About That Cinderella Show

Revisiting the anticipated Cinderella show, it turns out that it'll be a multi-band ticket with Warrant, Lynch Mod, and Lynam all on the same bill. Warrant, I honestly don't care for a repeat viewing of (post-94, at least). Not that they're necessarily awful, just that the band never really did much for me. It's one thing when a band back in the day might have a lead singer that wants to rip off David Lee Roth, but Jani Lane always struck me as someone who tried to rip off the guy ripping off David Lee Roth.

Lynch Mob, I'm moderately looking forward to just for the sake of hearing some George Lynch guitar solos. I'd prefer a full-out reunion with Oni Logan (whom everyone acknowledges is the finest singer Lynch has been paired with), but that seems to be on par with waiting for a full reunion of the original Ugly Kid Joe lineup. The band had maybe 4 tolerable songs from two original albums and I'm confident the setlist will be mercifully short.

Lynam is new to me. So I head to Google to see what there is to know. All I can say is: "Wow!"

Lynams history dates back to the 70s when their dad Ronnie Lynam moved to England to front the band Black Sabbath. The band had just parted ways with Ozzy Osbourne and they were looking for a singer with a new sound. When Ronnie joined Black Sabbath, he started using the stage name Ronnie James Dio. Everyone agreed Dio sounded more evil than Ronnie James Lynam. Around the time the Heaven and Hell album came out, Ronnie was confronted by Stevie Nicks, singer for Fleetwood Mac. She announced to him that she was 8 months pregnant. Ronnies band before Black Sabbath, Rainbow had played some shows with Fleetwood Mac. On June 12th 1980, Mark was born. Their relationship secretly lasted another 2 years and they had 2 more children, David and Jacob. By the time Jacob was born, Ronnie had decided to leave Black Sabbath and start a solo career. Because of Ronnie and Stevies busy careers, the three children were placed in separate foster homes in Birmingham, AL.

Who knew Stevie Nicks was into midgets? Or that the Lynam brothers weren't into apostrophes?

Anywho ... majorly looking forward to the gig. Cinderella is one band that is vastly underrated by history. Maybe due to the singer ripping off Steven Tyler instead of David Lee Roth. I dunno.