A friend of mine sent me a message Saturday that he had 2 extra free VIP tickets for the Crue & Alice Cooper show last night at Darien Lake and I was glad I went!! I actually enjoyed the first band the Raskins as live they sounded and looked like 80's metal meets the Ramones and their final song was Iggy's Search and Destroy. (I went home & bought the d/l of their album and it has a more pop sound with an edge(good album but nothing at all like their live sound & set).
Alice was up next and his set was phenomenal. The sound and show was flawless and very professional. Alice and band were amazing as they rocked their way for nearly an hour of all his hits(18, Billion Dollar Babies, Poison, Under my Wheels, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Feed my Frankenstein, School's out...etc) and theatrics(Straight Jacket, Snake, guillotine...etc).;
Motley Crue was great as well and they used as much if not more Pyro than Kiss. Their sound was a bit off (Alice's sound was much more clear) but it didn't matter as their show overall was awesome. They played everything that was to be expected and the crowd sang along with all of them. I heard my favorites (Too Fast for Love, Live Wire, Too Young to Fall in Love, Kickstart my Heart, & Looks that Kill) so I was happy. It was pretty cool the way they mixed in Gary Glitter's Rock & Roll Part 2 with Their cover of Smokin' in the Boys Room. It was disappointing that their was no Tommy Lee drum solo (not that I care for drum solos but Lee's are always interesting and this tour's sounded like it was going to be wild).
Overall a great all around show