A current theme in my life: Late is definitely and absolutely better than Never (you might recall this old blog post.)
This past weekend I got to experience Alice Cooper being beheaded in a guillotine, the Satanic doo-wop sounds of Twin Temple, Behemoth's Blackened death metal, and Danzig. We drove two hours to Scranton Friday afternoon right after work to see Alice Cooper, where he and Rob Zombie were doing their Freaks on Parade tour. If you told me back when I was watching him on the Muppet Show as a kid that I would one day see him in person, my young bashful self would probably have silently thought you were bananas.
At 75 years of age, he has the exact same voice and an insane amount of energy. His set was absolutely incredible and the crowd, and us, ate it up. He did so many of his classic songs, ending with the greatest version of School's Out that I've ever heard. We blew out of there before Rob Zombie took stage and headed back where a summer night sky lit up the entire way home with massive flashes of lighting.
On Saturday, we headed to Atlantic City to the Danzig show. Twin Temple and Behemoth were amazing opening acts (and polar opposites celebrating a common theme - Satan). I think my biggest surprise was how much I loved Behemoth. It's harsher than anything I have ever listened to ... extreme metal.
I've only recently become familiar with the sound of Danzig, but just when he was singing with the Misfits. I can't think of a better way to encounter Danzig for the first time - a live concert with a crowd that worshipped him.
Below are some photos and some videos from this wonderful weekend.
And for anyone curious about Behemoth, here's a video of theirs of a song that was played at the concert. Definitely my favorite song by them in the set...
