7200km in 15 days. yes sir!
After way too many drinks(at the local club i work at) and way to little sleep TIMES UP picked us up at our rehearsal space at around 12ish. Upon seeing the van i was pretty sure this thing wouldnt go down the way we had planned it in the beginning. Though it sports 9 unbelievably comfortable seats, the trunk is just too small to fit a band's whole backline.
In the end my pessimism was just a bit too much.
we loaded the back with as much stuff as we could and used some security straps to not get knocked out when Chris(whos driving most of the time) is braking too hard.
our brand new fog-destroyer-canon and dave's 2x15 bass cab were too big though, so we just have them next to us which makes getting out of the van a tough but amusing challenge.
1. Forst
We arrive just in time with a little difficulty of finding the venue. Chris manages to get our van through a gap that just wasnt built for us to pass. dont know how he did it.
Its a nice little place that had just been renovated. Dark grey walls, just a little light and a lot of fog made this a pretty cool experience for myself as well. Personally, i think the show was a good starter and the afterparty was insane. "PFEFFI" easily became the drink of the night.
Dani & Dom discovered what can be done with a fire extinguisher. After almost everyone fell asleep they went into the kitchen and tried the extinguisher. When i entered the room(filled with 20 kids that were asleep) i had a sour taste in my throat. Once i noticed what was going on i opened all windows and doors to stop everyone from suffocating.(took a shitload of time to clean the place in the morning)
But first and foremost we got our debut record on VINYL from the beautiful people of APIL Records & Deafcult. It looks great, smells great(silksceen print), and hopefully sounds great :) we havent had the chance to put it on a record player.
2. Hamburg
"Rote Flora" is easily the coolest place i ve been to. huge hall, tons of graffiti and stickers all over the place. The people of "OUR TURN" prepared awesome food and some pretty tasty cake. Our fogging machine did a great job of making us disappear. Lots of people showed up and it felt good to play.
But we were even more keen on leaving for some sightseeing. We tried to check out the Kiez but some coppers sent us away cause we were heavily loaded with bottles of wine.
went straight to the harbour to hang out and check out the seaside. It started raining and was pretty cold so we headed to a small club called "PUDEL". Stayed there until 7am. Awesome evening.
3. Döbeln/Rosswein
we arrive late cause staying out late had its effect on us :)
the promoters are already pretty nervous. we load in our shit in 3min and the first band starts. after only 2 bands, we are told that we either play now or not at all. a few minutes later we re told that we could move the show to Rosswein.
We had 20min left so we just started off.
Our set was extremely chaotic that night. daves amp blew a fuse. i ripped dom's guitar cable, broke a microphone and halfway in our last song the electricity was cut and music started.
All of the kids that were at the show were told to come to Rosswein to see the rest of the bands.
We packed our stuff as fast as we could and headed over to JUZ Rosswein.
Upon arriving the place was packed, we kind of regretted not playing that place as well.
we hung out in the back, watched the other bands and tried to find more PFEFFI which turned out to be a hard task.
Dani managed to get a full bottle of cherry liquor on some crazy drinking bet.
We drove to AJZ Leisnig to sleep there, awesome place, weltraumlutz wifi and some pretty nice people.
4. Ibbenbüren
Making 9 people leave a place is a real tough one so we left Leisnig late.
The drive seemed like forever. my legs still feel kinda sore and we had just a few stops to get to Ibbenbüren in time. Food was already prepared and i was seriously starving.
I was interviewed which was both weird and nice at the same time.
We built up full stacks for the guitars cause we are equipment/look - geeks. For some reason the place had been really crowded at the beginning, but since we were the last band playing that night, lots of people had already left the place. supposedly people thought that the band right before us was the last to play.
we didnt care much and played as hard as we could. no fog this time :(
Right now, we re at Pascal's place(he plays in Ritual and has become a good friend since our last endeavours.)
I am going to bed pretty soon.
we have to get the new Van and DAGGERS tomorrow morning cause we ll continue our tour with the belgian barbars.
here are some impressions of the last shows:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=1927890
After way too many drinks(at the local club i work at) and way to little sleep TIMES UP picked us up at our rehearsal space at around 12ish. Upon seeing the van i was pretty sure this thing wouldnt go down the way we had planned it in the beginning. Though it sports 9 unbelievably comfortable seats, the trunk is just too small to fit a band's whole backline.
In the end my pessimism was just a bit too much.
we loaded the back with as much stuff as we could and used some security straps to not get knocked out when Chris(whos driving most of the time) is braking too hard.
our brand new fog-destroyer-canon and dave's 2x15 bass cab were too big though, so we just have them next to us which makes getting out of the van a tough but amusing challenge.
1. Forst
We arrive just in time with a little difficulty of finding the venue. Chris manages to get our van through a gap that just wasnt built for us to pass. dont know how he did it.
Its a nice little place that had just been renovated. Dark grey walls, just a little light and a lot of fog made this a pretty cool experience for myself as well. Personally, i think the show was a good starter and the afterparty was insane. "PFEFFI" easily became the drink of the night.
Dani & Dom discovered what can be done with a fire extinguisher. After almost everyone fell asleep they went into the kitchen and tried the extinguisher. When i entered the room(filled with 20 kids that were asleep) i had a sour taste in my throat. Once i noticed what was going on i opened all windows and doors to stop everyone from suffocating.(took a shitload of time to clean the place in the morning)
But first and foremost we got our debut record on VINYL from the beautiful people of APIL Records & Deafcult. It looks great, smells great(silksceen print), and hopefully sounds great :) we havent had the chance to put it on a record player.
2. Hamburg
"Rote Flora" is easily the coolest place i ve been to. huge hall, tons of graffiti and stickers all over the place. The people of "OUR TURN" prepared awesome food and some pretty tasty cake. Our fogging machine did a great job of making us disappear. Lots of people showed up and it felt good to play.
But we were even more keen on leaving for some sightseeing. We tried to check out the Kiez but some coppers sent us away cause we were heavily loaded with bottles of wine.
went straight to the harbour to hang out and check out the seaside. It started raining and was pretty cold so we headed to a small club called "PUDEL". Stayed there until 7am. Awesome evening.
3. Döbeln/Rosswein
we arrive late cause staying out late had its effect on us :)
the promoters are already pretty nervous. we load in our shit in 3min and the first band starts. after only 2 bands, we are told that we either play now or not at all. a few minutes later we re told that we could move the show to Rosswein.
We had 20min left so we just started off.
Our set was extremely chaotic that night. daves amp blew a fuse. i ripped dom's guitar cable, broke a microphone and halfway in our last song the electricity was cut and music started.
All of the kids that were at the show were told to come to Rosswein to see the rest of the bands.
We packed our stuff as fast as we could and headed over to JUZ Rosswein.
Upon arriving the place was packed, we kind of regretted not playing that place as well.
we hung out in the back, watched the other bands and tried to find more PFEFFI which turned out to be a hard task.
Dani managed to get a full bottle of cherry liquor on some crazy drinking bet.
We drove to AJZ Leisnig to sleep there, awesome place, weltraumlutz wifi and some pretty nice people.
4. Ibbenbüren
Making 9 people leave a place is a real tough one so we left Leisnig late.
The drive seemed like forever. my legs still feel kinda sore and we had just a few stops to get to Ibbenbüren in time. Food was already prepared and i was seriously starving.
I was interviewed which was both weird and nice at the same time.
We built up full stacks for the guitars cause we are equipment/look - geeks. For some reason the place had been really crowded at the beginning, but since we were the last band playing that night, lots of people had already left the place. supposedly people thought that the band right before us was the last to play.
we didnt care much and played as hard as we could. no fog this time :(
Right now, we re at Pascal's place(he plays in Ritual and has become a good friend since our last endeavours.)
I am going to bed pretty soon.
we have to get the new Van and DAGGERS tomorrow morning cause we ll continue our tour with the belgian barbars.
here are some impressions of the last shows:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=1927890
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