Friday 10th June

Mr Big - Festival Stage (3/5)


Mr Big are a musicians band. Not like all those prog metal bands such as Dream Theater and stuff, but a band that features extremely talented musicians. Luckily enough Mr Big have always had the songs to go with that, so one hour of guitar masturbation was never the case with these guys.


They called it quits in the late 90’s after many a year without success when grunge killed all that was good about rock music. But just like all the other 80’s bands that quit during the hard years they reunited in 2009 with all the original members and earlier this year they released ”What If…”, their comeback album. An album that in my book is their best since the debut. So I really looked forward to their gig at this festival.


But it was pretty close to being a disappointment. They sounded a bit stiff at first and Eric Martin’s voice wasn’t quite in shape during the first 3 – 4 songs. Maybe he forgot to practice his voice before the show because after the 3-4 songs everything fell into place and the band all of a sudden caught a groove and felt warm and passionate. But those first songs lost them a star here and even though there was a bit of solo adventures, it never became boring much to the fact that they came in addition to the songs.


Besides, watching Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert go off never becomes boring. And Pat Torpey, what a drummer. I was also pleased to state that the new songs fit in perfectly besides the older classics. I really hope that this reunion isn’t a one-off, because when Mr Big are good , they are very good. Too bad about the beginning of the show, but I would definitely go see them again.










Check them out :
http://www.mrbigsite.com

Review : Jon Wilmenius

Photos : Tallee Savage
www.savagebeauty.se


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