3.5 stars: Live version of 'Songs from the lions cage'
Manny Hernandez | Bay Area, CA | 09/21/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"With 'Welcome to the Stage' the prog rock act Arena presents a live version of their album 'Songs from the lions cage' along with three other tracks ("The Healer", "Sirens" and "Medusa") accompanying and the "William Tell Overture" starting the set in a very 'Gazza Ladra'-like fashion, so make sure you like their studio work before you get this album. They display a lot of strength and their lead man does remind of Fish more than once. Overall this album deserves 3.5 stars. I don't see much point for it (it doesn't add too much musically to their work) yet it's not quite average."