Blast off with Flight to Mars

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At least one album cover featuring a monkey?

Check.

Twenty-five-minute-long space jams?

Yup.

A badass guitarist who played like he was being chased by someone who wanted to take his booze away?

You know it.

Basically, UFO encapsulated everything ridiculous, awesome and ridiculously awesome about ’70s hard rock.

And we’re not the only ones who think so.

Count Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready among the group’s many admirers, so much so, that the dude started a tribute band to the bombastic Brit ragers: Flight to Mars.

They blast off at the Hard Rock on Wednesday.

Show up and holler for “Hot ‘n’ Ready” ’til it hurts.

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@ reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476.