Live Review
Nitzinger       

          I had the "honor" of seeing a John Nitzinger show last night"John is maybe most famous for his days writing for BLOODROCK , and a couple of solo albums back in the early 70´s, but he also wrote and played   with Carl Palmer (ELP) in the band "PM" before Palmer decided to form ASIA.  Nitziger joined forces with ALICE COOPER after that, and toured with the shock rocker all over the States & Europe.  They wrote the 1982 album "Zipper catches skins" together."by Mark Niedringhaus.2001.  And the music  at the show was really great.  What  amazing talent there!  You just have to get past the volume and the attitude.  There is no talking while Nitzinger is playing.   No, it's not out of respect for the band.  It's because Nitzinger chooses to crank his amps so that he can be heard from five blocks away.   There is really no ordering drinks even without the bartender taking the earplugs out for just a second, so that the orderee can scream into his ear what he would like.  It was actually somewhat comical, but even more comical is that Nitzinger still walks around with the attitude that he just got off  the buss of a stadium tour and should be treated as such when, in fact, I do not believe he has played in a studium since the seventies.   I'm sure he still runs into a few that recognize him in a grocery store, but most would have no idea unless perhaps they saw the dangly earring.  There aren't too many men still out there who still believe it is cool to wear a dangly earring.  So, to sum things up, if you like lots of hot riffs, rock star attitude, and *ahem* interesting fashion sense, you will love John Nitzinger because, as I said, the talent is there.  It is just a little too barricaded for some to truly enjoy.

Gin-E
dallasmusic
staff writer