Well had a well hurried start to the morning with the alarm not going off and us missing our train to London... got the next one and made it here eventually!
Caught the metro to Camden where Eugene from Flesh D-vice meet us to take us back to his place where we were staying. Got settled in, had some food and decided what we should do tonight.... we know...
AGNOSTIC FRONT!!!
Yup, AF were playing down the road so we jumped on the bus and went and saw a great sold out show.
Next day we went into the centre and went to the British Museum and went record shopping in Soho.
Today I think the plan is to go to Trafalger Square and then tonight go and watch The Suicide File who are playing down the road...
Sorry for the lack of photos, this PC doesn't have photoshop on it so I can't resize... oh well!
See ya all again soon!
BC
P.S Here are a couple of photo galleries from some of the shows that people have put up online.
St. Pauli
Tilburg
Tilburg2
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
WOW!!!
Alright, well heres a recap of the previous week...
GERMANY
First stop, Köln (Cologne).
First noticable difference to Black Chrome between Germany and France... cheaper booze!
Yep, we rolled into Köln and found our way to the venue the 'Sonic Ballroom' and waited for the owners to turn up and let us in, in the meantime a nearby dairy was found to be selling bottles of Jägermeister for NZ$16! The owners turned up and let us in and we set up and sound checked in front of possibly the coolest stage backdrop ever!
We then got shown upstairs to where we would be staying and what a surprise! More than enough bunks for everyone, a great party lounge, and this...
Plus we had an additional bar tab, and they cooked everyone up a great hot meal!
The gig itself was pretty lowkey turnout wise due to a few things, but we still had a good show and it gave us the chance to play with 'Bolle and the very good looking boys' who were playing their first show at the Sonic Ballroom.
Also this night as well as Bolle and the very good looking boys we ended up partying till the next day with the mighty Björn from Turbojugend Köln.
Ben, Björn, Bolle, and Snuff
The next day we only had a short drive ahead of us so we missioned into the centre of Köln and took in some of the sights including the magnificent Cologne Cathedral whose building began in 1248 and took nearly 600 years to complete!
We then made the short drive to our next stop, Düsseldorf.
After getting into town we had a wander and got some supplies for the night ahead and saw some very cool things...
Then we drove to the venue which was an underground punk bar in an industrial area of Düsseldorf. The turnout was pretty good and we played well and got a really great response!
After a goods night sleep we packed up and headed to Hamburg via Münster to pick up our good friend Jan...
First stop in Hamburg was for a pint at 'Fred's Schlemmer-Eck', home of TJ St. Pauli, the worlds first chapter of the Turbojugend.
After loading in at the venue 'King Calaveras' we had a look around the surrounding streets... i.e the legendary 'Reeperbahn' red light district!
St. Pauli went off! The Turbojugend turned up on masse and even some old friends of BC's turned up from Berlin bearing gifts. After a few hours sleep we began the arduous drive the next day to Amsterdam.
HOLLAND
Well Amsterdam is everything it's cracked up to be... just with more bikes! We played a great show to a packed audience at a great little blues club called 'Meloe Melo'. Post show we headed to our host for the evenings house, Tony Slug from the band 'The Nitwitz'. The night was spent partying and trading rock n roll stories til the early hours. We got up and took in some of the sights, then headed to Tilburg.
It was only a short drive to Tilberg, but due to there being a giant fair on in the middle of the city right where our internet directions told us to go it took a bit longer than expected to get there!
But when we did, what a welcome! The Jugend was out in force, with people traveling from chapters in Holland, Germany, Belgium, and of course Aotearoa!
We played a really good set to an energized audience full house, Jan even managed to get an inpromptu BC choir going! We got showered with gifts including shirts, badges, and just after we finished playing some kick arse patches from Bartman from the band Peter Pan Speedrock.
After loading out we said goodbye to everyone including Jan who had been with us since Münster, and drove through the night back to Paris where we are now.
Tomorrow... we head to London!
xxx
BC
GERMANY
First stop, Köln (Cologne).
First noticable difference to Black Chrome between Germany and France... cheaper booze!
Yep, we rolled into Köln and found our way to the venue the 'Sonic Ballroom' and waited for the owners to turn up and let us in, in the meantime a nearby dairy was found to be selling bottles of Jägermeister for NZ$16! The owners turned up and let us in and we set up and sound checked in front of possibly the coolest stage backdrop ever!
We then got shown upstairs to where we would be staying and what a surprise! More than enough bunks for everyone, a great party lounge, and this...
Plus we had an additional bar tab, and they cooked everyone up a great hot meal!
The gig itself was pretty lowkey turnout wise due to a few things, but we still had a good show and it gave us the chance to play with 'Bolle and the very good looking boys' who were playing their first show at the Sonic Ballroom.
Also this night as well as Bolle and the very good looking boys we ended up partying till the next day with the mighty Björn from Turbojugend Köln.
Ben, Björn, Bolle, and Snuff
The next day we only had a short drive ahead of us so we missioned into the centre of Köln and took in some of the sights including the magnificent Cologne Cathedral whose building began in 1248 and took nearly 600 years to complete!
We then made the short drive to our next stop, Düsseldorf.
After getting into town we had a wander and got some supplies for the night ahead and saw some very cool things...
Then we drove to the venue which was an underground punk bar in an industrial area of Düsseldorf. The turnout was pretty good and we played well and got a really great response!
After a goods night sleep we packed up and headed to Hamburg via Münster to pick up our good friend Jan...
First stop in Hamburg was for a pint at 'Fred's Schlemmer-Eck', home of TJ St. Pauli, the worlds first chapter of the Turbojugend.
After loading in at the venue 'King Calaveras' we had a look around the surrounding streets... i.e the legendary 'Reeperbahn' red light district!
St. Pauli went off! The Turbojugend turned up on masse and even some old friends of BC's turned up from Berlin bearing gifts. After a few hours sleep we began the arduous drive the next day to Amsterdam.
HOLLAND
Well Amsterdam is everything it's cracked up to be... just with more bikes! We played a great show to a packed audience at a great little blues club called 'Meloe Melo'. Post show we headed to our host for the evenings house, Tony Slug from the band 'The Nitwitz'. The night was spent partying and trading rock n roll stories til the early hours. We got up and took in some of the sights, then headed to Tilburg.
It was only a short drive to Tilberg, but due to there being a giant fair on in the middle of the city right where our internet directions told us to go it took a bit longer than expected to get there!
But when we did, what a welcome! The Jugend was out in force, with people traveling from chapters in Holland, Germany, Belgium, and of course Aotearoa!
We played a really good set to an energized audience full house, Jan even managed to get an inpromptu BC choir going! We got showered with gifts including shirts, badges, and just after we finished playing some kick arse patches from Bartman from the band Peter Pan Speedrock.
After loading out we said goodbye to everyone including Jan who had been with us since Münster, and drove through the night back to Paris where we are now.
Tomorrow... we head to London!
xxx
BC
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