This past summer back in June, Star Wars tribute band Galactic Empire announced a full U.S. tour happening in late August through October, with such bands as Super Madness and Powerglove taking part in it. This band decided to come through Los Angeles, California playing at the venue called The Mint, a tiny hole in the wall establishment. This show would bring out the geek and nerd in all in attendance, because a lot of the tracks performed by the various bands would be TV and movie themes, cartoon songs as well as what else video game cover songs too!
Doors opening at 7:30PM with the openers Super Madnes, brought the video game instrumental fun out of themselves, playing such gaming tunes as tracks from Castlevania, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy, RoboCop, among other catchy yet upbeat tracks that got everyone into it. Lots of familiarity with applause within the gathering crowd, recognizing numerous tracks of their beloved video games of the past, present, and perhaps future, that they could remember with glee. Super Madnes is an act of trio of musicians, that have catchy momentum, making a tribute to video games and heavy metal music in general, that has a beat we could all withstand and admire.
SUPER MADNES:
Following these guys would be Powerglove, whose last performance was seen back in 2011 during The Summer Slaughter Tour, where the band played during that tour’s half time show, giving quite the performance back then. But tonight’s was no different minus some minor things, the line up has changed in some forms, no crazy costumes this time, member shortage by the looks of it, but still a lot of fun with their extensive set. Singing a variety of cartoon and video game tracks ranging from the X-Men, Tetris, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Ghostbusters, Pokemon and even Power Rangers! Their performance tonight was just as fun as it was seeing them way back in 2011! Lots of memories growing up with a majority of these shows brought excitement for me and many others enjoying it. Lots of energy, memorable music, with fun thrown in from start to finish is how Powerglove throws itself out there, giving the crowd their full undivided attention.
POWERGLOVE:
Wrapping up the evening would be a band from a galaxy far, far away that being tribute of sorts to the Star Wars franchise and series of spin offs as a whole, is what this band is all about. Coming upon the stage dressed in full on costume attire, is what draws your attention to their presents. Their songs being a lot of the Star Wars catalog of songs, as well as other theme’s from film like Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and even Pirates of the Caribbean. One of the well known tracks being “Duel of the Fates” is what got the crowd hyped up, causing a mosh pit to break out, this being clever yet funny to witness. But these guys are truly instrumentally based, no vocalization whatsoever which may deter some but they still bring the energy with that angst of riffs, solos, and upbeat tone of force. It kept the crowd there getting into their theatrics through and through.
GALACTIC EMPIRE:
Overall this trio of video game forces of acts, brought out the real “fun” for all there of all ages, shapes, and sizes. If video games, is your go too thing, then by all means giving either one of these guys a listen or seeing them live in person is a must see, just for the fun of it!
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