Das „offizielle“ Plakat. The "official" poster.
Ein weiteres Zeitdokument: der vom Veranstalter, der Band Chateau, doch recht lieblos gestaltete Flyer zu unserem 5. Auftritt im Rahmen des "ROCK AM GYM"-Festivals am 07. Mai 1986. Noch dazu wurde der Bandname falsch geschrieben ...
Another document of our time: the flyer for our 5th gig at the "ROCK AM GYM"-Festival on May, 7th 1986, which was designed rather lovelessly by the organiser, one of the guys from the band Chateau. On top of that, the band name was spelled wrong ...
Bei dem genannten "Gymn" handelt es sich um das Starkenburg Gymnasium ("Stabugy") in Heppenheim.
The "Gymn" mentioned is the Starkenburg Gymnasium ("Stabugy" – High School) in Heppenheim, Bergstraße, Hessen, Germany.
Das Debut von Car Car, das einen starken Doors-Einfluss zeigt – und das Gesangsdebut von Mike (nasal und unsicher, aber ein Anfang war gemacht). Mike ist allerdings, wie man hört, kein Jim Morrison ...
Die Band befand sich gerade in einer Umbruchphase. Da sowohl Peter (g.) als auch Jens (dr.) nicht mehr so recht bei der Sache waren bzw. andere Pläne hatten, hatten wir uns im März und April nach neuen Gitarristen und Drummern umgeschaut und auch das eine oder andere Vorspielen ertragen – jedoch keinen adäquaten Ersatz gefunden.
Und so rauften wir uns zusammen und probten doch wieder in der Ursprungsbesetzung Peter, Mike, Dominik, Jens.
Nachdem wir uns von unserem Kurzzeit-Sänger Markus B. verabschiedet hatten, standen wir wieder ohne Sänger da und mussten diesen Part wohl oder übel selbst bestreiten. Also war wieder Dominik gefordert und auch Mike wurde genötigt, zum ersten Mal live vor Publikum zu singen.
Außerdem hatten wir uns entschlossen, den Liedermacher Rüdiger B. (den wir beim Lorscher Friedensfest kennengelernt hatten) mitsamt seinem E-Gitarristen Simon ins Programm einzubinden und als Band zu begleiten – warum auch immer. Im Nachhinein ist das kaum mehr nachvollziehbar, zeigt aber irgendwie auch, wie orientierungslos wir in dieser Zeit waren.
The debut of Car Car, showing a strong Doors influence - and also Mike's vocal debut (nasal and uncertain, but a start had been made). Mike, however, is no Jim Morrison, as you can hear ...
The band was going through a period of change. Since both Peter (g.) and Jens (dr.) were no longer really up for it or had other plans, we had looked around for new guitarists and drummers in March and April and even endured one or two auditions - but found no adequate replacement.
And so we got together and rehearsed again with the original line-up of Peter, Mike, Dominik and Jens.
After we had said goodbye to our short-time singer Markus B., we were again without a singer and had to do this part ourselves willy-nilly. So Dominik was called upon again and Mike was also forced to sing live in front of an audience for the first time.
In addition, we had decided to invite the singer-songwriter Rüdiger B. (whom we had met at the Lorsch Peace Festival) and his electric guitarist Simon into the programme and accompany him as a band - for whatever reason. In retrospect, this is hardly comprehensible, but somehow it also shows how disoriented we were at that time.
The band was going through a period of change. Since both Peter (g.) and Jens (dr.) were no longer really up for it or had other plans, we had looked around for new guitarists and drummers in March and April and even endured one or two auditions - but found no adequate replacement.
And so we got together and rehearsed again with the original line-up of Peter, Mike, Dominik and Jens.
After we had said goodbye to our short-time singer Markus B., we were again without a singer and had to do this part ourselves willy-nilly. So Dominik was called upon again and Mike was also forced to sing live in front of an audience for the first time.
In addition, we had decided to invite the singer-songwriter Rüdiger B. (whom we had met at the Lorsch Peace Festival) and his electric guitarist Simon into the programme and accompany him as a band - for whatever reason. In retrospect, this is hardly comprehensible, but somehow it also shows how disoriented we were at that time.
Songlist:
Locomotive Breath (instrumental-intro) ->
Have You Got It Yet?
Im Land der Neutronen *
Früh am Morgen *
Survivor
Car Car
Jack o' Lantern
Innocent Virgin
Rainfrontier
(I Never Wanna Be Your) Clown
* mit Rüdiger Butz und Simon
Da wir versäumt hatten, Rüdigers und Simons Gitarren beim Soundcheck nach unserem Keyboard zu stimmen, gab es eine nervige längere "Umbaupause". Wir waren sehr nervös und generell war die Stimmung bei diesem Festival nicht allzu gut.
Wir spielten als zweite Band nach der Hardrock-Gruppe Easter Priester und vor der grauenhaften Achtziger-Synthiepop-Band Chateau, die sich erdreisteten, das PA-System bei unserem Auftritt schon einmal für ihren nachfolgenden eigenen Auftritt auszutesten. Prompt gab es Probleme mit dem Sound und zu allem Überfluss fiel dann auch noch bei Innocent Virgin, ausgerechnet dem Solo-Gesangsdebüt von Mike (gut, es war der zweite Song nach Car Car), der Bassverstärker aus.
Große Verwirrung und Verärgerung!
Entsprechend rotzig wurden dann auch die beiden letzten Stücke präsentiert. Wir waren stinksauer!
Immerhin hatten wir mit Car Car einen neuen Song im Programm und auch Jack o' Lantern war ein wenig umarrangiert und um einen neuen Part erweitert worden
Since we had forgotten to tune Rüdiger's and Simon's guitars after our keyboard during the sound check, there was an annoyingly long "changeover break". We were very nervous and generally the atmosphere at this festival was not too good.
We played as the second band after the hard rock group Easter Priester and before the horrible eighties synth pop band Chateau, who had the audacity to test the PA system during our performance for their own gig that followed. Promptly there were problems with the sound and to make matters worse, the bass amplifier failed during Innocent Virgin, Mike's solo vocal debut of all things (well, it was the second song after Car Car).
Great confusion and annoyance!
The last two songs were presented in a correspondingly snotty manner. We were pissed off!
After all, we had a new song in the programme with Car Car and Jack o' Lantern had also been rearranged a little and extended with a new part.
We played as the second band after the hard rock group Easter Priester and before the horrible eighties synth pop band Chateau, who had the audacity to test the PA system during our performance for their own gig that followed. Promptly there were problems with the sound and to make matters worse, the bass amplifier failed during Innocent Virgin, Mike's solo vocal debut of all things (well, it was the second song after Car Car).
Great confusion and annoyance!
The last two songs were presented in a correspondingly snotty manner. We were pissed off!
After all, we had a new song in the programme with Car Car and Jack o' Lantern had also been rearranged a little and extended with a new part.
