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RokIsland Fest 2022 Announced
Monday, July 26, 2021 at 04:10PM
This looks fun! RokIsland Fest is officially on the books for next January. It goes down in Key West, Florida. Lots of bands on the bill including Bret Michaels, Loverboy, a Dokken and George Lynch reunion, Lita Ford and more.
Tickets go on sale Monday, August 9. The show capacity is limited to 4,000 so this will probably sell out pretty fast.
JUST ANNOUNCED! 🏝 ROKISLAND FEST 2022 in Key West, Florida! Sunday January 16th! #dokken #keywest @rokislandfest pic.twitter.com/V9cZJrZ8Ia
— DOKKEN (@Dokken) July 26, 2021
Reader Comments (22)
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Allyson
This festival should be dubbed “RocIcan’t”, as most of the once great singer’s now can’t do exactly that: SING!
1) BRETT MICHAELS never could sing but now he REALLY can’t. Cringe-worthy, not to mention lousy songs. “C.C., pick up that guitar and hit me over the head with it!”
2) DOKKEN can’t sing his way out of a paper bag and hasn’t been able to in years. I mean, the guy’s voice is down to practically a whisper and even that’s off-key. The only redeeming quality about this, of course, is having Lynch crank out all those classic Dokken tunes.
3) SLAUGHTER - Okay, so Mark Slaughter got half his voice back which, I guess only makes him half-bad, which is pretty brutal considering the boy used to sing like a Castrato!
4) FASTER PUSSYCAT - Taime Downe … Do I really need to explain? Thing is, Downe is SO horrible, he’s actually good because the fact he can’t sing actually makes these songs Sleaze Metal masterpieces.
5) LITA FORD - Sorry, Lita.
6) BANG TANGO - Joe Leste is actually WORSE than Taime Downe, if that’s even possible.
Several other bands on the boat have excellent lead vocalists, though, sadly, no longer possess those singers aren’t the originals, and much of their material is questionable, with the exception of FIREHOUSE, as that band’s still got it all!
So, really, you can be passed out on the beach nursing your hangovers during much of the performances, which is a good strategy because then you’ll be “up” for the rest.
p.s. RIP Michael Howe (who actually COULD sing!)
Fuck off. I'll wait to see your mugshot from storming the Capitol. Enjoy your prison stint.
#stillbored
You can van me (again) any time you like. Ripper is upset, so I guess now is the perfect time.
That said, I will say the following:
1. Allyson, we are lucky you let this type of oddness happen, even if I can see you gritting your teeth at some of this tosh.
2. You are right about what you wrote, Metalboy! But, as recent days have sadly reminded us, the options aren't going to get better when it comes to classic bands or their current configurations. Perhaps it is a chance to 'grin and bear it'. Perhaps it is a chance to listen in your head and see with your mind while some of these acts go through the motions. Either way, it is a chance to see _some_ of them, playing (granted, not in top form). Personally? This looks like a good nostalgia trip, and a chance for a laugh or two, and a couple of those 'remember when we saw X at Y' types of moments (a form of nostalgia, granted). If it was close, I'd go.
And, if weren't for me and mentally toy stalking me, this site would have NEVER taken off. That's exactly why you let me start posting again, after all the times you constantly banned me. Fuck off. Yes or No? Who started posting here first? But, Who's cock do you continuely suck? Um, that's called a POSER!
Ripper: you're not an innocent protestor. If it wasn't for cunts like you who silently and "peacefully" encouraged 1/6, the storm wouldn't have occurred. You're just as guilty...if not more. You hide behind the insurrectionists who actually did their job at the direction of Trump.
And, admittedly, you were at January 6th.
Truthfully, ripster, how small are your stones after all those steroids?
There's no way you can compete. I'm better than you.