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This was a promotional event for Zakk’s coffin-shaped epiphone sponsored mainly by Gibson. This is the first time he played out since he cut short his tour in August after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.
Now, I happen to live in this cess-pool called New York City, which as you can figure by that comment, this is not my first choice for living arrangements, but I gotta make it work for the time being. So, since I’m here, I’m gonna try and see as many good bands as I can.
I know Zakk’s playing recently has been under scrutiny, but I’m still a fan of his music whether it’s in Ozzy or BLS, and I figure I’d try to make it to this event since it’s local.
I found out about this gig from reading a guitar mag a couple weeks back. Now stupid me thought this show was going to be in Times Square at an outdoor venue open to all for free, next to the restaurant, but I find out the day of the show that there’s a small venue inside the restaurant where the set is to be played and that it’s by invite only. I find this out as I spec out the restaurant a few hours before the show and spot a wall of Marshalls thru the door of the stage during soundcheck. I asked someone who worked there who said it’s a private event and no tix are being sold, so I was going to leave it at that and take off. However, my wife knew I was looking forward to the show so she took it upon herself to speak to one of the security or manager’s or manager of security, and said I was a fan, and he basically said he can let me in close to showtime if there are any no-shows on the list. We went back and low and behold they let us in!
My wife was all pumped up…til the band started playing. I guess this is where I should mention my wife’s and my music tastes are completely different! I think she mentioned something like it's the closed thing to hell she's experienced!
God love her though, she got us in and she was even able to grab a T-shirt thrown out by the MC’s beforehand. BTW, I thought they sounded real good, and Zakk’s playing was spot on. I think when he plays with BLS, he tends not to use the chorus pedal all the time, as in Ozzy, which I think he sounds better without it.
They had a raffle beforehand for some gear that was MC’d by 2 of the 3 guys from That Metal Show (uhh, the 2 that were not Jim Florentine), which BTW, is a new find for me and is pretty damn good. I’ve been checking out there shows on VH1 website:
Anyway, one of the sponsors was Dunlop and lo and behold Jim Dunlop comes out to do it...a guy in his 50s. I figured it was just a corporation name by now and didn’t realize this guy was still around.
I took a little video footage with my camera which surprisingly sounded pretty good. I’ve taken video with my phone in concerts before, but the sound always came out horrid. I guess the digital camera I has something to buffer the sound. I’ll try to upload something to youtube when I figure it out. In the meantime, here’s a pic:
Now, I happen to live in this cess-pool called New York City, which as you can figure by that comment, this is not my first choice for living arrangements, but I gotta make it work for the time being. So, since I’m here, I’m gonna try and see as many good bands as I can.
I know Zakk’s playing recently has been under scrutiny, but I’m still a fan of his music whether it’s in Ozzy or BLS, and I figure I’d try to make it to this event since it’s local.
I found out about this gig from reading a guitar mag a couple weeks back. Now stupid me thought this show was going to be in Times Square at an outdoor venue open to all for free, next to the restaurant, but I find out the day of the show that there’s a small venue inside the restaurant where the set is to be played and that it’s by invite only. I find this out as I spec out the restaurant a few hours before the show and spot a wall of Marshalls thru the door of the stage during soundcheck. I asked someone who worked there who said it’s a private event and no tix are being sold, so I was going to leave it at that and take off. However, my wife knew I was looking forward to the show so she took it upon herself to speak to one of the security or manager’s or manager of security, and said I was a fan, and he basically said he can let me in close to showtime if there are any no-shows on the list. We went back and low and behold they let us in!
My wife was all pumped up…til the band started playing. I guess this is where I should mention my wife’s and my music tastes are completely different! I think she mentioned something like it's the closed thing to hell she's experienced!
God love her though, she got us in and she was even able to grab a T-shirt thrown out by the MC’s beforehand. BTW, I thought they sounded real good, and Zakk’s playing was spot on. I think when he plays with BLS, he tends not to use the chorus pedal all the time, as in Ozzy, which I think he sounds better without it.They had a raffle beforehand for some gear that was MC’d by 2 of the 3 guys from That Metal Show (uhh, the 2 that were not Jim Florentine), which BTW, is a new find for me and is pretty damn good. I’ve been checking out there shows on VH1 website:
Anyway, one of the sponsors was Dunlop and lo and behold Jim Dunlop comes out to do it...a guy in his 50s. I figured it was just a corporation name by now and didn’t realize this guy was still around.
I took a little video footage with my camera which surprisingly sounded pretty good. I’ve taken video with my phone in concerts before, but the sound always came out horrid. I guess the digital camera I has something to buffer the sound. I’ll try to upload something to youtube when I figure it out. In the meantime, here’s a pic:
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