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So there were four different acts. First up was Slaughter, and I'll apologize now to the die-hards, but I had never heard of these guys before. The lead put on a great show, as did the bassist, however he seemed to be in some strange "I'm the bassist! Look how nutty I am" world. There was a point when the lead came out and went through the audience. Two guys stopped him to get a picture. He's singing, one guy is standing next to him with big "I love Slaughter" grin, and the other guy has the camera. Now, inexplicably, the guy standing next to the lead gets out his camera and holds it out to take a self photo. Now there are two shitty photos. One with the lead looking at the camera and the guy looking at a camera he's holding, and one with the guys face close and blurry and maybe some of the lead's hair.
Next up was some dude with a guitar. I thought that perhaps he was a techy, just getting some stuff in tune, but then he started singing. And then he kept singing. And then he started talking to the audience. Turns out it was Kip Winger. Man was he out of shape. I knew Seventeen, but that's about all. Actually that was pretty much the progression of the acts. I knew more of the band's songs, as the line-up progressed.
Next up was Warrant. Very good show. When they started, all of the guys are out there except the lead. then he runs out and there was a mild gasp throughout the audience. He no longer had long blond hair, but short spiky brown hair.
Whitesnake came up last. They were really great. I'm surprised to hear myself saying these things I guess. I didn't listen to Hair Bands when I was growing up. The lead from Whitsnake had some good patter with the audience. And there was this incredible drum solo. Now I don't know if anyone has done anything of the sort before, but the solo became really tribal. Halfway through he stood up and threw his sticks into the crowd. Then he resumed playing the drums with his hands. I don't think I've ever seen anyone play a typical drum set without drumsticks. It was really good.
Okay this is getting really long and I didn't even get a chance to talk about the scary chubby girl in the sheer white dress with bright thong, the fat guy who kept his hand protectively on his wife's ass all night, Madame Drunky, or the Makeout couple. But you can imagine them.
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