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Hello Backstage Crew.
Wow Namm 2008 what a Wild time.
I shot this Video with My Brother and Friend Chris we were the only camera crew covering this Jam . It was very good They were having fun and shredding the riffs like a watergate memo.
This is what we air on Tv every week in The Bay Area. Our Intern Nikki weighs in and adds her 2 cents to the Mix.
Our crew can not be stopped.


recap of ESP clinic @ NAMM
Nikki Law Backstage Crew
**Bay Area Backstage** World Exclusive!!!
I went to the annual NAMM show in Anaheim, California as a part of the Bay Area Backstage crew, and I had such an awesome time there on Saturday (January 19th)-- besides seeing many talented musicians walking around, I got to watch a very exclusive "clinic" at the ESP booth that featured a jam with Alexi and George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), and a jam with Alexi and Janne. Although I didn't get to see much of the Alexi/Lynch jam (we walked into the ESP room at the very end of their performance), I did see the entire Alexi/Janne jam alongside a handful of other people...




As the crew was setting up the stage area for Alexi and Janne's clinic, Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God) made a quick appearance in the ESP room before ducking backstage (I thought that he was going to jump on a mic while Alexi and Janne played, but he never did unfortunately). Some of the guys from Armored Saint (Phil and Gonzo Sandoval) were also in the crowd to watch the clinic, so I talked to them for a few minutes as the tech guys were setting up the equipment...During the sound-check, someone played the beginning of Motley Crue's "Too Young To Fall In Love" (like on Stockholm Knockout Live's "Downfall"), but I'm not sure if it was Alexi or not (there was a curtain in front of the stage before Alexi and Janne started).




But once Alexi and Janne came out, the curtain was pulled aside so that the shred-fest could begin-- I don't remember all the details of everything that was played, but I do know that an instrumental "Tie My Rope" and "Sioux City Sarsaparilla" (with added keys) were performed (Alexi used his custom black guitar with pink pinstripes during the jam). It was awesome to watch Janne and Alexi play together in such a small space-- the stage was set up in a corner of the ESP room, and I was probably a good 10 feet away from them (there wasn't any barrier separating the fans from them either, besides the frustrated security guard that acted as a human barricade). I felt like I was watching a garage band perform to their closest friends-- it was a very intimate and amazing performance that only a few people got to see, and I'm glad that I was one of them.