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“Images by
Barbara”
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It was all about heat
and humidity
last weekend
and,
nonetheless,
Crankenstein was
burning up their
amps inside The
Avenue Café in
Black Rock on
Saturday, August
13th.
Crankenstein is
a band not for
the faint at
heart. If
you're in the
mood for a
head-banging,
slamming in a
mosh pit, gimee
a shot of Jack
Daniels kind of
night, then this
band's for you!
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Crankenstein is made
up of a
formidable group
of well-known
musicians that
have been on the
band circuit for
some time.
On vocals is
Junior Rivera,
also of Bad
Mojo.
Billy Denigris,
one of the
original members
of the Drunken
Bozos, as well
as Four Sticks,
stands out on
bass.
On guitar, Chet
Conboni, of
World Pain and
formerly of
Mental Elvis.
Chet is also
well known on
the open jam
circuit.
Vic Chiappetta,
also of Bad
Mojo, is on
drums.
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Comparatively
speaking, I can
think of a few
cover bands on
the circuit that
cover this area
of music, but I
don't think that
the others are
as quite as LOUD
as Crankenstein!
No doubt, they
dusted off their
albums to pull a
classic set list
together which
includes lots of
Judas Priest,
Iron Maiden,
Black Sabbath,
AC/DC and Dio.
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The band, musically,
is tight.
I was privy to
the second set
and notably,
there were some
grinding guitars
on "Ides of
March/Rat's
Child".
Crankenstein
also had a
unique
combination of
tunes - a Jeff
Beck cover,
"Blue Wind" that
rolled right
into "Train Kept
a Rollin'", by
Aerosmith.
Chiapettea's
drum solo got
the applause
from their
audience on
their version of
a classic
Sabbath tune,
"Rat Salad".
The crowd went
wild and began
chanting during
the intro to
"TNT" by AC/DC.
Make no mistake
about it, this
band is loud and
makes no apology
for it.
Dust off your
leathers (did we
ever actually
put them
away?!!),
because metal is
BACK!
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Crankenstein is
currently in the
process of
booking some
gigs at local
clubs and we
will have them
posted on the
gig lister when
they are
scheduled.
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If you are in the Fairfield/New Haven County area
and would like Barbara to come down and check out
your band, please contact her @
barbara@ctmusicscene.com?
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