SoundCheck Live Take 96 (NAMM Edition)

Special Guests: 

Ryan Roxie, Eric Dover and Chris Wyse

Lucky Strike Live, Hollywood, CA – Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023

Recap/Pics: Will

The NAMM week edition of SoundCheck Live is always a special occasion and the 2024, January event was no exception.  

The evening kicked off with Local Spotlight Openers, Edge Of Paradise fresh off the heels of their amazing 2023 release, “Hologram” (#7 on the WTR Top 10 Albums of 2023).  

Act I saw the return of all the original SoundCheck Live Resident Band members.  They kicked off with “Centerfold” (J Geils Band) and then produced one of the many amazing moments of the evening on a foot stomping, heart pounding version of “Living On The Edge” (Aersomith).  Tomasina Abate slayed on “Words” (Missing Persons) and “Army Of Me” (Bjork) with the help from Dirty Honey’s, Justin Smolian. August Zadra produced a “Fantasy” (Aldo Nova) and the end Act I also saw a reunion and farewell (of sorts) performance from 20Something’s Sam “Bam” Koltun and GabrieLa who is leaving LA LA Land and heading to Nashville.

Act II brought out the special guests – Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper), Eric Dover (Slash’s Snakepit) and Chris Wyse (The Cult, Owl). Ryan came out and shouted “Hello Nashville” and his humor and talent was on display for the rest of the show.  They ran through a killer, 8 songs of classic rock that included “20th Century Boy” (T-Rex), “Action” (Sweet), “Sympathy For The Devil” (Rolling Stones) and of course an Alice Cooper track, “Be My Lover“.  They were joined at times by Steve Ferlazzo (keys), Derek Frank (bass) and drums were handled by Chris’ fellow Hollywood Vampire touring mate, Glen Sobel. 

Act III saw, almost all of the band, Budderside joined by Johnny Martin (LA Guns) and Goodtime Greg blast through an epic version of “Bleed It Out” (Linkin Park) which saw Greg heading into the Lucky Strike Crowd to throw down some rhymes. Soundcheck Live got a little bit prog. with Jimmy Keegan joining Stu Hamm, Ferlazzo and Nick Maybury on “Tempus Fugit” (Yes).  Stephen McSwain brought the heat with some old school AC/DC “Kicked In The Teeth” and “Would” (Alice In Chains). The evening was closed out by the Resident Band with two great versions of “A Li’l Aint Enough” (David Lee Roth) and “That’s All” (Genesis).

Introductions and Bad Jokes by: Izzy Presley

SCL 96 Performers:

ALEJANDRO MERCADO    JUDE GOLD   ANNETTE FRANK    JUSTIN SMOLIAN
AUGUST ZADRA    KEITH ENGLAND    KENNY LOCKWOOD
CARL RESTIVO    KIM FERLAZZO   CHRIS WYSE    LEANNE BOWES
CHRISTIAN HOGAN    LISA MARGAROLI   DAVID BATES    MARGARITA MONET
DAVID RUIZ    NATE DAWSON   DEREK FRANK    PATRICK STONE
ERIC DOVER    PAVEL VALDMAN   GABRIELA   RANDY COOKE
GLEN SOBEL    RYAN ROXIE   GRECCO BURATTO    SAM KOLTUN
GREG    SHAWN DUNCAN   IZZY PRESLEY    STEPHEN McSWAIN
JAMES KEEGAN    STEVE FEKETE   JAMIE MORENO    STEVE FERLAZZO
JEFF DEWBRAY    STUART HAMM   JOHNNY MARTIN    TOMASINA ABATE

Local Spotlight Opener: Edge Of Paradise

SOLDIERS OF DANGER
MONET(v)/MORENO(d)/LOCKWOOD(b)/BATES(g1)/
RUIZ(g2)

HOLOGRAM
MONET(v)/MORENO(d)/LOCKWOOD(b)/BATES(g1)/
RUIZ(g2)

THE FACELESS
MONET(v)/MORENO(d)/LOCKWOOD(b)/BATES(g1)/
RUIZ(g2)

DIGITAL PARADISE
MONET(v)/MORENO(d)/LOCKWOOD(b)/BATES(g1)/
RUIZ(g2)

THE BASILISK
MONET(v)/MORENO(d)/LOCKWOOD(b)/BATES(g1)/
RUIZ(g2)

Act I:

CENTERFOLD – J. Geils
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/
ANNETTE/LISA(bv)

WICKED GARDEN – Stone Temple Pilots
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)

WORDS – Missing Persons
TOMASINA(v)/MERCADO(d)/SMOLIAN(b)/GOLD(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

ARMY OF ME – Bjork
TOMASINA(v)/MERCADO(d)/SMOLIAN(b)/GOLD(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

FANTASY – Aldo Nova
ZADRA(v)/VALDMAN(d)/BOWES(b)/ZADRA(g1)/FEKETE(g2)/
FERLAZZO(k)

WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND – Loverboy
ZADRA(v)/VALDMAN(d)/BOWES(b)/ZADRA(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

EDGE OF MIDNIGHT – Miley Cyrus
GABRIELA(v)/COOKE(d)/BRADFORD(b)/BURATTO(g1)/
KOLTUN(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

HOT STUFF – Donna Summer
GABRIELA(v)/COOKE(d)/BRADFORD(b)/BURATTO(g1)/KOLTUN(g2)
FERLAZZO(k)

LIVING ON THE EDGE – Aerosmith
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)/
KOLTUN(g2)/ZADRA(acou)/FERLAZZO(k)/ANNETTE/LISA(bv)

Act II: Ryan Roxie, Chris Wyse, Eric Dover

INVISIBLE SUN – The Police
WYSE(v)(b)/SOBEL(d)/FEKETE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

FIVE to ONE – The Doors
WYSE(v)(b)/SOBEL(d)/FEKETE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

20TH CENTURY BOY – T-Rex
ROXIE(v)(g1)/SOBEL(d)/WYSE(b)/DOVER(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

CALIFORNIA MAN – Cheap Trick
ROXIE(v)(g1)/SOBEL(d)/WYSE(b)/DOVER(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

OH DARLING – The Beatles
DOVER(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/ROXIE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

ACTION – Sweet
DOVER(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/FRANKb)/ROXIE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – Rolling Stones
DOVER(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/WYSE(b)/ROXIE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

BE MY LOVER – Alice Cooper
ROXIE(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/WYSE(b)ROXIE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

Act III:

BAD MEDICINE – Bon Jovi
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)/KOLTUN(g2)/
FERLAZZO(k)/LISA(bv)

BLEED IT OUT – Linkin Park
STONE(v)/GOODTIME GREG(v2)/DEWBRAY(d)/MARTIN(b)/KOLTUN(g1)/         NIKOLIC (g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Muse
STONE(v)/DEWBRAY(d)/MARTIN(b)/KOLTUN(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/LISA(bv)

TEMPUS FUGIT – Yes
KEEGAN(d)(v)/HAMM(b)/MAYBURY(g)FERLAZZO(k)(v)

IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT – UK
ENGLAND(v)/KEEGAN(d)/HAMM(b)/MAYBURY(g)FERLAZZO(k)

KICKED IN THE TEETH – AC/DC
McSWAIN(v)/DUNCAN(d)/MARTIN(b)/BATES(g1)/RUIZ(g2)

WOULD – Alice In Chains
McSWAIN(v)/DUNCAN(d)/MARTIN(b)/BATES(g1)

A LIL AIN’T ENOUGH – David Lee Roth
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/LISA(bv)

THAT’S ALL – Genesis
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/FRANK(b)/FEKETE(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/LISA(bv)

 

Musical Director, Performer & Creator of SCL – Steve Ferlazzo
Backstage Manager for SOUNDCHECK LIVE- Kim Ferlazzo
 
PRODUCTION TEAM:
 
Christian Hogan – Drum Tech
Nate Dawson – Gtr Tech
Terrance Goldberg – Front of House
Crash Cortez – Lucky Strike Production Manager 
Cody Hahn – Monitor Engineer
Mike Garcia – Lighting Designer
Tony Crouse – DP 48 Tech/Stagehand
 

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