Monday 6 December 2010

UFO - O2 Academy Liverpool 5th Dec 2010

Back from tonight's UFO gig and still buzzing after a superb performance by one of THE definitive heavy rock bands.

Arrived at 8pm to find the support band Voodo Six cranking up. They were a bit 'metaltastic' (cha0tic would probably describe them as a "noisy waste of electricity"), but I thought they were worth a listen, as they were pretty good at what they were doing.

The gig was being played in the smaller of the 2 venues in the building, which gave it a great atmosphere. I was having a laugh with a few people round about me, and talking about favourite songs that we wanted to hear.

We weren't disappointed. UFO took to the stage and gave us 2 hours of solid rock!

Songs from the new album were performed before the band settled into a run of the best stuff from the Phenomenon, Obsession and Lights Out albums.

Vinnie Moore adds his own style of melodic/shred guitar, and does a fine job of it too, without detracting from the original numbers.

Barry Sparks was filling in for Pete Way (who is currently ill), and is a superb bass player in his own right. Thundering riffs in all the right places.

Phil Mogg seemed to be amazed that there were a couple of 14 year olds in the crowd - he asked them if they're Dad had brought them, reminisced about his first gigs, and kept reminding himself to mind his language. Andy Parker gave the lads his drumsticks as a souvenir at the end.

They performed the best rendition of "Love To Love" that I've heard to date. Encores were "Rock Bottom" and what seemed like half an hour later (if you know the song you'll know why) the inevitable "Doctor Doctor". It was also great to hear "Only You Can Rock Me" performed properly i.e. not be me and my mates :)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

great nite, great band