sound was really shit. Would Ghost sound terrible too? Thankfully when Ghost came on the sound was the best I'd ever heard at the gig. Loud, but you could hear everything really clearly. My sons (elder son was 12 at the time) absolutely loved it, pretty much a transcendental experience from them, both said it was the best day of their lives. Phew.
Ghost are fecking awesome live.
Bloody shit. Saunter on, swear a lot, play some shit from St Anger, swear some more, "Yeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!", swear, spit, wah pedal, swear, wah pedal, finish and walk off.
Never seen them since, and I don't feel I'm missing anything TBH.
They played ok to be fair but Steve Harley was so far up himself and insisted on talking for 15 minutes between each song about some amusing anecdote that caused him to write the song and about how brilliant he was.
Luckily he was only supporting Quo so once he played the two or three songs he managed to fit in between waffling he cleared off and let Quo get on with it.
I went to see a Mark Knopfler gig at the NEC early in his solo career. Again, he and the band played really well but for some reason the sound guy had his guitar significantly louder than anything else so every time he played a fill the rest of the band couldn't be heard.
Loudest gig I think I ever saw was either Toto, again at the NEC on the Mindfields tour - that was painfully loud like being kicked in the chest by a mule, or Pat Travers at Bogiez in Cardiff - like having a container load of gravel dropped on you from a great height. I religiously wear plugs and have done for years but my ears were still ringing after that show!
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
I see both of these guys have been mentioned previously, at least it’s not just me that thought they were crap.