YOUR MOMMA MAY NOT DANCE, BUT I STILL WANT YOU TO WANT ME TO BE LEGENDARY!!!

Now you may think I’m a little senile with that headline, but on June 17th Which happened to be Fathers Day, all that traveled to Jiffy Lube Live knows exactly what that means.

It was the Nothin But A Good Time Tour with Poison, Cheap Trick and Pop Evil. This tour had it all, great music, killer bands, and more hair products than you can even imagine.

Opening up was Michigan’s Pop Evil. I’ve never seen this band but have heard their  name around the market and seen that they have played for some epic bands. Singer Leigh Kakaty is a great front man, and newer drummer Hayley Cramer is a force behind that kit. Opening up with Boss’s Daughter you knew exactly what to expect. In the front of the stage there were some young kids and older adults all enjoying the tunes. Pop Evil did their big hit Footsteps which is a great song, and one that I knew. During Waking Lions which is off the new album Pop Evil, Leigh brought out his son and sang while he was chilling and singing along on his knee. Ending the set with Trenches, Leigh would jump off stage and come out to the crowd to sing the song, at one point he was all the way back into the lawn section and standing on some fans to sing to us all the way in the front of the stage. This was a great way to start the day off. Pop Evil nailed it and I’m excited to see them again in the future.

Cheap Trick was up next, I’ve seen Cheap Trick a bunch of times throughout my life, this tour though I got something different, Lead Singer Robin Zander had his son playing on the tour, Robin Jr playing the rhythm guitar. Robin was dressed to impress with his outrageous jacket and hat, what a great and energetic front man, and speaking of energetic, guitarist Rick Nielsen armed with about a million guitar picks on his mic stand, kept tossing them into the crowd and also flicking them at the other band members. Of course when you come see Cheap Trick you know you’re going to have a huge smile and going to witness what a great and legendary band they are. Playing all your favorite classics like I want you to want me, The Flame, Dream Police and running out of time the ended with Surrender. This band just keeps amazing me and entertaining me every time I see them.

Last but not least was the main act Poison, I’ve seen Bret Micheal’s solo stuff a bunch of times and seen Poison once many years ago, so I was excited to see the boys once again. Along with Bret was the original line up of Rikki Rockett on drums, C.C. DeVille on guitar, and Bobby Dall on bass. I was super excited to get to see this awesome band perform once again. Poison didn’t waste anytime either, opening up with Look What the Cat Dragged in, right into I want Action and the hits didn’t stop there. Poison played Talk Dirty to Me, Something to Believe in which Bret asked the audience to pull out there lighters then remembered this wasn’t the old days and then said use your phone lights, and You’re momma don’t dance. Bret wanted to thank all the past and present men and women serving in the armed forces and had a few of them come out on stage with the band, saying that “These are the real rockstars”. Then back into more great tunes like Unskinny  Bop, Every Rose has its Thorns and  Nothin but a Good Time. We got a nice dose of C.C. guitar solo, Rikki’s Drum solo and Bobby’s bass solo. Poison ended with a cover of KISS’s Rock and Roll all Nite. Poison still puts on one hell of a show, and that’s something nobody can take away from them.

The whole show was such a great time, all the bands were amazing and the fans were all so exited to see this tour. Not one “sleeper” band or song this night, just filled to the max of hits.

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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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