If you like hard rock music at all, you've got to check out the brand new Europe live DVD called, Live from the Dark. It's a live concert spanning all of their releases to date performed at the Hammersmith in London, England. I've watched it several times through now, and I've been blown away every time
I've always dismissed John Norum as a boring guitarist, because I was simply judging him from The Final Countdown album.....I was wrong The guy is a fantastic guitarist He adds SO MUCH to Europe's music live that you don't hear from him in the studio I can't stress that enough. As for the rest of the band, they look great and sound great! Joey Tempest proves what a great frontman he is as well as sounding great vocally. Ian Haugland has changed over the years, that's for sure! The guy must hit the weights a little more these days, but his drumming is impressive as well! Mic and John are a little more behind the scenes, but Europe's music wouldn't be as great without them.
One flaw to me is that the cameraman wasn't focusing on Mic while he was playing a short keyboard solo. He kept on changing back and forth between Joey and John Norum. I believe that part should be edited for us to be able to appreciate Mic's keyboard work
The DVD is only available in PAL format right now, but it's being released in NTSC format at the end of this month. You can order it from the web site below.
www.cdinzane.com
The bottome line is, Europe's - Live from the Dark is well worth the money!
