Concertologist

As a huge Racer X fan in my teen years, I bought up any projects the former members of the band were involved with from the late 80s to the early 90s.

A few years after Racer X called it quits, former members Juan/John Alderete and Bruce Bouillet formed a band called The Scream.

Their album release, “Let It Scream”, is a an incredible recording of great songs with the stunning vocals of John Corabi. There are many gems on that album from touching balladry to all out rock. Some of my favorite songs ever are on this album. Still to this day, not many recordings compare to that one. If only more people were hip to it at the time, it would have had the potential to be a huge album.

Ironically, with bands like The Scream, music didn’t have to go bad like it did in the 90s…

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MIKE TRAMP The Whisky A-Go-Go 3/19/2014

Heavy Metal Hill

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Like his performance here last year with Oz and Michael from Stryper (And the time I saw White Lion open for Ozzy in the 80s), this was a great show. Mike played some solo tune and some of the White Lion hits. He talked honestly about being a big rock star and then having to take a huge step back when grunge messed up metal in the 90s. His songs were pretty deep and had very meaningful lyrics. And the acoustic arrangements/ versions of the old hits were also excellent. “Radar Love” had kind of a country feel to it and he did a good job improvising and covering sections where the guitar solos and other stuff would have gone. He also had funny KISS jokes and told…

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WINGS BAND with Corey Feldman and Katie Daryl WINGS BAND TRIBUTE TO PAUL McCARTNEY THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS WHISKY AXS TV 3/10/2014

TRIBUTE BANDS 2014

Photo: Get ready!

The Fab Four from Season 2 of AXS TV’s The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands put on an incredible tribute to the Beatles. People want to hear the songs they love. It only makes sense that a great tribute band that can faithfully recreate the music and experience of classic concerts by playing some of the best songs ever written can be way more successful and popular than current, original touring acts.

The Wings Band, which has several members of the Fab Four (founder Ardy Sarraf and Ron McNeil), recently performed an incredible 90 minute set of Paul McCartney solo, Wings and Beatles tunes at The Canyon Club in January. How good are they? Laurence Juber, guitarist for the Wings in the late 70s, got up and jammed with the band during the show. This show guaranteed an amazing performance on AXS TV’s World’s Greatest Tribute Bands.