Caught the show at the PNC Bank Center in Jersey last night. Great show! I missed Slaughter unfotunately. I wanted to give them a chance to win me over, since I was never a fan of his singing.

Dokken kicked major ass musically, but Don's voice was a little strained. He couldn't hit the high notes, and they suffered a little from a poor mix on the sound board. Jeff Pilson is an underrated bassist, and an excellent stage performer. Reb Beach is a freight train on guitar!

Cinderella, in my opinion, stole the show. Tight musically, charismatic onstage, GREAT sound...it all added up to an excellent performance. Tom Keifer sounded fresh, and Fred Croury played better than I've ever seen him play. My only critique on them is that Tom has to get more of a rapport with the audience. When they switched from the acoustic part of the set back to the norm, there was about 30 seconds of total silence. A few well placed words to the audience would has filled the void nicely. Other than that, they were excellent.

Poison came out like gangbusters, but unfortunately suffered from horrible sound. You couldn't hear Bret clearly above the noise, and that's exactly what it was, noise. CC, in his defense putting on a GREAT show, made WAY too many mistakes on the guitar, turning alot of songs into inaudible mush. If it weren't for the vocals, sometimes you didn't know what part of the song they were in. When they played the acoustic ballads, Bret's voice sounded crisp and clear, and he still has that great onstage charisma. The only flop of the night was CC singing "I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine". CC...stick to the guitar...and what was with the electrical tape over CC's nipples????

The stage show was outstanding, but the musicianship left alot to be desired. Then again, no one has ever confused Poison with Dream Theater! They entertained the crowd the way a rock band should, turning the night into one big party. It was definately the 80's again in New Jersey! Pot smoke filled the air, women were dressed sexy, the long hairs all came out of hiding, and people were dancing in their seats......ahhhhhhhhh..... http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif

In short, thanx to Dokken, Cinderella & Poison for bringing us through the time warp and showing a PACKED house that 80's rock STILL sounds fresh today. Hopefully, some of the youngsters in the crowd (and there were alot!) will soak in what they saw, and put together bands playing with that kind of style and showmanship, and the rock & roll we all know and love will move forward into the new millenium with fresh new faces.

Peace,
Pagan

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Reading this almost made me what to cry! I have to try and sell my tickets!! No money to fix the car. Things are really bad for us right now http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/frown.gif

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I saw this show Friday night in Hartford, CT. I have to agree that Cinderella stole the show. Musically they were the best. I was disappointed that Dokken did not do Dream Warriors and Slaughter did good for being the early 6:00 act. Poison was good but I was disappointed because their act was basically the same as last summer. Overall though you could not beat the atmosphere.

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GREAT! Glad to hear Cinderella is tearing it up! I got tickets for the show this coming saturday here in St Louis. CANNOT WAIT! I met Ciderella about 3 weeks before the NIGHT SONGS Album came out, saw them play a *tiny* skating rink in Suburban Philly. All of them were nice as could be. I have supported them ever since. I like Dokken, but am not sure if I really need to see them again. Reb was great in WINGER, but I am not so sure about him playing the George Lynch stuff live.
Either way, I am WAY psyched to see this show, and am planning on writing a nice little review when I get back.

Ron

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I seen the show Sunday at jones Beach. Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time when I bought the tickets that this was fathers day so I only seen Poison. They put on a great show, and I have to agree - the only complaint was that it was too simular to last year. Same encores, same speaches, they could have changed it a little bit.

Pagan, you might appreciate this story. Do you remember me telling you how I have the greatest luck when it comes to rock shows and how I was so bummed that I had to sell my 3rd row PNC tickets because I had a wedding the same day????? Well, i decided to go to the Sunday Jones beach show. I had really bad seats and as soon as I entered the gate a security guard grabbed me and Jess and asked us if we wanted better seats. We followed him and he put us in the front row. While being in the front row, Bobby Dall gave us backstage passes, we went backstage and were pretty bored for 2 hours. We had nothing to sign, no cameras, were not prepared for it at all. We met Bret & CC, but never Bobby who gave us the passes so we were a little bummed. I told you I had amazing luck!!! By the way, did you see LA Guns this weekend????? They were great too!

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I'm going to concerts with you from now on Cruella! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif

Didn't see LA Guns, one concert a weekend is all I can afford!!! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Pagan, LA Guns is playing this Friday in Port Jefferson at The Village Pub. If you do like LA Guns I thought you would be interested.

If you were there with me, it wouldn't have happened, nothing against you - you're just a guy. The only guys that I seen backstage were all dressed like Bret Michaels, very strange and frightening. When the real Bret finally spoke to us I still wasn't sure if it really was him. We were singing "will the real Bret Michaels please stand up! There were so many of them! It was like a nightmare!

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Ok, well I saw the show last night here in St Louis. Here is a rundown of what happened, and how I thought the show went.
First, it has rained for 2 days straight before the show, and was pouring the morning of the show. I had lawn seats (BOOO) and was all set to bring a large plastic trash bag to sit on to keep my ass dry. On the way, I decide to get some extra cash, and shell out for a seat under the canopy. 31 bucks later, and I have an AWESOME seat, first row of the second covered section. I am in row X, which, if my alphabet skills hold true, put me 24 rows back, but I am elevated, so nobody is in front of me.

Show starts at 6pm with SLAUGHTER. Now, I never EVER liked anything they ever put out with the exception of FLY TO THE ANGELS. They start out and are playing along, and sound pretty good. Mark Slaughters voice sounds better live. Durig the third song, he takes off stage and runs through the crowd, right in front of me, I get a big HI 5. (my brush with greatness) They play thier 4 or 5 songs, and leave at EXACTLY 6:30. My impression is, I didnt mind them, but I aint running out to buy a CD or anything like that.

DOKKEN comes up next and I notice right away that the guitar player who I remembered from WINGER, doesnt look the same. But anyhow, they run through a few songs, then do a 10 minute version of ALONE AGAIN. They only play 5 songs as well, and 2 of them are off the ERASE THE SLATE cd, which IMO sucked dog shit. They leave, and it really doesnt faze me. Reb Beach is a very capable replacement for George Lynch, and was the ONLY part of the DOKKEN set I enjoyed.

Next up is the band I came to see, CINDERELLA. Now, let me let you all in on a little secret, I have seen CINDERELLA many times, when I was in high school in PA, they were always playing the local clubs (Empire, Trocadero, Galaxy, etc) however one night I saw them at a ROLLER RINK(!) in Jameson PA. I had the pleasure of meeting the band after the show (only about 80 people there). Fred Coury gave me a beer, and I thought I was THE SHIT! They invited me to the Video shoot for SHAKE ME, the following day, but ****ing HIGH SCHOOL came first with my parents. (Dont they know how cool I could have been....?)

ANYHOW, I love Cinderella. They came out and played a BLISTERING set! They were very tight musically, and Tom Keifers voice is even richer and more smooth than I would have thought. He still looks like a poor mans Steven Tyler, but hell, he still looks like a ROCK STAR. Superb acoutsic portion, showing the real musicianship of the band. They close with NOBODY'S FOOL. I am a happy man.

I thought that would be the zenith of the show, since I have read right here that they steal the show. I am not that into POISON either, so what happened next shocked me.
POISON ROCKED THE SHIT OUT OF THE PLACE!
There was about 17 or 18000 people there, and for some reason when they went into UNSKINNY BOP, the crowd went APE SHIT. I have never really cared for that song, so I was not getting it. But, from then on, the crowd was THE hottest crowd I have ever seen. (Even better than the KISS reunion show I was at!)
Great set of greatest hits, with two new songs, including the one CC sings (I gotta admit, I like it!) they close the show with ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT, and the local radio station people come out and are throwing tshirts and shit into the crowd. They have 3 girls on stage dancing alnd acting all lesbo. Well, CC is on the ground playing his heart out, and this girl straddles him and is dancing. CC sits up and latches his mouth RIGHT ON HER CROTCH! For like a solid 30 or 45 seconds, this chick is grinding his face and he is playing along on the guitar!
They do an encore of TALK DIRTY TO ME, and then the lights come up.
GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!
Probably the most fun I have had at a show in 5 or 6 years!


If they are coming to your town, GO SEE THEM!!!!!!!! You will NOT be dissapointed!

Ron

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