Concert Reviews

AQUA: BARBIE WORLD TOUR MD SHOW REVIEW

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11 months ago

December 8, 2023

Tabby Patton

Photos/Review by : Tabby Patton

Vassy opened the night with a mix of dance hits “Concrete Heart/Kazy” and “Lost” to get the crowd warmed up for what would be a riotously fun Monday evening. An acoustic break with Chase / Secrets, then closing out her set with an audience participation dance party on the stage to a cover of David Guetta’s “Bad.”

The eclectic mix of fans in the room came ready to dance: families, young Barbie cosplay pop princesses, and a surprising number of goth and metal heads. It seems no one is immune to the pure joy of Aqua performing live. The 90’s came alive in the room as soon as Aqua hit the stage with “Cartoon Hero’s” straight into “Back to the 80’s,” the high-energy euro-pop fans know and love. Being the 25^th anniversary of the Aquarium album, the set list was chock full of the absolute greatest hits from the album, including “Calling You,” “Happy Boys & Girls,” and “My Oh My,” and there was not a soul in the room who wasn’t singing along to “Barbie Girl” while the video played in the background. Accompanied by a full band and backup singers, Rene and Lene focused their attention on the rapt crowd, singing every song right along with them. Soren never missed a beat on the keys behind his boombox set piece. René cracked jokes and had some fun while soundboard issues put a wrench in the works midway through the set. Once resolved, it was right back to the party like it never happened. Jumping right back into the swing with “We Belong to the Sea,” “Didn’t I,” “Bumble Bees,” and the slightly dark “Halloween”. The dancing, singing, and jumping along never stopped as the main set rounded out with” Lollipop (Candyman)” and “Doctor Jones”. The crowd never budged when Aqua left the stage for a brief pause before the encore of “Aquarius” and “Roses are Red.”

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STRYPER ON A SUNDAY. YES PLEASE

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2024

Ron

STRYPER was just in Baltimore the other day on the 40 years of Stryper tour. Playing 2 sets spanning those 40 years. I’ve only ever seen Stryper play at M3 so it was amazing to get to see a full on set then another full on set right after.

For the 1st set we got the 1984-1990 set which included songs like “Loud N Clear”, “Soldiers under Command” and “To Hell with the Devil”.

The second set we got 1986, 2004-2024 with songs like “No More Hell to Pay”, “This i Pray” and ending the night with “Sing along Song”.

It was a great night for Music and sadly more then likely the last show at RamsHead Live I’ll be ever to attend as the are closing their doors (hopefully will be open again with a new venture) but the show was amazing to see Stryper play on the stage. Such great guys and a great band. I love that Stryper is fully engaged with the fans and the show is always amazing. I love that they put their religious beliefs 100% on display but the show never feels preachy or judgmental. If you get a chance to see Stryper play in your city I fully recommend it such a great time and a great band to see play live.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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King Diamond brought the Halloween party to Silver Spring MD

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2 weeks ago

November 2, 2024

Ron

King Diamond who’s on tour now with Overkill and Night Demon.

Overkill always puts on a great show and shows that face pace thrash metal is still kick ass. Led by NJ’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth Overkill has that distinctive sound with Bobby’s high pitched and raspy vocals. With songs like “Scorched”, “ Rotten to the Core” and “Hello From the Gutter”, Overkill got the crowd into a frenzy and warmed up the stage before the king.

You know it’s gonna be a good night when it’s 3 days before Halloween and you get to see a kick ass set from King Diamond. King Diamond who’s 68 right now still commands that stage and sounds amazing with his insanely falsettos. The stage show at a King Diamond show is always such a great sight to see. With a multilayer setup of stairs and little pieces of elaborate set all over it’s such a great view and perfect setting to watch a King Diamond set.

The set list was amazing too we got to hear songs from such a great career like “A Mansion in the Darkness”, “Halloween “, “Spider Lilly”, “Welcome Home”, and “Eye of the Witch” and of course ending the night with “Abagail”.

If you’re a fan of King Diamond or just a fan of great music that adds that Halloween haunted asylum themed stage performances then you need to go out and check this tour now. King Diamond never disappoints and always puts on one hell of a show.

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ITS TIME TO GET YOUR BODY BEAT AND LET THE BLOOD FLOW

Published

2 weeks ago

October 29, 2024

Ron

Combichrist came into Lovedrafts in Mechanicsburg with an old school electronic set and the return of PA’s own DeathMaschine.

Combichrist took the dark stage armed with Eric on the synths/sampler and Andy on Vocals and an open stage to rampage on. I got to hear some killer kick ass songs I haven’t heard in a while like “Today I woke to the rain of blood”, “This is My Rifle” and This shit will fuck you up”.

The crowd were super excited to watch the set and everyone was having a good time, dancing to the beats, and singing all the songs and having an amazing time. I’ve been wanting to see Combichrist do these old school sets and have always loved that era of the band. We also got to hear “Like to Thank My Buddies” and “Shut up and Swallow”. We also got a super rare treat for an encore Andy went back even further in his musically roots and pulled out an Icon of Coil song “Dead Enough For Life”, which got the crowd in a frenzy.