Okay, here we go. Naylor and I put our cell phones together and grabbed what we have, which are primarily Velvet Revolver shots with some random ones from the Revolution Lounge pre-show. Seems we — or I — was so busy banging head during the Alice set that the idea of pulling the cell out to take pictures never occurred until VR came on. But that’s fine with me. Live in the now.
For the record, Alice should’ve closed that show, as they proved to be the emotional catharsis of the evening. VR would’ve been better suited as the opener, and came across as a bit anticlimactic. But hey, who could follow Alice? For a photographic Alice in Chains fix, flash back to this.
Below are some shots Naylor floated over, which were at a lower resolution than he intended. After that are what I pulled from my Samsung. Scratched as it is, the shots ain’t bad. Our next move is to talk Busta into figuring out how to send photos from his shiny new iPhone. He got some tight ones from stage left.
Photographic memories courtesy of the Nayman, stage right:
Below are mine, taken in a higher res. Click each image for a larger version:
Ok…here it goes…These guys need to hang it up…AIC (again) smoked…Velver Revolver should turn the gun on themselves and go back to their respective bands…Duff also should invest in a beginning bass course book with DVD…He literally doesn’t have 1 chop in him…
Granted. But ya gotta admit that approximately twelve of the seventeen pairs of pants Weiland wore over the course of the VR set were pretty hot looking. And the forty-seven cop hats really tied the whole gig together.
Flip-flop those slots immediately. With you on that. Let the supergroup open for the best band of the nineties. I can’t understand how somebody would argue. It’s a no-brainer. Having Alice in Chains — sans Layne or otherwise — open up for Velvet Revolver is kinda like having a 2007 Zeppelin — Jason on drums or not — taking the supporting slot on a new Damn Yankees tour.
I’d be lying if I said I preferred Velvet Revolver to the idea of a G n’ R reunion, with Weiland going back to STP to pick up where Purple left off.
In any case, how sick was it when Alice oozed into Love, Hate, Love? My favorite track off Facelift. I felt like I was 21 again.
great camera bro….brand new?
@Busta: Spit ’em over, baby!
But “Flash” is a great guitar player.
“the idea of pulling the cell out to take pictures never occurred until VR came on. But that’s fine with me. Live in the now.”
You’re kidding right? I also heard fish hate water and pigs were seen flying through the casino.
Hey, Charlie wasn’t flying.