OFF Astoria night, PT, Lem, more...

[Jon Jarrett]

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Henderson Keith wrote:

> >> Opening act was some band from Berlin, with a crazy-
> >> haired female singer, that sounded much like AC/DC in every way.  I
> >> guess one of their tunes was actually written for them by Lemmy himself,
> >> and I think it was one of the better ones.
>
> >At a guess, that would be Doro?
>
> Nope, I've 'remembered' since (by seeing their CD in the stacks the
> other day, when picking up that Monster Magnet), that the band was
> called Skew Siskin.  I thought originally that that must have been
> *her* (stage) name, but nope, it's something else entirely.  *That*
> I've forgotten for good (though I'm sure if I really wanted to know,
> I could look it up online in 10 seconds).

        Aha yes, they were first support, before HW, at the Wembley Arena
gig. I completely missed them and nothing I've so far heard of them has
made me think that was a shame.

> Doro (Pesch?) is still around these parts...I'm sure I've seen her
> name listed on concert schedules...I think she opened for Saxon even.

        She was playing in England only a couple of years back and had a
new album out not so long ago. In relative terms, obviously...

> >Why didn't we get a review of On Trial, then, eh? :-)
>
> Sorry, here it is...didn't post it to boc-l directly this time.
> http://aural-innovations.com/2004/january/ontrial7.html

        Cool! Many thanks Keith. Should have spotted it myself due to
fervent AI browsing if I knew what was good for me, and so on. Glad to see
they're still operational. They had a new album out not so long ago too,
didn't they? Is it up to scratch? Yours,
                                         Jon

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