{"id":6420,"date":"2016-08-15T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6420"},"modified":"2019-01-28T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:57:54","slug":"a-jog-down-memory-lane-to-1986-raw-power-reloaded-and-h20-with-pure-dancing-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=6420","title":{"rendered":"… a jog down memory lane to 1986: Raw Power reloaded and H20 with pure dancing fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that was supposed to be fun – not only was our old mate Rudi on his (by now almost annual) trip to Europe (Rebellion first, then 2 weeks with his Hamburg Family before returning to his new home and his loved ones in Perth) but it was also the return of Raw Power (though an incarnation far from what i kept memory).<\/p>\n

I saw Raw Power in 1986 in L\u00fcbeck and they blew us away not only with the 17 year old drummer with the double bass but also with their long hair and their sheer power. Sheer raw power. They made a huge impact on many (and on some in Hamburg) who followed the H\/C-Metal fusion style and created band after band with that style.<\/p>\n

I remember them for these looks (and the double bass drum):<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bF6l01UxF_c<\/p>\n

But first things first, Free Target from Schwerin had the not so encouraging support slot and had loads of space in front of the stage – one of their two vocalists could roam it without being challenged. Somehow sad, as quite a lot of people did show up for this Sunday show.<\/p>\n

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Free Target (Monkeys Music Club, Hamburg, 14.08.2016 (c) gehkacken.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They had some neat moments, most of them driven by actually 3 people singing and thus providing a degree of variability that many bands can not give (on the vocal side). Interesting concept indeed. They also covered Negative FX but to no avail – the audience for a large portion was not interested in them and blocked the bar and the alleyways in the Monkeys. Sad – they deserve a wee bit more attention. Fact!<\/p>\n

Next Raw Power and at the start it felt a wee bit odd: The sounded like a copy of the Raw Power i imagined but i guess that is more a fault on my side (with a 30 year gap in following the adventures of Raw Power). They had a long setlist and went on … to sound better and better (though they somehow killed their stunning hit “We shall overcome” and took some of the magic away by blasting it).<\/p>\n