Show Baby Animals Survive Utah's Salty Resort f Concert Review j J Dave ne H Hansen I I SUNDOWN at Saltair resort created created seated cre se- some beautiful scenery Friday Oct OcL 1 It also proved to be an amazing night for rock n roll listeners as Baby Animals performed a warm wann up show t for Robert Plant The Australian Animals are promoting promoting pro pro- promoting their second album Shaved and Dangerous and have been fortunate f fortunate fortu fortu- nate enough to tour with some of the biggest names in the rock business such as Van Halen Hafen Bryan Adams and now former fonner Led d Zeppelin legend Robert Plant The Trie Animals first hit single Painless Painless Pain less from their debut album was rotated rotated ro ro- ro on MTV when released in 1991 Actress Valerie Bertinelli wife of Eddie Van Halen liked the Painless video so much that she bought the album which eventually hooked them up with Von Van Halen Halen's s For Unlawful Unlawful Unlawful Un Un- lawful Carnal Knowledge tour The music from Shaved and Dangerous was produced by Ed who works with rock band Living Colour Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt also lent a hand on production and performance of the song Because I Can The Baby Animals left the stage that night with a performance involving involving involving ing no gimmicks tricky showmanship or crude language or actions to prove their standing as great rock n roll performers Instead they relied on a solid live performance of instruments and vocals to display the talent they have acquired Suze DeMarchi vocalist and only female of the foursome gave a great performance of voice oftentimes oftentimes oftentimes often often- times husky and definitely con- con iti A AA srN sr A t. t I. I r J 1 r. r b FI a N v J I d v p y l I r. r I. I 1 1 ri f. f f l ir 1 i r v Australian band Baby Animals visit Saltair resort to warm up for Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant of the particular emotion and theme of the song being per per- formed She also did some pretty good guitar playing on stage The rest of the Animals include Dave Leslie LesHe lead guitar Frank Celenza drums and Eddie Parise on bass all of which played their parts equally as fine me The sound of this band some some- times has a ish blues-ish tone with the definite rhythm heavy guitar sounds and beat of rock as they performed Dont Tell Me What To ToDo ToDo ToDo Do and Be My Friend from the new album also from Shaved and Dangerous was performed excellently excellently excellently excel excel- with an alternative sounding riff similar to the sound of Living Colour with a capturing and enticing enticing enticing ing head-banging head beat involving catchy tempo changes Baby Animals can be found in music stores under the Imago label Shaved and Dangerous is isan isan isan an impressive effort and worthy of purchase coming from a fairly new band without as yet too much recognition in the United States |