As i was celebrating my birthday (early) we’d been in Teasers for a couple of beers 😉 By the time we got to the venue, i was trashed. I jumped the queue & somehow security just knew i’d be English. They let me in no problem & we managed front row , near her smelly shoes 😉
A typically great gig by Therapy? You know what you’re gonna get with them !At the end of show they handed out a crate of beer. It actually cut open Chris head…wont say any more 😉
I LOVE Amsterdam ! Back in the day, it always included a trip to Teasers before the gigs (afterwards as well probably lol) I love getting trashed with the Garbage Trashers 😉
Rob also got “arrested” by Han 😉
I filmed the show. Afterwards we went to Amsterdam for some beers in Teasers. Michel filmed one of the girls. Then as we stepped out onto the main street, some guy asks ” Do you want cocaine?” !
Had a great day with Michel boozin & stuff. Janes @ Paradiso has always been one of those shows i really needed to see. This was perfect. Navarro fell into crowd near us.Got back up & carried on playing guitar, rockin out with us.There’s a boot DVD where you can see it.
Myself & Michel started partying in Amsterdam. We then took a train to somewhere ( ?!) where “Johnny Playboy” picked us up. As we pulled in, he had a sign which said something like “Garbage Travel” 😉 Edit : Michel sent me a photo & it was in fact “Trash Travel” on JPs sign.
Once we got to festival site, they hadn’t opened & it was getting very boring & tiring. Then the beers & other things came out 😉 Gotta say, people just don’t seem to sleep at this festival. 24 hour partying. One of the worst/strangest memories was in the early hours 3/4 am, some dick head was wandering around with a megaphone trying to sell weed ! A funny memory was in the morning, when Guano Apes arrived at festival, Henning phoned me to arrange a meet. Johnny Playboy thought this was kinda funny…not everyday you’re in a tent at a festival & a rock star phones you 😉
This was a good one. We hung around after the gig. There was only myself , Agota, Michel & Adam there. We didn’t get to meet the band,but, someone took CDs in for them to sign & we all got a special promo photo autographed. I gave them a copy of a recent Japanese gig bootleg to sign. When they guy came back, he was like “Who’s is the bootleg?” I told him it was mine & he said “The band don’t really like to sign this stuff, but have done it this time” 🙂
After the gig, myself, Michel & Agota carried on partying. Following day was my birthday, so any excuse eh ?
I’d bought my ticket some time back. Henning said he’d put me on the guest list,but, i still had the ticket in case it fell through. When the band arrived at the venue i was greeted by Henning & then Sandra saw me ” Simon!?!! You’re Crazy Simon, for coming all this way ! Do you have a ticket? I’ll put you on the guest list” Me : ” Actually, yeah i do, but, Henning has already arranged guest list thank you “. Man, i love this rock n roll church called Paradiso! (I’ll go there many times over the coming years) When we went in, Henning showed me some awards for PLAG sales. Didn’t realise, but the show was being filmed for a DVD. Hows that for a bonus ? Anyway, after dropping stuff off, we all went round the corner to Hard Rock Cafe. Ooops, i forgot, i met a couple of cool GA fans outside the venue, Dennis V.P & Jill . I must say, it all felt a little surreal hanging with GA for me! But of course, i was loving every minute of it 🙂 The gig was great. I was in the photo pit for quite a while. When it was over, i went backstage & we had a “Spinal Tap” moment trying to get out the place ! We all then went to Hard rock Cafe again. During the course of the evening i told Henning how much i loved the gig & really wished i could get to more…but of course, the UK was not their highest priority & travel abroad was not cheap etc. Then he just smiled 🙂 ” I think we can help you out ” Huh? ” I think you could travel with us on the tour bus. I need to ask the other guys, but, it shouldn’t be a problem” . Man,my jaw pretty much hit the floor ! Dennis & Jill looked at me in astonishment. So yeah, i was pretty damn high right there. Well, eventually everyone left the party & myself , Dennis V.P. & Jill were the last ones there. Basically, we stayed untill they kicked us out in the early hours. I hadn’t booked a hotel as planned to just go through the night with no sleep ! So we all went to main train station. The others left eventually & i had a VERY tiring journey home. Confession time : It all could have ended before it started on the way home. About an hour into my drive home, at Peterborough, i had a “micro sleep” at a roundabout. It was a very close thing for me to have an accident. Thing is, i didn’t really feel so tired, but, somehow i just dropped off at the wheel for a second or so. I learnt from that mistake to ALWAYS book a hotel or something in future. And so my amazing “Guano Apes journey” was starting off…