Concert Reviews

I remember Zakk Wylde telling me at the 2005 Kiss Expo in Nottingham : 'The funny thing is, where I live, I live in Freemantle in Perth where Bon Scott grew up. I was saying earlier, there are about three AC/DC tribute bands in the Perth area and they try their hardest not to do any Bon Scott material, especialle 'It's a long way to the top' as this is, unofficially, Australia's national anthem. You try that and you don't sound a lot like Bon Scott - you're bottled! No one else in the band, only the singer. I have seen it happening, it is not good you know'. And it took me til today to see an AC/DC tribute band – but this wasn’t just your ordinary tribute act, this was UK’s nr 1 AC/DC tribute act and they were absolutely incredible. Their frontman wouldn’t have been at risk of being bottled although he sounded exactly like Brian Johnson as opposed to Bon Scott but the Bon Scott era songs which included gems such as ‘Whole lotta ...

Dementia Aware Fest is a nationwide hard rock extravaganza for a good cause and the aware fest usually features a multitude of bands who play in different venues on different dates to raise awareness for the crippling disease called ‘dementia’, although the word itself is an umbrella term as dementia can be caused by numerous things including Alzheimer’s disease and strokes. The event at the Station, by far the most exciting rock club in the Cannock area, raised a total of £1020 for dementia charities and hosted a total of seven bands. I had time to stay for the first four and they were all enthusiastic and musically really great. ‘Saints of Arcadia’ performed for roughly 45 minutes and they were rocking yet somewhat gentle as opposed to hard and heavy. Singer Nick Jennison effortlessly ‘switched’ between falsetto and probably barbiton and the band had a great chemistry on stage and were very well received. Manchester based ‘MouthIn The South’ were...