Logan have seemingly returned even though
they haven’t been anywhere, I thought they
had given up many years ago but evidentially they
are still kicking around! This was the first uplifting
moment of the night as I’ve been a big fan
since I was in my early teens due to a recommendation
from my guitar tutor. I would love to say it was
the perfect set but it just lacked their usually
confidence and natural presence, usually they’d
be spouting commands words of encouragement and
take complete control, tonight they just haven’t.
The music was great, the performance wasn’t
perfect but still perfectly good and I’m
just happy they haven’t packed up and called
it a day.
Heavens Basement I have been seeing for too many
years now and as of late they are cropping up
on every rock tour that graces our shores. They
just seem to get progressively better every time
I see them and tonight I must say has to be the
most entertaining yet. Their new vocalist has
too much charisma and energy for a small person,
just exuding confidence and professionalism with
every breath. There isn’t much I can say
about this, bouncing off the walls leaping off
everything, building hype, good sleazy music alongside
some beasty heavy songs, it just had everything.
I need to hear their new album “Filthy Empire
as I’ve truly been impressed.
Tremonti is a little band put together by Creed/Alter
Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti to push out material
that is in his words “more aggressive”
that he didn’t want to waste, not only this
though its his time to shine through as a vocalist
to which he proves his worth. Whilst Tremonti
might not be the most energetic or charismatic
front man, with the reaction he gets he doesn’t
need to say a word, with those powerful vocals
it’s just enough the way it is. It’s
a bit weird when it comes to the set list but
it can be seen as both a positive and a negative
thing. As the band only have a 12 track album
under their belt, I thought they’d split
it up possibly with a couple of covers from each
of their respective projects (I.e. Alter Bridge
springs to mind) but instead they just took all
of those 12 songs and shook the order up also
throwing a couple of unrelased demo’s just
for good measure; on one hand, there couldn’t
possibly be a fan unhappy as every song was played,
but on the other, there was no mystery heading
into the show. All in all I was extremely impressed
and I’ve been addicted to the music since
the day I first heard it, few things I would have
changed but 99% perfect is more than good enough
for me.
Logan – 3.5/5
Heavens Basement – 4.5/5
Tremonti – 4.5/5
Review By James Webb
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