Rock veterans “UFO” returned to Los Angeles on Friday night May 2nd to perform for a jammed pack audience at the Key Club in Hollywood. One of my favorite bands of all time, UFO rocked the house! From the very beginning, the band captured the crowd’s attention.
Phil Mogg, lead vocals, Paul Raymond on keys and rhythm 
guitar, were joined on this tour with original drummer Andy Parker. It was great to see Andy Parker pounding on the drums again. Vinnie Moore was on lead guitar and shredded on the guitar solos. The band was also joined by “Rob De Luca” who filled in on bass because Pete Way could not make the US tour.
There was a lot of energy on stage and throughout the night, the audience chanted “UFO, UFO, UFO”. The band covered many songs in their set from various albums. They performed heavy hitter classic songs like “Natural Thing”, “Only You Can Rock Me”, “Too Hot To Handle”, “Lights Out”, and two of my favorite UFO songs “Rock Bottom” and “Love To Love”. Phil Mogg’s voice sounded great and the band was very tight.
The band finished their set and left the stage for a brief moment only to be called back by their fans who continued to chant “UFO”! The band returned to the stage to perform one of their most popular songs of all time, “Doctor Doctor”. The Key Club was rocking! UFO finished the evening with yet another one of their classic songs and show closer, “Shoot Shoot”. It was a great night of classic rock and roll.
I was pleased to meet original drummer Andy Parker back stage after the show. He was gracious enough to take a picture with me. I was fortunate to meet Phil Mogg and Paul Raymond on the last UFO tour here in LA and congratulated them on yet another great performance. I met Michael Schenker a while back when he was out here performing with his band “MSG”. Just missing one more, Pete Way. I hope that I’ll get a chance to meet original bassist Pete Way on UFO’s next time out in the U.S. It is indeed a pleasure to meet in person, the members of one of my favorite bands that I grew up with and that played a vital part in influencing me to start playing music back in the day. For those of you who may not know, I played bass in “Lights Out” over the last 4 years. A tribute to one of the best rocking bands of all time, UFO.
