HMI had been following the whole Steven Adler one-man soap opera with a morbid fascination over the past few weeks, and even as we arrived at the Rosetta, we still had no idea whether Steven was actually there or not. Luckily, there was plenty of entertainment on offer regardless of whether Mr Adler made it to Belfast or not.
The crowd in the Rosie seemed expectant, and it was good to see a lot of glam folk there... oh if only it was like that all the time.

Nice N Sleezy kicked off proceedings with a fantastic rendition of Motley Crue’s All In The Name Of, which got HMI up on the dancefloor immediately (and incidentally, we barely left it all night!)
This was the second time we had seen the band play, and they were as good as we remembered. A huge bravo must go to them for their on-stage energy and most of all, the fantastic outfits. Who’d have thought leopardprint spandex would make a return to Belfast?
Nice ‘N’ Sleezy are a really good, fun band- like a more punky Pretty Boy Floyd with better singing. They played every song off their demo, and of all of these Rock N’ Roll Addiction definitely went down the best.
A longer set would have been appreciated- we want to hear Bathroom Wall again!

Twisted Rose - HMI have seen Twisted Rose a few times now, and they never disappoint. They definitely seem to up their game when playing to a larger crowd, and as the Rosie was busier than I’d ever seen it, they played a great set.
Their set was a mixture of originals and cover versions, with the ballad Sweet Rose standing out amongst the former, and Ballroom Blitz being the best of the latter- the crowd really seemed to enjoy Ballroom Blitz, and there was one guy in particular who bulldozed his way to the front of the crowd dancing like a maniac. HMI appreciates people like him, because it makes our crap dancing look less retarded.
Like Nice ‘N’ Sleezy, Twisted Rose deserved to have a longer set time, as then we could have heard songs like Mean Bone and Black Magic Woman, but unfortunately this wasn’t meant to be.

Adam Bomb - To be honest, HMI were too busy doing impressions of Adam’s weird facial expressions and laughing at the bass player’s Level 42-esque playing to be able to comment too much on this band’s music. We remember a bizarre cover of New York, New York… we remember Adam giving the finger to the crowd quite a bit… we remember that he appeared to be wearing red sequinned slippers.
This set was the only time of the night that we left the dancefloor; they played for far too long, when more time could have been given to the local bands.
It’s hard to write a non-biased review of Adam Bomb, because he promised us 2 CD’s for the price of 1; which he didn’t deliver, so a big ‘Up Yours’ from HMI. Loser.

Adler's Appetite …Or should that be Gunz N’ Roses?
So eventually Steven Adler made an appearance. Playing drums with a tribute band must have been a bit surreal for Steven, but he seemed to enjoy himself, and to be fair, he seems like a very nice bloke.
They played all the songs you would expect- Sweet Child O’ Mine, Welcome To The Jungle, Rocket Queen etc., but also included was a strange rendition of Maggie May which Steven and Adam Bomb performed alone.
This was a really enjoyable performance, but really it was just a night out to see a GnR tribute band, and I think they made more of an impact than Steven himself did. If anything it would encourage me to go and see Gunz N’ Roses again.
Perhaps if he hadn’t sacked his original line-up of Kerri Kelli, Robbie Crane etc., this performance would have seemed more special, but all in all we had a fantastic time, and if Adam Bomb hadn’t played and therefore given extra time to Nice ‘N’ Sleezy and Twisted Rose, it would have been even better.

8/10
Suzie