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Appetite For Deception, a Guns ‘n Roses tribute band
By Gary Draper
Looking back at August, I have some mixed feelings.
I had great fun, but also a sad reminder
of someone very special that we lost on August
18, 2008.
This year marked the fourth anniversary
to the untimely death of local musician and friend,
JOE SHIKANY.
Watch a music
video in his
honor, go to www.
youtube.com and
search “Heaven
Is Louder Today”
a tribute to Joe
Shikany.
I ventu red
over to Eastern
Washington for
a concert at the
Knitting Factory
(AKA: The Knit)
in Spokane on Friday, August 10. Friends of mine
in an original progressive rock band from Moscow,
Idaho called VIAL 8 opened for a GUNS N' ROSES
tribute band from Portland by the name of APPE-
TITE FOR DECEPTION.
There were just the two bands on the bill, but
trust me, everybody got their money's worth of great
music. I've been a big fan of VIAL 8 ever since I first
saw them perform.
It would be well worth your time to go online to
"www.vial8.net" and check out their original songs
and purchase the CD "Lucky 13".
I had been hearing a lot of good things about AP-
PETITE FOR DECEPTION so I was very anxious to
check them out. If you are a GUNS N' ROSES fan,
you really gotta go see these guys. I didn't expect
anything too special, but was pleasantly surprised.
The bass guitarist looks so much like Duff McKagan
that I had to do a double take when they hit
the stage. The front man of the band has Axl Rose's
moves nailed down perfectly, and did a great job on
the vocals. As a matter of fact, the entire band is
very talented. They played about a two-hour set, and
their high energy performance held up to the end. I
really look forward to seeing them again. Go online
to "www.appetitefordeception.com" to find the dates
and places they'll be performing.
www.nwkaraokeguide.net
Photo by Alan Birdsell