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The thing that struck me about that tour was that the stageshow was like nothing i had ever seen. I mean the boxing ring, the surfboard, the repelling down from the scaffold. I was blown away.
I saw him in Birmingham, Al and there were about 6k people there. Then, you look at the Toronto show and it is packed out. The crowd reaction when he is in the boxing ring is unbelievable. The camera pans back across the arena and it is amazing. Before that time, i don't remember anyone having that much involvement with moving around the arena. I remember Dave started that on Eatem and Smile and after that everyone was doing it, in particular Bon Jovi on Slippery When Wet tour.
When i go back and listen to the album, it seems almost like a concept album that was just ahead of its time. It really was keyboard heavy and that drove away a lot of fans, i think. After all, there was no reason that LAE shouldn't have done better than it did considering the sales of EAS and Sky. I think a lot of people kind of gave up on Roth after this album. I still pull Sky out and listen to it at least a couple times a year. I'm biased, though, and never thought Roth had a bad album.
I saw him in Birmingham, Al and there were about 6k people there. Then, you look at the Toronto show and it is packed out. The crowd reaction when he is in the boxing ring is unbelievable. The camera pans back across the arena and it is amazing. Before that time, i don't remember anyone having that much involvement with moving around the arena. I remember Dave started that on Eatem and Smile and after that everyone was doing it, in particular Bon Jovi on Slippery When Wet tour.
When i go back and listen to the album, it seems almost like a concept album that was just ahead of its time. It really was keyboard heavy and that drove away a lot of fans, i think. After all, there was no reason that LAE shouldn't have done better than it did considering the sales of EAS and Sky. I think a lot of people kind of gave up on Roth after this album. I still pull Sky out and listen to it at least a couple times a year. I'm biased, though, and never thought Roth had a bad album.
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