General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Why not sit in a comfortable armchair at home and listen to the original recording?

'The music is the message'(?) Not sure what kind of message a covers band is trying to send out other than, we can play someone else's music.

There is no 'Best Rock Band in the World', because it all comes down to personal opinion. Ask any Rolling Stones fan and they will tell you that the title (Best Rock Band in the World) belongs to 'The Rolling Stones. This can also be applied to: Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, U2, The Who, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith etc.


'Taken from the bands web site.
MOTHERSHIP is a Led Zeppelin covers band - actually more homage than tribute - that exists to celebrate the music of the best rock band the world has ever seen.'

The band's website would say that! After all, it isn't going to say, 'We can't write songs so we try to copy Led Zeppelin instead of The Bay City Rollers because we have a better chance of making a few bob this way...

If they are paying homage to Led Zeppelin and not doing it for the money, then they must be donating all the money to a good cause.

Tribute bands may sometimes sound better than the original artist. Most singers sound better than Bob Dylan, because Bob has not got a good singing voice. But! I would prefer to see and hear Bob Dylan performing 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' than any person paying homage to him. The same goes for 'The Beatles': these four Liverpool lads were amateur musicians with very average singing voices at the beginning.

Some years ago (about eight years ago, I think), I watched Simply Red and the band was great. Also, Mick Hucknall's voice was fantastic. That same summer, I watched Simple Minds (with Jim Kerr) and the band was fantastic. Simple Minds did around four encores - played for over two hours. I paid around twenty-eight pounds for each ticket.

For me, fourteen pounds is a bit steep. Five pounds would be more like it!

Anyway, I hope you had a good night and left the venue feeling happy and content with everything. I genuinely mean it.