Joe Perry use to be great! WTF happened?

[Mailman1971]

I loved Perry growing up. Saw them a few times in the 80s.

 

[Goat]

Ive seen them probably a dozen times over the years, Ive seen Joe have good nights and bad nights throughout all of them. Half the time he was on his game, the other half he looked like he could really care less if he was even there for the show. It never seemed to be that "he was good until X album came out", Ive seen them on tours from "Rocks" and nearly everything afterward, and within that there were always good nights and bad nights. I watched him sit on a Marshall 412 on one show for nearly the whole night and never look up at the audience. Made me want to throw a shoe at him Other times he would come out and kill it. My take ended up being if he felt good on that night, he'd do fine. If he didn't, he'd make you sorry you spent money on a ticket to see them.
I will say the best I ever saw them be live was on the TITA tour, they did a lot of stuff from rocks also. Maybe they were just hungrier at that time in their careers. Or a lot younger...
Whitford always seemed to be glad to be there and doing what he loved, every show, every time. He came into a music store in Tampa one day, I used to get a ton of stuff from Thoughobred Music, we talked for a bit, I think that he thought I didn't know who he was but I did. Really nice, humble down to earth guy. He liked this old beat up Les Paul Jr that I was playing when he came in. I think he left with it.
You never knew who you'd see in there, it was a killer music store.
I talked to Steve Clark from Def Leppard in there a month before he died..

Three of my friends met Randy Rhoads and Rudy Sarzo at that same store. I purchased my first Jackson there.

 

[UltraGary]

Ive seen them probably a dozen times over the years, Ive seen Joe have good nights and bad nights throughout all of them. Half the time he was on his game, the other half he looked like he could really care less if he was even there for the show. It never seemed to be that "he was good until X album came out", Ive seen them on tours from "Rocks" and nearly everything afterward, and within that there were always good nights and bad nights. I watched him sit on a Marshall 412 on one show for nearly the whole night and never look up at the audience. Made me want to throw a shoe at him Other times he would come out and kill it. My take ended up being if he felt good on that night, he'd do fine. If he didn't, he'd make you sorry you spent money on a ticket to see them.
I will say the best I ever saw them be live was on the TITA tour, they did a lot of stuff from rocks also. Maybe they were just hungrier at that time in their careers. Or a lot younger...
Whitford always seemed to be glad to be there and doing what he loved, every show, every time. He came into a music store in Tampa one day, I used to get a ton of stuff from Thoughobred Music, we talked for a bit, I think that he thought I didn't know who he was but I did. Really nice, humble down to earth guy. He liked this old beat up Les Paul Jr that I was playing when he came in. I think he left with it.
You never knew who you'd see in there, it was a killer music store.
I talked to Steve Clark from Def Leppard in there a month before he died..

Three of my friends met Randy Rhoads and Rudy Sarzo at that same store. I purchased my first Jackson from there.

What a trip. I only lived in Florida for 2.5 years ('85-'87) and I too bought my 1st Jackson there! (white Randy Rhoads...GREAT guitar) That was a damn good store.

 

[Devin]

Drugs and too much money to give a shit