THE ROCK capital of India, Shillong is all set to witness another international rock concert on October 3, with the performance of an all star band - Lost Angels. This concert has been organised as a tribute for pop legend Michael Jackson.

 

The band features John Corabi of Motley Crue, Troy Patrick Farrell of Whitelion, Eric Dover of Jellyfish, Slash’s Snakepit and Alice Cooper and Muddy Stardust of Gilby Clarke and LA Guns. It has been organised by Mad Dog Xclusive Pvt Ltd, Purple Rain Entertainment and News Live, a news and current affairs TV channel based in Guwahati and Rong.

 

The band will put up two performances in India – one in Dimapur on September 29 and the other one in Shillong. It will perform some tracks from their respective bands, apart from some of Michael Jackson's special songs. “Shillong will experience ultimate rock music,”said Andrew Ropmay the man behind bringing this show for North East India.

 

“This is the debut show for Lost Angels and a local rock band will be doing a supportive act in the concert. The tickets for the concert will be available from October 1, at the venue and selected outlets”, said Saidul Khan, Director, Mad Dog Xclusive.

 

Bana Jamir, a local sound engineer is taking care of the Sound and lights. He promises to give the best sound and lights for the show.

 

In the band, John Corabi is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP (both with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick), Ratt (as a guitarist), Twenty 4 Seven (with his then Ratt bandmate Bobby Blotzer), Zen Lunatic, Brides of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws (with his then Ratt bandmates Robbie Crane and Bobby Blotzer, and former Ratt guitarist Keri Kelli, who he replaced in Ratt).

 

Troy Patrik Farrell is with Whitelion from 2005 as a Drummer. He is one of the most sought after in USA. He has performed in Shillong and Dimapur last year with the Whitelion band. He is also involved with several projects of Dizzy Reed’s band Hookers’n Blow and recently played with CC Deville (original guitarist of Poison)

 

Eric Dover is an American musician, guitarist and singer, most notably with Jellyfish, Slash's Snakepit and Alice Cooper. He shared the stage with Kim Boyce and was in the group The Extras with drummer Scott Collier in the mid-1980s. He has also recorded vocals on the Slash's Snakepit album 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere' before rejoining Manning in the re-named Imperial Drag.

 

After Imperial Drag broke up in 1997, Dover appeared on several albums as a session musician before joining Alice Cooper's band for the Brutal Planet tour in 2001. He played on 2001's Dragontown and is co-credited with Alice Cooper and fellow guitarist Ryan Roxie on most of the tracks of the 2003 album The Eyes of Alice Cooper.

 

Muddy Stardust has been accumulating tour dusts with Gilby Clarke and is associated with a number of Indie projects. For someone who cites Bob Dylan, Neil Young and the Beatles as chief influences, Stardust is a bassist that has bulldozed LA Gun’s hard rock scene with Clarke’s horde.