A “pre-premiere’ party was held at Soundcheck Live Lucky Strike on Wednesday, May 24th in preparation of the highly-anticipated release of “Hired Gun: Out of the Shadows, Into the Spotlight” – a full-length feature detailing stories of the world’s unsung music industry heroes responsible for some of the most famous instrumentation on chart-topping albums around the world – coming to select cinemas nationwide for one-night on Thursday, June 29.
Thanks to Dana Osgood/ Cruella Photography for pictures of the performance
HIRED GUN CAST:
PHIL X (Bon Jovi, The Drills)
GLEN SOBEL (Alice Cooper)
NITA STRAUSS (Alice Cooper, We Start Wars)
JASON HOOK (Alice Cooper, Five Finger Death Punch, Vince Neil, KISS)
RUDY SARZO (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot)
RUDY SARZO FEATURED SET
CRYIN’ IN THE RAIN – Whitesnake
PHIL X(lv)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/SCOTTI HILL(g1)/AUGUST ZADRA(g2)/STEVE FERLAZZO(k)
MR. CROWLEY – Ozzy Osbourne
DEWEY BRAGG(lv)/SHAWN DUNCAN(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/SCOTTI HILL(g1)/AUGUST ZADRA(g2)/STEVE FERLAZZO(k)
METAL HEALTH – Quiet Riot
DAVID KECKHUT(lv)/SHAWN DUNCAN(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/AUGUST ZADRA(g1)/BARRY POINTER(g2)/LISA MARGAROLI/ANNETTE FRANK(bv)
RAINBOW IN THE DARK – Dio
PHIL X(lv)/SHAWN DUNCAN(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/SCOTTI HILL(g1)/BARRY POINTER(g2)/STEVE FERLAZZO(k)/LISA MARGAROLI(bv)
LIBERTY DeVITTO/RUSSELL JAVORS FEATURED SET
ONLY THE GOOD DIE – Billy Joe
PHIL X FEATURED SET
SUNNY DAYS – The Drills
PHIL(lv)(g1)/ANTHONY TINY BIUSO(d)/DAN SPREE(b)
SOMETHING TO SAY – The Drills
PHIL X(lv)(g1)/ANTHONY TINY BIUSO(d)/DAN SPREE(b)
FUNK #49 – The James Gang
PHIL X(lv)(g1)/LIBERTY DeVITTO(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/STEVE FERLAZZO(k)
FIRE – Jimi Hendrix
PHIL X(lv)(g1)/ANTHONY TINY BIUSO(d)/DAN SPREE(b)
GLEN SOBEL/NITA STRAUSS/JASON HOOK FEATURED SET
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY
CHUCK GARRIC(lv)(b)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/NITA STRAUSS(g1)/JASON HOOK(g2)/
LOST IN AMERICA – Alice Cooper
CHUCK GARRIC(lv)(b)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/NITA STRAUSS(g1)/JASON HOOK(g2)
LICK IT UP – KISS
CALICO COOPER(lv)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/CHUCK GARRIC(b)/JASON HOOK(g1)CHRIS /LATHAM(g2)
KILLED BY DEATH – Motorhead
CHUCK GARRIC(lv)(b)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/CHRIS LATHAM(g1)/CALICO COOPER(v)
ALL-STAR JAM SET
COME TOGETHER – The Beatles
CARL RESTIVO(lv)/LIBERTY DeVITTO(d)/RUDY SARZO(b)/PHIL X(g1)/RUSSELL JAVORS(g2)/STEVE FERLAZZO(K)/LISA MARGAROLI/ANNETTE FRANK(bv)
SCHOOL’S OUT – Alice Cooper
CHUCK GARRIC(lv)(b)CALICO COOPER(v)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/NITA STRAUSS(g2)/CHRIS LATHAM(g2)/LISA MARGAROLI/ANNETTE FRANK(bv)
ROCK AND ROLL – Led Zeppelin
CARL RESTIVO(lv)/GLEN SOBEL(d)/DEREK FRANK(b)/STEVE FEKETE(g1)/STEVE FERLAZZO(k)/DEWEY BRAGG(guest vocal) RICKY GORDON
Plus, Chuck Garric, Brother Latham and Calico Cooper from Beasto Blanco
SCOTTI HILL