The first track from that record, Touching The Devine,” opened the show. The brilliant new album ‘Rise’ was released just over a month ago and he, and the rest of the #KieferBand, have been on the road supporting it. He is living proof that strength can come from adversity and the strong imagery of the video encapsulated his resolve to push past every hurdle that prevented him from moving forward as singer and as an artist. Walking through the dimly lit room Keifer takes his guitar and smashes the television into complete oblivion, in essence, waving goodbye to his past. In the opening moments of his new video “The Death Of Me” a television is seen flashing messages that included “Vocal Paralysis,” You’ll Never Sing Again,” “Vocal Surgery,” “Bleeding Vocal Chords,” “Lawsuit No New Record,” “Band Falls Apart At The Seams,” “Legal Battle For Solo Record Masters,” “Singer Collapses Before Show,” and “Rushed To Hospital. Guns people want to hear and see and it was pleasure watching this band operate at such a high level again.Ī few months ago, Tom Keifer, gave a powerful statement without uttering a single word. They snuck in “Speed” from ‘The Missing Peace” album before closing with “Rip And Tear.” It was a great set of music that was executed perfectly. Never Enough” into “Ballad Of Jayne” were exactly what people were waiting for and they responded by singing every lyric. With the new album being released they managed to squeeze in the title track, with Lewis wearing a devils mask, and “Gone Honey.Ī fun highlight for me was Tracii throwing in part of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Diary Of A Madman” during a min-solo section which then led into a few minutes of AC/DC’s “Hells Bells.” With the set winding down, it was time for the heavy hitters. The band looked in great spirits and sounded energized and they took the Medina crowd through memory lane with “Kiss My Love Goodbye” which got a tremendous response.

They struck with “Over The Edge” then into “Show No Mercy” and “Sex Action. They also have found some excellent guys to fill out the roster with Ace Von Johnson (guitar), Johnny Martin (bass), and Scot Coogan (drums) to make this current version of L.A. Keeping up with the revolving door of members throughout the bands history is a difficult task but what matters now is Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns once again anchor the outfit and things have never sounded better. It was a follow-up to ‘The Missing Peace’ that dropped in 2017 which returned the band back to their classic hard rocking and unapologetic sound. They are hot off the heels of their second album release, ‘The Devil You Know,’ since Tracii Guns returned to the fold. Guns featured Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns supplying their own fuel injected adrenaline the duo introduced on their debut record back in 1988. Tom Keifer, of Cinderella fame, brought his #Keifer Band and a catalog of hits while L.A. The Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota was packed to hear some hard rock classics that still have as much life today as they did when they were released decades ago.

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