DIO + ANTHRAX
Ronnie James Dio, muy probablemente uno de los grandes vocalistas del Heavy
Metal, visitó New York City para promocionar su último disco, “Master Of The
Moonâ€. El Beacon Theater serÃa el recinto y los poderosos ANTHRAX abrirÃan el
cartel. Uno siempre puede contar con un gran concierto por parte de Dio, ya
que lleva en este negocio muchisimos años. También tiene un amplio catálogo
de canciones del que escoger, especialmente habiendo sido una parte de RAINBOW
y BLACK SABBATH en tiempos pasados. El show completo comenzarÃa con una banda
llamada FIREBALL MINISTRY, a los que encontré que sonaban excesivamente alto
y que no eran demasiado impresionantes. Su música tan alta se volvió un pelota
de sonido para mÃ. La gente no los recibió demasiado bien, pero ya que es un
nuevo grupo, me mantendré imparcial.
ANTHRAX fueron interesantes, ya que habitualmente son un grupo divertido y
energético. El grupo entró en escena con música de los BLUES BROTHERS, mostrando
que no han perdido su sentido del humor a lo largo de los años. De todas formas,
estos no son los ANTHRAX del pasado, ya que solo Charlie Benante (baterÃa) y
Scott Ian (guitarra) formaron parte del line-up original. Frank Bello dejó
de tocar el bajo para ellos hace un año y el vocalista Joey Belladonna fue sustituido
por John Bush de ARMORED SAINT hace mas de una decada. ANTHRAX ha seguido editando
suficiente cantidad de producto. El más reciente ataque a los sentidos ha sido
un disco en el que la banda regraba los clásicos de ANTHRAX. Los temas fueron
votados por los fans que visitaban su web. También hay un pack de CD/DVD excelente
llamado “Music Of Mass Destructionâ€. De hecho, el DVD incluye la gran mayorÃa
de canciones que la banda tocó esa noche.
Mientras que el grupo no tocó ningún tema de “Among The Livingâ€, si que consiguieron
tocar un buen número de canciones para ser unos teloneros. Su set consistió
de: “NFLâ€, “Caught In A Moshâ€, “Safe Homeâ€, “Anti-Socialâ€, “Indiansâ€, “What
Doesn’t Dieâ€, “Death Riderâ€, “Onlyâ€, y “Bring The Noiseâ€. No se porqué John
pregunta si hay algún “old-schooler†en el recinto antes de tocar “Anti-Socialâ€.
Creo que “NFL†es incluso mas antigua, pero aun asà salió genial. El momento
álgido de su set fue cuando en “Bring The Noise†el rapero Chuck D. de PUBLIC
ENEMY salió a escena para cantar el tema con ellos.
Ronnie Dio llegó al escenario poco después de esto, y fue tán electrico como
siempre. Su banda incluye a Rudy Sarzo, que es uno de mis bajistas favoritos.
Craig Goldy es el guitarrista, Simon Wright el baterÃa y Scott Warren el teclista.
A poco de comenzar el concierto, Simon Wright hizo un solo de baterÃa. Me gusta
su estilo, y me gustan los solos de baterÃa. De todas maneras, tengo problemas
con su solo por utilizar muchos de los trucos que Cozy Powell utilizaba cuando
interpretaba su versión deâ€1812 Overtureâ€. Para mÃ, eso es un fragmento que
está asociado con alguien a quien se le conocÃa especÃficamente por ello, y
no tiene sentido que Wright lo interprete. No he leÃdo si Cozy es su Ãdolo,
pero creo que deberÃa intentar algo diferente. También es difÃcil disfrutar
de un solo de baterÃa después de haber visto al brutal Charlie Benante de ANTHRAX
destrozar los parches. Es definitivamente, uno de los mejores baterÃas que han
tocado Heavy Metal en nuestro tiempo.
Dio mencionó que el grupo tenÃa instrucciones de acabar a una cierta hora y
que no podrÃa tocar tantos temas como querrÃa. Honestamente, me incordió que
eso fuera asÃ, ya que deberÃan haber tocado menos los teloneros, no el grupo
principal. Me habrÃa gustado ver menos rato a FIREBALL MINISTRY antes que no
perder temas de ANTHRAX y de DIO. Los temas que DIO no pudo tocar fueron “The
Last In Line†y “Rainbow In The Dark†además de, según parece, “Master Of The
Moonâ€, la cual esperaba que tocara. Las dos primeras que menciono son claramente
sus mayores éxitos. Si habÃa más que quedaron pendientes, no lo sabremos. Los
temas que sonaron fueron “One More For The Roadâ€, “Sign Of The Southern Cross2,
“Stargazerâ€, “Stand Up And Shout†seguido de un solo de baterÃa, “The Eyesâ€,
“Killing The Dragonâ€, “Man On The Silver Mountainâ€, una breve jam, “Long Live
Rock N’ Rollâ€, “Rock And Roll Childrenâ€, “Gates Of Babylonâ€, “Holy Diverâ€, “Heaven
And Hell†y “Neon Knightsâ€.
El lector puede apreciar que Dio realmente representó una buena parte de sus
años en BLACK SABBATH y RAINBOW en esta gira. Ya era hora de que tocara mas
temas de esas épocas, ya que no creo que veamos una gira de RAINBOW en breve,
y BLACK SABBATH parecen decididos a mantener a Ozzy como front-man en los futuros
conciertos que estén preparando. También hay que mencionar que DIO ya no utiliza
sus viejos trucos escénicos en el show. Un gran telón con la portada de su nuevo
disco y algunas luces especiales fue todo lo que el Maestro del Metal necesitó.
Ken Pierce(ken@themetalcircus.com)
Trad y fotos.: Sergi Ramos
Ronnie James Dio, quite possibly one of the greatest
vocalists in heavy metal music visited New York City in support of his latest
effort “Master Of The Moonâ€. The Beacon would be the venue and the mighty Anthrax
would be opening the bill. One can always count on a great performance from
Dio, as he has been in this business for so many years. He also has a wide
catalog of great songs, especially since he was a part of Rainbow and Black
Sabbath in years gone by. The full show would start off with a band called
Fireball Ministry who I found very loud and not all that impressive. The overly
loud band made it difficult for their music to sound anything more than muddy
to me and my friends. I did not see people really responding to them but since
this is a new group to me I will remain impartial.Â
Anthrax would be interesting to see, as they are
generally a fun and energetic group. The band entered the stage to the music
of the Blues Brothers showing they have not lost their sense of humor over all
the years. However, this is not the Anthrax of days gone by as only Charlie
Benante (drums) and Scott Ian (guitars) remain from the original lineup. Frank
Bello stopped playing the bass for them last year and singer Joey Belladonna
has been replaced by Armored Saint’s John Bush for over a decade. Anthrax has
continued to release a sufficient amount of product on the market. The most
recent attack on ones musical senses is the bands reworking of some of the classic
Anthrax tunes. These tunes were voted on by the fans who visited their website.Â
There is also an excellent DVD/CD package called “Music Of Mass Destructionâ€.Â
This piece is quite good and worthy of a look. As a matter of fact, the DVD
actually reflects most of the tunes that the band played that night. Â
While the group did not seem to hit any tunes from
the “Among The Living†they did get a large amount of numbers out for a band
under the constraints of an opening slot. Their set consisted of: N.FL.,
Caught In A Mosh, Safe Home, Anti-Social, Indians, What Doesn’t Die, Death Rider,
Only, & Bring The Noise. I don’t know why John asks if there are any old-schoolers
in the house before the play “Anti-Socialâ€, since I am pretty sure that “N.F.L.â€
is older but it still came out great. A highlight of their set was during “Bring
The Noise†was when rapper Chuck D. of Public Enemy came out and sang the track
with them.Â
Ronnie Dio arrived to the stage very shortly after
that and he was electric as always. His band was Rudy Sarzo who is among my
favorite bass players ever. Craig Goldy on lead guitar, Simon Wright on drums
and Scott Warren on keyboards. Soon into the set, Simon Wright did a drum solo.Â
Now I like his playing and I enjoy drum solos. However, I have issues with
his for it is using many of the old Cozy Powell tricks of the “1812 Overtureâ€.Â
To me this is a bite of something that was clearly associated with someone else
who was known for it specifically and it is pointless for him to do it. I have
not read whether he idolized Cozy but I do think he should try something else.Â
It is also a little difficult to enjoy any drum solo after watching the brutal
Charlie Benante of Anthrax tear up the skins. He is definatley one of the best
drummers who played heavy metal in our time.
Dio mentioned that the group was on a curfew and
as a result they would not be doing as many numbers as he had planned. I was
honestly annoyed at this, for if anything the opening acts should have been
cut shorter and not the main act. I would rather see less of the Fireball Ministry
rather than cost the audience added tunes by Dio or even Anthrax. The songs
Dio would not get to would be “The Last In Line†and “Rainbow In The Darkâ€,
and perhaps “Master Of The Moon†which I expected he would play. The first
two I mention are clearly two of his biggest tunes. If there were more than
that, we would not find out. The songs we did get to enjoy are as follows:
Dio’s Set: One More For The Road, Sign Of The Southern
Cross, Stargazer, Stand Up And Shout, Drum Solo, Don’t Talk To Strangers, The
Eyes, Killing The Dragon, Man On The Silver Mountain, Jam Part, Long Live Rock
And Roll, Rock And Roll Children, Gates Of Babylon, Holy Diver, Heaven And Hell,
Neon Knights.Â
The reader can see that Dio really pressed his Black Sabbath and Rainbow years
on this tour. It is about time he played more of those tunes, for I don’t expect
we shall see a Rainbow tour anytime soon and Black Sabbath seems to focus more
on keeping Ozzy as frontman for any gigs they are working on. I wanted to also
mention that Dio did not use over the top stage props for this show. A Large
backdrop of the new CD cover and some clever lighting were all this Master Of
Metal needed and it truly showed.
Ken Pierce (ken@themetalcircus.com)
Pics: Sergi Ramos
Datos:Beacon Theatre
New York
Promotor: N.D.
Publico: N.D.
Día:02/10/2004
Puntuación:8
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