From: Lance
My first and last time with lawn seats for the new Meadows Music Theatre in beautiful downtown Hartford. Folks if you can't get a ticket in the seats don't bother going to this place. Freakin stage sits so far down in the pit you have no chance in Hell of getting much of view. I loved Pauls comment on people sitting down and if they wanted to they could go home and watch television. Well Paul from where I was watching television was the only option I had.

. Anyways Skid Row came on first great band, shitty singer. What the Hell was Snake Sabo thinking ?? He's tall and blonde that about it. Absolutely butchers many a forgetten hard rock classic mainly Monkey Business and Youth Gone Wild. Don't even get me started on I Remember You.

Next up good old Uncle Ted Fuckin Nugent !!! Man was this guy hot tonight. Folks if anything skip Skid Row but make sure your in your seats for Ted. Wang Dang Sweet Poon Tang, Dog Eat Dog, Cat Scratch Fever all the classics. The Kiss My Ass ditty is always great as is the intro, for all of you who don't appreciate Teds views I say "get the fuck out of America". This is the good old USofA and free speech is a constitutional right. Ted also gave a ringing endorsemant for the movie The Patriot before telling all to "Kiss His Ass". The song of songs for Ted though that reached epic poportions before he was through though was Stranglehold. Man what a motherfucker that was tonight. With his rhythm kings Tommy Aldridge and Marco Mendoza laying down a solid back beat Ted was a monster on this one, hope I can still have babies.

Now the Main Event "the hottest band in the world KISS !!!!" Let me tell you I've seen the boys five times this tour and this was by far the sloppiest I've ever heard them sound. I don't know if it was the acoustics or if someone was asleep at the soundboard but the mix for the first half of the show absolutely sucked. Ace butchered Shock Me so bad it wasn't even funny. Ace man I love you and I even named my dog after you but I'm sorry I think my dog could have played better than you tonight. When they were on which was about every other song they were great but when they were off it was putrid. Paul tried to ad lib a little for the intro to Shock Me and totally lost his train of thought. I thing it was called a pregnent pause but it was pretty noticible and while it was admirable that he was trying to come up with something original instead of the same pablum puking intros I've heard the other four shows I think it would be a lot safer if Paul would just stick to the script. Other than that it was the same songs in the same order and all the same gimmicks. Talk about going through the motions. Jesus Christ these guys have been at it 27 years can't they switch a song or two every night ??? Wheres Strutter, C'mon and Love Me, I Stole Your Love, Comin Home ???? Why doesn't Peter sing more??? How about Baby Driver of Hard Luck Women ??? I don't mean to rag on Ace but would you please drop 2000 Man and maybe do Rocket Ride or Hell Two Sides Of The Coin would sound better. Paul how about a verse of two of Shandi and Sub the town name for the girls in the line "tonight must last us forever".

On a posative note Peter sounded the best on Beth that I'd ever heard him and while it was an off night for the band they still can blow most average bands off the stage at any given time they want. I love these guys dearly and wish them the best but please you guys can do better than this

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