IRON SAW BLADE
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Bad Ass Romance (SWI), The Möles (SWI)
Presented by Rockfact Music Club & IRON-T21
Rockfact Music Club, Münchenstein, Switzerland – 26.05.2018
After a rock night was a complete success last year, this time there was a high-profile
reprint. With Bad Ass Romance returned a band, which caused a big sensation last
year during their first concert in the canton of Baselland with a very strong
appearance. Such calibers know how to celebrate a rock’n’roll party and take care of
unforgettable moments. The local band The Möles performed as support act.
The gates opened on 8 PM and the club slowly filled with spectators.
The Möles entered the stage after an intro. The trio from Laufen met the audience’s nerves with hard rock. Singer Marc
Schmidlin with bare upper body grew into his role as mainman and did a great job. Andreas Metzger on bass was played,
who as mainman leaves a better impression on the audience. It’s hard to say, because both are good musicians and
convince with stage presence like drummer Dan Probst. The front row was ready to explode. The young spectators created
a atmosphere with moshing and sung every song. That’s how a show has to be. Actually their appearance would’ve ended
with „No Way Out“. But loud encore shouts prevent the band to leave the stage. The obligate encore followed with
„Shortcut“. Marc Schmidlin, Andreas Metzger and Dan Probst bowed down with much applause from the audience. That
was awesome!
Setlist The Möles
Intro
Can’t Ever Get Enough
Perfect Smile
Out Of Control
I Want U
Cat In The Heat
Late Night Out
Road To Rock
Rock’N’Roll Is All We Need
No Way Out
Shortcut
Headliner Bad Ass Romance entered the stage after a 30 minute break. They opened their set with „Wang Dang Sweet
Poontang“. You could see Fernando von Arb’s joy of playing. His smiling face spoke volumes. He gave the audience an
audio-visual treat of a crazy rock’n’roll show with passion and a portion of fun. His bandmate Dan Grossenbacher had
guitar duels with him. Every riff sat precisely and every groove part seamless fits into the overall picture. Rock’n’roll was
flawlessly performed here. They hit the bullseye by a well-directed selection of hits like „Rock Outlaw“, „Man Enough“,
„Wildside“, „We Rock“ or „It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (Do You Like It)“ and the audience freaked out. „Moshing“ occured the
spectators stage dived and crowd surfing. It was more than a concert, but a never ending rock’n’roll party. The spectators
received the encores „Bad Case“, „Tush“, „Long Live Rock’N’Roll“ as reward for the good atmosphere at the concert.
Unfortunately the appearance of Bad Ass Romance ended but they were able to beat their appearance from last year
with this excellent performance. A lot of people will remember that night. Keep it up.
Setlist Bad Ass Romance
Wang Dang Sweet PT
One Way To Rock
Hair Of The Dog
Mean Bone
You Wreck Me
Hoochie Coochie
Butterfly
Rock’n’Roll Outlaw
One Of The Boys
Won’t Get Fooled
Man Enough
Sun Goes Down
Wild Side
We Rock
It`s Only Rock`n`Roll (Do You Like It)
Great Balls Of Fire
Whole Lotta Shakin
Legs
Rock’N’Roll All Nite
Bad Case
Tush
Long Live Rock’N‘Roll
A thank you goes to the sound engineers Jerry Thomas Ferrat and Bad Ass Romance engineer „Klopfi“, who did a great
job behind the mixing desk and provided perfect sound.
Livereport and photos from Dominic Latscha