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A great souvenir of the 2013 tour. Saw them in Los Angeles and they put on a kick-ass, high energy show. Long, generous set list, too. Every song you could want to hear is here. Sure, Simon’s voice cracks in a few places and there are some high notes that are just out of reach but this is a raw, unedited live performance. They had been on tour for a while at this point, probably with little sleep. These are demanding songs even when you’re not running around on stage and singing 16 songs in a row. I really hope he stays with the band. The band sounds really tight. They do a good job with the backing vocals live and the recorded sound of the instruments is excellent. Any time the guitar drops out and it’s just bass and drums I picture Peter swaying back and forth in that red leather jacket. Maritn is one of the best guitar players out there. I like that he doesn’t go for all the Yngwie noodlie-noodlie crap that helped kill rock music for the fans that didn’t play guitar. He plays rock guitar right—octaves and harmonics but no whammy bar a la Joe Perry or Slash. With some live albums you really miss the overdubs when there’s only one guitar player in the band but here it never feels like anything’s missing. Eric is an outstanding drummer and as much as I love drum solos, like most fans I’d rather hear another song so kudos for that, too. The world really needs a band like Crashdiet right now. It seems like the only good rock music left in America are the snippets we hear in movies and T.V. commercials. It takes hearing “Back in the New York Groove?? in a DiCaprio movie to remember what a great song that was—you’ll never hear it on the radio again. Many bands have the look but not the chops to back it up or might play great but not have the songs (Dream Theater). They might borrow a lot of their song titles from other bands but Crashdiet are original and current and I hope they come back to Los Angeles again soon. And next year the Wiltern instead of the Whisky!