Bent Brother/Twisted Sister show review
::Show took place two Saturdays ago::
The show was fucking great! Drove down with Skodnick and met up with Thorne at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. We were right up front in between Dee and J.J. (center towards the left when looking at the stage). Before BB played, there were three openers. The first one, Ashton, was fucking terrible! Their drummer was the only thing going for them. It wouldn't have been so bad if their vocalist/secondary guitarist wasn't so annoying and could actually work his equipment properly. The second band which the name slips my mind (Helium, Oxygen, Spit...something like that, help me out Thorne!) was a three female/one male lineup. They had a really dirty sound that unfortunately was due to the micing of the amplifiers, but they were fairly decent. Entertaining, were all into their music (the drummer was headbanging her ass off the whole time). The third band, Z02, featured a Steven Hyde from That 70's Show lookalike on guitars and vocals, a Carnivore era Petrux Steele w/ shorter hair on bass and vocals, and a non-tattooed modern Tommy Lee on drums and vocals. They were all in the 70's garb; decent at first, but their novelty quickly wore off. The bassist was touring with The Transiberrian Orchestra this past Winter; they all had talent, but just need to lose Hyde. Next, Bent Brother hit the stage. They were top notch, very professional, sounded really great. Got the setlist and both of J.J. French picks, pink and yellow. The setlist is as follows:
What You Don't Know
The Kids Are Back
Breakin' The Law (Priest cover)
The Beast
We're Gonna Make It
Under The Blade
Plastic Money
Shoot 'Em Down
Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover)
Sin After Sin
Burn In Hell
(Drum Solo)
We're Not Gonna Take It
I Wanna Rock
Tear It Loose
The Price
You Can't Stop Rock 'N Roll
After the show while waiting in line for shirts, we ran into Skullcrusher911 and her friend (her name slips my mind at the moment). Also ran into some other folks who were at the Halloween 'Kill gig. Thorne, Skod, and myself went to the back by Dee's Hummer waiting for him to come out. About 30 minutes later, he arrived. In the meantime, we hung out with about 10 others waiting for Dee. Dee was awesome, took the time to hang with everyone. Thorne and I both got our setlists signed, Skod got his ticket signed, and we all got pictures taken with Dee, thanks to Thorne. Great time, anyone who hasn't seen BB or TS before, do so next time they're in town.
The show was fucking great! Drove down with Skodnick and met up with Thorne at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. We were right up front in between Dee and J.J. (center towards the left when looking at the stage). Before BB played, there were three openers. The first one, Ashton, was fucking terrible! Their drummer was the only thing going for them. It wouldn't have been so bad if their vocalist/secondary guitarist wasn't so annoying and could actually work his equipment properly. The second band which the name slips my mind (Helium, Oxygen, Spit...something like that, help me out Thorne!) was a three female/one male lineup. They had a really dirty sound that unfortunately was due to the micing of the amplifiers, but they were fairly decent. Entertaining, were all into their music (the drummer was headbanging her ass off the whole time). The third band, Z02, featured a Steven Hyde from That 70's Show lookalike on guitars and vocals, a Carnivore era Petrux Steele w/ shorter hair on bass and vocals, and a non-tattooed modern Tommy Lee on drums and vocals. They were all in the 70's garb; decent at first, but their novelty quickly wore off. The bassist was touring with The Transiberrian Orchestra this past Winter; they all had talent, but just need to lose Hyde. Next, Bent Brother hit the stage. They were top notch, very professional, sounded really great. Got the setlist and both of J.J. French picks, pink and yellow. The setlist is as follows:
What You Don't Know
The Kids Are Back
Breakin' The Law (Priest cover)
The Beast
We're Gonna Make It
Under The Blade
Plastic Money
Shoot 'Em Down
Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover)
Sin After Sin
Burn In Hell
(Drum Solo)
We're Not Gonna Take It
I Wanna Rock
Tear It Loose
The Price
You Can't Stop Rock 'N Roll
After the show while waiting in line for shirts, we ran into Skullcrusher911 and her friend (her name slips my mind at the moment). Also ran into some other folks who were at the Halloween 'Kill gig. Thorne, Skod, and myself went to the back by Dee's Hummer waiting for him to come out. About 30 minutes later, he arrived. In the meantime, we hung out with about 10 others waiting for Dee. Dee was awesome, took the time to hang with everyone. Thorne and I both got our setlists signed, Skod got his ticket signed, and we all got pictures taken with Dee, thanks to Thorne. Great time, anyone who hasn't seen BB or TS before, do so next time they're in town.