Slash w/ Myles Kennedy. 14/08/2010. TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Slash & Uli Jon Roth
Slash - Midnight Jam
Me & Myles Kennedy with my wristband that was signed by Slash (although it looks like 'Slush')
Showing posts with label Led Zeppelin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Led Zeppelin. Show all posts
Friday, 29 July 2011
Before I blow this life to hell
Alter Bridge was the first band I ever saw live and they have had a special place in my heart since I was young. Myles Kennedy is one of my all time favourite vocalists and hearing that he was teaming up with Slash for a world tour was amazing news. Slash and Myles announced they would be playing 1 show in New Zealand and it was going to be at the G-TARanaki festival in New Plymouth. Even though G-TARanaki is NZ's only international guitar festival, it was still a surprise that one of the biggest concerts all year was going to be in such a small town. The location wasn't going to stop me though, I got my ticket and booked a motel so I could drive down there and spend the weekend at the festival. There was a big line-up of musicians including local bands Shotgun Alley and In Dread Response. Vinnie Moore and Jennifer Batten were the next 2 artists to showcase thier talents. Cover group Hail! put on a great show with heaps of familiar songs and then it was time for the main event. Slash came out at about 10PM and played for around an hour and a half. With the hugely talented Myles Kennedy on vocals, they played songs from Slash's last 2 solo albums, some of Guns 'n' Roses biggest hits and even an Alter Bridge song. Getting to hear songs like Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine was an amzing experience, they were the songs I grew up with and now I get to hear them with a far superior vocalist. After their epic performance, Slash performed in a midnight jam session with a few of the other musicians, including Uli Jon Roth. They just played a bunch of cover songs, including Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin) and Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream) but they put a unique spin on them all. The whole night was really amazing and truly a once in a lifetime event. The next day I was even lucky enough to meet Slash and Myles as they were heading off to the airport, it was a fucking brilliant experience. I wasn't able to get many pictures and they arn't great quality, but here is the best:
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
The Social Music Revolution
Last.FM is a social networking site that focuses on peoples addiction to music. In my opinion, it is the greatest social networking site out there, because it allows you to communicate and befriend people with similar musical interests as you. The most addictive quality of this website though, is the fact that it 'scrobbles' all the music you listen to on your computer/iPod and displays your music habits in the form of charts. It is a pretty rad feature that can get anyone really addicted to this site and even slightly obsessed with perfecting their music charts so that they accurately reflect how you rank your favourite bands. The scrobbling can be slightly inaccurate though, my Last.FM charts never match my iTunes play count, but that is just something you have to overcome, otherwise the obsession to perfect your charts will slowly consume your soul. I have been a member since the 16th of February, 2010 and I have never looked back since. In that time, I have scrobbled over 50,000 plays and this is how my Top Artists chart looks overall:
1. The White Stripes 3906
2. T. Rex 3484
3. The Black Dahlia Murder 2408
4. Lamb Of God 2377
5. The Dead Weather 2261
6. Robert Johnson 1961
7. Led Zeppelin 1865
8. Queens Of The Stone Age 1758
9. The Velvet Underground 1743
10. Them Crooked Vultures 1597
11. Marina & The Diamonds 1595
12. The Kills 1482
13. Trivium 1312
14. A Tribe Called Quest 1185
15. August Burns Red 1146
16. Nightrage 1128
17. The Distillers 1123
18. The Mars Volta 1072
19. Alter Bridge 994
20. John Mayer 936
21. Arch Enemy 885
22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 862
23. Street Chant 848
24. Karen Elson 795
25. Popstrangers 792
26. Lou Reed 702
27. The Raconteurs 671
28. Foo Fighters 654
29. The Drab Doo-Riffs 628
30. Maximum The Hormone 609
Come vist me! http://www.last.fm/user/Harrison1630
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Elephants broken & screaming
It's going to be fucking hard for me to write about this, because I don't think I know enough adjectives for "fucking amazing" to keep this interesting. I have been a fan of Led Zeppelin ever since I was young, they were my gateway band into rock music and over the last few years I have been getting into Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters. So when I found out that Dave, Josh and John were forming a new band, it blew my fucking mind. I had no idea what to expect from the band, but I bought tickets to their show in New Zealand even though the album wouldn't come out for another few months. I just had immense faith that whatever they did, it would be fucking amazing. And I was right, the album was released in December of '09 and my obsession exploded exactly 2 minutes and 44 seconds into the first song. Now my life had focused like a laser towards January 30th, when they would play at Vector Arena. It was the first (of many) concerts where I lined up all day and I managed to get front row. Cairo Knife Fight were a fucking awesome opening band and they really destroyed their set (literally), then it was time for TCV. Its safe to say that night changed my life forever and whatever I type about it just couldn't possible do it justice, so I'll just leave you with some photos from that night.
Them Crooked Vultures. 30/01/2010. Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Josh Homme & Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
John Paul Jones
Josh Homme
Dave Grohl
Josh Homme, Dave Grohl & John Paul Jones
Signed and vandalised by Josh Homme
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