![]() And no, I don’t think I’ve ever used that word in a review before, but it’s almost unavoidable here. But even without that, it’s nigh on impossible for anybody in this to not come off like a total douche. It’s not their fault that this comes out in the middle of a pandemic and the recession it caused. But helping fangirls and fanboys (mostly) live out their dreams, if only for a weekend, is just good clean wish fulfillment, if a little pricey.īut listening to the assorted rockers fluff the experience in varying degrees of sincerity, meeting a cross section of campers for a recent Las Vegas Rock Fantasy Camp - a singing-drumming real estate trust’s accountant, a guy who seems to work for a church, parents of a teen with autism who comes out of his shell with his Gibson Les Paul guitar - one never shakes the feeling that this entire enterprise is seriously tone deaf. His friends, possibly parroting something Fishof himself says, credit him with “taking the yarmulke to a new level,” a smart promoter who used those oldies acts to create a camp for the now-well-off fans who grew up loving these musicians. It’s a movie that feels like a sales pitch, a hollow glossing of a Baby Boomer indulgence that doesn’t amount to much more than glimpses of scores of famous rockers who sell-their-services to this camp - Daltrey to Meat Loaf, Nancy Wilson to Rob Halford and other members of Judas Priest, Vince Neill to Lita Ford - and quick, dull sketches of those who buy their way into one weekend of the camp.įilmmakers Renee Barron and Douglas Blush tell the story of how David Fishof went from being a Catskills resort kid to New York sports agent for the likes of Phil Simms and Lou Pinella, to an “outside the box” rock promoter whose brainstorms were all nostalgia tours, reuniting the Monkees, the Happy Together Tour and helping create and promote Ringo’s All Starr Band. Over the past 23 years, every network morning show, every cable network, even “The Simpsons” and “Bones” and other TV programs hyped this amusing, harmless indulgence into the popular “vacation” for well-heeled adults and the children of the equally well-heeled that it is today. “Rock Camp: The Movie” is yet another informercial for manager turned promoter David Fishof, 90 minutes of assorted people with the disposable cash to live out their fantasy - an accountant singing with Paul Stanley of KISS and an impromptu band campers and experienced rockers have formed for a weekend - Jurassic Waste, Stack of Yokos or Motley Jue. And in this version, you don’t have to take a “fan” cruise to get up close and personal. Pay $5000 (at first, now $5499, plus extras), jam and learn from your aged classic rock or metal heroes, hang with them in a nice hotel for a few days, soak up a little of the rock’n roll lifestyle. All rights reserved.You’ve been hearing about it for decades, the amateur musicians’ version of various sports “fantasy camps,” but for rock and roll fans. Let’s see what more I could do with it!'”ĭaltrey claimed that he used to be able to “take a cigarette out of someone’s mouth from about 20 yards” with his mic, but, the 77-year-old legend laughed, “I can’t see it now, of course!”Ĭopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. “And of course it came back, and I thought, ‘That was interesting. “I just got bored and I thought, ‘I’ve got this thing in my hand that I’m fed up with holding…what do I do with it?’ So I kind of threw it and held onto the cord,” he recalled. “I did it out of pure boredom, actually, because I was on a stage with with two maniacs and a very straight bass player,” Daltrey explained, referring to guitarist Pete Townshend and drummer Keith Moon, who smashed their equipment on stage, and bass player John Entwistle, who just stood there. “And…it’s good to be reminded of where you started.”įallon also asked Daltrey about his famous onstage trademark of twirling his microphone, throwing it in the air and catching it. “And I was with people of varying abilities…some very good, incidentally - some of them extremely good - and some of them extremely bad,” he laughed. “We were young and we were having so much fun…we’d do anything just to play music.” “What it did for me was remind me of all the reasons why I did this in the first place,” Daltrey said. ![]() Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Daltrey explained why he likes playing with a bunch of amateurs at those events. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey is one of several legendary artists who appear in the new documentary Rock Camp: The Movie, detailing the experiences of fans who attend Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp.
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