Armored Saint live | Rockpalast | 2018

[@jeffha4057]

John Bush is one of the greatest metal vocalists of all time.

[@james6691]

Goddamn right

[@stratkatt420]

I was just saying that to my buddy the other day. He's got to have one of the coolest voices in metal.

[@hemmohoving2558]

Hell Yeah he is!!!

[@tingtai]

The greatest, actually

[@armoredghost6180]

Criminally underrated singer.

[@raymondelaw]

This is one of the few lead singers that sounds as good today as he did back in the day. These guys continue to kick ass.

[@jezuzfreek777]

yeah..... Armored Saint can still deliver!

[@johnsusan4292]

John Bush is a national treasure.

[@cosmicsea666]

John's voice is on point! OMG! Armored Saint keep getting better and better. I'm so jealous you all got to see this performance.

[@hinjurock]

John fucking RULES!

[@derekriel6596]

His voice is so good!

[@garyconner6151]

Him and grim reapers singer.omg.still awesome 😎.

[@redalrt4]

Armored Saint in 2019? ...Seriously? I need to see this band!

[@jamesmohr9168]

You must! They are fantastic live.

[@harryburnett7086]

This band deserves much more recognition than they got, truly unique sound out of LA scene in the early days of the 80s metal scene and Dave R.I.P, was so underrated

[@kainnosgoth7336]

You know it. Dave was able to cover and switch between the rhythm and melody sections like no other-look how he mixes it up on "Human Vulture", he's basically doing the work of two guitarists and it sounds absolutely amazing.

[@richardorduno6492]

Saint rocks rocks rocks love watching there shows

[@guitaraddictsanonymous81]

Bush is killing it! RIP Dave Prichard.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

I knew these "kids" when they were just making it. (I was a local rocker just ten years before them) The loss of Dave Prichard was a heart break. Play on.

[@stephenmortimer1653]

John Bush is THE man, what a voice, clean, clear and high to this day, awesome. Been into this band since their early 80's EP and they have never disappointed. New album is killer.

[@kenvorland]

Awesome band bring back the 80 s

[@luisgadea1423]

John Bush ...you are in another category!!

[@tl4340]

God this band is so good live. Been a big fan since the late 1980s.

[@jerrycampbell5010]

You couldn't ask for John Bush's voice to sound any better than it does here. Big time respect for the man. The band put on an absolutely killer show!

[@madometal]

Always loved Bush's vocals and vocal style

[@lemmykay]

One of the truest and most serious metal bands in the world!

[@JeffLB]

BTW BUSH is one of best leads all time!

[@joweerocks]

His vocal vibrato is as good as Dio, this guy has some freakin' pipes, this band certainly was not a 80's hair band!

[@AndiSet15]

It's amazing how faithful the band is to performing live music over recordings, it seems like I'm listening to the CDs themselves.

[@paulwills1459]

no kidding especially the vocals . spot on !!!

[@joesephtoulouse5360]

John bush great underrated front man

[@MARCELO-gn3ix]

PURE HEAVY METAL, LONG LIVE METAL. 80, 90, 2000, 10, 2020.

[@pleasuretokill]

Fuck! This post made me realize that I've been a part of the metal "scene" throughout just short of 5 decades. 1987 til I get planted in the ground.

[@crazysanantonio]

Damn! They haven’t aged a bit, he still got the voice and they sound like they did over 30 years ago, Heavy Metal will definitely keep them from aging.

[@tttarms1970]

I'm 51....keeps me fucking going....in the gym still grabbing 130lb plus dumbells

[@mikestraley7201]

my 2 bands growing up were saint and flotsam and jetsam, 2 most criminally underrated bands ever

[@jeffstanford6900]

Fully Agree! Two Musical Greats! 🤘🤘🤘

[@BBMetalKing]

Amen Mike Straley

[@canaldoscara752]

John, was invited to sing on Metallica, Anthrax, amazing singer, powerfull and clean vocals and high notes.

[@sycpup]

the best albums Anthrax ever put out were the ones with John!

[@stonerking78]

What a band, what a performance! Long live the saint! ❤️

[@ShannonFiumenero-q7f]

So awesome!!!! One of my favorite vocalist .

[@LP-iu1fu]

Armored Saint has always been bad ass....Raised in Pasadena I had the pleasure of seeing these guys at backyard keg parties and at Perkins Palace with Malice, Sin..and Oden......J. Bush still has the one of the best voices in metal. Awesome memories. RIP David Pritchard

[@kainnosgoth7336]

Man, you're one lucky guy to have had that experience, definitely something to remember!

[@louieflores3343]

Wow,how about Lizzy Borden,Omen,Warlord,&Abattior?lived thru that scene.starting freshman H.S.?seems as tho it was a couple summers ago?

[@RR-qw6gu]

Armored Saint has survived without the deserved airplay and they still keep producing great rock music.. Thank you Armored Saint ✌✌

[@unclejune4843]

Love to see the old school still bringing that heat 💪 They sound really good.

[@diviningrod2671]

With just a few guys from the 80s slam pits would've turned that crowd into a blood bath!!! Can you eat liver !!!!

[@troyjenkins578]

Man this guys voice just does not age. I saw AS back in the late eighties in San Pedro California and he sounds as good now as he did back then. John Bush always delivers!

[@bassorbass4988]

I saw them in Pedro too at the Waters Club. Pritchards last show on NYE.

[@nikkarou7675]

one of the best bands i've seen perform live. In smaller clubs they go completely mental.John is one of the best frontmen EVER

[@marco327]

Holy sh#t!!! John Bush' voice is TIGHT! Great singer and frontman! AS are killin' it!

[@almatsas351]

I HAD THE CASSETTES OF MARCH, DELIRIOUS NOMAD, RAISING FEAR...1984 to 1986... I LOVE A.S. FOREVER!!!

[@WilliamDurrant-km4gd]

In the 80s we bought,stole, recorded,and traded, music was as rare as gold 🥇,till the Internet fucked it all up,glad I'm a 80s brat

[@beerchaininline4242]

And still kicking arse with great awesome new album

[@mikewestfall827]

John Bush's voice is still amazing. A tip for the editor. when there's a solo being played, show the guitarist playing it. Not the other guitarist or a crowdsurfer being pulled over the barricade.

[@rokstar807]

True metal legends! Takes me back to my high school days, blasting 'Saints Will Conquer' on the way school in my dad's '78 Park Avenue.

[@tttarms1970]

Bam Bamm I had my 79 pinto wagon that I got for 100 bucks...my stereo cost me more when I threw it in....good ol days....oh yeah and gas was like 90 cents a gallon

[@anthonymartinez8190]

I concur gentlemen..."Santa Claus" brought me "Raising Fear" for Christmas in 1987 (cassette of course). Loved it. Soon after I saw "The Hell on Wheels " tour with AS and Helloween opening for Grim Reaper. Life was never the same after that.

[@tttarms1970]

@@anthonymartinez8190 I love Walls of jericho. Brings me back to summers in my room going through my collection couldnt wait to get a new album. Got omen and Halloween same day!!

[@shawnbruce6934]

LOL.

[@TheLassenman]

Still got their albums from back in the days, awesome band still

[@ikigai47]

How can his voice be so good after all these years? It defies human biology

[@vincegedeon6583]

It's mind blowing still🤘😮🤘

[@shawnbruce6934]

He's taken Really Good Care of Himself.

[@ikigai47]

@@shawnbruce6934 Something. The dude is literally still in his vocal PRIME... as he approaches 60. That's impressive enough for an average singer but a power singer? I can't name another guy that's pulled that off.

[@_vixen_4504]

@@ikigai47 Paul Rogers he has pulled it off he has been singing for over 50 years

[@goosegutz]

Got to say I think John Bush is the best of the early 80s metal singer still around today.He sounds the same and hasn't changed the way he sings.Not only does he hit all the notes but he almost sings them as they were on the records (phrasing is near perfect). Besides he always he had a killer voice for metal.

[@Heavymetaleternia]

Bazzo Smyth Well, he‘s still great, but your comparison doesn‘t include the difficulty of the songs. Bush doesn’t have to go into the extreme highs that much for example. The songs he is singing are far easier to sing than almost every Maiden song and many Priest songs.

[@kainnosgoth7336]

While that's true, it would be safe to say that Bush was the best for his particular style-every style has their heroes and John Bush was definitely the man then and he's the man now!

[@PazBinv1]

Yeah, he's great but he's probably done less than 5% of the live shows the other bands you mentioned have done, so his voice is still the same.

[@rickmerritt128]

​@@PazBinv1very good observation

[@dacoop2]

John Bush sounds as good as ever. What a singer.

[@techiboi]

Long time fan of Armored Saint ! 30 years and counting ! They are absolutely killing it live ! Good on ya mates ! Ps. My 9year old says “That Deadpool guy can sing dad .” I’m dying of laughter !

[@mmmcosta]

My son is the same age of your daughter, an AS big fan.

[@crazeyjoe]

Bush is awesome and we know it. With that in mind, Joey is such an awesome bassist (also plays with Fates Warning). When top metal bass players are mentioned, Joey's name is never mentioned. He is so fucking overlooked!!

[@chrisirarrazaval7485]

Amazing band ! John Bush rules !

[@videodobaguio]

I can´t heard John Bush without remebering The Sound of White Noise from Anthrax. His voice keeps singular and he stills rocking!

[@metal-adventures-joerg]

Sehr sehr geil!!!!!! Eine der unterbewertesten Bands ever!!! Und live immer noch so fett wie vor 30 Jahren!!!!

[@almatsas351]

BEST HARD ROCK/METAL LIVE PERFORMANCE IVE SEEN IN YRS!!! JOHN BUSH IS A VOCAL GOD!!!

[@erwinlugo3188]

jhon bush..still the voice..armored saint never fades..💥

[@jezuzfreek777]

Oh my gosh....John Bush still has it. Wow!

[@gtralive-2024]

John vocals on Sound of White Noise by Anthrax 🎙🎸🏆👏

[@gertriedel9391]

One of my favourite Bands. Bush is one of the best metal Singers

[@jeffs4760]

Passion! You gotta believe in your own music! That makes it much more enjoyable to watch too! Bravo Armored Saint. Been a fan since the beginning. Wait for it...27:43.

[@xgriff_ins_klo9877]

Wow! A show to remember! Did I go back in a time machine? You can deliver!!!!!!!

[@realitygutter9694]

Seen 'em twice in my country, 2000 and 2019, they kicked maximum ass both times, definitely one of the best acts I've seen in my life.

[@adamwarlock3530]

Vastly underrated band. Armored Saint is awesome!.

[@ksiemer7295]

Armored Saint has always been a no bullshit band...just class act...forever a top band in my collection!!!

[@jamesmohr9168]

Check out their latest single "End of the Attention Span".

[@DrDommm]

Their new cd punching the sky is sick.

[@NHndrsn1234]

I got to work with John Bush....OMG!!! What a polite and respectful person. I love it when my heroes are good people! Love you John Bush, you will be forever be my hero!! (I'm a Live Sound Engineer)

[@marcstraw4318]

John Bush is great ! He blows me away. I was at the Show

[@vincegedeon6583]

He's incredible 🤘

[@rickmerritt128]

​@@vincegedeon6583to think they would open for Black Sabbath says something about how good Sabbath is.

[@hwearrow]

Legends of Heavy Metal. A dream for Metalheads!!!

[@WilliamDurrant-km4gd]

Saw em 9o twice, once with suicidal,then Megadeth,their melodies and harmonies are transporting

[@kainnosgoth7336]

Oh MAN! The original lineup (save for Dave Earl Pritchard, God rest his soul) and John Bush sounds like he did nearly 40 years ago when March of The Saint first came out. Thanks so much for posting this for us long timers (aka the 50-somethings who wore our denim and leather proudly long before most of the people in this crowd were born.) Keep kickin' out the jams, John!

[@duarniel]

John Bush is the man!!!!! maravilloso!!

[@chrisburk2764]

so fucking great to see... what a show... one of the most true bands in heavy-metal history... great songs, great sound, outstanding voice... i remember that day back than, when i was visiting my record store in munich and saw these two "first" albums - march and delirious... - wasnt sure to buy... bought metallica`s ride and kill`em... but every saturday we returned to look for the new ones, i was some kind of electrified of these albums... and then, one day, i was sure and bought the albums... at this time i was 14/15... and it was right... alongside all these thrash and speed metal bands this time, there was no more breath for truly ass-kicking-heavy-metal... now im 49, still listening to all the genres, but seeing this live-concert is like born again... awesome, great... thank you so much, armored saint... p.s. here in germany, we love you.... because , to be true and honest are still values, we love... :)

[@chriswills7751]

I went to Starnberg on a school exchange in 1989, there were a couple of trips into Munich on the s-bahn while there and I remember a massive record shop called WOM, (World Of Music, I thought it odd that it would have an English name, it's not like we have WOMs in England) which I really liked - too young to appreciate how nice a place Starnberg was that I liked a record shop, getting drunk at 15 (nearly legal in Germany), pulling a German girl and spending the old English 5p coins in vending machines that thought they were German 1 Deutschmark coins... worth about 6 times as much. Got some nice rock and metal vinyl at WOM - no Armored Saint though. Wondered if it was WOM you were shopping at too.

[@TheShawnharper]

Man, they are still so good... Tight. Each member is still on their game, so strong. 🤘

[@jamesdavid1962]

Still one the best bands to watch great metalhope I get to see them one more time im 60 now

[@markbunton9919]

Grest show!! Such a tight band and John's voice is amazing. The new album is absolutely amazing and every bit as strong as anything they have put out over the years.

[@richardorduno6492]

Dave Prichard will always be armored god bless us metal heads keep it real guys and lady’s keep rockin

[@Thelajets]

Oh man! We’re all kids again here. I was there at the beginning for this amazing band. I can still remember Dave and the guys handing out flyers for shows at my High School. Seeing them at Troubadour on a weeknight no less. Eating burgers with Dave (RIP) at Ricks Burgers, Watching them record their intro tape at Pedrini’s Music for the Perkins Palace gig! Seeing them rehearse the sword fight show intro at Auntie Em’s and finally seeing them absolutely KILL IT! at the show! I’ve always felt a special place for them in my heart as an LA kid. It’s taken too long for them to get the respect they deserve. I was so glad when I heard Jeff was part of the fold! He fit perfectly and to have Phil bring it all back home. This just throws me back and makes me so happy sitting here in Covid isolation!!!

[@louiscamacho3457]

One of the best bands to come out of LA, should have been bigger. Still sound as good as in the early 80’s . RIP Prichard

[@SASTORM]

These guys are 110% pros John Bush has a perfect voice almost like in the records, what a killer show

[@alexmoreira73]

John Bush is such a great singer!

[@mikefoley249]

Holy Shit. I haven't thought about this band since that Metallica/Armored Saint/Raven show at the Arcadia in Dallas. What a fking time to be young!!!! Hell yeah!!!!

[@psault47]

Soooooo Underrated!! Thank you Saint for still making great metal music!!

[@thejessman1460]

I met John, Joey, and Gonzo in Los Angeles 16 years ago. Coolest guys you’ll ever meet! Raising fear is my favorite!

[@HanoverYakker]

One of the most underappreciated bands out there. Been following them for over 35 years and have never been disappointed. The only Anthrax album I own is when Jon Bush fronted them.

[@wesleysixx5435]

John Bush you're the man! Hail from Sao Paulo - Brazil 🇧🇷

[@beerchaininline4242]

Very inspiring totally my " go to" concert many times especially last few months these guys all totally kick arse !

[@thrashaddiction]

yes they can still deliver....all the way til the end...these songs...still so damn good...each guy brings it!

[@cuzned1375]

What other band of high school mates has ever turned out to be anywhere near this awesome?? And still together - and STILL AWESOME - 40 friggin” years later! Don’t miss the most METAL shakin’ of a shaker starting at about 23:30.

[@hinjurock70]

That song is so good.

[@latkagravas9011]

Fucking A. I've loved Armored Saint like forever. Way under rated. They should have the fame Metallica has. I was fortunate to have met Dave Pritchard in 1988 when they opened for MSG. RIP

[@AstrumAnimal]

Nice. Saw John Bush back in 95 in my home town in Australia. Great voice. Classic rock !

[@pauld6222]

I got to see this band way back in the 80s when they 1st started in a club with about 2-300 people.There were also a couple other bands with them. WASP on their 1st album tour and Metallica (just came out with Ride the Lightning). John Bush sounds as incredible as he did way back then.

[@paganjay1085]

I saw that Wasp/Metallica/Armored Saint tour. It was badass! Before Wasp got rid of the torture rack

[@masch2005]

Bush is a beast !!!!!!!!! ONE of the best Bands ever !!!!

[@renzohm2909]

Possibly the most underrated metal band ever, this guys deserved to big huge!

[@peterguitarhowitt268]

🤘I was aware of Armoured Saint never really listened to them until now. I am blown away! Thanks for the post.🎤

[@vincegedeon6583]

They are badass 🤘

[@matt6l6]

Saw these guys at the 1986 Iowa Jam. AS, Dokken, Metallica, Ted Nugent, and Aerosmith. Van Halen played later that night at the big venue in town which I also went to. I spotted the AS guys hanging down by the sound board and went to tell them I enjoyed the show. They were surprised someone recognized them from earlier and were super cool. Glad to see they're still at it!

[@davidpesci6605]

Release this show. Hell, I'd buy it a second and put it on repeat, as would virtually every other Armored Saint fan!

[@mromero548]

Always a great band. From the beginning.

[@ronalcuricastaneda9969]

awesome ,gran espectaculo , gran banda,phil sandoval impecable ,amazing ,great perforfance

[@luish777]

Now that was great! band klicking like a Rolex .Singer is awesome

[@vincegedeon6583]

They absolutely killed it🤘💞🤘 Awesome performance! Holy fuck his vocals absolutely mind-blowing! so much power still! Bar none one of the greatest metal singers period!!still to this day😮

[@KiphartAZ]

Great show! Luv this band!! Still kicking ass!!! Sadly not one note off "Delirious Nomad". (My personal favorite.) -- "Saints Will Conquer!" -- R.I.P. Dave Prichard

[@almatsas351]

Oh man I LOVED Delirious Nomad! Long Before I Die...too bad not one tune from it!

[@kevinquayle2135]

In my opinion one of the most underrated bands of the era and genre. John Bush sounds exactly like he did 35 years ago. Amazing. Great band if you love some straight forward nothing but kick ass metal.

[@jayeddleston9486]

There so underrated. Awesome band. Last train home my favorite

[@MikeyAR7373]

I have loved armored saint since the beginning and Jeff Duncan since his Odin days these guys kick ass !! I met a couple of them at one of the annual Dime Bashes super nice guys !

[@scottbranch5603]

Boy they still sound incredible! John and the boys sounded FANTASTIC with QR at Ace of Spades last april /2024. Ripped my head off!

[@gregnichols2721]

John Bush was once asked back in the early days to sing for Metallica! Could you imagine what THAT would sound like today??? METAL BLISS!!!!!

[@crazeyjoe]

Truth!

[@brommendebeer]

What a great band is this! I saw them several times, the first time was in 1989 at the Dynamo festival in Eindhoven.

[@MisterCritch]

I just purchased the symbol of salvation album after buying win hands down & the first three... what an album & what a band... I’ve got to see these guys live. I think they’ve gotten better over time. Jeff seems to have done a good job fitting in for Dave.

[@hinjurock70]

He's really good.

[@markusarrow]

saw them earlier tht year with saxon fckn killer show.....

[@wolfsongcg6497]

Every metal band should have a spot in their roster that says: Bass: Reserved for Joey Vera If he hasn't played with them already, he probably will. Can't blame 'em though. He's a great player.

[@JeffLB]

Top notch and they killed it! Saw them July 18th in Cleveland at House Blues they were freaking awesome. Keep rockin guys-thx you

[@michaelz8620]

J-Bird Metal Rules I was there too. Sad that only about a hundred people showed up but the saint still kicked ass!!!