Slept soundly til about 6am - quick shower on the campsite and then back on the road - 279km to Prague, where we are picking Lorraine at the airport.
We crossed the Czech border, listening to a new demo by Michael (our host last night), his band is called Lusca. it's a two-piece and really good stomp along, doom laden Godflesh-type stuff.
Gwyn has his headphones on, he's listening to my iPod and I thank myself for removing Toto's entire back catalogue prior to this trip. He's listening to Spam Javelin to familiarise himself with the songs before tonight's festival appearance. After four days of driving across the UK and Europe, we finally get to play..!
The countryside falls away; picturesque farms nestled among fields and forests. This part of the world is very green. Germany is huge; lots of space and Czech is a continuation of that landscape but with shitter roads and the odd Soviet style tower bloc blighting the horizon.
Lorraine joins us in Prague and injects conversation into the van... Someone new to talk to! We all share a common interest in music.
I lose myself for long portions of the journey in a Nirvana Tour Diary book that I picked up in Blackpool last week. It's well written by Andy Bollen (drummer of Captain America) who toured with Nirvana as 'Nevermind' impacted upon the world. It inspires me (as most books do) to get my diary out and write; something I find little time to do in this Buffer Age we live in.
Mark is back at the wheel today. His driving is like his manner - calm and polite. You feel at ease and put the seat into recline and enjoy the ride. We stop by at The Church of Skulls. A macabre place in Seldec Ossuary adorned with 60,000 skeletons, all arranged with decoration in mind by a mad priest a few hundred years ago. It's become a pilgramige for every death metal band that passes through Czech!
First gig of tour, although we've been on the road for 3 days..! A great DIY Grindcore festival. The soundman said the crowd were going to hate our shit punk and laughed at the size of my 100 Watt amp against all those huge Marshall stacks! It did take the crowd 2 or 3 songs to actually get what we were doing, but once they did, we had a good laugh.
We crossed the Czech border, listening to a new demo by Michael (our host last night), his band is called Lusca. it's a two-piece and really good stomp along, doom laden Godflesh-type stuff.
Gwyn has his headphones on, he's listening to my iPod and I thank myself for removing Toto's entire back catalogue prior to this trip. He's listening to Spam Javelin to familiarise himself with the songs before tonight's festival appearance. After four days of driving across the UK and Europe, we finally get to play..!
The countryside falls away; picturesque farms nestled among fields and forests. This part of the world is very green. Germany is huge; lots of space and Czech is a continuation of that landscape but with shitter roads and the odd Soviet style tower bloc blighting the horizon.
Lorraine joins us in Prague and injects conversation into the van... Someone new to talk to! We all share a common interest in music.
I lose myself for long portions of the journey in a Nirvana Tour Diary book that I picked up in Blackpool last week. It's well written by Andy Bollen (drummer of Captain America) who toured with Nirvana as 'Nevermind' impacted upon the world. It inspires me (as most books do) to get my diary out and write; something I find little time to do in this Buffer Age we live in.
Mark is back at the wheel today. His driving is like his manner - calm and polite. You feel at ease and put the seat into recline and enjoy the ride. We stop by at The Church of Skulls. A macabre place in Seldec Ossuary adorned with 60,000 skeletons, all arranged with decoration in mind by a mad priest a few hundred years ago. It's become a pilgramige for every death metal band that passes through Czech!
First gig of tour, although we've been on the road for 3 days..! A great DIY Grindcore festival. The soundman said the crowd were going to hate our shit punk and laughed at the size of my 100 Watt amp against all those huge Marshall stacks! It did take the crowd 2 or 3 songs to actually get what we were doing, but once they did, we had a good laugh.
Neil Crud - voc,gtr / Gwyn Jones - drms / Mark Watson-Jones - bass
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO HATE YOU
FUCKING JERKS
FUCK OFF
NAZI LINE DANCERS FUCK OFF
SHIT ON MY SHOE
LIFE'S A BASTARD AND THEN YOU'RE DEAD (x3)
TOP KNOT GO FUCK YOUR WIFE
GHETTO SCUM
HOW CAN YOU DIE WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD
BOYS WITH BEARDS
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