If you want to see AC/DC in concert, be prepared to shell out about $100. For Motley Crue, you’re looking at another $50-$100. And if you want to see Ozzy Osbourne…good luck. He hasn’t toured since 2007 and “Ozzfest” was cancelled this year.
So you could probably see two of those bands for around $150 per person, not counting service charges—assuming they were playing in the same city around the same time.
Or you could see a reasonable facsimile of all three for about $10. Which options sounds better to you?
The “Monsters of Mock” concert on Saturday night at Jannus Landing, 16 2nd St. N., features tribute acts Highway to Hell (AC/DC), Carnival of Crue (Motley Crue) and Bark at the Moon (Ozzy Osbourne), as well as openers Hangman Jury. They look and sound like the bands you love without the
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2009.