Today's post takes us back to Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula, and while we will get to more fallout from last week's battle of the bands in Sault Ste. Marie, we're actually going to focus on St. Ignace today via a long overdue look at the other non-addressed public YouTube videos from July's '80s Rock Invasion concert outside of the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino! I apologize for the delay in these making the site, it was a busy summer and these fell through the cracks. Surprisingly, the remaining extant videos from the show do not include footage of Ace Frehley's headlining set, but three of the supporting bands had videos yet to be featured on the SMS, including co-headlining Los Angeles hair metal band Great White, so what else can you see from them? YouTube user Big Talk (who also filmed Ace's full set) got two videos of Great White playing "Save Your Love" and, as embedded below, "House Of Broken Love".
Unlike Big Talk's video of Ace's set, the Great White videos were shot with two cameras, including the high quality angle from their good front row spot, as well as a second camera at floor level to the stage that had to have been shot by a second person. No word on why the second camera wasn't used for Ace's set, but it's good to see multicam footage for some of Great White's! Everything looks and sounds good for fans of their classic glam metal sound, with Brett Carlisle doing justice to Jack Russell vocally, so check these out above & below!
Next up, the remaining known public YouTube videos from the '80s Rock Invasion come by way of YouTube user Greg Miller, whose channel features almost two dozen more concert videos from classic rock and hair metal shows downstate, so keep those in mind as well. For one reason or another, Greg didn't post anything from Ace Frehley's set nor Vixen's opening set (I haven't found any public videos of Vixen here), but he did upload three videos from the other three bands' sets, so what all can be seen here? From the aforementioned Great White, Greg filmed them covering Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and playing their originals "Desert Moon" and "Lady Red Light" in one video, but embedded below is them playing "Rock Me". While similarly close to the stage as Big Talk was, Greg had a sharper angle and a lower quality camera, but his footage is still strong and captures lots of good views in the moment! Check these out above & below as well!
Now to two bands whose St. Ignace sets haven't had videos featured here yet, starting with Las Vegas glam metal quartet Slaughter, who Greg filmed playing "Fly To The Angels", "Burnin' Bridges", and as embedded below, "Spend My Life". In their (at least) fourth gig in the Sault Ste. Marie area, Slaughter still sound solid, with Mark's voice holding up very well over the years on these classic singles, so don't bypass Greg's videos from their set above & below!
Finally, Greg got three videos of original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler and his solo band in action! Casual fans may have wondered what his solo concerts are like, and with one original exception, his set was entirely comprised of covers of Guns N' Roses songs centered around his time in the band. To that end, the assembled band (filmed here covering "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O Mine", and as embedded below, "Paradise City") are effectively a GNR tribute band, but a very talented and energetic one with very Axlesque vocals, so fans will have got a kick out of Steven's band, especially if you loved "Appetite For Destruction"! Check out Steven & crew above and below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site this week! Thanks everyone!
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