I haven't been to many tribute concerts so I'm not sure if I should compare the band to the original or just describe the concert. Anyway, the concert took place on the same night as Black Ander's concert so I already had a certain state of mind when I stepped through the doors of Rytmikorjaamo. The atmosphere was completely different from the one that I had previously experienced. I can't say that the place was packed with people, but there actually were quite many of them, so I guess AC/DC is still popular here in Seinäjoki. I don't know anything about the band that was performing and unfortunately I can't seem to find anything about them from the internet as well. There were at least five men on stage. One of the singers looked like a young Johnny Rotten, but he actually sounded a lot like Brian Johnson. The other singer had a typical 80's rocker look and so did most of the other band members. I think the bass player was the only one who just looked like a regular Finnish guy (or was it the lead guitar?). The whole band was seemingly filled with pride and energy, so they spent a great amount of time posing on stage, as a typical 80's rock band would. I haven't listened to AC/DC very much so I can't really comment on the setlist. Some of the songs sounded familiar, so maybe they played the most popular ones. The performance was quite alright and some old guys in front of the stage really rocked out, but most of the audience just sat behind their tables or stood quietly in one place. This seems to be very common here in Finland. I always feel a bit sorry for all of the bands who give out so much energy and recieve many times less from the audience. But maybe that's just the Finnish way. So even if you can't see moving hips, you still see the eyes of the audience on you and this way you know, that somewhere deep below the surface their hearts secretly are moving together with the music. In the end of the concert the band gave out free tickets to an AC/DC concert in Paris and the lady who won them had the happiest face I had seen all night. So at least someone was moved on the inside and outside as well :)
I personally didn't like the concert very much though. I guess I'm just not that fond of AC/DC. But it did bring a smile to my face, when one of the singers shouted out „Seinäjoki – Rock City!“ from the stage.
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