Man Krokus were good live, Marc Storace sounds like a rock god! I have been going back and reappreciating Krokus' music. What a badass rock n roll band... 🤘👏🤘👏🤘👏🤘
I was 16 yrs of age in 1983, and I was just getting barely decent on the guitar. Def Leppard's Pyromania album had taken off, and Krokus' Headhunter was one of my favorites at the time. We didn't realize there were 3 bands playing until the night of the concert--which was very rare at the time in our venue--and I had never heard of this guy who was the opening act. Well, "this guy" was the legendary Gary Moore. OMFG! All I could do was just stare at the stage with my jaw dropped asking my best friend, "where in the hell did this guy come from?" Krokus followed and Def Leppard ended the show. Def Leppard was an incredible show. They sounded great, the light show was phenomenal, and we definitely got what we payed for. Krokus didn't have all the lights and pyrotechnics of Def Leppard, and there's only a few players in the world who can compare to Gary Moore. However, those boys just flat out friggin rocked the entire time on stage. As a matter of fact, Marc Storage busted up a guitar at the end of their final song. I saw most all of the rock bands of the 80s and very early 90s. As far as just turn the power on and rock the friggin house, AC-DC was the best I ever saw, and Krokus was nibbling at their heals. With all 3 bands, by far the best concert I ever saw.
@@morphinmary4759 I met him playing for Derek St. Holmes in around 1983. He was leaving to go play a Europe tour with another band. I took his place with Dereks band. We remeained friends for all these years. he still plays local here in the Atlanta area. Such a great guy...a killer player.
Mr. Storace definitely delivered 100% live both times I saw Krokus in '81. And I just saw a vid of the band playing in Switzerland this last May (2023) (Zürich) and he still delivers today. Just amazing vocals.
Saw them in 84.Such a kick ass concert.They were with Keel.I wish those kind of bands would get huge again like they used to be.Music was actually FUN in those days. And GOOD!!
Night Ranger and Krokus were criminally underrated. Both bands were absolutely incredible live and gave their all every performance. Love the hard driving groove of this song.
Saw these guys "live", back in '83 on their "Screamin in the Night" tour. Oddly enough, they started out on this tour with Def Leppard as their "headlining" act, but due to the meteoric rise of the Leps' album, "Pyromania", the Leps took over as the "headlining" act on the tour, a mere week or so before we seen them. Indeed, seeing them take the stage "before" the Leps that night, and aware as to how this band had just been screwed, you could faintly sense how Marc Storace and the guys were not happy campers with their new tour status, at all, but they plodded on through like pros. Nonetheless, Fernando was his usual amazing self on the axe that night. THis is a good band, that should of gotten a lot more attention in the states during that era. BTW, does anyone else hear the vocal resemblance between "Bon Scott" (of AC/DC ~ who died in Feb, 1980) and Marc's voice here? Geez - it's a wonder that Angus Young and the guys didn't call Marc him up in 1980, and offer him the AC/DC gig. But I guess Brian Johnson worked out well for them, in the end. Just a thought.
I had to look it up, but I saw them back in 1984 in Sacramento. Smaller venue that held about 4000, Memorial Auditorium. I'm not sure if it was the time they went back to headlining, but Wasp and Helix opened for them. The Blitz tour.
For Def Leppard and Krokus.I love both of those bands.No matter what happens to them.I hope I get to see Krokus live for my first time ever and Def Leppard, I seen them 1 time down here in Orlando,Florida a year ago.And they totally rocked my world.And I hope Krokus does the same thing for me too.And for the lead singer from Krokus didn't get the call from the men from AC/DC.It's ok,Cause he's doing fine and rocking with Krokus.
... fuckin'-a... Thanks for the video... we used to rock this song on k l e l 89.3 FM... Eastside of Santa Cruz mountains in NorCal The Shack in the back Thanks for the Memories
I saw these guys twice, once in '81, and once in '83. In '81, they opened for a 3-band show, Krokus, Trapeze, and Nazareth. For the life of me, I couldn't remember who opened in '83, though. So I hit up some research tools and found out that in '83, the concert I saw was Krokus as headliner, 1st backup was Point Blank, and the opener that night was some guy I had never heard of and who obviously left zero impression on me whatsoever. When I learned who it was, I said, "No way!" But looking back, yeah, he was trying to be a hard rock singer early in his career. That didn't work out too well, so he changed it up and became the guy we all know and hate...MICHAEL BOLTON. Yes, Michael Bolton opened for Krokus. August 1983 in El Paso, TX. I can't make this stuff up, folks...
This song says it all.And the lead singer does sound like Bon Scott from AC/DC, in a kick-ass way.Does any body know the band's line up is? Thanks so much.It's just I would like to get to know the band better.And they are 1 of the great bands that I listened and loved ever since I was a kid in the 80's.And I still love them today and allways.
Dorothy Cockerham the current 2018 line up is: vocals: marc storace lead guitar: fernando von arb lead guitar: mandy meyer guitars: mark kohler bass: chris von rohr drums: flavio mezzodi the line up from this clip 1983 is: vocals: marc storace lead guitars: fernando von arb rhythm guitar: mark kohler bass: chris von rohr drums: steve pace
F ..k helping another band I am glad these guys stayed on the rocking path because they will be another happy I was alive to know that this band was playing in my life time
The biggest reason why Marc Storace turned down the AC/DC gig was because both he and Krokus were dogged by comparisons with Bon Scott and AC/DC to the point of critical derision. The music press smeared and maligned Marc and Krokus as AC/DC wannabes and they couldn't shake it. Despite the fact that Marc (and myself, included) believe such comparisons are false and unfair since Bon Scott -- like Freddie Mercury, Elvis, etc. -- belong as leagues of their own. I myself never compared Marc and Krokus to AC/DC because, to my ears, Krokus always sounded like a cleaner, less raspy, but more heavy version of Nazareth, and it's ironic though not accidental that both Marc Storace and Dan McCafferty were offered the AC/DC gig and both of them turned it down. It's a testament to their unique qualities they bring as individuals. Yet still, how amazing and humbling it must be when fans can swear up and down that the likes of Marc Storace, Dan McCafferty, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, and even Jesse James Dupree could easily fit into (and do justice to) the lead vocalist role in their respective bands?!?
I saw these guys on the Ballroom Blitz tour with WASP and Helix. When this guy that sings for Krokus hit the stage, the bras started flying up on the stage. It looked like something at a Tom Jones show.
Bradley Slackenfelch Don't you kind of wish AC/DC had succeeded in poaching him after Bon Scott died? Krokus made some really good albums, but they never achieved the kind of enduring worldwide popularity that AC/DC did, and Marc Storace's signing style is very similar to Brian Johnson's - probably more articulate than him, too.
MalikCarr My thought was that Storace's voice is very similar to Bon Scott's. That would have been sweet. Did AC/DC try to recruit him? (smart, those Young boys) That would have made Marc's career permanent!
mknomad5 If I remember my rock lore correctly, the Young brothers tried to poach Storace after Bon Scott died and he declined since he thought he'd have more creative control in a band that was more of his own making (and also full of other Europeans) than a well-established Australian act. Brian Johnson then came up since Bon Scott had known the guy personally.
I realize that there was some dirty dealings between Krokus and other bands such as Twisted Sister, the likes of which would make Sharon Osborne blush, but you gotta' give the devils their due... Krokus fukin' slammed hard, period. On tunes like this, they were like the arrogant illegitimate bastard offspring between metal and punk. While their business dealings might have been shady as hell, they could and did nail the groove to the stage floor night after night, like a gang of evil Energizer Bunnies with jack hammers.
Always liked Krokus...I remember buying the cassette for Screaming in the Night in '83...and later on, when Dee Snider got his shorts in a wad over Krokus, it really changed the way I thought about Snider...I mean, here's Mr 'Defend the hard rock' going after Krokus over some damn COSTUMES and payment to Snider's wife! Good grief...if you don't want 'bad feelings' don't be doing 'professional work' for other bands! Screaming in the NIght is still one of the Top-10 albums of all-time in the world of 'old metal / hard-rock'...
Those guys did rip off Snider’s wife and threaten his family. Dee has a right to be pissed STILL. The song is great but if their character is questionable, what can you say about it?
Such a kick ass band. Dumb ass classic rock stations destroying RnR by not playin the kick ass songs like this one. How do you like the music today program mgrs of yesteryear?
Having just the thought of Krokus opening up for def leperd back in 1983 is "disgusting", def has NEVER seen the day or NEVER will see the day that they have anything on Krokus. It just really gets me how def's only real heavy metal rockin' albums were their first 2 albums " &maybe" their 3rd lp & after that they turned into nothing more than "MAINSTREAM" pop rock..........NOT METAL
One of the first metal albums I purchased in my teens....still have it.
Man Krokus were good live, Marc Storace sounds like a rock god! I have been going back and reappreciating Krokus' music. What a badass rock n roll band... 🤘👏🤘👏🤘👏🤘
I saw them live in Knoxville, Tennessee, and they killed it, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When was that
This song's never rang more true.
I was 16 yrs of age in 1983, and I was just getting barely decent on the guitar. Def Leppard's Pyromania album had taken off, and Krokus' Headhunter was one of my favorites at the time.
We didn't realize there were 3 bands playing until the night of the concert--which was very rare at the time in our venue--and I had never heard of this guy who was the opening act.
Well, "this guy" was the legendary Gary Moore. OMFG! All I could do was just stare at the stage with my jaw dropped asking my best friend, "where in the hell did this guy come from?"
Krokus followed and Def Leppard ended the show. Def Leppard was an incredible show. They sounded great, the light show was phenomenal, and we definitely got what we payed for.
Krokus didn't have all the lights and pyrotechnics of Def Leppard, and there's only a few players in the world who can compare to Gary Moore. However, those boys just flat out friggin rocked the entire time on stage. As a matter of fact, Marc Storage busted up a guitar at the end of their final song.
I saw most all of the rock bands of the 80s and very early 90s. As far as just turn the power on and rock the friggin house, AC-DC was the best I ever saw, and Krokus was nibbling at their heals. With all 3 bands, by far the best concert I ever saw.
I still love this music
Great music never grows old
this band is criminally underrated
Steve Pace on the drums killing it! Great player and a great friend!
raythackston1960 you're lucky, that drummer rocks!
I had the privilege of seeing Krokus opening for Def Leppard in '83(?)..That night Krokus deserved top bill, a truely kick ass band!
@@anthonyraines4792 Kick Ass !
@@morphinmary4759 I met him playing for Derek St. Holmes in around 1983. He was leaving to go play a Europe tour with another band. I took his place with Dereks band. We remeained friends for all these years. he still plays local here in the Atlanta area. Such a great guy...a killer player.
I wondered if that was Steve.
One of the best from Krokus. This is awesome live. ROCK ON!!!!!
His voice is even more powerful than the studio version, absolutely killer voice
Mr. Storace definitely delivered 100% live both times I saw Krokus in '81. And I just saw a vid of the band playing in Switzerland this last May (2023) (Zürich) and he still delivers today. Just amazing vocals.
Saw them in 84.Such a kick ass concert.They were with Keel.I wish those kind of bands would get huge again like they used to be.Music was actually FUN in those days. And GOOD!!
This was so good..even to this day..2016 and beyond. Just all good.
Listening to this kickass since the 70’s. They only got better.
"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." ----------------Jean Jacques Rousseau
great song, great performance. still relevant today. even more.
They sound spot on..
It just doesn't get better than this...badass all the way
Krokus on the Headhunter tour was them at their peak! They were ripping hard!
Night Ranger and Krokus were criminally underrated. Both bands were absolutely incredible live and gave their all every performance. Love the hard driving groove of this song.
Heard for the first time stationed in Germany, 1983, bought the slbum...still listening, that good! Go Marc!
Saw these guys "live", back in '83 on their "Screamin in the Night" tour. Oddly enough, they started out on this tour with Def Leppard as their "headlining" act, but due to the meteoric rise of the Leps' album, "Pyromania", the Leps took over as the "headlining" act on the tour, a mere week or so before we seen them. Indeed, seeing them take the stage "before" the Leps that night, and aware as to how this band had just been screwed, you could faintly sense how Marc Storace and the guys were not happy campers with their new tour status, at all, but they plodded on through like pros. Nonetheless, Fernando was his usual amazing self on the axe that night. THis is a good band, that should of gotten a lot more attention in the states during that era.
BTW, does anyone else hear the vocal resemblance between "Bon Scott" (of AC/DC ~ who died in Feb, 1980) and Marc's voice here? Geez - it's a wonder that Angus Young and the guys didn't call Marc him up in 1980, and offer him the AC/DC gig. But I guess Brian Johnson worked out well for them, in the end. Just a thought.
I saw that tour! What a great show!
I had to look it up, but I saw them back in 1984 in Sacramento. Smaller venue that held about 4000, Memorial Auditorium. I'm not sure if it was the time they went back to headlining, but Wasp and Helix opened for them. The Blitz tour.
City Island, Harrisburg PA
Yes, I saw that tour too. August of 1983!! Yes they opened for Def LEPPARD. I did not know it started out the other way around!!
For Def Leppard and Krokus.I love both of those bands.No matter what happens to them.I hope I get to see Krokus live for my first time ever and Def Leppard, I seen them 1 time down here in Orlando,Florida a year ago.And they totally rocked my world.And I hope Krokus does the same thing for me too.And for the lead singer from Krokus didn't get the call from the men from AC/DC.It's ok,Cause he's doing fine and rocking with Krokus.
Kick ass song - sounds great live too - love the lead - Now I need to go get an Axe :P
Krokus absolutely had their shit together.🌟🌟🌟💥⚡️🙌🏻⚡️💥🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Headhunter still in my top 20 since 83 or so. It's really all their fault that I never grew up or got old. 🎉❤ I still have my hair wink 😉
One of my favorite krokus songs
Wish I had listened to Krokus back in the day, holy shit they rock 🤘
Mate what an amazing performance all round. Vocals off the chart. One of the truly underrated acts in the metal world
100 % awesome rockers forever legends love everything about this song forever 💯♥️🎸🤘
Just good ol' rock & roll right there!
He looks like Joe Elliott of def leppard
Una de las mejores bandas de hard and blues rock de los 80's.
My first concert ever Krokus ballroom blitz with KickAxe...
Simply outstanding.
Great Rock band.....their songs always had great hooks....great simple sound. 👌
Rock and Roll Tonite was a great show back in the day! I`m glad to see clips again after all these years!
i lissen krokus wen i was 14 15 . now 56. great band.greAT SOUND
Krokus ist das beste was aus dem lande kommt ;-)
This could be the new national anthem. Thank God for the 2nd. Glory, honor, peace.
Very impressive live version! Nailed it!
100% ROCK & ROLL POWER!!!!!
Ok
An awesome song to get the crowd going! Timeless!
Great Band Amazing live👏👏👏
KROKUS Big Band of the wolrd👏👏👏👏👏
This was the very first song I ever heard from Krokus. My immediate thought was, "Holy sh*t! The singer sounds like Bon Scott!"
... fuckin'-a... Thanks for the video... we used to rock this song on k l e l 89.3 FM... Eastside of Santa Cruz mountains in NorCal The Shack in the back Thanks for the Memories
A cracking LIVE version - showing why KROKUS are, a great hard rock band! \m/
Toujours aussi bon
Relevant in the 80's relevant today March 6th, 2021
One of the best singers/bands ever
This gave me goose bumps. love it
He would be a good new singer for acdc instead of axel Rose
haa' before I saw your comment here, I was thinking the same thing! storace has a great rock voice!
He was offered the job 30 years ago and turned it down
Kevin Willis
Don’t ask me I don’t know 😛
I agree.
He was always compared to Brian Johnson back in th day.
80's
For sure he rocks seen him my first concert blew me away
As a poor metalhead, this song puts music to my mindset🤘
wore this tape out when it came out.
Shit hot.rock n roll by a dynamite band. Krokus-Good honest rock n roll.
I love this shit!!!!!!!!
I saw these guys twice, once in '81, and once in '83. In '81, they opened for a 3-band show, Krokus, Trapeze, and Nazareth.
For the life of me, I couldn't remember who opened in '83, though. So I hit up some research tools and found out that in '83, the concert I saw was Krokus as headliner, 1st backup was Point Blank, and the opener that night was some guy I had never heard of and who obviously left zero impression on me whatsoever. When I learned who it was, I said, "No way!" But looking back, yeah, he was trying to be a hard rock singer early in his career. That didn't work out too well, so he changed it up and became the guy we all know and hate...MICHAEL BOLTON.
Yes, Michael Bolton opened for Krokus. August 1983 in El Paso, TX. I can't make this stuff up, folks...
This song says it all.And the lead singer does sound like Bon Scott from AC/DC, in a kick-ass way.Does any body know the band's line up is? Thanks so much.It's just I would like to get to know the band better.And they are 1 of the great bands that I listened and loved ever since I was a kid in the 80's.And I still love them today and allways.
Dorothy Cockerham the current 2018 line up is:
vocals: marc storace
lead guitar: fernando von arb
lead guitar: mandy meyer
guitars: mark kohler
bass: chris von rohr
drums: flavio mezzodi
the line up from this clip 1983 is:
vocals: marc storace
lead guitars: fernando von arb
rhythm guitar: mark kohler
bass: chris von rohr
drums: steve pace
This is so classic and badass! Seen them live in 84.It was killer.
Ac/Dc missed the mark by a mile. This dude IS their singer not Ahole Rose
boom
I agree!
Back in 1982 my senor year we blasted our car speaker no bass just Kenwood 6x9 speakers
Axel Rose was "Guns and Roses,"Right???
What are you talking about ac dc never had axel rose
Saw them with Judas Priest in 82. Did not know who they were. I did after their kick ass set.
These guys rock!
i was a sophmore in high school when this song dropped.
Gary Moore Krokus and Fed Leppard must have been about 1982 awesome
Sorry Def fuckin fone
Stilljamming out with krokus into 20
Yes Chris von Rohr yeeeeeeee
F ..k helping another band I am glad these guys stayed on the rocking path because they will be another happy I was alive to know that this band was playing in my life time
Luv long stick goes boom!
go back and get the albums, youll love it!!!
Never seen this video. That kicked soooo much ass!
... Love You ...
Out of the Palace, and into the ditch!
i love 3 chords distorted...it's all in the arrangement..
😎👍🧡🎸
Marc Storace would've been a perfect for AC/DC.
Seen then open for JP and Maiden
Крокус сила!!!
The Greaseman used to play this during his show in DC...
Marc Storace was the closest thing rock n roll had as a clone of Bon Scott from AC / DC. Both were incredible frontmen.
The biggest reason why Marc Storace turned down the AC/DC gig was because both he and Krokus were dogged by comparisons with Bon Scott and AC/DC to the point of critical derision. The music press smeared and maligned Marc and Krokus as AC/DC wannabes and they couldn't shake it. Despite the fact that Marc (and myself, included) believe such comparisons are false and unfair since Bon Scott -- like Freddie Mercury, Elvis, etc. -- belong as leagues of their own.
I myself never compared Marc and Krokus to AC/DC because, to my ears, Krokus always sounded like a cleaner, less raspy, but more heavy version of Nazareth, and it's ironic though not accidental that both Marc Storace and Dan McCafferty were offered the AC/DC gig and both of them turned it down. It's a testament to their unique qualities they bring as individuals. Yet still, how amazing and humbling it must be when fans can swear up and down that the likes of Marc Storace, Dan McCafferty, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, and even Jesse James Dupree could easily fit into (and do justice to) the lead vocalist role in their respective bands?!?
wow! lead singer has a Bon Scott tone.
Fernando guitar solo!! 2:17
Totally Von Arb Great Guitarist !!!
Yum Yum
I saw these guys on the Ballroom Blitz tour with WASP and Helix. When this guy that sings for Krokus hit the stage, the bras started flying up on the stage. It looked like something at a Tom Jones show.
Bradley Slackenfelch Don't you kind of wish AC/DC had succeeded in poaching him after Bon Scott died? Krokus made some really good albums, but they never achieved the kind of enduring worldwide popularity that AC/DC did, and Marc Storace's signing style is very similar to Brian Johnson's - probably more articulate than him, too.
MalikCarr My thought was that Storace's voice is very similar to Bon Scott's. That would have been sweet. Did AC/DC try to recruit him? (smart, those Young boys) That would have made Marc's career permanent!
mknomad5 If I remember my rock lore correctly, the Young brothers tried to poach Storace after Bon Scott died and he declined since he thought he'd have more creative control in a band that was more of his own making (and also full of other Europeans) than a well-established Australian act. Brian Johnson then came up since Bon Scott had known the guy personally.
Well traveled when you saw both Krokus and Tom Jones live eh
I would like to get to know Krokus better if I get to know Krokus Band line up.
still kicks ass, great lead by fernando von arb.
Nice!!!!
🎸👾😁💪💪💪👌
This version is batter then the studio version
Marc is the only person I'd rather replaced Bon Scott than Brian Johnson.
I realize that there was some dirty dealings between Krokus and other bands such as Twisted Sister, the likes of which would make Sharon Osborne blush, but you gotta' give the devils their due... Krokus fukin' slammed hard, period. On tunes like this, they were like the arrogant illegitimate bastard offspring between metal and punk. While their business dealings might have been shady as hell, they could and did nail the groove to the stage floor night after night, like a gang of evil Energizer Bunnies with jack hammers.
Always liked Krokus...I remember buying the cassette for Screaming in the Night in '83...and later on, when Dee Snider got his shorts in a wad over Krokus, it really changed the way I thought about Snider...I mean, here's Mr 'Defend the hard rock' going after Krokus over some damn COSTUMES and payment to Snider's wife! Good grief...if you don't want 'bad feelings' don't be doing 'professional work' for other bands!
Screaming in the NIght is still one of the Top-10 albums of all-time in the world of 'old metal / hard-rock'...
The album's title was HEADHUNTER.
Those guys did rip off Snider’s wife and threaten his family. Dee has a right to be pissed STILL. The song is great but if their character is questionable, what can you say about it?
Marc Storace... !
Such a kick ass band. Dumb ass classic rock stations destroying RnR by not playin the kick ass songs like this one. How do you like the music today program mgrs of yesteryear?
That was...the music of today...
Having just the thought of Krokus opening up for def leperd back in 1983 is "disgusting", def has NEVER seen the day or NEVER will see the day that they have anything on Krokus. It just really gets me how def's only real heavy metal rockin' albums were their first 2 albums " &maybe" their 3rd lp & after that they turned into nothing more than "MAINSTREAM" pop rock..........NOT METAL
Is that Jack Flash singing? 👀
lyrics are about Obama and the Clintons
The establishment.
This is the shit!!!😎👊
To bad the original lineup didn't last they sound great live.
Herb Tarlic
They should have been bigger bands not wanting to follow them and the lack of radio play cost them
FVA!!!
Fuck me they don't make them like this anymore!