{"id":4282,"date":"2021-08-09T22:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T02:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldfury.com\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2021-08-09T22:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T02:36:31","slug":"the-rock-gods-that-fell-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/the-rock-gods-that-fell-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The (rock) gods that fell to earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’re never too old to rock and roll?Like HELL you ain’t<\/a>. Although this could well be related more to general dissipation and decadence than strictly age.<\/p>\n

Vince Neil\u00a0performed on his first concert after pandemic his solo band headlined the Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa over the weekend. From what we could heard, it\u2019s probably for the better that\u00a0M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE\u2018s stadium tour with\u00a0DEF LEPPARD\u00a0has been postponed to next year.<\/p>\n

Vince\u2019s band opened with\u00a0\u201cLooks That Kill\u201d\u00a0before jumping into\u00a0\u201cDr. Feelgood,\u201d\u00a0and though\u00a0Neil\u2019s vocals on\u00a0\u201cDr. Feelgood\u201d\u00a0weren\u2019t \u201cthat bad,\u201d it definitely wasn\u2019t one of his strongest performances.<\/p>\n

But everything started to fall apart when\u00a0Neil\u00a0launched into a cover of the\u00a0THE\u00a0BEATLES\u2019\u00a0\u201cHelter Skelter.\u201d\u00a0Vince seemed to forget the words to the Beatles classic, while struggling to keep up with his band\u2019s down-tuned instrumentals.<\/p>\n

One fan wrote: \u201cI was there front row seen\u00a0Vince\u00a08 times worst performance EVER he was reading the lyrics that his roadie taped on the floor while\u00a0Vince\u00a0left for a well need break. NO WAY he could do a stadium tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then, while performing\u00a0\u201cGirls Girls Girls,\u201d\u00a0Vince\u00a0finally gave up addressing to the crowd: \u201cHey guys\u2026 I\u2019m sorry, you guys. It\u2019s been a long time playin\u2019. My f*ckin\u2019 voice is gone\u2026 uhh\u2026 we love you and we uhh\u2026 hope to see you next time, man. Thank you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A pic from the show of the new, suckier Bloated Vince onstage:<\/p>\n

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Great SCOTT<\/em>. Didn’t anybody learn ANYTHING from the ghastly trainwreck Elvis finished up as? Anything at ALL? Double-threat superstar Chris Jericho\u2014whose rockin’ ‘n’ ‘rasslin’ combo, Fozzy Osbourne<\/a>, had the best band name in all history before they had to change it\u2014had a little something to say<\/a> about Neil’s sorry state.<\/p>\n

Asked how he felt after seeing the footage of\u00a0Vince’s gig,\u00a0Chris\u00a0said (as transcribed by\u00a0BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s disappointing because I think everyone is pulling for\u00a0Vince\u00a0and they’re pulling for\u00a0M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE. And it’s gonna be tough doing [‘The Stadium Tour’\u00a0in 2022 with\u00a0DEF LEPPARD,\u00a0POISON\u00a0and\u00a0JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS] because\u00a0Joan Jett, I don’t know if you’ve seen her recently, she’s freakin’ awesome. And\u00a0Bret Michaels\u00a0\u2014 I was just talking about\u00a0POISON\u00a0the other day; they’re gonna steal the show. You’d better watch out for\u00a0POISON, ’cause\u00a0Bret Michaels\u00a0is the best frontman out of all of those bands. And then\u00a0DEF LEPPARD’s\u00a0DEF LEPPARD; they do what they do. And\u00a0M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE, they’re gonna have to really step it up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meh. I never liked Dead Leper (which is what my mom actually, literally believed their name to be back in their glory days, s’truth) at all. Poison simply sucks ass, hard<\/em>; always did, always will. I see no reason to expect improvement now that they’re all decades down the road. As for Joan Jett\u2014well, I can’t quite consider her as being on the same plane with the other dudes, exactly. No slight intended, mind, she’s just…different. Different musical style; different approach; different draw; different attitude and presentation; different everything. Anyhoo, Jericho goes on:<\/p>\n

“I’m disappointed to see\u00a0Vince\u00a0the way he is, because I think if he lost some weight and did some training and came out there and was in some semblance of shape, a) his voice will sound better just from that alone, and b) people would go, ‘Holy shit! Did you see\u00a0Vince Neil? He looks great.’<\/p>\n

“I think if he really wants to do it, he could do it,” Jericho continued. “But I don’t know if he does. And that’s the thing. And it’s up to him. And either way, it’s\u00a0M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE\u00a0\u2014 people are gonna go, and they’re gonna love it. But to me, as a performer, I would take that as a challenge: ‘I’ve got one year. Let’s do this. It’s been long enough. Let’s do this for real. Let me call\u00a0Phil Collen\u00a0and\u00a0Duff McKagan\u00a0and other rock guys that have got themselves into great shape: ‘How did you do it?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From what I heard said on the radio the other day, Dead Leper’s likewise-flabby frontman (Joe something or other, I think) pushed Neil into purchasing a shit-ton of workout gear and the two gone-to-seed rawk icons have been hitting the iron pile together, trying to get themselves fit enough to take the stage without embarrassing everybody present.<\/p>\n

I wish ’em all luck, with the training and the tour both. Crue I DID rather like; they were one of the very best of the 80s wave of hair-farmer bands, in my opinion. Out of a horde of mediocrities, also-rans, and wannabes from that era, Motley Crue lived the sex-drugs-rock and roll lifestyle to the absolute fullest, at great personal cost to some of them. But that’s just the way the dice roll in that game sometimes, and they knew what they were signing up for when they took their seats at the table and ante’d up. Love ’em or hate ’em, either as musicians or as people, nobody can ever say the Crue weren’t entertaining as hell, both onstage and off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’re never too old to rock and roll?Like HELL you ain’t. Although this could well be related more to general dissipation and decadence than strictly age. Vince Neil\u00a0performed on his first concert after pandemic his solo band headlined the Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa…<\/p>\n

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