Search - John Kay & Steppenwolf, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat :: Summerdaze

Great fun!

Henry R. Kujawa | "The Forbidden Zone" (Camden, NJ) | 02/17/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"A new collection of live music (mostly) from 4 heavy metal bands: John Kay And Steppenwolf, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat and Pat Travers. John Kay's "Bad Attitude" is a story about a visit to a McDonald's, where he asks, "Do I get a free stomach pump with this order?" B.O.C. do live versions of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Godzilla"-and you'd think you'd get tired of hearing those again-but NO! This is, of course, the 1997 version of the band, who a year later released the staggeringly good HEAVEN FORBID album. In fact, "Power Underneath Despair" makes an early appearance here, though I don't think it was quite the "finished" mix yet."

A BETTER SUMMER JAM THAN MOST

Henry R. Kujawa | 03/08/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I don't have to listen to it because I was there! The reason they don't have FOOL FOR THE CITY is because the sound system failed. This was recorded at THE MARK in New Moline, IL. All the bands were much better than we expected. Pat Travers stood out. He is definitley a performance artist. Then came Foghat who were surprisingly fresh! Thats when the left speaker bank failed. Blue Oyster Cult did thier usual Sci-Fi stuff, and did it very, very well indeed. John Kay seemed to enjoy the proceedings more than anyone though. A fairly satisfying concert. But the reason songs are missing that you would expect to be there is because the speakers failed."