New heavy metal enthusiast William Shatner and his metal band the *uckers made their debut on Sept. 19 at Park West in Chicago. Shatner and his band — composed of guitarists Marcus Nand and Britt Lightning, bassist Phil Soussan, and drummer Fred Achin — are performing today at Riot Fest on the Rebel Stage. But last night they performed a warm up gig for fans.
According to setlist.fm, the band played a six-song set, which included covers of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” Motörhead’s “Ace Of Spades,” and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” He also performed three originals, one of which may be titled “damn old age.” Shatner is an impressive 95 years old.
In an interview with Michael Moynihan from earlier this month, Shatner expressed that he “is in a fervor of creativity. I am writing books. I’m doing albums. This heavy metal album…I’m gonna do a concert. I’m gonna do 30-minute concert — 30 minutes of heavy metal,” he said laughing in disbelief, “with a band. 30 minutes on stage.” He went on to discuss that he didn’t have much knowledge of heavy metal, and wrote a response song to Guns N’ Roses “Patience.” He described the song as “impassioned.” He added: “I’m tired of old age. I’m tired of losing hair. I’m tired of not eating. I’m tired of catching a cold. I’m tired of being tired. I’m tired!'”
Earlier this summer, Shatner announced that he also booked Coachella. His album What The F Is Heavy Metal?, which is coming out via Cleopatra, has no release date yet.
Check out clips from the show below.
