Brides of Destruction
Review by Arto Lehtinen and Marko
Syrjala
Pictures by Marko “Spandex” Syrjala
Brides Of Destruction is a super group consisting L.A.
forerunner glam metallers Nikki Sixx and Tracil Guns. The ranks
of BOD is rounded out by two fairly unknown names. The band was
booked for two gigs in the same club (Tavasti Club, Helsinki,
Finland) causing extra hype amongst both both old hard/glam rock
fans and a newer generation glam rockers. Together they packed
the club for the both nights. Nikki Sixx’s career must have been
glorified by the legendary Motley Crue biography "The Dirt" in
the eyes of the younger generation as there were more young
faces than expected in the crowd waiting to see Brides Of
Destruction.
The four piece LA combo kicked the night off with an intro
followed by “Shut The Fuck Up”, the opening track off the highly
acclaimed Brides Of Destruction debut HERE COME THE BRIDES. The
reaction amongst the audience, especially nearby the frontline
turned more and more hot and sweaty as the jumping and raging
audience warmly welcomed the Brides to Finland. The opening
track roared out of the loudspeakers with an unbelievably loud
and hard sound making the whole place turn upside down. “Shut
The Fuck Up” is definitely one hell of a great tune to make the
crowd go nuts at the beginning of the set. The ass kicking
continued in intensity with “Natural Born Killers”. All in all,
eight of the tracks off from the album got played and went down
to the sweaty audience brilliantly.
The climax of the night was experienced when the old Motley
Crue tunes “Live Wire” and “Piece Of Your Action” hit the air
causing an extreme wild reaction in the audience, as sweaty
bodies went over the security wall and some kind of embarrassing
looking pit was born. Kinda odd to see pits on hard rock gigs
whereas these pits are more common at extreme metal gigs. The
people literally yelled and screamed their hearts out, were
totally out of their minds, and above all the superb “Shout At
The Devil” was absolutely an excellent way of concluding the
megalomaniac gig. Before the Motley battle hymns made the
audience nuts a couple of L.A. Guns favourites were played for
obvious reasons. However, the crowd seemed more or less
unfamiliar with “Never Enough” and “One More Reason”, although
“One More Reason” got a better response anyway.
Nikki Sixx was the main interest and the star of the night,
so it wasn’t a surprise that the his side (the left side) of the
stage was more packed than the right. Everyone was eager to
watch and follow Nikki Sixx’s playing and performance and in
general his legendary appearance was literally full of
characteristic charisma and tight control on the stage
performance. you could say he dominated the Finnish audience and
they were spellbound.
The strange looking young singer, London LeGrand, isn’t the
most experienced stage character, but he handled the dynamic ass
kicking set with young rage and passion thru 60mins. LA Guns
guitarist was another interesting target of the night seen from
the point of view of the audience besides Nikki Sixx who got
most of the attention. As for the drummer Scott Coogan (ex-Rowan
Robertson, Paul Gilbert etc.), he is the right man behind the
drum kit for Brides Of Destruction giving the extra and needed
strength to the band’s hard rocking style. He also sang lead
vocals for the a song “Life” behind his drum kit and showed that
he is also a very good singer.
The second night show was quite similar to first, but it was
almost 30 minutes longer and some more classic stuff from their
“old bands” (“Bastards”, “Looks That Kill” from the Crue, and
“Rip and Tear” from LA Guns) was added. There also happened a
very rarely seen thing in Tavastia when Nikki crushed one of his
signature basses and then he decided literally throw the pieces
into the audience. Everyone can imagine what happened on the
floor then… That’s rock and roll!!
Both gigs were excellent in every aspect and honestly if
these “brides” happen to drop by somewhere nearby YOUR place, go
check them out as this “four piece” definitely kick ass on the
stage….
1st
night:
Intro/Shut The Fuck Up
Natural Born Killers
Brace Yourself
2X Dead
I Got A Gun
Life
Tracii Guns Guitar Thang
Revolution
I Don't Care
ENCORE1
Never Enough (L.A. Guns)
One More Reason (L.A. Guns)
ENCORE2
Live Wire (Motley Crue)
Piece Of Your Action (Motley Crue)
Shout At The Devil (Motley Crue)
2nd night:
Intro/Shut The Fuck Up
Natural Born Killers
Brace Yourself
2X Dead
I Got A Gun
Life
Tracii Guns Guitar Thang
Revolution
I Don't Care
ENCORE1
Never Enough (L.A. Guns)
Rip & Tear (L.A. Guns)
ENCORE2
Live Wire (Motley Crue)
Bastard (Motley Crue)
Looks That Kill (Motley Crue)
ENSCORE3
One More Reason (L.A. Guns)
Piece Of Your Action (Motley Crue)
Shout At The Devil (Motley Crue)
