Lethbridge got into the spirit of the ’80s for the Cheeky Pig studio grant, June 3 at the Slice. A good sized crowd got into the hair metal vibe by adorning an array a spandex, big hair, makeup and even dressed like members of their favourite bands like Guns n’ N Roses.
Three groups of familiar faces joined forces in unfamiliar bands to put their best spin on ’80s hair metal.
The three bands were the Temple City Christpunchers, Rattail and Glitter and Zenith.
The Temple City Christpunchers aka members of local country rock band The Dearly Departed plus Dave Khallil Jesse Dickson of the Raw Dogs showing off his best ’80s screams, adorned wigs and ’80s garb and guitars for their set.
They took off right away with a hot version of Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law,” and one of my favourite ’80s moments from Kiss “Lick it Up.”
And you couldn’t have an ’80s hair metal night without a nauseating power ballad. So they played Bon Jovi’s “ Bed of Roses.”
They also played some Steel Panther and wound down their set with Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City.”
I caught the last few songs of Rattail including Keenan and Shael Pezderic and Scott Mezei plus Elliot Mereski and Dustin Gergel. They nailed the ’80s look, looking like early ’80s Judas Priest.
They played a hot cover of Foreigner’s “ Jukebox Hero” plus some more Steel Panther and ended their set with “ Motley Crüe’s “Dr. Feelgood.”
The last band of the night was Jolene Draper’s band who added a female touch to hair metal hits like Poison”s “ Talk Dirty To Me” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me.”
For the power ballad part of their set they played Extreme’s “To Be With You.”
