FUCKING AWESOME! And again, FUCKING AWESOME! I'm still
speechless after seeing
Kings of Chaos last night at the GrandArena in Cape
Town. The "best cover band in the world" blew me away. This year’s
line-up included
Aeromsmith, ZZ Top, Guns 'n Roses, Cheap Trick and Extreme. The
core Kings of Chaos band members are
Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke and Duff McKagan
(the original Guns 'n Roses band) with special guests
Steven Tyler of
Aerosmith, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and Nuno
Bettencourt of Extreme. A packed stadium went ballistic when Robin and the
Kings of Chaos band started. It blew everyone away. For me, the highlight was
Billy Gibbons. Dude, that guy is ultra-cool. With his grovelling voice, beard
and stage persona he took the audience on a ZZ Top trip, spiced up with songs
from Jimmy Hendrix and some brilliant blues songs. Nuno had the audience in a
frenzy when he, along with Steven Tyler, sang the Extreme hit, more than words.
What followed was an eargasm - an unplugged version of the Aerosmith song, I
Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Besides the music, I was taken aback by the ratio
of the audience, it was more 'older' people (45+) with only a handful of
younger people. But I have to say, the old audience knows how to rock! There
was a 'granny' next to me drinking more beer than any young person, rocking
with her hands and singing every song with. For those who missed this one, your
bad!
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