IanHenry Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 I went to watch Nazareth last night, playing at my local venue. To put it bluntly they were bloody awful. The guitar player was "uninspiring" just total distortion and the singer couldn't reproduce the gravely voice of original guy, which brings me to my second grievance, the only remaining member of the original band was the bass player. I didn't know this until after I'd bought the tickets but I went along optimistically. On a brighter note the support band, The Stumble were excellent: http://www.thestumble.com/ I left after about 4 of Nazareth's numbers, the pub seemed more appealing. Ian
sparquelito Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 Oh man, Ian I hate it that it was such a terrible live music experience. Some bands just need to hang it up, once most of the old original fellows have passed on. Foghat, for one. Nazareth, obviously. Journey. KISS. (All of the originals are still alive, but what is touring right now is two originals and they are essentially a cover band.) The list goes on and on.
Mike_L Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 We saw Chicago in Osaka last month and I initially had reservations about what the show would be like. Four of the original 9 members are still pounding out the notes. When they came out and did the first number my thoughts were, "WTF is this?" as they chose a tune from their new album. Didn't like it at all. Luckily, as the evening progressed, they improved significantly and dug more into the old tunes everyone knows. Over the course of 2 1/2 hours they kept getting better to the point they were bringing down the house with an encore of "25 or 6 to 4". Great show after all. You never know what your going to get with the old shows. Bob Dylan next...
saturn Posted January 31, 2016 Posted January 31, 2016 I remember when I was in about the 9th grade. A bunch of my friends went to see a Billy Squire concert but I couldn't go. This was about 1982 or 83 when BS was at his peak in popularity. The opening band was Nazareth, who was more a band for people 5 or 10 years older than us. But, my friends all told me that Nazareth blew him off the stage! I guess time since then has really taken it's toll.
10K-DB Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Havent ever seen them live,,sorry to hear about your bummer show. I guess the way most bands make $$ these days is more from live shows than 'album sales" for alot of bands. Maybe they had a substitute sound board guy that night and he wasnt up to speed on what they needed from the sound engineer? Who knows. Hope you get to see a good show soon.
IanHenry Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 Havent ever seen them live,,sorry to hear about your bummer show. I guess the way most bands make $$ these days is more from live shows than 'album sales" for alot of bands. Maybe they had a substitute sound board guy that night and he wasnt up to speed on what they needed from the sound engineer? Who knows. Hope you get to see a good show soon. Yes, in a press release to the local newspaper Nazareth quoted that they don't make any money in the U.K anymore and they have to rely on income from abroad to make a living. A lot of those old U.K bands are still big in countries like Germany and especially former Soviet block countries. I can't imagine they would make a fortune out of playing my local hall, excellent though it is (it has first rate, no expense spared acoustics and sound system) it only holds 400 people. It also has one of the best recording studio's in Europe beneath the hall. I'm not sure if having just the bass player from the original band constitutes "Nazareth". Ian
LarryUK Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 It's like the old joke. 'I've had this broom for 40 years. It's had 5 heads and 4 handles. It's been a great broom'.
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