[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] At half past eight the Kids came on stage, together with their new drummer Leif. What can I say, it was a spectacle as I had hoped. BLUTHUND’s energy must have somehow stayed on stage and then transferred to the 8Kids. Jakob in particular kept running around from one side of the stage to the other, whether with or without a guitar. With Bordsteinrand right at the start, everyone was also shaken awake and people rushed in from the outside. The crowd trembled and formed a real mosh pit in the middle, which partly covered half the hall. With Der Weg there was also a Grönemeyer cover, in the middle there was WTF, my personal favorite song, not only because of the lyrics, but because it is just so gripping. As the concert was also the last of the tour, the BLUTHUND boys couldn’t help but bring a bengalo cake on stage with the text “BLUTHUND liebt 8KIDS” written on the inside lid of the package. They used that right away to perform Wir bleiben Kids together. Friendships were formed during the tour. A gorilla was also allowed to have a guitar fight with Hans. After 13 songs, the short “Encore Calls” break came, only to come back with one of the most socially critical songs, Dein Zuhause. But also Dämonen and Ich gehöre dir nicht are songs that make you think. The conclusion then came, fittingly with Zeit. After almost 1 1/2 hours, that was the end of a great evening that calls for a repeat. There will be at least one smaller possibility next Friday when the 8Kids play at the Traffic Jam Open Air.

[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Setlist 8Kids:

1. Bordsteinrand
2. Über den Berg
3. Blitzschlag
4. In den Sternen
5. Du gegen Dich
6. Der Weg (Herbert Grönemeyer cover)
7. Kann mich jemand hören
8. Ich kann die Welt spüren
9. WTF
10. Kraft
11. Wir bleiben Kids (with BLUTHUND)
12. Alles löst sich auf
13. Spiegelbild
14. Dein Zuhause
15. Dämonen
16. Ich gehöre dir nicht
17. Zeit

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Michael Monroe

You can see, that he already has a few years in the music business behind him. Absolutely experienced and in the best Rock’n’Roll manner, he jumped across the stage with an energy that would make many younger people green with envy. Always with the microphone stand in one hand, he ran across the stage or jumped on the speakers, only to be suddenly slowed down by a micro cable which is too short. But that didn’t bother him in the least. Sometimes the stand just flew into the corner and had to be replaced. His band mates also played their set with absolute routine and without incident. The old stager in the business didn’t have to make any great effort to entertain the audience and heat up the atmosphere. A highlight was the use of the saxophone, which the singer wore to play part of the song live. In addition, he insisted on coming off the stage towards the end of the last song in order to finish the song on the barrier, held by security and fans. The mood after Michael Monroe was already relatively relaxed and the anticipation of the old master of shock rock was great.

Alice Cooper

At the beginning, the back part of the stage was still concealed with a large front banner, on which a pair of eyes could be seen. These began to glow red on time and with the words “Welcome to the Alice Cooper Horror Castle” the curtain fell and revealed a really beautiful horror castle. A large gate guarded by a skeleton, a zombie in a garbage can, a walk-in tower and a sword construct that vaguely resembles a ship’s steering wheel, except that it was studded with skulls. As the first tacts of Frankenstein sounded and the band, including horror master Alice Cooper, entered the stage, there was no stopping the audience. There was singing and clapping along. The old master of scary rock definitely hasn’t forgotten anything. Confident in style and lyrics, as always, they delivered with the first song. During the performance, a giant Frankenstein puppet came onto the stage. It continued with songs right through the band’s history. In Man behind Mask, a masked man tried to stab the two girls walking around on stage. Which he succeeded in one case. When Poison hit, the audience sang along. At Billion Babies, a huge baby appeared, which at the end of the song shot confetti snippets from a catapult at the listeners. After a solo by the lead guitarist Nita, which she initially played on the walk-in tower, the shock rocker returned to the stage with the following song Roses on White Lace. Here his wife had her first appearance, in the form of a walking zombie bride, including a blood-smeared dress and a bridal bouquet of red roses. This was followed by a longer drum solo by Glen Sobel, which was due to the grand old man’s costume change. For the song Dead Babies / Love the Dead, the shock rocker came back wrapped in a straitjacket. He was led by two people wearing large baby heads and uniforms. In addition, his wife had her second big appearance here, pushing a stroller decorated with skulls. At the end of the song, Alice Cooper was led under a guillotine and seemingly beheaded. The severed doll’s head, which looked really similar to the original, was then extensively presented to the audience. Escape and Teenage Frankenstein followed before everyone left the stage to play an encore to applause. As usual, this was the song Schools Out. For this purpose, soap bubbles were blown onto the stage and there were huge balloons filled with confetti which Alice stabbed during the performance. After that, this truly unique show was unfortunately over far too quickly, leaving only happy and satisfied listeners.

Setlist Alice Cooper:

1. Frankenstein
2. Nice Guy
3. Bed of Nails
4. Hey Stoopid
5. Fallen in Love
6. Be my Lover
7. Go Man Go
8. Under my Wheels
9. Man Behind Mask
10. Go To Hell
11. 18
12. Poison
13. Billion $ Babies
14. Nita Solo
15. Roses on White Lace
16. My Stars, Devils Food, Black Widow
17. Drum Solo
18. Steven
19. Dead Babies / Love The Dead
20. Escape
21. Teenage Frankenstein
22. School’s Out

Co-Author of this report is Steffi of the Webzine Dark Art, which I also work for.

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[See image gallery at catchingmovement.de] Pyogenesis is a Rock and Metal Band from Stuttgart, with Steampunk elements. 25 years after seeing Pyogenesis for the first time, I saw them for the second time in my life on the 1st of February 2020. The wait was worth it. It was a great and funny show, worth to be seen!

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