Prizoner & RATT Concert Review
RATT & Roll returned to Cincinnati last Thursday Night. Two local acts opened this show, A Nervous Wreck, and Prizoner. I made it to Annies shortly after Prizoner started playing, so I can’t say how A Nervous Wreck’s set went, but Prizoner was on fire Thursday Night.
Prizoner’s set included covers by The Cult, AC/DC, Buckcherry, Kix, Cinderella, Puddle of Mudd, Skid Row, Tesla, Iron Maiden and a damn good cover of Motley Crue’s Saints of Los Angeles, as well as their own original tune, White Knuckle Ride. Prizoner has been a staple in the Cincinnati rock scene since the 80’s, and they did a fantastic job at getting the crowd pumped up and ready to see RATT.
Prizoner was so good that I though RATT would be a let down, after their excellent set. This was not the case tonight. Prizoner set the crowd up, and RATT tore the roof off of the club.
I have seen RATT twice in 2007, and Stephen Pearcy with his solo band in December. Each time, I thought Pearcy’s voice was a little better than the last time I saw him. His voice was damn near perfect this time around. I made a point to stand on the side of the stage where Warren DeMartini was playing. I am quite glad I did. His playing and solos were quite impressive.
Robby Crane might just be the best bass player RATT has ever had. Does this guy ever stand still during a show? His bass combined with Bobby Blotzer’s drums sounded great all night.
John Corabi played rhythm guitar and sang backup to Stephen Pearcy. I never noticed how much Corabi was singing until this show. I hope he doesn’t leave the band as it has been rumored of late. He will be greatly missed if he does quit RATT.
RATT played a pretty good selection of their hits including Tug of War, You’re In Love, Way Cool Jr., Lack of Communication, Lay It Down, Wanted Man, Back For More, a cover of Aerosmith’s Walkin’ The Dog, Nobody Rides For Free and a few other tunes that I can’t recall.
They also did an encore of Body Talk and Round & Round.
I didn’t decide to hit this show until a couple of days before. It was a great concert for a club show. I was glad I went. If I had any complaints at all, it would have wished RATT would have played longer.
Don’t miss RATT if they head your way. They have a few shows left on this tour.
I have included videos from RATT’s encore of Body Talk and Round and Below.
Check them out!
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| 8/29/08 | Rock The Bayou | Houston, TX | |
| 8/31/08 | TBA | Calgary, Albera | |
| 10/25/08 | TBA | Norman, OK |
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Prizoner kicked major ASSSS at the show. They have two great CD’s that were released on Strugglebaby Records that you can get off Prizoner’s website http://www.prizoner.com
DOC, White Knuckle Ride is a Prizoner Original song. This predates anything off of the Night Ranger album.
Go to http://www.prizoner.com/ where you can download their two albums for free.
Frank…from where I was standing…I was lucky to get what I got.
I gotta say, great reviews and video, but why is it whoever shoots these videos only seems to think there are two members in each band? It’s about 99% Pearcy and DeMartini. Especially during the harmony solos in Round & Round – can you -really- not pull back the video camera 4′ so we can see Corabi?
my bad.Tug of War was off of the 1999 cd.havent heard it in a long time.
White Knuckle Ride is a song off of NIGHTRANGERS cd that came out last year.And I have never heard the song Tug of War by RATT,Is it new?
Good review Rob, sounds like it was a kick ass show!