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Hell On Wheels: Amsterdam Rock City (For Once)
For one evening Amsterdam was turned into Amsterdam Rock (Not Whatever The Dance Trend Is At The Moment) City.
22 mei 2002, Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
Tekst: Ruud van Esch
Beeld: Sander Lameijer
Publicatiedatum: 28 juli 2002
Musically, Amsterdam is known for its trendy clubs, discos, and bizarre parties. Still, every once-in-a-while, there's some rock 'n' roll goings-on in the Dutch capital. Or even a small festival called Hell On Wheels. Tonight, five bands entered the two stages of the Melkweg to make things happen. Stoner rockers Astrosonic slowly started the evening. Backed up by big projections of drag races and half-naked chicks, the band created just the right atmosphere, taking the time to rock. Slow and acoustic on one hand, bombastic and hard on the other. The set was nicely glued together by the keyboard samples in-between the songs.
Danko Jones, singer/guitar player
for the Canadian powerrock'n'roll trio of the same name, didn't give the
audience time to warm up. Danko Jones came, saw, and rocked everybody's
brains out. Straightforward and honest music resembling the early days of
AC/DC. Within minutes, the small venue
was steaming with sweat, smoke, and
the spirit of true music. With this kind of performance, one can only get away
it by being totally unoriginal and by having an ego as big as Danko Jones'.
From there on, it was back to the big venue again, where Gluecifer from Norway had already started their show. Despite their reputation and the new record Basement Apes, the band was pretty disappointing. With two guitar players and such an enormous Ginger Baker drum kit, they should've sounded bigger than they did. Some of the Basement Apes songs didn't live up to the level of the record. A shame, because Gluecifer should be better sounding onstage than on a CD.
The Dirtbombs too didn't quite live up to their legendary reputation. The sound
was too loud and muddy, and Mick Collins' vocals were completely drowned
out. Still, once your ears were numbed enough, the fuzzed-out guitars and
double drums gave a good impression of the one-and-only, original Detroit
garage rock sound.
It was good to see Peter Pan Speedrock headlining today. You can always bank on Holland's best live band to blow every other band away. Where- and whenever they play. And so they did. For one hour and fifteen minutes, these speedrock machines took the volume up a notch while playing classics like Auf Der Axe, Rockcity, Death Before Disco, and a few cover songs. All-round psycho Dikke Dennis accompanied the band, singing two songs, among which was a Dutch version of Motörhead's Ace Of Spades. No matter how many times you've seen these guys, Peter Pan Speedrock is always a blast. A band Holland can be proud of.
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