There are certain bands who, although they haven't released anything in a long time, are always there and you never lose track of what they are doing. Remember how long it took Social Distortion to put out the follow up to their classic "White Light, White Heat, White Trash" LP? Well, Leverkusen's finest Quest For Rescue are in that league as well. If remember it correctly the release show for their 2nd record "Turnip" took place at Cologne's "Underground" in 1998. And although they played new songs every now and then at some show the new record never came out. But that's history now, folks. It's finally here.
Last Saturday Quest For Rescue played their release show at Cologne's "Gebäude 9". This is a very nice place to set up shows. A lot of great bands played there over the years and during the later half of the 90s it could be considered the living room of Cologne's punk- and hardcore scene. Bands like Ensign, Highscore, The Get Up Kids, Braid, etc all played there and there always was a huge turnout. So this place holds a lot of memories for a lot of people. While I was talking to two friends before the show we all felt this mood of nostalgia while remembering the past.So the stage was set for yet another memorable evening. Lots of old folks showed up, people you hadn't seen in months, even years. They were the only band playing so everything was focused on them. Before the show they were showing a nice slide show of old pictures and then without further ado they came up on stage and put on a nice set. They even played very old songs. One I was especially looking forward to was "90210", a song I had never seen them play live. Great.
I had to leave early because of that damn football tournament I was supposed to play the next day, but I managed to get the encores which were "Blister In The Sun" and "Some Times Good Guys Don't Wear White". A great way to end the show. So be sure to pick up their new record "Common Grounds"!
More pictures of the show can be found HERE.
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