Last night (5/25/06) was the filming of VH1's Rock Honors show, which airs on 5/31 on VH1. This was a tribute show to Rock Legends. The honored bands were Queen (performing with Paul Rodgers), Def Leppard, Judas Priest and Kiss. The bands playing tribute were Foo Fighters (sang a Queen song, then Grohl and Taylor drummed with Queen's set), Godsmack and The All American Rejects. There was also a special performance by an all star tribute band, performing a Kiss song- Tommy Lee, Slash, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Rob Zombie.... It was awesome. The show was hosted by Jaime Pressly and had a few celeb presenters. Cameras weren't allowed so my photos are a little grainy and more sparse than if I was allowed to take pictures :)...
Tune in on 5/31 to catch the show. The bands (especially Judas Priest) sounded great. I didn't particularly like Paul Rodgers singing with Queen, but otherwise all the acts were perfect and true to old form!
http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_honors/2006/
Sounds like a cool concert - what songs did FF and FF/Queen do?
ReplyDeleteFrom the VH1 press release:
ReplyDeleteThe night opened with rock royalty as the Foo Fighters joined Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor for an explosive performance of "Tie Your Mother Down." Queen and Paul Rodgers proved why they are the champions of rock as they performed a medley of Queen's hit songs "Under Pressure," "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions."
Godsmack delivered the ultimate rock smack-down with their rendition of Judas Priest's "Hell Bent For Leather," "Metal Gods," The Hellion," "Electric Eye" and "Victim Of Changes." As Judas Priest took the stage, the crowd chanted their name and head-banged their way through the outlaw classic "Breaking The Law." They went wild when front man Rob Halford, on a motorcycle, showed the crowd why "You've Got Another Thing Coming."
The All-American Rejects fired up the stage with their rendition of the Def Leppard hit "Photograph." Def Leppard had the crowd roaring with "Rock of Ages" and "Rocket."
The final performance of the night featured an All Star band tribute to KISS with surprise guest Ace Frehley, Tommy Lee, Slash, Scott Ian, Gilby Clarke and Rob Zombie performing KISS' "God Of Thunder." KISS ended the night by taking the stage in full make-up with a no holds barred performance of their ferocious hit "Detroit Rock City" and " Love Gun"
The show also included appearances by Kiefer Sutherland, Gina Gershon, Jaime Kennedy, Jim Breuer, Natasha Henstridge, Brittany Snow and Penn Jillette.
Awesome! Metal still has a pulse...
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Looks like it was a great show!
ReplyDeleteDetroit Rock City!
ReplyDeleteAnother great experience. Will I see you if I tune in 5/31?
ReplyDeleteNot likely. I resisted the urge to storm the stage and accost Dave Grohl....
ReplyDeleteMeaning, of course, that you had someone there to keep you from breaking free from the restraints...
ReplyDeleteThanks to share your collection. ciaao
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