Concert Review: Motorhead and the Misfits at Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge, 9/7/08

The Volcom Tour with Motorhead, the Misfits, Valient Thorr and whoever else

Better Than: Having a Saint Bernard bite your ass.

By JASON HARPER

Anything that happened before that shot of Wild Turkey 101 really isn’t that important

But…

We rolled into Harrah’s just before 9, and arrived just as the Misfits were starting their set. Jerry Only, Misfits bassist and singer, still looks every bit the collectible action figure of his early days. He was supported by original Misfits drummer Robo and Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena, who had enough makeup on to make JonBenet Ramsey look like a slouch.

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A circle pit opened up and didn’t close until the end of the night. The Misfits show consisted of about 17 two-minute punk songs interrupted only by Jerry’s barks to play the next song. “Blahblahblah1234” was his typical announcement. I marveled at his GI Joe getup, with his devilock, Skeletor bass and HR Giger boots. If anything, the Misfits reminded reminded me that punk is totally rooted in doo-wop and pop of the 1950s.

After a long interlude, Motorhead took the stage. Three Marshall stacks on left and three on the right heralded their British allegience, with a massive, two-story drumset in the middle for Mikkey Dee to have his doublekickin’ ways with.