'80s Metallers AXE Performs For Service Members In Iraq
April 7, 2009, 15 years ago
Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez from Newsblaze.com is reporting:
After decades of touring with music legends such as MÖTLEY CRÜE, JUDAS PRIEST and OZZY OSBOURNE, rock band AXE made a trip to perform for service members and civilians aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.
The concert, which drew a packed audience to the Al Asad theater, featured many of the classics that made Axe a staple of the 1980s rock scene.
On that Saturday night, in a place thousands of miles away from what most service members call home, two brothers-in-law came together for the first time in more than four years.
"Since we've gotten out here, I've gone through the whole spectrum of positive emotions," said Scott Misner, the band's drummer. "But seeing my brother-in-law for the first time in so many years is just an amazing feeling ... it's beyond description."The two men, so far from their homes in Texas, met on the stage before a crowd of hundreds and embraced in a moment of pure emotion. The crowd erupted into cheers as Misner, whose son is serving aboard a nuclear submarine with the U.S. Navy, gave credit to his brother-in-law Chris Jensen, a civilian employee aboard Al Asad, for Axe's appearance on Al Asad.
It started off simply - a Morale, Welfare and Recreation manager was making conversation about upcoming shows and what options were available when Jensen stepped forward and replied with a set of words that would have far-reaching effects:
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