Category: Gigs

Guano Apes, @ Hop & Grape, University, Manchester 4-5-01

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I remember being a bit paranoid about leaving my car as the venue is close to Moss side. After a word with Kirsten, it was arranged so i could park up next to the tour bus in a more safer place 😉 Had a good old chat with their merch guy ( Frankie? ) at this show. He gave me one of the dodel up key rings. Funniest thing was that i thought he was offering me a sweet cos of the small packet etc. The audience at this show were pretty much a bunch of muppets. People were more interested in crowd surfing than getting into the music. I told Guido that it would get rough & he nailed down the monitors at front of stage.

Guano Apes, @ The Cathouse, Glasgow , Scotland, 3-5-01

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This was a real tiny venue. Was nice to have traveled up with the band from London. A good little gig. At the time, there was a little fanzine “Broken Violin” & Claire did an interview with Dennis. It’s quite funny reading what he had to say about ” A freak who follows us” 😉 Of course, at that time, we hadn’t got to know each other so well (Henning was the one i really got on with, Dennis & Stude kept themselves to themselves, Sandra was always nice towards me) so, i can understand how he would wonder what i’m all about. Of course, i was also the first person to really follow the band on tour & they’d never experienced that before 😉 But once he got to know me better over next few years, i’m sure he’d have realised i’m not so much of a freak….or am i ? lol

Lots more photos from Glasgow gig here !

Guano Apes, Sugar Coma, @ Mean Fiddler,(Astoria2),London 2-5-01

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Ah one of my fave Guano shows. The best UK show for me easily. It was great to see the audience size building up. Got there early & bumped into Sandra. “Simon, i hear you’re joining us on the bus to go up to Glasgow ?” Good to know that was arranged & it was VERY MUCH APPRECIATED thank you. My friend Claire was hanging around with a mate & they came in for sound check.Scans0044

A funny thing : Sometime later on, i went out through a side exit. Who should i almost open the door onto, but Rob ! You couldn’t make it up ! 🙂  MTV did a small interview for the Riot Show.028_28027_27 026_26

This was one hell of a gig. They truly were rockin big time. If theres one show i could ever got from the soundboard (Hello again Ingo ! 😉 ) this would be it. Sandra dedicated a song to me & said some nice words. It was special.

P.S. The guy “Nelly Ligger” who did the magazine review didn’t have a clue. Hell, with a name like that i even doubt if he bothered turning up tbh. Yes, i’m biased, but any GA fan would have loved this show….as most of the crowd did 😉

Guano Apes, Uncle Ho ,@ Erlangen, Germany 3-4-01

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I met my friend Julia, who i knew via our love of Skunk Anansie, at this show. She brought her friend Laura along also. It was her birthday soon i recall. Well, with Henning being so cool, i was able to give the girls guest passes 🙂 During this show the band jammed ” Candy Love”. It was a bit of fun for sure. Unfortunately, Dennis had an accident when a drum stick broke & went in his eye. By strange coincedence, Julias dad is a doctor, so he checked him out ! Julia has some fantastic photos from backstage, but, it’s not really fair to upload some of them lol (The band were already tired & there’s one of Henning where he looks like a zombie -sorry mate- & one of Stude messing around with yogurt lol