Las Vegas Mixtape v8: Vintage Neon, Amped Up Live Music, And Vegan Steak

Track #2: Hookers & Blow and Dead Boys @Fremont Country Club @ Downtown

Rock & roll church the Fremont Country Club in downtown Vegas (Image: Vegas 411)

I was in love with the group Hookers & Blow before I even heard them play a single note. I mean, the name alone—it’s brazen and tongue-in-cheek all at once, perhaps the most rock & roll rock moniker out there.

Led by keyboardist/vocalist Dizzy Reed of Guns N’ Roses and Quiet Riot’s fiery lead guitarist Alex Grossi, the skillful and rugged band rolled into downtown’s rock & roll church, the Fremont Country Club (which Green Day recently lit up), for the multi-act “Blowchella.” Hitting the stage at 1:00 am, they dug their heels into their covers of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust,” The Rolling Stones’ “Rocks Off,” and Eddie Money’s “Shakin’ (all from their 2021 album).

Preceding them were the snotty-as-ever Dead Boys, the ‘70s Cleveland, Ohio punk band whose infectiously cranky songs—“Sonic Reducer,” “What Love Is,” and “Ain’t Nothin’ To Do”—have stood the test of time.