Voodoo Vegas "Live" CD Review

I've always considered myself a guy who could pick out rock bands that were going places. Let me give you some historical examples: I thought Metallica would sell a couple of records on hearing Ride the Lightning. The first time I heard the intro scream of "Welcome to the Jungle", I thought the new Led Zeppelin had arrived. I picked Sound Garden and Jane's Addiction. More recently I picked Buck Cherry, The Darkness, and the Answer. I'm not saying that I'm Rick Rubin or anything, but bands that will make it have a certain quality about them. It's tough to define what that quality is (if I could do it completely, I would be Rick Rubin), but I think it has something to do with the quality of songs, a nod to the past with a push to the future, with a bit of magic mixed in. It's that magic part that's hard to get, capture, define, etc. We all know a few bands with this magic, to name just a few, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue.

Rock n Roll View receives many requests for reviews, as you could imagine. We try to accommodate everyone. Some really good albums come across my desk. (The readers of Rock n Roll View see the best selection of those review requests.) Occasionally, we see those bands that really are something special. Voodoo Vegas is one of those bands

Voodoo Vegas hails from Bournemouth in southern England - the happiest place in the UK and a resort town. Bournemouth is probably the happiest place in the UK because they have such bands as Voodoo Vegas to sport in their clubs. Fronted by Lawrence Case, they have been called "The best band on the south coast of England today..." by Alan Burridge. This band hasn't been around very long and is already supporting the Quireboys on tour and accumulating many accolades. If I may say, they have opened for Blue Oyster Cult, a seminal American hard rock band that did their part to invent heavy metal.

I'm not sure what Voodoo Vegas means, but I know what it sounds like...

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