My first band audition in over 20 years...

[jdr94]

Nice selections and congrats

[DonP]

Dio, Metallica, Megadeth, Queensryche

Dude! Sweet!

[nor]

This was the audition list..

1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Don't Talk to Strangers
3. Holy Diver
4. Crazy Train
5. The Trooper
6. Aces High
7. Panama
8. Down With the Sickness
9. Jet City Woman
10. Rock You Like a Hurricane

[DonP]

Great lineup. I just see issues with 7 and 9. I know you are playing to a crowd, but I've been getting into VH lately and would have gone with something harder/crunchier. Not Mean Streets crunchy, but maybe Ain't Talkin Bout Love crunchy. 9 is pop'y and trendy, but I'd probably go Queen of the Ryche because that just F'ing rocks.

[Twitch]

Ill be auditioning for a local shred/death metal band friday. Auditions are always a challenge and source of jitter, like a job interview.
Glad you passed! I hope mine goes well, Im sick of the punky alternarock my current band plays. Its time to play more technical music. Music that keeps my fingers moving fast is the mutts nuts.

[RacerX]

Good luck, Twitch! "Tell us how you doooooo"

[Twitch]

Thank Yooooooou! Agreed, Im not big on the associated vocal style(if done right, I dont mind. I like Randy Blythe of LOG, but him and later Phil Anselmo are about it.), but the guitar work is fun and more technical.

[Larz]

Congrats on the gig, cool set list.

I'd probably go Queen of the Ryche because that just F'ing rocks.

Ha ha, awesome song, but not many guys can roll out of bed and hit that intro.

[Grim]

This was the audition list..

1. The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Don't Talk to Strangers
3. Holy Diver
4. Crazy Train
5. The Trooper
6. Aces High
7. Panama
8. Down With the Sickness
9. Jet City Woman
10. Rock You Like a Hurricane

I'd swap Wake Up Dead in for number two, and then take 9 out for Ain't Talkin' Bout Love or a Metallica tune, or maybe put Aces High as 9 and the Metallica tune straight in the middle. I approve of the #10 choice.

You can't beat Electric Eye as an opener, but you also can't beat the energy of Megadeth near the start of a gig. Wake Up Dead just does a particularly good job, and will also make the rest of that set seem easier.

My opinion, of course!

Best of luck and congrats!

[nor]

I'm not picking the tunes at this point - trying to pick-up (or re-learn) tunes they already have down. They've been super cool about what I want to play - I just want to play. I'll get picky later.

[DonP]

I'd swap Wake Up Dead in for number two, and then take 9 out for Ain't Talkin' Bout Love or a Metallica tune, or maybe put Aces High as 9 and the Metallica tune straight in the middle. I approve of the #10 choice.

You can't beat Electric Eye as an opener, but you also can't beat the energy of Megadeth near the start of a gig. Wake Up Dead just does a particularly good job, and will also make the rest of that set seem easier.

My opinion, of course!

Best of luck and congrats!

Tough call. Don't Talk to Strangers kicks major ass IMO and is a little more circulated than Wake Up Dead.

[nor]

Hangar 18 and Peace Sells are on the to-do list.