Dismember tour diary - English original

[Dismember]

08.02.08

The first entry in the EUROPA BURNS tourdiary by the metal retards of Dismember.

Today we started out at 2:50 in the morning to meet up everybody and go to the airport. Why do all tours start up at this ungodly time?





The flight down to Frankfurt was the usual deal, expensive beer and tiny seats. Upon arrival, the tourbus was missing. Shortly thereafter we found out that it was waiting for us at the wrong airport - a perfect start. So more time to kill with beer…





Until the bus arrived at the right spot.

One quick look at our home for the next 4 weeks and we realised it was the exact same bus we had in 2004, our old warhorse will serve us again. After 50.000 hours of traffic jams on the autobahn we arrived at the first venue, K4 in Nürnberg.





No time for a soundcheck since we were so late – but soundchecks are for amateurs anyway... Lots of new people to meet, merchandise to be counted, strings to be changed and beers to be downed.





At 20.00 the doors opened, the crowd poured in and the calm before the storm turned into the usual mayhem. Lay Down Rotten was out first, followed by Fall Of Serenity and Hatesphere.

At 23:00 we started the changeover, only to realise that a gearcheck would have been a good idea. Thomas pedals were missing, Davids wireless was broken and Martins guitarstrap was no more. Once again, a good start.

23.30 the show started and it couldn´t have been better, a venue full of metalfreaks banging their heads to old school STHLM Death Metal. Beer flowed, sweat flowed even more. After one hour of destroying our brain cells we walked off stage only to be called up again by the screaming crowd to end our set with ‘Dreaming In Red’.

All in all, a great show and finally the perfect start for the tour.

More beer to follow...

[Dismember]

09.02.2008


Goooooooood morning Trier!

Breakfast at Burger King to keep our nutrition at peak level. Any decent breakfast has to include chili cheese balls.

David, Tobias and Thomas took a walk into the historic city while Martin and Matti played a very Death Metal game of ping-pong at the venue. Today we decided to put professionalism aside and actually did a soundcheck. It will probably be the first and last of this tour.





After the soundcheck it was the usual timekilling which today consisted of ping-pong, pool, Fußball and beer. The dinner was excellent, vegetarian chili for the planetfriendly guys and birds (chicken) for the ones of us who hate the planet.






We were supposed to go on stage at 23:00 but due to some technical issues with the drums we hit the stage at 23:15. Once again, a killer show with a packed venue of enthusiastic metalfans. The setlist was a bit different this night and we played three songs from the new album. It´s always fun to do songs live for the first time – and it went great. We ended the show with ‘Dreaming In Red’ again to a married couple’s great joy – since they actually got hitched to that song!





After the show we had a couple of beers at the venue and then went to the bus for more beer.

We hit the sack at 4 AM after a nice day of metal.





More Jack Daniels to follow...

[HäääN]

Is this a bottle of Oettinger? OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!
Good show in Nürnberg ;)

(darf man hier überhaupt was reinschreiben?^^)

[Dismember]

10.02.2008

Woke up in Belgium today. The sun was shining so we immediately ran into the dark metalshop to buy Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Judas Priest-albums.




The three amigos (David, Tobias and Thomas) took a walk in the countryside, cursed in a forest and saw a Belgian blue bull.

Since the crew is so good we don´t need to do anything at all – so to kill time we watched a movie in the bus and did an interview.




Early show today, we hit the stage at 21:30 and it was a concert full of humour and metal. We changed the setlist once again and opened with ‘Pieces’ and also tried out the new ‘The Hills Have Eyes’. It was a typical sundayshow and everyone was enjoying themselves.

After the show the polish crew forced us to drink vodka so it turned into the first actual party on this tour! Last men standing were David and Matti who had an Iron Maiden airguitar-show and cleaned up the mess from the rest of the idiots.

More vodka to follow...

[_Tobias_]

(darf man hier überhaupt was reinschreiben?^^)

Klar darf man das...

[Dismember]

11.02.2008

Monday in Arnhem and everyone is a bit tired from yesterday. Everyone hanged at the venue – except for Matti who took a walk to see the famous bridge and look at some tanks, came back to the venue with a hard-on...




Indian food at the menue this evening, awesome meal!

The show was kind of early today as well because it was a Monday. So we went on stage at 22:25 and had ourselves a good time. The only bad thing was that 3 songs into the set, David’s equipment started to fail (must be our oldschool, rusty crap equipment). But while the crew sorted his stuff out we played a cover of ‘Painkiller’ for a very happy crowd who had yelled for it just for fun. It was a blast to hear Matti singing clean Rob Halford vocals!

After the show we hung out at the venue until it closed and then went down town and had some döner kebab. Finished the evening off with some Iron Maiden and beer in the bus.




More wine to follow...

[Dismember]

12.02.2008

The day started with Pepe from Hatesphere missing the bus after a short stop at a gas station. It cost him 52 Euros for the cabfare to get to the bus - but he was happy anyway just to get back.

When we arrived at Markthalle in Hamburg, Matti, Thomas and David took off to go to Reeperbahn while Martin and Tobias minded their personal hygiene, it was showertime. Tobias found a gym and went there to work out. He promised the guy at the gym that he´d put him on tonights guestlist if he could work out for free. After he was done he snuck out and forgot to do what he promised - a true rockstar.

Before the show Martin and David did a radiointerview with Tide radio. It turned out to be a laugh-fest because the girl who did the interview had such a funny laugh, maybe not the most serious interview but it was really fun.

22:25 was showtime. We were eager to headbang in front of the packed venue and the show was one of the best so far. Once again, Davids pedal from 1702 gave him trouble and of course it did so EXACTLY when David´s supposed to play the catchy middle part of ‘Skinfather’. He saved the day by taking the mic and said "Why don´t I just kill myself" and then started over, funny as hell.




We left the venue straight after the show and in the bus it was once again time for metal from the loudspeakers and beer from the fridge.

More glühwein to follow...

[Raidge]

12.02.2008



22:25 was showtime. We were eager to headbang in front of the packed venue and the show was one of the best so far. Once again, Davids pedal from 1702 gave him trouble and of course it did so EXACTLY when David´s supposed to play the catchy middle part of ‘Skinfather’. He saved the day by taking the mic and said "Why don´t I just kill myself" and then started over, funny as hell.






More glühwein to follow...

Of Course it was.

[Raidge]

... but it's Truly sad, that there are no pics of the Gig, and of teh Guy on the stage

[Necrofiend]

... but it's Truly sad, that there are no pics of the Gig, and of teh Guy on the stage

http://www.metal-inside.de/frame.php...ry.php?id=1281

[Raidge]

http://www.metal-inside.de/frame.php...ry.php?id=1281

Danke

[Dismember]

13.02.2008

Today we played in Osnabrück. First, we played some soccer with the guys in Fall Of Serenity, then we took a walk through the city for hours, later we went back to the bus.


The cold inside the venue was unbearable and set the stage for a plague that would ravage most of the guys on the bus for days to come.

More silvergrogg to follow...



2008-02-14


Back in Holland again.

Took a walk in Breda and did some record and dvd-shopping. David discovered that his guitar needed some spare parts so Lutz from Fall Of Serenity accompanied him to a musicstore to fix it.

After the show Thomas and David went to get some kebab and as usual lost their way.

More rum to follow...

[Dismember]

15.02.2008

At 10 AM the bus left for Purmerend and the P3 venue.

When we arrived we immediately walked in to the bowlinghall for a few rounds. Since Thomas right wrist is injured, he had to bowl with his left hand and still managed to beat Matti in one round.



Before the show we watched Borat in the bus, great success.

Nice venue and a great show, the only bad thing was that some of us were starting to get really ill.

More tequila to follow...



16.02.2008

Woke up in Essen today and for breakfast we had disgusting kebab and Billys pan pizza. Checked out some stores, but the only purchases were made in a recordshop.

Great dinner at a restaurant: chicken again, while Matti and Martin did an interview.

The Turock venue is always good for Dismember and tonight was no exception. Despite a growing sickness in the band we gave the crazy, patchfilled vestwearing death metal crowd a killer evening and it was hard to tell if the band or the crowd enjoyed it the most. Absolutely the best show so
far on the tour.

While everybody else ripped it up LA-style, David ordered some tea in the bar to cure his soar throat and fever.

More glögg to follow...

[Dismember]

17.02.2008

Longhorn in Stuttgart today - where Dismember haven’t played since 1995.

Everybody was tired from last night and David, Matti and Martin were getting really sick now. They rested the whole day to be able to do a good show so not much happened today.

Big crowd for a Sunday night so it was a good show although we were sick.

More moonshine to follow...



18.02.2008

Monday in the small city of Wörgl - Austria.

Tobias and Thomas went to the pharmacy to buy medicine for the living corpses David and Martin.

Despite zombie guitarists we managed to do a good show. Fantastic crowd! Later the same night
Tobias and Thomas went to the local rock bar and had a few beers with the crew and the
other bands.

More single malt to follow...

[Jani D.]

Hi !
The Show in Wörgl / Austria was great
Thanks ..

Es warn zwar nicht so viele Leute dort aber die gingen volle mit ab.
Hab ein paar Fotos gemacht !
Wieß nicht ob ich die hier reinstellen darf ?
Aber ich tus einfach mal ^^

Gig in Wörgl :













/ Jani

[Dismember]

19.02.2008

Traun, it rocked.






20.02.2008

Today Munich. Matti and Thomas went to the old concentration camp Dachau, it was not a very uplifting experience but still interesting. Definately not recomended if you have a hangover.

David had to go to a doctor today to get some medication for his sore throat. Martin was passed out the whole day.

The crew from Metal Hammer was at the gig, very cool people indeed. After the show a few of us went to a bar with the Metal Hammer people for a few beers.

More firewater to follow...



2008-02-20


Zurich - Switzerland today.

Tobias, David & Thomas watched the LIVE AFTER DEATH DVD in the bus. Matti was out for a walk in town and Martin did some interviews.




We signed tons of pictures for a Dismember competition. The show was really good, lots of people and it was hot as hell. The crowd was excellent!

After the gig Tobias and Thomas went to a bar owned by Martin Ain of Celtic Frost. The place was very cool, we where greeted by the guys from Celtic Frost, they where really cool and we got free beer the whole evening. Huh!!!!

More Irish coffee to follow...

[Dismember]

22.02.2008

A morning in Martigny.

David was the first one out of bed. Very cool venue, castle-like feeling with stonewalls and a nice stage. We went for a walk in the city. Found this very old church with a huge cross outside, of course we had to "curse".

Then we sat in the bus and watched movies for a while. Tobias went up to an old castle up on a hill, it was a very nice view over the snowy alp mountains.

It was a sold out show tonight.

Excellent!


23.02.2008

Today we woke up in Ravenna - Italy.

David, Matti & Martin went to a bar to drink some really nice Italian coffee while Tobias and Thomas went for a walk in town and got lost as usual...

Typical Saturday in Italy - tons of crazy Italians just waiting to go berzerk and headbang to Dismember. Lots of stagedivers who stepped on our nice old heavy metal pedals while running up on stage. This was one of the better gigs so far on the tour.

We had to leave quite early after the show but still we got time to have a few beers and talk to fans after the show. Before the bus left, all the bands and crew stood and watched while the most drunk guy was carried out to a car waiting to drive him home.

More passed out fans to follow...



24.02.2008

Nova Gorcia in Slovenia today.

Martin bought tons of cheep cigarettes to bring home. We heard of the assault on Pain today and Martin called up their bassplayer Johan to check if everything was ok.

We met a friend from Kroatia who had traveled 400 km to see us. The place was packed with people going crazy during the gig.

Afer the gig we sat in the bus and chilled when a crazy drunk fan showed his appreciation by licking the dirty bus window.

[Dismember]

25.02.2008

Wien - Austria.

We took the U-bahn into the city of Wien. We walked around for a couple of hours, the town is really beautiful with lots of old houses everywhere. Perfect for us since we are really into everything old-school.

Tobias and David found some cool albums at the Metal market. Sepultura, Sodom and Rebellion.

The gig was really good. The crowd was banging its heads off!

After the show there was an afterparty at a bar outside the venue. Thomas stole a pair of glasses (he's still wearing them when he is drunk...) David was sitting alone in the bus, listening to Sodom until the rest of the guys came back drunk from the party. Then the party continued on the bus with Sodom on very high volume.



26.02.2008

Prag - Chech republic.

Martin and David decided early to take a walk in one of the nicest cities in the world. We had a really nice breakfast in the very centre. Then we took off to the very old cathedral and walked on the Charles bridge. The weather was really great. Sun was shinig.

When the rest of the hungover guys finally woke up they went out for a walk as well. Thomas bought a Motörhead pin, Tobias an Angelwitch LP and Matti an old bajonette from the 2:nd world war.

Today it was an early gig, we went on stage at 21.00, but the place was packed and the crowd was great!

After the show some of us had a few beers with two fans from Sweden who where in Prag for vacation and they took the opportunity to come to our show.

[Dismember]

27.02.2008

Back in Germany again, Darmstadt.

We had a walk around town. Thomas bought some presents for his family. David, Tobias & Thomas visited the local record store, David bought a John Dowland album. Tobias bought a Black Sabbath patch. On the way back to the venue the three amigos got lost again.

Back at the venue David and Martin played a Fussball game against Mixen and Jakob from Hatesphere. Unfortunately Denmark won against Sweden this time... Danskjävlar!




The gig was great! Lots of people. Martins amplifier died after a couple of songs, but our excellent crew fixed the problem in no time.

We left the venue right after the gig, some of the Hatesphere guys got really drunk on the bus and decided to go crazy, Danish style.



28.02.2008

Hannover rock city!

We did interviews during the evening. Very good catering today. We watched some movies in the bus.

Once again a great gig with lots of headbangers.

After the show Tobias and Thomas went to an afterparty with the guys from Hatesphere and people from their record company. They managed to find their way back to the bus at 04.30 in the morning without getting lost this time...



29.02.2008

Oelsnitz.

Nice venue. Martin and David challenged Jakob and Pepe on dart. It was time for revenge from the football game! And this time Sweden crushed Denmark big time!

It was a really funny gig, lots of joking around today. We played a part of the Judas Priest song ‘Painkiller’ between two songs. One guy in the audience was constantly screaming "Rock & Roll!" so we spontaneously began to play some AC/DC style rock.

There was an afterparty at the venue so we had some beers and talked to people.

[metalisrael]

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