Ears are Bleeding or Cohen Completist!

So last night was the Motorhead concert at the Burton Cummings Theatre. The headliners were preceded by 3 acts, 2 of which were crappy. The openers Damn 13 were uber lame standard fast hard rock types without a shred of uniqueness. They played some unremarkable stuff and some Misfits covers. The next band was called Three Inches of Blood and were pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread. Well... ALMOST. Their lead singing duties were shared by two people; a bearded fat guy and a scrawny dork. The bearded fat guy could wail like a norse god, while the skinny dork could only grunt and scream like a dying ford. All the stuff that focused on the fat guy ruled, while the stuff with the other guy did not. The most telling example of why the fat guy should have been the sole lead singer came during a brief segway between songs. The fat guy says "this is a song about pirates." A few beats later the skinny guy chimes in "prairie pirates." That should tell you all you need to know.
The next act was Corrosion of Conformity or as the drunk guy ahead of us in line called them C.O.C. Apparently I've already seen them when they opened for Metallica in '97, but I didn't remember. After seeing their performance, I can tell why. Total bore fest. They are a wannabe Metallica who even DRESS like them. The major difference is that Metallica has some recognizable tunes and are showmen, while these guys stand around and play the same thing over and over again. My word on them is: crap.
After 3 and a half hours, Motorhead FINALLY took the stage and played some great fast rock and roll. They were so loud that the building was shaking! Erin was put in serious pain by the decibel destruction and needed to hold her hands over her ears for the majority of the show. Not that I blame her, I mean my ears are still ringing pretty badly! I would say that if the noise level had been put down a notch, the show would've sounded a tad better because it was just so overwhelming that you couldn't hear the vocals very well. But, you get what you pay for. The tickets were only 40$, which is pretty good for 4 bands. While not the best concert I've ever been to, I'd say it was still a pretty good one.
Oh yeah, I finally found the one Leonard Cohen album I'd been missing the other day. For some reason, it's never in any stores. "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" has some classic Cohen on it so I'm pumped. Looking at the cover, I think that I might have figured out why it was not that common to see it on shelves... it's got two naked angels doing it taking up the front AND back sides. Oh well, I have it now, so there...