Jackyl

Black Stone Cherry at ROCKLAHOMA 2017 (in Pryor, Oklahoma, US, May 26, 2017)
Live Reviews

ROCKLAHOMA 2017 (Day 3)

May 30, 2017 Zac Halter

Day three of Rocklahoma (ROK) located near Pryor, Oklahoma, is a series of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music festivals planned by AEG and billed as the World’s Loudest Month from late April to early June, appeared to recover from the severe weather the night before cancelling most of the scheduled shows before they really got started. Tents and portable toilets were upright again, the dusty fields washed and dried. Disappointed fans continued to vent their disappointment online while other fans reminded them of the unpredictability of Mother Nature and the need for safety in light of the dangerous collapse of two side stages in 2008. Black Stone Cherry led the main stage on the warm and fresh afternoon matching the band’s enthusiastic energy. The bleached blond spark plug guitarist, Ben Wells, bounded across the stage inciting the fans to raise their fists while drummer, John Fred Young, pounded the skins in his best impression of Animal, the Muppet.  They blazed through a 30-minute set featuring crowd favorites “White Trash Millionaire” and “Blame It On The Boom Boom”. Buckcherry followed on the main stage cranking out 40 minutes before the festival inexplicably lost power completely. Rumors and suspicions of another cancelled day of shows flew through the crowd still fresh with disappointment from the day before. After forty minutes of contemplative silence, a back-up generator at the main stage allowed festival organizers to announce the power outage affected the entire county, not just the festival. Later, they announced the source of the outage was a bird alighting atop a transformer; taking out the power and, presumably, atomizing the bird. The announcement also advised fans all the bands would play despite the delay. Power and Rock was restored 50 minutes after the initial silencing with Wage War taking the second stage. The …READ MORE

JACKYL - Live At The Full Throttle Saloon
Blu-ray/DVD Reviews

JACKYL – Live At The Full Throttle Saloon

October 6, 2004 Dan Skiba

Jackyl entered the music scene in 1992 with an unusually “pure” approach to Raunch ‘n’ Roll Heavy Rock music. Although Metal was on the verge of losing its “en vogue” status at that time in history, Jackyl was successful in endearing themselves to Rock fans everywhere with their straightforward Sex, Drugs (well maybe just booze), and Rock ‘n’ Roll musical message. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Jackyl has always focused on the obnoxiously fun aspects of Rock ‘n’ Roll … and hand-in-hand with their repugnancy is, of course, their emphasis on the “physical” aspects of interpersonal relationships. Sturgis, South Dakota, USA’s Harley Davidson Motorcycle annual rally in 2003 was the site for this Jackyl concert – an outdoor venue called The Full Throttle Saloon – self-proclaimed as the largest biker bar in the world. Geez, with the ability to hold 15,000 … are there really bars of any sort bigger than this anywhere? The concert starts out with a midget (Donald) coming out on a midget Harley perched on a wood slab, revving the throttle in excess, as if someone told him 10,000 rpm’s would add 5 centimeters to his stature. The professional wrestler Goldberg then comes on stage on a conventional Harley, picks up the midget and puts him on his shoulder, then introduces the band to the screaming audience. Definitely a memorable beginning – actually, as a Sturgis rally attendee, what more could you want besides Goldberg, a midget, Harleys, and the hard-driving Southern Rock/Metal sounds of Jackyl? Jackyl hits each of their albums during this show, and Jesse James Dupree spends quite a bit of time interacting and talking to the audience. Clearly, he and the band are completely in their element with this crowd. The show, however, is essentially “no frills.” There’s really no stage or …READ MORE