Concert Reviews

With the soon retiring Kiss returning to the download festival in Summer 2020, the original masters of shock rock have, by their own admission, reached ‘the end of the road’ allowing us time to reflect on a 4 decades long career highlighting a band that was so different in so many ways and so successful that it is hard if not impossible to top their achievements. Any tribute band is up against the heroes they are trying to portray on stage and with Kiss’s live spectacles often called ‘the hottest show on earth’ it can’t be easy for a Kiss tribute band but the Station is an extraordinary venue with extraordinary people visiting for a good night out. And Dressed To Kill did not disappoint – but first things first: ‘Words May Differ’ opened for them on a chilly January night and they were simply great. Good humour and banter on stage and solid songs well performed made it a joy to see Words May Differ play their original songs which were available on their CD ‘Words may differ ...

The last thirty something years of going to and reviewing gigs, interviewing artists for radio, magazines and this blog were absolutely amazing. And the new decade starts off exciting already with the longest running Kiss tribute band 'Dressed to Kill' and 'Pure Queen ' coming to the Station in Cannock and legendary rock bands such as Whitesnake , Foreigner & Europe touring together. We also already got our tickets for WASP for 2020 - exciting times. And we are also on Facebook now.

Known as the premier Scorpions tribute band, the Scopyons were amazing from start to finish. It is quite a feat to faithfully recreate the magic of the mighty Scorpions but Scopyons did just that. With a back catalogue of 18 studio albums (and   many amazing live albums) there is no shortage of songs to choose from and while the setlist included all the major Scorpions hits including ‘Blackout’, ‘Tease me, please me’, ‘Holiday’ ‘Still loving you’, ‘Rock you like a hurricane’ and the ever touching unofficial hymn of Germany ‘Wind of change’, the Scopyons also played many lesser played tracks such as the instrumental ‘Coast to Coast’ off the acclaimed Lovedrive album. Noticeably absent was music from all Scorpions albums that featured ex member Uli Jon Roth as the scopyons didn’t want to play any of ‘his’ songs while Roth is on tour in the UK. Musically the Scopyons were truly amazing and humour pl...

Co-incidentally Poison’s debut album ‘Look what the cat dragged in’ was released on this day in 1986, fitting therefore for this high energy tribute act to kick off with a track from that very album. Poizon are all very skilled musicians and it was fun to watch them on stage keeping glam rock alive. Other songs in their set were gems such as ‘I won’t forget’, ‘Ride the wind’, ‘I want action’ and the ever popular as well as perfectly rendered ‘Every rose has its thorn’. A great act to watch and enjoy