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28. 01. 2004 Munich
AXXIS
Every
year now and then our little town with heart, as Munich is called over
here, appears on the tour schedule of German Rockers Axxis. Okay,
maybe, every second year. This time only in an acoustic version. Let's get
it straight: - they feel sorry for us, because this time we are not on
their normal tour plan together with Pink Cream 69 and Chrystal Ball. But
better that way now, than nothing at all. The Saturn Record Shop in Munich,
- not in Berlin - Berny, is packed, thanx to our superstars from the north.
And these 20 or 30 bavarian provincial rockfans, inclusively the usual
shoppers, who are present anyway, are listening to the acoustic versions
of "Touch The Rainbow", "Fire And Ice" and "Lost
In The Darkness". The whole set is spiced with lots of funny comments
of Berny the singer. Why haven't you become a talkmaster yet? We have had
a good laugh. 3 hours later - the second stint at the temple of Munichs Hardrock Heaven "The Garage" (there's not much more here in this direction).Beeing half empty the scenery , all the Axxis Fans listen to the rather poor sound of the venue, but great music. What a shame! The throats are dry like the dessert Gobi in summer, and the beer is running slowly. Their stomaches are making a noise in a slow fox step. Apart from that, - bavarian accent is difficult, and for our collegues from the north it's like chinese from the Yangtse Ciang valley. However, - the connection is there, and that's most important. Cheers and prost and a jodeling.... Last but not least, I wanna mention the perfect timing, thanx to the rediculous distance of about 50 miles between venue and hotel. Who the hell had this great idea? Sightseeing included. Result: an excellent impression of bavarian life style went probably down the drain. Or is it the Spaghetti and the Pizza? Whatsoever, we did like their gig, whether it was the acoustic performance of the visual aspect ( am I right, Girls?) or was it Berny's witty Rock'n'Roll philosophy? One thing's for sure. The magic was there and the new CD "Time Machine" went on sale. And that's really, what's all about it, ain't it?!! Urbi at Orbi, you've got our blessings, but only if you come back soon, despite of the lack of nightlife and the Rockclub conditions. Thanx for the Coke and the real nice final of the night.... The arctic sends a big hello.... Got me?!!!! |
24. 01. 2004 Munich
Hardcore Superstar
Yep,
the dolls are dancing... Glamrock is celebrating a reunion- and Back To
The Future is becoming the glittering truth. Gemini 5 come on first and
shoot their Apollo starship to strawberry heaven first. Similarities
remind us on Poison and Guns'n'Roses, shout for Whiskey drunken LSD steam
and dream of the sunset strip from 1988. Only difference is the fact, that
the new generation has their roots in sweden, - called: "the new wave
of swedish glamrock" - Those Gemini Make-up artists go for the
glitter style of the glory Eighties, like their music does. To make this
vision complete, you find at least five glam girlies standing in the first
row with their "All Access To Heaven" - laminets round their
neck hangingdown in front of their big boobs. The motto is: my god,
am I important... (as if you need such a thing in this club anyway!!!).
But I guess, these bands need image care and christmas juwellery for
status symbols...
Hardcore
Superstar belong certainly to the most underrated rockbands on this
planet. Always standing in the shadow of the Backyard Babys, and still
waiting for the big hit. HS practice Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll -
at least on stage! Ian Dury looks down from above and gives surely his
blessing. Apart from that, HS are a Hurricane, which doesn't leave
anybody's eye dry and blow our brain off. Inspired by supergroup Steely
Dan -
"Bad Sneakers And A Pina Colada" (big hit from SD in the
Seventies from their album "Brezllogic) - and christened by
Sleazerock, these scandinavians defend their reputation to carry the
heritage of T-Rex, Alice Cooper and Steely Dan. |
18. 01. 2004 Munich
Gravedigger
No,
they don't look like Gravedigger's,
do they?! - Those sunnyboys from the Rheinland. Bombast meets Richard
Wagner in a
second sense and plays poker with Heavy Metal. Whereby they Metal's got an
advantage. Nothing against Hero stories, which we really read with
interest in all these booklets of the CD's. But Heavy Metal rules the Live
Show. Result: The show is the party, and the party is pure Rock'n'Roll.
And let's be honest, who is thinking about magical swords and Walhalla,
when the rhythm bites your leg and your hair is dancing a waltz. Our Manni,
grining like Balu the bear (second from the right) trying to be
comfortable. He doesn't do hard, that's for sure. Jimi
Hendrix' son is
kissing his instrument and tries desperately to defend his status as a
hardrocking guitar king.. And even for this, he's able to, despite of his
little belly and this cheek smile on his face. The Ring
of the Nibelungen
is closing round within the Scotish Highlands, sorry, the munich backstage
of course, and our Meistersinger
from cologne, Chris
the Great, is singing this Walhalla with all the
strenght he's able to, - just to complete King
Arthur's tableround. Okay, we got everything a little bit mixed up here with this
symphonic old german/english philosophy. But even that is Rock'n'Roll. As
long as Wotan
looks down from above and rules the thunderstorm. it's alright. We don't
live in ancient times, do we?! We only wanna rock and roll and the Meistersinger
looks like sandman (selfdescription of Chris) and this ain't definately no
disadvantage. The big drum beat is underlining the fact. Stephan
is completing the circle and looks like Young Siegried
because of his big blonde hair and his height. We conquered the dragon and
the Rheingold
is save. We close the ring and let the Nibelungen
rest in their land, and we rock like Elvis
with lots of pepper in our a.... Great stuff, boys. Anyway forget the Rheingold, forget the Scotish Highlands inclusively Nessy and it's Loch, the Lorelei and whatsoever. And let sandman do the duty. Yeah this is Rock and Roll. PS.: What about Egypts mummy soldiers next time... Chris plays Ramses II, Manni goes for Cleapatra and the rest..... okay okay, it was only a suggestion. Anyway, your'e great boys, so or so or just so..... Brunhilde would probably do everything for you.... okay, almost.... |
12. 12. 2003 Munich
Nokia Nights Of The Proms
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