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Events and Reports - Classic Rock Event - Deep Purple Jam, Zeppelin Experience and Black Sabbath Tribute - Live at Train, 23. September 2005
It's not every night that you get to experience three greats of the 70's (well they all had their peak in the 70's anyway) on the same bill, and I don't think it has ever happened with the three hard rock titans: Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. But Friday 23 September 2005 in Aarhus, Denmark it almost did.
Classic Rock Event featured Deep Purple Jam, Zeppelin Experience and Black Sabbath Tribute. As you might have gathered already all three bands are jam/tribute bands, and normally I'm not too much for these types of bands, but sadly I've never had the pleasure of experiencing any of the real bands live, and since none of the bands are in a state where I would want to go see them today (John Lord and Ritchie Blackmore are out of Purple, John Bonham is dead and Sabbath is just not the same, even though they still tour with the original line up), I figured that this was an opportunity I didn't want to miss.
Deep Purple Jam
Deep Purple Jam were the first to take the stage. Sadly I was a little late since I came straight from my part time student job, and since the organisers ran a tight schedule Deep Purple Jam went on at 8 p.m. sharp. Standing in line with who were caught short by the tightly run operation, we could hear them play and they sounded pretty good and even better once we got inside.
It's always hard being the first band on, and Deep Purple Jam had to fight to get the crowd behind them, I guess that had partly to do with people not expecting the band to go on on time, and partly due to the crowd's minimal consumption of beer at this part of the concert.
But the brave men of Deep Purple Jam hung in there and eventually the crowd gave in, and the roof started to bounce.
The same roof really took off when the Deep Purple anthem, Smoke On The Water, was played. B.t.w. I've never understood why this of all tunes have become the Purple track, to me there are so many way better tunes in the Purple catalogue?!
My only complaint was that the guitarist sounded more like Steve Morse than Ritchie Blackmore and that they didn't play Child In Time, but hey Purple themselves don't even play that tune anymore, and Deep Purple Jam delivered a good show, so I can live with that.
Zeppelin Experience
After a quick stage change and a visit to the bar or two, the next act was up: Zeppelin Experience and man oh man was their show an experience!!
If you didn't know it, you would think that you were at a real Led Zeppelin show. They just had the whole package; the sound, the look, the right tunes and the presence. They were Led Zeppelin, well a Led Zeppelin that spoke Danish, but none the less at that moment and for the next hour or so they made the crowd feel that it was Led Zeppelin on the stage, outstanding!
Outstanding was also the word I would use to describe the way they closed their set; a vortex of sounds and emotions, the way a Zeppelin show should end. So a perfect ending to something this close to being perfect, without being the real deal.
Black Sabbath Tribute
Black Sabbath Tribute had been given the task of closing this little trip down memory lane, so one would believe that things would become a bit heavier now, and sure enough things did become heavier. All though we got all the classics Black Sabbath Tribute didn't play it safe, by sticking to classic Ozzy tunes. They also did a little something from the Ronnie James Dio era, which was really nice and refreshing, but sadly they didn't play any Tony Martin, who's albums are often left on the shelf when talking Sabbath, which I think is a real shame.
Once again just like the two other bands, nothing was left out, we got all the essentials and we also got the slowest and heaviest version of Black Sabbath (the tune) that I have ever heard, very nice!
Another one we got that I have never experienced with regards to Sabbath was shred, yes shred. I guess that our Tony Iommi stand-in wanted to show that he could do a bit more on his down-tuned 6 string, than the classic blues based solos, which Tony Iommi stick to, and with great success I might add.
My biggest beef with Black Sabbath Tribute was the vocals, but not because the vocals were good, because they were too good! You can say a lot about Ozzy's vocals, that I really like btw., but one thing you can't say is that he nails every tone perfect, I mean Ozzy's vox are super charismastic and I wouldn't want them to be any other way, he's not spot on tone-wise. But this bloke was, every time! He was simply too good and well it kind of made the vocals feel a bit boring, and all though he did his best to sound like Ozzy, he just couldn't sing, shall we say, that bad.
So all in all Classic Rock Event on September 23 2005 at Train in Aarhus Denmark was a great success to me and those who were there. All though every age group from 13 to 60 was represented it wasn't a packed room, but those of us who were there sure enjoyed ourselves!!
| | Written by Morten
Monday, October 24, 2005 |
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| Comment by Jan Weincke/Black Sabbath Tribute (Anonymous) - Tuesday, October 25, 2005 | Thank your for a nice review!
Everyone at Classic Rock Event had the greatest of times at Train, and we can't wait to return next year. Århus Rocks!!
Speaking for BST - we actually do Martin songs once in a while -We even went so far as to open our Pumpehuset gig this month, with Anno Mundi from the Tyr album.. We're also known to dwelve into the murky shadows of the Born Again Album, a favourite among many post-Ozzy-era fans... We just like Black Sabbath, and we think that every singer has had new and exciting things to offer.
Anyway, thanks again for your interest and support! Hope to see you again, and to everyone reading this: Peace, Love and Classic Rock!!
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