word “Electric” runs though this week’s show in the form of live recordings

from The Electric Boys and then Imperial State Electric. The Electric Boys were

touring to celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the release of

“Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride” supporting The Dan Reed Network with former Hanoi

Rocks drummer Jolle Atlagic joining his forming Hanoi band members of Conny

Bloom and Andy Christell, who had joined the band as it wasn’t financially

practical for regular sticksman Niklas Sigevall to fly in from his LA home.

Imperial State Electric were celebrating the return of Nicke Andersson at the

Electric Ballroom after he suffered hearing lose sidelining him from his own

band for a few days and a few gigs. In a perverse kind of way I was looking

forward to seeing Imperial State Electric as a Power Trio or hoping that Robert

Pehrsson had been flown in to stand in for Nicke. Fortunately or not depending

on your point of view he was gig ready. So along with Dolf, Tobias and Tomas

many Jams were kicked out and best viewed and heard as a four piece.