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Satan and Cauldron Concert Review, Philadelphia, PA, October 22, 2016
Another road trip? Sure, why not? This fall has been very busy concert-wise. Kelz and I started making plans for seeing Satan on this east coast jaunt several months ago when we first caught wind of the tour. Once I got the dates, Philadelphia and Richmond made the most sense and I booked my trip.
I flew into Raleigh Friday night after work and we left for Philly Saturday morning. It was a fun drive up as expected. Talking trash and eating Utz Red Hot Chips. I can’t find them in Texas and they’re my favorite. We made a quick stop in VA for a pork BBQ sandwich and continued our way north to PA. Delaware has great roads. Best I’ve ever seen.
We finally got to our hotel around 5:30PM or so and for whatever reason our room wasn’t ready? They gave us a different type of room than what we asked for and I didn’t have to spoon up with Kelz, so that was a plus. ha.
I called Lyft to get us over to either Pat’s or Geno’s for a cheesesteak before the show. Our driver couldn’t figure out how to get into the hotel entrance. She was pretty much the worst driver ever. Couldn’t follow the navigation properly, didn’t wear her seatbelt and was generally just an idiot. Once we finally got to the cheesesteak places, lines were around the block so we took the decision to just walk over to the venue, Boot & Saddle, and grab something there. As we turned the corner, Sean and Steve were getting a few things from the trailer and we spoke to them briefly as Graeme showed up. He needed some wine so they went to a liquor store to take care of business. We went inside and grabbed 2 seats at the bar and ordered some food. Perogis and a corn dog it is!
Ran into some friends there and as we were finishing up dinner, Brian Ross from Satan walks by and I said, “Hey Brian, how’s it going?” He was surprised to see us and hung out with us for quite a while. The venue door was open during Horrendous’ set and I didn’t care. We just stayed where we were and hung with Brian and Russ and whoever else came up. Brian was telling us of his favorite drink, equal parts Jagermeister and Fireball, dubbed The Firemeister. It sounded gross but we did a round of them anyhow. It was gross. I hate Jager. I also got a full download on Brian’s Alive Cooper tribute band that he does. He was showing us photos of his stage show. It’s a full on reproduction of Alice’s live show. I’m planning on attending the show in Newcastle in 2017. With only a few songs left of Cauldron, who we also only heard through the venue door from the bar, Brian scooted off to get his make up for the show. As people shuffled out of the gig for drinks or whatever, we shuffled in to secure spots near the stage.
Satan hit the stage and opened with Trial By Fire and Blades of Steel. The small room was packed and the band was slightly cramped on the small stage. Not a lot of room for moving around for a 5pc band. They sounded great as always. Brian’s voice was brilliant. If you have ever seen them live, you know how good they are. Still amazed that a band that has only been rejuvenated in recent years can still bring it about as hard as any newer band. As expected, the set was a good mix of all three of the Ross-era studio albums.
After the show we go back into the bar area and hang out with friends and the Satan guys came right out after to take photos with fans (like us) and sign stuff. A couple more of those gross Firemeisters were had and neither Kelz nor myself were feeling much pain. haha. It was starting to get late and we were both hungry and needed to soak up the buzz a bit, so we got some Chinese food to go from the place next to the venue and got a quick Lyft ride back to the hotel. This guy was a much better driver. Back at the hotel, were were just eating and laughing and having a grand time. Then the fade hit. We needed to get to sleep so we could head south to Richmond for Sunday’s show.
Quite a wonderful night. Met some great people. If there was anything negative to say about the evening it would be that the dude standing in front of me for the Satan set had body odor that smelled like a litter box. That sucked.
Savage Master Concert Review, Austin, TX, October 22, 2015
After the Rick Springfield/Loverboy/Romantics show, we headed back over to east Austin to the Lost Well to catch my pals in Savage Master. This is the third time I’ve seen them this year, the others being in May at Ragnarokkr and last weekend in Ventura, CA. I enjoy them more and more every time. The crowd was a little smaller than I expected but everyone was rocking out. Maybe 35 people, but they were all into it, including The Lost Well’s staff. That’s great to see that kind of support from a venue. Love Savage Master’s cover of Swords and Tequila as well.
They were out of CDs and 7″ records, which is a good thing and shows that they’re getting some fan support on the road.
Bands are on tight budgets when on the road, so I offered to let them stay at my place. They were happy to stay and I was happy to host them. Great bunch of folks. Looking forward to hearing some new material.
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- Stacey Savage and Monkey Boy
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- Savage Master
Rick Springfield, Loverboy & Romantics Concert Review, Cedar Park, TX, October 22, 2015
I’ve been really busy with shows lately. It’s wearing me out. It’s wearing my wallet out! This past Thursday brought some big 80s pop rock bands to the Cedar Park Center. Let’s just dog right in.
The Romantics opened up and beyond one song, I never cared for them. Their set was hampered by major sound issues but they plodded through it like pros. Interestingly enough, three of the 4 guys are originals. That’s pretty rare these days. I always thought most of their songs sounded the same. They were solid though. The had a minor hit in the mid-80s with One In A Million and didn’t play it. What? The one song I wanted to hear, of course.
Loverboy came on next. I always liked their radio hits. Friendly safe pop rock, totally 80s. They were the main reason I went. I had never seen them and who doesn’t want to rock out with Mike Reno? Loverboy is also 4/5 original. Sweet. Their set was pretty much what you’d expect except they didn’t play When It’s Over, which is a great song and was a decent hit for them. Reno sounded great and I got to hear the other songs I wanted to hear, especially Turn Me Loose. That song rules.
We only stayed for 4 songs of Springfield’s set as I had another show to see at a different venue. I’ve done Everything For You was played second, so that made me happy. He sounded great, though. That dude is 66 years old. He was all over the stage and of course the girls in the crowd were going googoo over him.
Good time and glad I went.
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- Rick Springfield
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- Loverboy
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- The Romantics
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