Category: Gigs

Guano Apes, Album release party, @ Ebertbad,Oberhausen 17-1-03

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Guano ebertbad 2003 (I stole a copy of Emilies ticket 😉

This album release party/gig/after party has become legendary among the original old school GA fans. What a day ! My mate Michel went with me & one of the first people we met once in the venue (early on) was Sandra. Straight away she went to get us drinks & Michel seemed a little shocked lol (hey, she’s a good friend for a few years now 😉 ). Met Bjoern & Eno & had a good conversation about how GA could improve their position in the UK. I seem to recall mentioning how ” Him” were starting to take off & i’m sure a radio broadcast helped them. Whilst watching sound check from the balcony , i finally met Friedel. A bunch of friends stayed at the same hostel/hotel a few minutes away from the venue. There was also a meal organised for everyone…& the surprise of the band turning up 😉 The gig was filmed & broadcast on German tv. I also filmed most of the show myself. If you’ve seen the clip with “The Little Green Man”, that was mine lol . I thought it was very cool when Sandra picked up the “Little Green Man” & got him to “sing” with her. Note: On the official pro-shot footage, they dubbed some sounds onto “L.G.M.” & it worked just great. 2nd note : It also shows they touched up the audio etc before it was broadcast 😉

We watched show from upstairs & there was a free unlimited bar. A bad thing where myself & Michel were concerned. He kept bringing beers & i couldn’t keep up ! So yeah, the filming went downhill haha. After the show the band came out to meet everyone . That was very cool. Eventually we left & went back to our digs. There we all stayed up a few more hours talking etc. If my memory is correct, one of the beds got broken ? Will always remember my first long chat about pyramids with Jasi that night 🙂 So yeah, this was one of those shows you really had to be there. Everything about it was just fantastic. Thank you Guano Apes, the management & of course the fellow fans.michelnadine Nadine (aka Miss. G) & Michel after show

The unseen footage is a compilation of various parts of the day i filmed. The venue, soundcheck, meeting Friedel for the first time (camera goes shaky lol), the meal next door when the band made a surprise (? 😉 ) appearance, the gig itself, then finally the old school GA fans chatting in someones room till the early hours.

End of the video i made mentioning the “original gang”

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P.S. What the hell happened to “Thor” ? Anyone know ?

 

Guano Apes,Paradise Lost, H-Bloxx, Clawfinger, etc @ Ringfest, Cologne , Germany 17-8-02

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This was a very cool day. Bands were playing on various stages around Cologne, on the streets ! Backstage, i had Nik Holmes (Paradise Lost) comment on my old Ozzy t-shirt (from 1982) & he was mildly surprised to see someone from the UK 😉 I filmed Guanos set & also the end jam (which they didn’t take part in ;-( ) GAs set was recorded in 5:1 suround sound, but it’s never seen the light of day. Afterwards, i went back to their hotel & Henning played me a new song “Quietly” which was fantastic. Then it was onto the aftershow party on a boat…though i didn’t stay there long.

OZZFEST : Ozzy Osbourne,Tool,Slayer,System Of A Down,Lost Prophets, Cradle Of Filth, @ Castle Donington 25-5-02

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The set up for this show was ridiculous ! They had a large ” D-ring”, with majority of us OUTSIDE the D ring. They could have allowed MANY more in there. So, effectively, we were all far away from the stage. The weather was awful. Cradle of Filth were utter shite. We had the majority of different weathers during their set sun, rain, hail stones etc….all we needed was a plague of locusts lol. To me, the day just didn’t work. Not only that, after experiencing this silly barrier set up, the following year i didn’t go & no one filmed Maiden (that i know of)