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… tiny place, tiny stage, tiny audience…does not stop DeeCRACKS!

DeeCRACKS (Gun Club, 29.05.2014 (c) gehkacken.de)

Yesterday retro into 1973, today retro into Ramonescore – so lets say retro into 1976! DeeCRACKS from Austria relentlessly tour Europe and thus hit upon Hamburg. The only space available turned out to be the Gun Club, a tiny watering hole in St. Pauli with an equal tiny stage. And a support stint for Peach Kelli Pop, a bubblegum girl band from Canada. I think i counted 6 Austrians (besides 3 band members), 5 canadians, 2 landlords, 2 barflys and 10 people that wanted to see Peach Kelli Pop and roughly 5 that where in it for DeeCRACKS. I guess the door was not more than 25×6€ – now there is your sellout. How do you think clubs and touring bands survive in the long run? TV Money? Grants? Nope!

Ten a clock sharp DeeCRACKS blasted off and 5 seconds later broke down, as their own guitar amp had a loose socket…it became a constant throughout the show that it would break down after the opening chords! I like their records and live they where as great as on vinyl but hey Hamburg – give them a larger stage and audience please. I was so frustrated with the setting that i settled for home after their 45 minutes, watching stars. You could see Jupiter, Mercury and Mars next to other highlights…

DeeCRACKS live and loud:

Thanks boys!

2014/05/30
… time warp into 1973 thanks to Giuda!

Indra, Hamburg 28.05.2014 ( (c) gehkacken.de)

Very rarely nowadays i am really exited to see a band – Giuda from Italy where such an occasion. I missed them last time at the Indra, where barely 50 people watched them. This time round they where paired with The Guv’nors from DK and they played on the evening prior to a public holiday…well…to my surprise the Indra was still half empty. It must have been the boring “new school of danish heavy metal” that has put people off – what other reason could there be to miss one of the only bands that truly has found a lone niche of their own and exercises true class in there?

The Guv’nors (Indra, 28.05.2014 (c) gehkacken.de)

First on where The Guv’nors and sorry my danish friends – that was not to my liking, so i did spend most of the time outside trading stories about getting old and health issues…like true old punks do.

Giuda (Indra, 28.05.2014 (c) gehkacken.de)

Oh boy, what a difference – Giuda took the audience by storm! Every once in a while i do see bands that make me think “oh boy, i have seen something unique and maybe even the future of rock’n’roll”. The last time this hit me was when Rocket From The Crypt played the old Knust cellar at Brandstwiete in (i think) 1996, that was a raunchy show giving view (and sound) to something unique new. Same here – primed by their records i knew what i was up to but they did get it over with so much determination and true style … unbelievable!

Call it “Retro“, call it “Soundtrack of my school parties” – just call it whatever you like. In the end it is not only a great and unpretentious show but a great, unique and true sound. Stunning. That it comes from Italy. Of all places. Just class!

And for those (and you are too many to name) who missed it, you are (lucky) bastards – here you are:

Lesson one: Instrumental Intro and the singer enters the stage from the audience!

Lesson two: keep the pace!

Lesson three: Keep a teenage rebel stance!

Lesson four: It’s rock’n’roll and football, not drugs!

Lesson five: Nod’s to those who graced the place before (at the Indra that was on 18.08.1960 and it was a rather unknown band from Liverpool)

Lesson six: Rock’n’roll and … football – score twice to be sure to win on away goals!

Lesson seven: Tell the audience to spread the words!

Thanks to Giuda and indeed thanks to Sam for putting it on. And shame for those who did let go the chance to see something unique. For once.

2014/05/30
Bücher, schnell gelesen: Teil 1.048

Chris Knopf – Head Shot (Knauer, 2014)

Gelesen: 23. – 28.05.2014, netto 344 Seiten

Woops, das ist mal ein Hammer! Ich zitiere: “An absorbing update of the classic film, D.O.A., that finds its author so completely in the zone that not a word is wasted, and the story seems to unfold itself without human assistance.”

Yep – wäre ich im Urlaub gewesen dann hätte ich das in max zwei Tagen durchgehabt, man kann kaum die Augen davon lassen. Der Plot ist megacool und sehr gut in das “heute” eingepasst: Der Protagonist wird mit seiner Frau (das eigentliche Ziel) von einem Killer erschossen. Nur leider überlebt er und kommt mit einem Kopfschuss grad so aus der Sache und nach vielen Monaten raus. Dann aber macht es klick: Er lässt sich für tot erklären und verschwindet. Und hat nur noch ein Ziel. Wer hat warum den Killer auf ihn und seine Frau angesetzt. Er folgt Brotkrümmeln von Informationen und zieht richtige Schlüsse. Und am Ende gibt es einen super-duper Showdown. Wow – vor allem deshalb ein perfektes Kopfkino weil wirklich jeder Satz und jedes Wort sitzt!

Kaufen!

Soundtrack dazu: Sick Of It All – Us vs. Them – was sonst?

2014/05/29