Hello Tokyo, Bye Bye Osaka - Live in Japan 1999

Blue Cheer - Hello Tokyo, bye bye Osaka - Live in Japan
Being a band from the early '70s, Blue Cheer plays here, on a disc culled from Japan shows in 1999, like the group still matters. The trio -- original rhythm section Dickie Peterson and Paul Whaley joined by Andrew "Duck" McDonald -- bash out their loud proto-metal workhorses like "Summertime Blues" and "The Hunter" alongside newer ones. Occasionally, McDonald's pounding riffs approximate the beautifully distorted mess of Blue Cheer sides of old, epitomized by Peterson's embarrassing on-stage blathering ("Are you ready...I can't f*cking hear you!"). Still, you can't fault a band for playing as loud as Motörhead (having predated Lemmy by eight years) long after its name has largely, and regrettably, been forgotten from hard rock history. For band fanatics and metal scholars.