The Metal Files

LA Guns rolled into San Antonio last night to what was seemingly a last minute show, or at least I had only heard about it within the last 5 days.  Surprisingly, there were only 3 opening bands.  Most shows I am seeing in San Antonio has 4 or more, which is pretty annoying to be honest.  San Antonio is a weird beast for local bands these days compared to the acts coming out of there in the 80s, but that’s neither here nor there.  The majority of the less than 100 person crowd was there for LA Guns.

I rolled down there after work to grab my old friend, Don.  We were in our first bands together in 1986 and I like that he lives nearby-ish now.  Prior to the show, we hang out and catch up a bit, talking shit about the olden days, current life and the whole gamut.

Upon arriving to Kapone’s after getting a quick bite to eat across the street, I run into some other Austin friends.  The opening act was one of the 2 local Krokus tribute bands.  I said that correctly, 2.  Or maybe there’s only one now, but not too long ago there were 2.  I’d seen the ones that played last night before but we got there too late to see them this time.  No biggie really.  I spent most of the time outside on the patio during the next two bands, Minister Fiend and Days Gone.  It was the right decision although Days Gone did do a decent cover of Budge’s Breadfan.

Right as LA Guns was going on, I saw a post about some incident that happened right after they had arrived to the venue.  I’d like to find out the lowdown on that.  Here’s Michael Grant’s post:

Right as they were going on, someone showed me the Scott Weiland had died.  I shrugged and kept singing along to No Mercy, their opening song.  They went in to Showdown and Sex Action.  As always, the band sounded great.  Phil’s voice never seems to change at all and watching Michael Grant’s guitar playing is always a pleasure.  That guy is really good.  I’ve seen LA Guns several times since 2001 and they are consistently good.

Rip and Tear!