Diary of an Ardent Fan

 

I saw Last In Line at The KING of CLUBS

 

Great venue. Great sound.

 

Last In Line consists of Vivian Campbell on guitar, Vinny Appice on drums, Phil Soussan on bass, and Andrew Freeman on vocals.

 

They have done two very good albums (Heavy Crown and Last In Line II) and they have a third one on the way (Edit:  Third album called Jericho was later released).

 

It started off as a series of jam sessions with 3 ex Dio band members (Vivian, Vinny, and bassist Jimmy Bain), just to have some fun.

 

They got Andrew Freeman (Lynch Mob, The Offspring, Hurricane) to be the singer and then it became a series of shows just playing the stuff they did on the first 3 Dio albums (Holy Diver, The Last In Line, and Sacred Heart) but they had so much fun and got a great response from fans that they decided to make new music and that’s what they’ve done ever since when they have time because Vivian in particular has been one of Def Leppard’s guitarists since the early 90s and he’s busy, but still LIL is a band on its own too.

 

Unfortunately Jimmy Bain passed away while they were playing on the Def Leppard Cruise, but he is on the first LIL album.

 

They then recruited Phil Soussan, who is known as the bassist for Ozzy Osbourne on his album The Ultimate Sin and the tour for that album.

 

And he wrote the song Shot In The Dark from that album.

 

Anyway, all phenomenal musicians and Andrew Freeman is a phenomenal singer and he does the Dio songs justice.

 

They played Dio songs and songs from their two albums.

 

Phenomenal show.

 

They sounded great.

 

They had fun.

 

And the audience had fun.

 

My next concert (if the world doesn’t shut down again) is KISS September 2 in Dayton, Ohio.  (Edit:  this show ultimately happened in 2022.)

 

And I have more events after that, if the world doesn’t shut down again.