The Velvet Revolver show SUCKED....and here's why!!!

Happy New Year everybody. I guess it's time I get back to updating this "blog" thing more often. And what a topic to start with.

Alright, so it's December 30th, my birthday begins at midnight, so I'm ready to get fired up at a quality rock show. I get to Borgata with some time to spare so I sit down at a slot machine. Literally 2 SPINS LATER I'm up 40 bucks. Sweet...my beers are now paid for. Cash Out!!!! The old guy next to me must have been pissed. Win and gone...that's how I roll!!!

So then I head up to the show. It's all been established ahead of time. NO OPENING ACT AND SHOWTIME IS 8 PM. Being that this is a concert it's a given that 8:15 or so is when the show will start. 8:15 comes and goes.....8:30 comes and goes.....8:45 comes and goes 9:00....9:10.....9:15.....9:20.....you've got to be f'n kidding me........9:30.....9:45 the lights go down. An hour and 45 minutes from the advertised showtime!!!!! I half expected AXL ROSE to show up.

So VR starts to play and it's just loud. Scott Weiland's voice is getting lost in the mix(not to mention he's dressed like the gay biker grom the village people), Slash just appears to be noodling away, overall a very shaky start.

Here's the real problem. Velvet Revolver was a great band on paper. Take one part S.T.P. and three parts GNR put them together and it's rock and roll heaven, right???WRONG!!! While "Fall to Pieces" and "Slither" are good songs the rest of the CONTRABAND album is filled with songs that may "rock" but are not catchy in any way. That does not translate well in a live setting. All you had to do was look around at the crowd. All the band was getting was the courtesy clap at the beginning and end of the song with blank stares in the middle. The only time the level got above tepid was when they broke out a GNR or STP song."It's So Easy""MR. Brownstone""Sex Type Thing" all got a bit of a frenzy going but then it's back to a CONTRABAND song and the energy would take a nosedive.

So, and hour and 15 minutes go by and guess what .....it's over!!!(not that I was all that upset). But I didn't pay for my ticket!!! At $100 a pop I would have wanted more....lots more!!!!

So overall on a scale of 1 to 10......it's only a 1...I really was that dissapointed.

Ohwell, here's to better concerts in 2006!!!

Rock On!!

and remember:

THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!!!!