SHOTS IN THE DARK

                       BY STEVE TRUGLIO

SPEAKING OF VAMPIRE CHICKS , I SAW A LITTLE GIRL WITH HUGE FANGS GET DRAGGED OUT OF THE PIT CRYING DURING TYPE O NEGATIVE' S TWO- HOUR SET AT THE CONCRETE PARTY WITH MEGADETH, PUYA, FULL DEVIL JACKET, AND DDT. DONT THEY REGENERATE AFTER INJURY ? ANYWAY, TYPE-O PLAYED A COOL SET, BUT DIDNT PLAY ANY OF THE NEW RECORD, WORLD COMING DOWN, THAT JUST CRUSHES ME EVERYTIME  I PLAY IT . OH SORRY, IT DIDNT COME OUT TILL THE 21ST.

MEGADETH WERE TIGHT AS ALWAYS, PLAYING VARIOUS HITS FROM THROUGHOUT THEIR ARCHIVES. MY FAVORITES WERE ALONG THE LINES OF " HOLY WARS .....THE PUNISHMENT DUE" BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED NOT TO HEAR " DEVILS ISLAND" OR "THE CONJURING. "  THE SABBATH JAM AT THE END OF THE NIGHT WAS A TRIP. BEING A CHARITY EVENT, SOME SPECIAL GUESTS APPEARED. BRUCE DICKINSON CAME OUT WITH LOCAL SABBATH TRIBUTE , SABBRA CADABRA TO DO "SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH. "

A " CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE " LATER, FRONTMAN PETER STEELE AND DRUMMER JOHN KELLY OF TYPE O CAME OUT FOR A FUN SLAUGHTER OF N.I.B. . PETE CAN BE PRETTY FUNNY SOMETIMES; HE LOOKED A LITTLE STRANGE WITHOUT HIS BASS IN HIS HANDS. I GUESS YOU HAD TO SEE IT. THEY HIT N.Y. ON 10 /29 AT ROSELAND BALLROOM. CANT BEAT THEM FOR HALLOWEEN.

ALL IN ALL THE PARTY WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS , AS THEY RAISED OVER $55,000 FOR PEDIATRIC AIDS. AS FOR THE OPEN BAR PARTY THAT WENT ON IN THE UPSTAIRS BALCONY ALL NITE, IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF FUCKIN FUN FROM WHERE I STOOD.......DOWNSTAIRS. SHIT OUT OF LUCK. NAH IM NOT BITTER