When I first witnessed Voodoo Vegas as support to Adam Bomb at Mr. Kyps probably four years ago; they were very impressive. As time has passed they have developed and honed their songwriting skills and stage-craft and are, without doubt, one of, if not THE top South Coast Rock Bands writing and performing original material today. Their performance at Kyps last evening simply verified this, and had destiny not intervened to see them playing the venue as a Headline Act in November, I would have been saying: "Hey, you headliner's better watch out, because Voodoo Vegas are becoming a hard act to follow." But obviously Kyp and his staff have also noticed the making of this band as local legends, and have leapt in to do the deed already.
It took a recommendation from Dirty DC to get MotorKill in as Kyps' first Motorhead tribute band, but they most certainly went down a storm and pretty much assured a return booking. Reflecting as a band the mid-career 4-man line-up of Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee and Wurzel, MotorKill quickly preyed upon Voodoo Vegas skills at crowd-warming to slap everyone in the face with 'Sucker' as their opening gambit. From that point onwards, as with their real-life counterparts, there was no let-up whatsoever. Dipping into albums old and new, and even dropping in a few singles with 'Louie Louie' and 'Please Don't Touch,' our passion for the adrenaline rush just went on and on.
With Motorhead's 'Born To Raise Hell' the only cover version Voodoo Vegas have ever performed and recorded, 'Lemmy' invited them back onstage to help out with vocals on this fine number from the 'Airheads' movie. But MotorKill continued rocking us in our boots, and had an ace up their sleeve when the first encore number of the 'God Was Never On Your Side' ballad, was as unexpected as it was superbly played and sung. And to finish both the crowd and the evening off it could be no other, and in true Motorhead / MotorKill style, 'Overkill' did its job in sending us home twitching ang giggling with glee - and the essential whistling in our ears to keep us awake until dawn broke.
Review by: Alan Burridge
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