K.K. Downing kertoo jännittäneensä Back To The Beginning -keikan esiintymistään: ”Metallin kaikkien aikojen tärkein show”
Entinen Judas Priest -kitaristi K.K. Downing, joka esitti Judas Priestin ”Breaking The Law”– ja Black Sabbathin ”Snowblind”-kappaleet viime lauantaina järjestetyssä Back To The Beginning -tapahtumassa Villa Parkissa, Birminghamissa, nousi lavalle yhdessä Billy Corganin (The Smashing Pumpkins), Tom Morellon (Rage Against The Machine), Adam Jonesin (Tool), Rudy Sarzon (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake) ja Danny Careyn (Tool) kanssa.
Downing on jakanut tuntemuksiaan ja kuvia tapahtumasta sosiaalisessa mediassa kertoen jännittäneensä keikkaa ja kutsuen sitä kaikkien aikojen tärkeimmäksi metalli- ja rock-show’ksi. Downing myös kehui vuolaasti tapahtuman järjestelyjä ja artisteja:
”Incredible!!! That is the only word for what has just taken place!
All throughout rehearsals and up to soundcheck I was thinking is this really at all possible? There were amplifiers, speakers, pedal boards, and miles and miles of cables everywhere, and hundreds of people all going in tons of different directions. I had to ask myself ‘could I actually be a bit nervous?’ Hell yeah! I was, this is going to be the most Important show in rock and metal ever!!!
Then when I arrived on the day, the show was already under way, and when I got to my dressing room I was notified that the show was running 20 minutes ahead of schedule. This was truly in itself a very rare achievement, I cannot praise everyone enough that was involved with organising this wonderful event.
The curtain went up for me and my amazing bandmates and everything had come magically together, this event was truly in the hands of top professionals. I would like to thank the band — Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Rudy Sarzo, Billy Corgan, and last but not least the event’s musical director Tom Morello, who really did dedicate himself to this show over so many months.
I cannot end without saying a massive thank you to Sharon, Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, and Bill for making all of this possible, and for their great contribution to a very worthy charity.
I think King Charles III of England should now prepare to award Sharon and the Mighty Black Sabbath each a very well-deserved knighthood.Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenMainos päättyy