UFO at El Corazon, Wednesday, May 7th 2008. Phil Moog and Vinnie Moore in the upper right. I swear to God.

Holy fire hazard! Cherrybomb was at El Corazon last night, fearing for her sort-of young life, all in the name of Phil Moog. UFO fiend Mike McCready and his Flight to Mars men Paul Passarelli & Tim DiJulio also made the scene. Anyways, it was a sweet, intimate, beyond club capacity show. Pretty standard stuff for El Corazon. But Cherrybomb isn’t complaining. It was worth the $25 duckets to watch nearly all of the show from the safety El Corazon’s big screen in the bar. Near the exit.

If UFO comes your way, go see them. You might die, but let’s face it. You might eat it crossing the street. Besides, sooner or later, we’re all gonna die. Going out in an overcrowded, vintage rock club in the presence of Phil Moog and the Shreadhead guitar solo greatness of Vinnie Moore (who’s been with the band since 2005) is one of the steps to the Stairway to Heaven. I’m sure of it.

Vinnie Moore. Still has the hair and the chops…

UFO’s latest record, Monkey Puzzle is some kind of alright and the material from the 2006 release translated great live. Especially the cut “Hard Being Me“. The band also turned out all their vintage, rock hard nuggets too, including a 20 minute version of “Rock Bottom” that included a balls-out guitar solo from Moore. Moog, who somehow turned 60 last month, looks and sounds better than vocalist’s half his age. Take that Nickelback…

UFO plays the Rocklahoma Festival on July 13th.