STEEL PANTHER at the House of Blues Sunset Strip 2/24/2013 with Matthew and Gunnar Nelson and Glen Sobel

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This show had everything you’d expect from a Monday night with Steel Panther at the House of Blues- funny jokes, women onstage, cool songs and special guests.  They played a lot of originals from the first album, a few from the second, some Van Halen, Guns and Roses and Poison before having Glen Sobel come play drums along with the Nelson brothers (Matthew and Gunnar) on vocals and the guitarist from Lifehouse.   Having him play instead of Satchel was a huge mistake.   You had incredible drumming along with sloppy guitar playing that completely ruined the song.   That was unfortunate.   Glen then left the kit and Satchel got his guitar back while the Nelsons stuck around and sang “Don’t Stop Believin’” to close out the show.     It wasn’t the greatest Steel panther show ever, but it was still pretty darn cool.    The funniest part of the show was when Michael Starr…

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DORO HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET 2/22/2013

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What a wonderful heavy metal Friday evening at the House of Blues Sunset with a
cool party in the Foundation Room and a spectacular concert in the concert hall with a heavy metal icon.
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I must have inadvertently overlooked Doro and Warlock back when the song "All We Are" was in heavy rotation on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball during the 80s.

I expected a good show, but this one really surprised me.

Upon arriving entering the concert hall with the show already in progress, the band was on fire. I had no idea how hard this was going to rock.

Doro has a great stage presence and she looked fabulous. And she was really cool with the audience, just as she was when she made a recent appearance on That Metal Show.

Her band has two long-standing members and two relatively new guitarists. There was plenty of great soloing and the…

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S.U.N. at House of Blues Sunset Strip 2/18/2013 opening for Steel Panther

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I’ve seen Brian Tichy play drums live quite a few times with several bands.

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I remember impulsively going to an Ozzy concert on a weekday in 2000. I had that day off work and got a call in the morning from a friend in Vegas saying that Ozzy was playing at the Hard Rock Hotel that evening. The ticket was $75, which was a lot of money for a concert back then. I said, “I’m in – buy my ticket for me and I’ll be there in 3 hours”.

I called Southwest and booked an immediate flight , along with my return flight the next morning. I drove right to the airport (I didn’t pack a thing) and made the flight, which included Joe Holmes, a very young Jack Osbourne and Brian Tichy, who were in front of me while boarding the plane. I didn’t even realize who these guys were or made the connection until I saw them onstage later that evening. That was the best Ozzy performance I ever saw live. Robert Trujillo, Joe Holmes, Brian Tichy, the keyboard player (probably John Sinclair) and Ozzy when he still had it – this was a spectacular line-up.

Over the years, I’ve seen him with Foreigner, Lynch Mob, on That Metal Show doing his speed bag drumming and with several other bands and jams here and there. And I’ve even seen him play for the Moby Dicks at the Bonzo Bash last year.    The best performance I saw outside of Ozzy 2000 was with Doug Aldrich, Michael Devin and Keith St. John at the Whisky not too long ago.   That was awesome.

Personally, I didn’t really understand how much he invested in this S.U.N. band. He left Whitesnake to be a guitarist? 

And opting for self-described "Gypsy Rock" over major hard rock and metal classics?    It seemed like a bizarre leap of faith, but I actually understand a lot better after tonight.

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We walked downstairs at the beginning of their set and they were shredding.   And the place was packed. 

On the way in, the first people we saw were Jeff Pilson and Glen Sobel. DSC05977

There were TONS of musicians in attendance.  There were several former and current members of Foreigner there for the show. 

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Sass Jordan is the singer in this band and she clearly rocks. Tommy Stewart is a great drummer and Michael Devin (who is still in Whitesnake) is a great bass player. 

I’d heard "I’m the One" maybe 3 or 4 times before this show.  It’s a very catchy tune and it’s stuck with me now.

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Great set.  The Neil Young song at the end was kind of questionable.   Other than that, no complaints…….  Good band.    They rock.

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