Yeah, they were kinda a stinkfest at that gig, but still, I dig 'em in that incarnation. What with being so depraved, blunt and goal oriented. Like a wrecking "crew" (ha, ha) barely bolted down, but with mountains of power with which to constantly challenge the whole shebang to fully come off the rails.
The strange thing is, Mick's a talented musician/guitarist, in a general sense, and Tommy's one hell of a caveman pounder, yet it's still all such a mess. Of course, at that point, Nikki was barely able to remember what instrument he plays and Vince was ... well, Vince.
Mick is my favorite guitarist of all time. One hell of a rhythm player and a master at melodic pentatonic solos. He played his ass off on the feelgood tour
Tommy is a great musician and even better entertainer
Nikki was the powerhouse n visionary behind it all. He's always admitted that he'll never be a steve harris. Even today he says he prolly not much better that when he started
So where does that leave him? Well he wrote 99% of that music and lyrics
Everyone thinks mick came up with most of the riffs. He did not, but he did come up with some
Vince was vince. His vocals fit perfectly imo over the first 3 albums. After that his voice was gone.
In the studio when recording a song, vince only sings one line at a time. Then when he's ready he sing the next one
Hence why he skips words in concert, even before he was fat
Cocain was his choice of drug. There are sum articles on what coke does to the voice when singing. Vince prolly thought he could sing bettet on it when it was just the oposite in fact
By the time he quit he already had a nickle sized hole in his nose. He was supposed to hav surgery on it right before recording dr feelgood but ran out of time. So he had the surgery after
It didnt seem to make much difference by feelgood-primal scream he sounds hes singing thru his nose
Yet when their all together it just works somehow
