Hell's Belles

They were a truck load of fun! Musically, spot on excellent. Great vocals, great musicianship all around, each member played their part expertly. Lead guitarist even did one-handed pull-off arpeggios. But, it was their stage antics that really made the show. Lead guitarist was as much of a spastic maniac as Angus himself, running around on stage in a plaid mini-skirt/Catholic schoolgirl uniform, jumping around, duck walking, dropping to the floor and spinning around (while playing!). At one point, she walked through the audience (which was difficult, because it was a packed, sold-out crowd), went and laid down on the bar (still playing her guitar), and the lead singer came over, grabbed a bottle of whiskey and poured it down her throat. Lead singer had a great voice and a beefy, Brian Johnson kind of look, wore a newsboy cap and denim battle jacket, and "High Voltage" tattooed in an arch over her belly button. They sprayed water on the crowd from their water bottles. Lead guitarist spewed water on us from her mouth. They both grabbed their crotches at various times, and flirted unabashedly with the women in the audience. This must have been what prompted one woman in the crowd to remove her brasserie and throw it up on stage. This was soon followed by a second bra, and then a third until a total of four bras were tossed up on stage, which the band then hung from their mic stands. Lead singer commented, "When I think of Santa Cruz, I usually think of vampires. Now I'm going to think of vampires and boobies". But, probably the grandest moment of the night came during "Sin City" I think it was when the lead guitarist did a strip tease like Angus does. And she full-on mooned the audience...with "AC" writ large on her left butt cheek, "DC" on her right butt cheek and a black lightning bolt down her crack. It was glorious.