Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15105380)

Yeah, he's cool and it's part of show, so that's completely different, IMO. When the stage show is built around being in perfect sync with the lights, music and backing track, it's more about that experience and not about whether or not the guitarist plays his solos note-for-note or if the drummer can keep time, etc.

And Anthrax, lol. A very close friend of mine produced a few of their records and all I have to say is that I wouldn't have lasted 60 seconds in that situation. The drummer and bassist are related (uncle to nephew), even though they're roughly the same age. Anyway, they fight like cats and dogs, even in the studio! I've heard stories about bass rigs and drum kits being utterly destroyed by those two nitwits and all kinds of other craziness.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15105365)

Yep.

A friend of mine who lives a few doors up the street is a pop concert video/audio editor that's done the Def Leppard in Vegas set, Brittany Spears, New Orleans Jazz Festival and pretty much everything you see on HDNET concert series. I was at his place a few years back when he was doing the last Brittany concert in 7.1 and NONE of her vocals are in the mix. It's all back up singers and Ghost singers.

That said, I was at Disney a few years ago about a gig (which unfortunately, I had to pass on due to time commitments) but Mandy Moore was in the studio cutting tracks for the (then) upcoming Tangled series and she was freaking amazing. Pitch perfect, knew immediately when the take didn't work and extremely professional, courteous and charming.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 15105513)

Oh yeah. The infighting in Anthrax was well known back in the day. I’m not sure how many times Joey got into fist fights with the other guys. It was a lot.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 15105516)

I’m not surprised about either of them. Disney is pretty good about finding vocalists. That’s how we end up finding out that Kristen Bell can sing.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15105528)

Kristen Bell has a nice voice and all but she's seriously Auto-Tuned in those performances.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 15105553)

For sure that stuff was. But since she did Disney I’ve seen her sing elsewhere live and she can hold her own. She’s got a very “normal” voice, which I love a lot.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15105565)

She's also a very nice person.

She and Dax have children at the Charter School that my children have attended since kinder, so I see them (or used to see them, before the lockdowns) quite a bit.

Originally Posted by DeepPurple (Post 15098951)

Like I posted above, John Kay going solo without Steppenwolf is the worse show. The most unusual was 1984 Ted Nugent, but the opening act was Alcatrazz. It was singer Graham Bonnet, who wore a suit and tie with Yngwie Malmsteeen on guitar. Yngwie had his own pedestal stage up even with the singer and even slightly ahead and wore a velvet suit. You can tell 90% of the audience was watching Malmsteen and Bonnet was a bit peeved that maybe 10% were looking at him. The combed back hairdo and sunglasses and suit didn't help his look. They actually sounded good, just an odd sight to see and Graham Bonnet's voice has to be an acquired taste. He only knows one way to sing, loud and hard, he could never sing a ballad if he had to.

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15105565)

She's also a very nice person.

She and Dax have children at the Charter School that my children have attended since kinder, so I see them (or used to see them, before the lockdowns) quite a bit.