Tonight
the stage at the Academy hosted a superstar line
up of rock gods as The Black Star Riders brought
their headline show to the city with The Dead
Daises in support.
As I walked through the door of the venue The
Dead Daises took to the stage, a band who I have
heard of lot of over the past couple of months
due to the release of their debut single ‘Lock
N Load’ which features Slash as a special
guest and more recently because of their stunning
self titled debut album which has just been released.
The
crowd tonight were in for a big treat with The
Dead Daises as the band is made up of super talented
musicians who have all played in well established
bands over the years with the likes of Jon Stevens
(Noiseworks/INXS), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake), Richard
Fortus (Guns 'N' Roses), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy),
David Lowy (Mink/The Angels), and Dizzy Reed (Guns
'N' Roses) gracing the stage and putting on one
hell of a show.
During
their 45 minute set The Dead Daises wasted no
time in getting down to business and smashed their
way through a 10 track set which featured the
likes of ‘It’s Gonna Take Time’,
‘ Evil’, ‘ Washington’,
‘Fly’, ‘Your Karma’, ‘Face
I Love’ and their debut single ‘Lock
‘N’ Load’ where guitarist Richard
Fortus really showed off his skill executing those
orginal slash riffs to perfection.
For
the majority of the show my eyes were fixed on
vocalist Jon Stevens and guitarist Richard Fortus
as the stage presence from these two was so good
with Jon Stevens vocals changing from rock to
soul with ease throughout the different songs
played and at time’s Jon Stevens even found
time to sit down and chill whilst the rest of
the band went all out with their instrumental
work which brings me to the talented Richard Fortus
who really took control tonight with his energetic
ways and movement like a collection of Mexican
jumping beans had just been let off.
The
Dead Daises are a great band and have just started
what could be a fantastic ride and I am sure after
tonights performance they have gained a lot of
new fans.
Over the past few years Scott Gorham and Ricky
Warwick have been touring relentlessly across
the world under the Thin Lizzy name with various
different line up’s playing what feels like
100’s of sold out shows, the band then started
work on new material but back in December 2012
embarked on a farewell tour as Thin Lizzy and
remerged days later as The Black Star Riders and
the reason behind this change was out of respect
for the late Thin Lizzy vocalist Phil Lynott where
the band were eager to get new material released
but not under the Thin Lizzy name without Phil
Lynott.
Since
forming The Black Star Riders the band have gone
on to play Hard Rock Hell Festival, Download festival
and various shows across mainland Europe before
heading back to the UK in November for their ‘All
Hell Breaks Lose’ UK tour and tonight they
rolled into Bristol for the third show of the
UK leg and my god they were charged up and ready
to go tonight.
The whole stage was plastered with Black Star
Riders banners with an old skool war plane theme
with pin up girls plastered everywhere and as
soon as The Black Star Riders took to the stage
they blasted into ‘All Hell Breaks Loose’
in really big and fierce way as the band went
all out with outstanding guitar solos, forceful
yet catchy vocals and Damon Johnson and Scott
Gorham really running the show with their infectious
dual guitar work with a big Celtic feel.
The
set that The Black Star Riders played tonight
was outstanding as they managed to play the majority
of songs from their debut album ‘All Hell
Breaks’ lose whilst also finding room to
fit in 10 classic Thin Lizzy tracks and the way
the tracks were mixed up was great as the crowd
would be treated to a couple of back to back Black
Star Riders tracks which would then be followed
up by a classic Thin Lizzy track played slightly
heavier than ever before.
The
likes of ‘Bad Reputation’, ‘Hey
Judas’, ‘Kingdom Of The Lost’,
‘Valley Of The Stones’ and ‘Jailbreak’
really got the crowd excited tonight but it was’Bound
For Glory’ and ‘The Boys Are Back
In Town which really got the crowd moving and
singing along and not to forget the double header
encore of ‘Whiskey In The Jar’ and
‘Rosaline’ which proved that despite
the name change the Thin Lizzy songs will always
be a big part of The Black Star Riders.
The venue was rammed tonight with an extremely
mature looking crowd and it was safe to say that
everyone left the venue with a feeling like they
got there monies worth and more as the Black Star
Riders played songs from their debut as well as
classic Thin Lizzy songs whilst also maintaining
a strong stage presence, and I personally can't
wait to see them live again.
The Dead Daises 4/5
Black Star Riders 5/5
Review By Trigger
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