Slash’s Snakepit is trying to get the crowd in the right mood. Slash was once in Guns’n’Roses. Now he’s gone solo. With a new band. Or whatever. He should have stayed with Axl. But when Angus and friends enters the stage, the people take their seats, ready for a hell of a ride. ”You Shook Me All Night Long”. Opening act of the Hells Bells tour. Alternating Current/Direct Current is their name written out. The boys are oldtimers by now. But they still know how to get their audience - almost exclusively consisting of white trash from Mississippi/Louisiana/Alabama/etc. - started. It’s good. Very good. As good as it gets. When Angus is lifted up to ring the giant hell bell, the arena explodes. Even the guy in the row in front of us, too stoned to
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