the Date: Monday April 5, 2010
the Venue: 9:30 Club (DC)
(Photo credit to Marianne Sp and her Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/people/29428387@N04/)
The Cobbs opened. We totally missed them. Then, Alberta Cross played. They didn’t do it for us … but, maybe it was because we were too anxious to see the main event, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. BRMC, made up of Peter Hayes (vocals/guitar), Robert Been (vocals/bass), and Leah Shapiro (drums), was touring to promote their new album, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
. What an experience!I’ve been a big fan of BRMC for years and have been lucky enough to have attended many, many shows in the past. I was a little apprehensive because this was my first BRMC show without Nick Jago on the drums. Nick was replaced with Leah Shapiro (who had played with the Raveonettes). I had nothing to worry about because Leah completely rocked. This was by far the loudest I have ever seen them … I mean they were LOUD. Assured deafness aside, this was an amazing performance.
Their set pulled fairly equally from all of their albums and they played over twenty songs in about two hours. Awesome! Some of my favorite tunes of the show were Red Eyes and Tears, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo, White Palms (rarely played), Ain’t No Easy Way, Whatever Happened to My Rock’n’Roll (Punk Song), Six Barrel Shotgun (thoroughly intense performance), 666 Conducer (played slow and sultry), and the last song of the night, Open Invitation.
(Photo credit to Marianne Sp and her Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/people/29428387@N04/)
Full setlist: War Machine / Mama Taught Me Better / Red Eyes and Tears / Bad Blood / Beat the Devil’s Tattoo / Love Burns / Berlin / Weapon of Choice / White Palms / Long Way Down / Aya / Ain’t No Easy Way / Whatever Happened to My Rock’n’Roll (Punk Song) / The Line / Shuffle Your Feet / Conscience Killer / Six Barrel Shotgun / Spread Your Love / American X / ENCORE / 666 Conducer / Rifles / Shadow’s Keeper / Open Invitation
And we may never be here again ...
