Against Me! + A Modest Proposal @ Underground, Cologne

So we finally played a show after almost two years on a hiatus. And to top it off this one must have been the biggest one we ever played so far. The "Underground" is a(if not the) guitar/live show club in Cologne. A lot of bands played, even our little band was out playing on that stage two previous times in 2000 and 2002. I have seen a lot of memorable shows there, bands like Pennywise, The Offspring, Kill Holiday, Isis, Cave-In, you name it.

So, we were supposed to play with Against Me! from Gainesville, Fa. yesterday and we got the support slot because of our good friend Martin who knows almost every small punkband who tours Germany since he is the driver! He gave us the address of one of Against Me!'s bandmembers, we sent that guy an mp3, he forwared that to the American booking agency, they forwared it to the German booking agency and they said we're in.

About a week before the show we heard that the evening was sold out, I guess that was partly because the price was very low. Only € 7,90 in advance. So we got to play a sold out show for the first time in our career. We had a short rehearsal before we drove off from our rehearsal room and packed our cars since we had to bring along all the stuff. At least that was what we were told. But when we arrived there the Against Me! guys were so king to let us use their stuff. Tough luck. The soundcheck went smootly and by 8 pm we were on stage playing to what looked like an enormous amount of people standing in front of the stage. The two previous times we played the "Underground" were before they rebuild the whole place. Before it was rather small and cozy, now it's more like a huge room that can fit 450 people. The reactions from the crowd were warm and pleasant, we played a short and fast set with almost now pauses and breaks because of broken guitar strings. Something that we rarely do, because we have at least one broken string per show. And by the time we realized it the whole thing was over.

We were so damn nervous before the show me and Pascal, our singer, were talking to each oter before we kicked off that we are not used to this staff anymore. My heart was beating very fast and it was only until after the show that I got to drink a bottle of beer to relax. Some of our friends showed up as well and some were disappointed because we started so early and they dropped by so late they only got to see one or two songs by us.

So with this we are back in business and we are planning some show in september. Until then, when I get them, I will post some pictures of the show here.