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kingbrian74 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:57 am Was finally able to cross another band off the bucketlist this past Friday, as Vain played a show in Lowell, MA. Never saw them back in the day, and always loved the No Respect cd.

They played at a club called Taffeta, which I had never been to before or even heard of...but it was nice. Pretty clean, decent sized stage and good overall set up. It is in Lowell, which is a strike against it, but location aside....not bad.

Officer X and All Sinners opened. Walked in during Officer X. They weren't my thing, but they weren't bad. Singer is going for that Dio sound. All Sinners was good. They had two really good songs that stood out during the set, but I have no idea the titles of those songs. Opening bands should announce song titles AFTER they play the song, for those rare instances where an opening band isn't terrible....and All Sinners was not terrible.

Vain was much better live than I expected. After years of Vince Neil, Stephen Pearcy and Sebastian Bach shows, I've learned to keep expectations low...but the band and Davy sounded great. The songs from No Respect got the biggest reactions, but he played a fair number of songs from other albums. Played No Respect, 1000 Degrees, Who's Watching You, Icy, Beat the Bullet....probably a couple others. Davy's between song rants aren't very good....but man, he delivers live when singing.

Probably a couple hundred people in attendance (I guess similar to a Tuff show in '94 at the Troubadour). I picked up a copy of Disintegrate Together....only listened to about 1/2 of it so far, but it's good. Long story short....I'd recommend anyone go see them if they have the opportunity....though I wish they did a Vinnie Vincent Invasion cover or two!

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:13 am Are they doing any other dates? Seems odd to fly across the country for one random show! Was it the current Vain band lineup or just Davy with a local band backing him up? Does Davy wear shoes onstage?

I got to see them at Rocklahoma like 20 years ago! They went on a 11am or something like that but they brought it! Great live band. Davy wasn't wearing any shoes!

MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:47 pm

kingbrian74 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:57 am Was finally able to cross another band off the bucketlist this past Friday, as Vain played a show in Lowell, MA. Never saw them back in the day, and always loved the No Respect cd.

They played at a club called Taffeta, which I had never been to before or even heard of...but it was nice. Pretty clean, decent sized stage and good overall set up. It is in Lowell, which is a strike against it, but location aside....not bad.

Officer X and All Sinners opened. Walked in during Officer X. They weren't my thing, but they weren't bad. Singer is going for that Dio sound. All Sinners was good. They had two really good songs that stood out during the set, but I have no idea the titles of those songs. Opening bands should announce song titles AFTER they play the song, for those rare instances where an opening band isn't terrible....and All Sinners was not terrible.

Vain was much better live than I expected. After years of Vince Neil, Stephen Pearcy and Sebastian Bach shows, I've learned to keep expectations low...but the band and Davy sounded great. The songs from No Respect got the biggest reactions, but he played a fair number of songs from other albums. Played No Respect, 1000 Degrees, Who's Watching You, Icy, Beat the Bullet....probably a couple others. Davy's between song rants aren't very good....but man, he delivers live when singing.

Probably a couple hundred people in attendance (I guess similar to a Tuff show in '94 at the Troubadour). I picked up a copy of Disintegrate Together....only listened to about 1/2 of it so far, but it's good. Long story short....I'd recommend anyone go see them if they have the opportunity....though I wish they did a Vinnie Vincent Invasion cover or two!

"""""""""""""""""Vain was much better live than I expected. After years of Vince Neil, Stephen Pearcy and Sebastian Bach shows, I've learned to keep expectations low...but the band and Davy sounded great. """""""""""""""

ALL of this!

And such is the case... if you go to see Heaven's Edge (who are also GREAT live) and dare I throw TUFF in here.

Often I meet fans who say stuff like: "I never got to see you back in the day, but wow... you guys were WAY better than I expected" and so on, and so on.

I individually and the band collectively, have battled the "Bret Michaels (Poison) wanna-be" hate and dissing for 35+ years, oh well... it's expected at this point, but laughable.

The artists who sold 3-5 or 10-20M... often are the groups that everyone saw, and still have the chance to see 2-3 or 4-5x each year. While some of us, who choose not to play 40-50 or more shows every year... are limited with our exposure.

So many of those bands & singers... I won't name them all (Don Dokken, etc...), have beaten their brand, band into the dirt and often are lacking or fall short.

Great to see kudos for some friends, who still deliver beyond what was expected.

$tEvil

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:13 am Are they doing any other dates? Seems odd to fly across the country for one random show! Was it the current Vain band lineup or just Davy with a local band backing him up? Does Davy wear shoes onstage?

I got to see them at Rocklahoma like 20 years ago! They went on a 11am or something like that but they brought it! Great live band. Davy wasn't wearing any shoes!

DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:13 am Are they doing any other dates? Seems odd to fly across the country for one random show! Was it the current Vain band lineup or just Davy with a local band backing him up? Does Davy wear shoes onstage?

I got to see them at Rocklahoma like 20 years ago! They went on a 11am or something like that but they brought it! Great live band. Davy wasn't wearing any shoes!

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nuno_cherone wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:39 am Thanks for the review. I wanted to go but wasn’t able to make it. The promoter Al is a great guy and carries the torch, so I’m glad it went well.

nuno_cherone wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:39 am Thanks for the review. I wanted to go but wasn’t able to make it. The promoter Al is a great guy and carries the torch, so I’m glad it went well.