Papa Roach + Enhancer + Black Rain @ Trabendo, Paris Dec 14 2010

Papa Roach + Enhancer + Black Rain @ Trabendo Paris

For OUI FM " Bring the noise" Dec 14 2010

French Heavy Glam rockers BLACK RAIN

OUI FM rock radio in Paris France is organising a Festival for its radio show "Bring the Noise" which is playing Heavy Metal every night between 11PM & 01 AM.
This is the second show of its kind, all tickets are free to be won on OUI FM radio.
Next gig is on Déc 18 with Airbourne ( Last one was with No One is Innocent on Déc 6)

We arrived a bit late at the Trabendo club but il looks like the opened the doors very late so we're just making our way to the front as French Heavy Glam rockers Black Rain is getting on stage. We already saw them opening for Swedish rockers Europe @ Cigale on Jan 20 2010 (click for Pics, review & video) and we were less than impress.
Black Rain is so cliché , they do sound and look like a typical glam rock band from the late 80's. So passé. I mean they're not bad but it's laughable, now
They're 20 years late even LA glam rockers who are still touring to this date are not dressed like this anymore.
I've been told they've played a WASP cover which I didn't recognised.

As I'm typing this (with my dick) I'm listening to some REAL Glam from the 80's RATT 's "Out of the Cellar" a real gem.

Here's a video anyway:(for Depeche Mime)

French rap-metallers ENHANCER

After a short break , we have French Hip Hop -Metallers Enhancer.
First time I'm seeing or hearing anything from these guys.
One great drummer , one heavy bass, one heavy guitar & 3 singers rapping & doing the show.
The kids love them and they're jumping like maniacs, lots of moshing & stage diving, including girls, they were many of them tonight.

Great show, too bad we didn't recorded any videos, they even played, well at least the 3 singers, a song in the pit (see pic above).

Then we have headlining act American nu-metal band Papa Roach, they haven't been in Paris for a while, 6 or 7 years and I think I already saw them opening for someone at the nearby Zénith a long time ago.
At the time they were the media darling and everyone thought they were about to make it big and ... they didn't.

Typically American, the security has been told before that NO ONE from the audience is allowed on stage, it's allways funny to see those American guys with tattoos playing it tough and beeing afraid of their own audience and acting like pussies.
Same happened a few years ago when Offspring played the very same club for a showcase.
A mix between Heavy Metal and American Punk, The singer's really doing the show running from one side of the stage to the other and screaming out his lyrics.
Kids are loving them but it's not really our thing, enjoyable though.
One hour set no Encore.

setlist

the audience & merchandising

Live:

rock on Baby !

The Big 4 ( Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax ) confirmed for Sonisphere UK @ Knebworth 2011

Updated Déc 14 : Sonisphere France 2011 near Amnéville at the end of July with The Big 4 & Slipknot plus other bands. more details soon on ROCKERPARIS.

The Big 4 @ Knebworth's Sonisphere 2011

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax
have been confirmed to play next year Sonisphere UK @ Knebworth.

METALLICA @ Bercy 2009
Bercy April 1 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3, Bercy April 2 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
click for review setlist video and LOTS OF GREAT PICTURES from Patrice Guino

click for review setlist & GREAT Pics

MEGADETH @ Paris Zénith March 21 2009

Crocodiles @ Black Session, C'est Lenoir @ France Inter, Paris Dec13 2010

Crocodiles @ Black Session # 321 @ C'est Lenoir, France Inter
Paris Dec 13 2010 10PM

Two months before releasing their second album Crocodiles is playing a Black Session @ C'est Lenoir.
5 musicians , 2 girls,on drums & Keys ; a psyche guitar player, one singer with shades and a relax bass player
Cool 60's Psyche rock à la BRMC.
They will be opening for White Lies @ La Cigale on March 22.
Short set as they only played for 35 min with no encore
very cool though.

sunday is a peaceful day

Enjoy this peaceful time !

Lonesome cow-girl Claudia :-) in the snow this week

New York Dolls new album " Dancing Backward in High Heels" tracklisting and cover revealed

New York Dolls new album out in March 2011

art work for "Dancing Backward in High Heels", click on Pic above to listen to 30 s of each song

New York Dolls will release their new album " Dancing Backward in High Heels" on March 15 2011 on 429 Records label.
Don't know yet if there will be a French release, Hope so...

ROCKERPARIS is always doing things the right way so... you can listen to a preview, 30 seconds of each song, more than 3 months before it's release: Click on David & Sylvain's Picture above and play it to 11. And its' legal.

Check our review of their last gig in Paris @ Trabendo on April 16 2010.
Here's another review from The Lokerse Festival in Belgium in 2008 with Buzzcocks & Sex Pistols.

Gossip @ Paris Bercy Déc 09 2010

Another great video, "Heavy Cross" & Beth saying hello to French Crowd, too bad the last part is missing when she's crossing the pit from one side to the other:

Gossip @ Paris Bercy
Dec 09 2010

Gossip playing @ Paris Bercy, I must be fuckin' dreaming.
It's really amazing the first time they've played in Paris was at the Point Ephémère, then they've played (not in that order) the Boule Noire, The Fleche d'or, The Nouveau Casino, The Studio 104 @ Radio France, The Casino de Paris, 2 sold-out Bataclan (second show HERE), last time was 2 sold-out shows @ The Zénith (6500 capacity) and NOW @ Bercy, 16500 capacity.
Click on links for review Pics, video & setlist.
Ok it's not sold out, around 12 000 people, there are black curtains at the very back to cover empty seats but nevertheless it's hard to find a seat in the stalls and the pit is rammed.

A couple of minutes before the show started Lenny Kravitz with his guitar player and two security guards crossed the whole pit to go to the mixing desk without anyone recognising him. Funny.

Tonight's show was video recorded and broacasted live on SFR website.

Beth lost somewhere in the stalls (left) & pit (center)

They started with a very slow songs and for the second everybody was standing up & dancing like crazy mother fuckers.
Gossip has always been the link between rock & dance, a bit more dance lately...
I'll try to get the setlist as soon as possible...

Beth is communicating a lot with the audience, mostly in French unfortunately she's acting a bit as if she was still in a club; when you're playing that kind of big arena , you have to do as if you were talking to the guy at the very back of the venue not the one in the first row.
She also thanked many people from the stage which was a bit annoying in the end even though I can understand she needed to thank all the people who have been with them from the beginning from little clubs to this big arena which is probably the biggest headlining show they've ever done.

Merchandising

She did the same routine she did when she was playing clubs, she went into the stalls (see pics) and went back to the stage crossing the entire pit from one side to the other to rousing applause.
They played a bit of Black Sabbath's " War Pigs" at the beginning of one of their songs...

SETLIST:
Vertical Rhythm
Standing In The Way Of Control (+Smells Like Teen Spirit au milieu)
Four Letter Word
Yr Mangled Heart
Pop Goes The World
Coal To Diamonds
(Psycho Killer) Listen Up!
What's Love Got To Do With It
Dimestore Diamond
8th Wonder
Men In Love
Yesterday's News
Love Long Distance
___
(War Pigs) Eyes Open
Heartbeats
(One More Time) Heavy Cross
(I Will Always Love You)

The show started at 9:40 and ended at 11:15 pm.

Beth stayed alone on the stage at the very end to perform Whitney Houston's " I will always love you".
Nice show.

Aftershow party with some crazy looking guys ( far right)

There was an aftershow party for 150 with some drinks and canapés, the whole band turned up to chat with people in a very lively atmosphere as a dj was playing some dance music.

Beth holding court & Pass sheet

LIVE:

Yo !

It was 30 years ago... John Lennon

IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO

JOHN LENNON