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The English heavy rock band, not the flying object, is playing late tonight at a place out on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway called 45 East. Never been there before, but making the trek out there to see them. Apparently, they have guitar legend Vinnie Moore ripping it up with them.
That genre of rock is one of my guilty pleasures.
"And they liked it, better than their UFO" - Mike Gordon.
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Schenker was great.
Schenker was great.
I like some UFO.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: boone
I saw them back in the lat 70
I saw them back in the late 70's opening for Cheap Trick. Shoulda been the other way around, they blew Nielsen and company off the stage...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Yeah, UFO and Budgie
Yeah, UFO and Budgie
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Well shit. Showed up at the
Well shit. Showed up at the show last night at a strange venue at a warehouse on the industrial east side and met up with my drummer buddy who shares my love of early heavy rock. The opening act was something called "Bro Safari" which is a DJ EDM act and thought that was a little weird, We were standing outside watching the crowd of baby faced kids dressed to the nines lining up and being frisked by burly bouncers while the warehouse was thumping with dance beats, We were by far the oldest people there and noticed a conspicuous lack of the normal tappings of hard rock shows like mullets, Motörhead t-shirts, and dudes in jean jackets with the Led Zeppelin patches.
I asked the bouncer when UFO would go on and the guy said 12:30. WTF? That's past my normal bedtime and way later than most of the shows I go to get out. My buddy splits but I am still determined and ask the bouncer to please confirm that an old heavy rock band called UFO was playing. He got another bouncer who explained that there was a mix up and the band that was scheduled was UFO!
That sucked and he said I could still go in, but fuck that, He said that there were a number of people who were in the same boat and they would issue refunds. I got my tickets from link off of jambase, which expressly stated it was the old English heavy rock band featuring Vinnie Moore.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Where Does The Time Go?
oh fuck
oh fuck
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
No one goes to a NWOBHM
No one goes to a NWOBHM sausage fest expecting having to put up with tarted up EDM nabobs.
Sounds more like UFU than UFO.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
But the best part of the
But the best part of the whole fiasco was an eight member Beastie Boys cover band that stumbled across when I accidentally crashed a private event a block down. I got dumped off by a Lyft in this warehouse district and heard thumping music and naturally went to it. I could see there was a party going on in a vacant lot behind a big fence and when I stuck my head through a narrow gap, someone opened the fence and said come on in. Fucking rawked, I didn't realize it was a private event until I went to bar and found the beer was free, I would have stuck around all night, but had to meet my friend for the alleged UFO show.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Skitime
Beastie Boys cover band
Beastie Boys cover band sounds like a lot of fun. Did you catch their name?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
This tale reminds me of when
This tale reminds me of when a pal & I went to see 'The Howlin' Wolf' in 1980's Montréal not realizing actual Howlin' Wolf had died a few years back.
So we drove to Vermont, because my Buddy said he knew a Bar that stayed open really late and had great Bands.
Funny shenanigans ensued, and some suburban Québec cops detained me on suspicion of drunk - driving.
Turned out I was perfectly Legal, so they let us go.
Always make sure it is the actual Band and Venue before attending.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Also it's good if you speak
Also it's good if you speak the native language in whatever Country or Province.
There I was in Lacolle, Quèbec explaining to the cops about Howlin' Wolf, and my French was not up to par.
Of course they thought I was fucked up.
We did make it to Vermont but by then it was Sunrise, so we drove over to Maine.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
>>>Beastie Boys cover band
>>>Beastie Boys cover band sounds like a lot of fun. Did you catch their name?
Sadly I didn't, but these dudes were pros. Three MCs backed by a DJ, guitar, bass, drums, and keys. If they were from around here, I sure hadn't heard of them before. They had their shtick down and woke up with "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" still ringing in in my head.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
Many years ago when I was
Many years ago when I was about 15 (ca. 1966) my family, as they usually did around this time, was renting a cottage for the month of August near Provincetown on Cape Cod, MA. My dad saw a small ad in the local newspaper that seemed to indicate that the writer Norman Mailer would be "performing" at a bar in P-town. That should have been the first warning, as writers don't normally do meet and signs in a bar, but it was Provincetown, so... My dad had met Mailer a few times, so he thought he'd head into town and have a drink with old Normie.
However, he returned earlier than expected. Apparently Dad didn't have his glasses on when he read that ad, because Norman Mailer the writer turned out to be Norma Miller The Whip Girl, with an entirely different kind of "performance".
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Imagine
Great stories, guys. Thanks
Great stories, guys. Thanks for sharing.
I can't think of a time I did this. Can't share.
I've messed up in many other ways,
but not with this particular twist.
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I miss the Greatful Dead.
I miss the Greatful Dead.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
The Dreadful Gates would be a
The Dreadful Gates would be a good GD cover band name.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: New & Improved
Yea, the wrong crowd might
Yea, the wrong crowd might show up to that one. Maybe Ken and his friend, too.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mr. Charlie
I got a bunch of college
I got a bunch of college buddies in Worcester, MA to go whom I thought was Dr. John... turned out to be Dr. Hook. Cover of a Rolling Stone!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Well, the promoter was quick
Well, the promoter was quick to refund the tickets. I also contacted Jambase too because they still were listing an upcoming show in Detroit featuring that same faux EDM UFO claiming it was the classic heavy rock band. It is still up this morning:
https://www.jambase.com/band/ufo
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
I once tuned into Conan to
I once tuned into Conan to see Michael Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVg-kawlTXg
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
On a related note, a lady
On a related note, a lady-friend once set up a contact to drive out and look at some homebrewing equipment. She misarranged some of the details and we drove circles around the countryside for a while before she declared "Oh I think this is the place".
Turned out it was not the guy selling some Cornelius kegs but a totally different guy who sold Hops to homebrewers. He gave us Beer and put both of us to work packing Hops in bags & boxes. His regular guy had not shown up that day.
I ended up working with that guy for about a decade in various Beery projects.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skyjunk
I would rather see Dr Hook
I would rather see Dr Hook than Dr John, better drug songs
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Guess you never saw a Dr John
Guess you never saw a Dr John Night Tripper show Fabes.