Monday’s suck....except for special events like Monday Night Football and when “Back in Black – the AC/DC tribute band” comes to the Den for a true Rock & Roll party. It’s been years since this dinky little state of ours has seen the real AC/DC here...so when the opportunity arises to see the next best thing – you grab it like a young gir.., eh...... well, you just grab it.
When a tribute band starts a show with a 3-4 minute hi-animation cartoon skit of a Runaway Train – loaded with images of the band members and gratuitous T&A shots and sexual innuendo – you know this ain’t no ordinary cover band. These boys, from Springfield Massachusetts, come to play to honor the band they love and they do it with amazing precision. As with any tribute band, two members must be spot on in order to be good - the lead singer and the lead guitar player – and these guys nailed them. Boz & Brian are incredibly unique singers with their signature raspy voices – but if you closed your eyes you’d have a hard time telling it wasn’t them belting out the tunes.
The highlight of the group is what appears to be a 12 yr old kid who’s out past his curfew. Spencer, deck out in his schoolboy outfit, had all of Angus’ moves down and ripped out the countless familiar AC/DC riffs with relative ease. Aside from his diminutive stature, this kid had it going on.
The setlist was full of everything you’d expect – songs that were done particularly well were TNT, Thunderstruck & Hell’s Bells...and the encore shout out to our uniformed countrymen with For Those About to Rock, We Salute You. One noteworthy omission was Money Talks which happens to be my favorite AC/DC song. It may be nitpicking but even though there is no accepted industry maximum length of a bagpipe solo, we are sure that this band certainly pushed the envelope.
The stage was decorated with a big cannon on one side and a huge bell on the other – unfortunately just props, but cool looking nonetheless. An endless supply of stage smoke kept spewing from the drum kit. And speaking of spewing, watching the blond jumping bean at stage right for 90 minutes prompted the immediate ordering of 4 Whackin' Huts. Delivery is scheduled just in time for Sheena Easton.
Don’t miss these guys if get the chance.
Randall
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