SLCene Suggests: Hell’s Belles at The Urban Lounge

HELL’S BELLES, THE URBAN LOUNGE, Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m., $20

Back when Hell’s Belles first started rocking their Seattle hometown crowds with their wicked fun versions of AC/DC songs, Salt Lake City was one of the first cities the ladies took their show on the road to visit. In no time, the Belles were selling out clubs in Zion just like they did at home. The reason was obvious — AC/DC’s tunes are familiar to even the most casual of rock fans, and in the hands of a bunch of energetic young musicians who love to entertain, they came to renewed life. The band has had some lineup changes through the years, just like the real thing, but Adrian “Angus Young” Conner remains, shredding and stripping down from her schoolboy outfit just like the elder Angus. And now they have a real Aussie on lead vocals in Amber Saxon, who tackles the style of both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson.