Honeymoon Suite still rocks!
Published September 26, 2003
Last night, my girlfriend and I saw one of my favorite rock bands, Honeymoon Suite! They played at the Capitol Theater in Windsor, Ontario - (a nice, small, intimate venue) and by the end of the night, almost all the 100-200 fans were on their feet and the place was rockin'!! If you don't remember Honeymoon Suite, you're missing out on some great rock and roll - Hits like "New Girl Now", "What Does it Take", "Bad Attitude", and "Love Changes Everything" - all were played last night, and sounded just as good as when they were first released!
The night was special for the promoter (Scott of Magic Enterprises), he met his wife of 10 years at a Honeymoon Suite concert. He thought it would be great to bring them to Windsor and have them celebrate his 10th anniversary! A great idea!
Honeymoon Suite opened the night with a great tune "Other Side Of Midnight", and played various tunes from their 6 album collection (including the songs listed below)! A big highlight of the night was "What does it take" - Peter Nunn (Keyboards) played a mean solo before it, to honor the anniversary couple, and it rocked the place!!! Various solos were also present through the night (except no drum solo???), Derry Grehan (Lead Guitar) did an awesome solo near the end of the night, almost sounding like classic Eddie Van Halen!
All in all, we had a great time - I enjoyed hearing the classic great tunes and some of the new tunes of their 'Lemon Tongue' CD - I was happy to finally see them live!!
- Honeymoon Suite still rocks!
- Published: September 26, 2003
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I guess you could say that Derry Grehan can sound like Eddie when he wants (he's got a great two-handed fretting technique), but this description sells him short. He's actually one of the most versatile guitarists from the era, right up there with fellow 80's guitarists like Steve Stevens and Elliot Easton (off the top of my head) in terms of originality, technique, and restraint. It's a shame that he's underrated (at least here in the States).
I've unfortunately only seen the band once: back in '87, when they opened for Heart at the Meadowlands in NJ (IIRC, they were playing -- well -- on borrowed equipment, as their gear had just been stolen).
Did anyone else read the latest issue of Guitar Player, where hair metal is cited as the new classic rock? I miss the days of musicians who may bot have been too deep in their lyrics, but spent hours practicing and money on good production.
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Wow, now there's a band I haven't heard in awhile. Another 80's flicker of light.