Hey man, you have NO idea what your talking about in regards to Hugo's EVOLUTION.
First of all, I was at the Hempstead show and there was almost 5000 people there, so don't comment on things you know nothing about!!!
Second, the last time they played BB Kings in NYC, it was sold out and they turned away 200 poeple, they are playing there again on Nov 4th, you better get yout ticket fast.
But you are right about the LI live music scene, it sucks, that's why EVOLUTION plays all over the country, they ARE the best Journey tribute show in the country. Just ask any promoter or talent buyer.........
strangegrey wrote:Welcome to last week. There was already a thread discussing this guy and his fatness, inability to stay on pitch, inability to remember lyrics (using cheat sheats on the drum riser) CC Banana on guitar, lack of professionalism, lack of Jenny Craig and the other various idiotic crap that plagues this band (and seemingly all the tribute bands out there).
...I personally am quite down on the whole tribute band concept these days. he fact remains that when the band these tribute acts are paying tribute to, acts more like a tribute act in itself, the whole mess becomes sad, disturbing, and off-putting.
While I think Jeremey might have a bit of a leg up on some of the other steve perry wannabe's singing for journey tribute acts these days, I still think the tribute scene (with respect to Journey) is sad. Very sad. Perhaps there's still a draw in some markets. However, I can tell you for shit certain, that on long island, the tribute thing (which was huge between the late 90s (power windows :rush tribute) and mid 2004 (evolution: jrny trib and Bad Med:BJ trib).....it is deader than a doornail right now. Just last year, Evolution (fronted by Hugo) played a lame free outdoor town of hempstead band shell. While I didn't go, this was a FAR cry from when this band and other big-name tribute acts were packing places like BB Kings in manhattan or large bar venues on long island.