I know, I know. It’s been ages since the last blog ad I promised to do them weekly. Truth is, we’ve been incredibly busy with this tour and organising the next one and maybe something exciting is on the horizon for us…but more on that later.
So on the 30th of April after a brief stop over at the farm in Switzerland we were off to the city of romance, a big steel tower and Parisian people, Paris!
We were supporting a killer band called Headcharger who are like a screaming freight train of stoner rock. And totally cool dudes too! We were once again reminded of the fantastic catering and food France has to offer and a big thanks to Rob who helped us out yet again in Paris.
The next show was with France’s premier metal band Gojira.
We had heard some of their stuff on YouTube when we were back in Oz but we didn’t really know their popularity in France until we played the first show with them in a 600 person arena! We were extremely worried about the mix of music styles supporting these guys. I mean, shit! These guys are metal monsters! It turns out though that the French audience are really open minded about different styles of music and on the two support shows we did with Gojira we had a really great crowd response.
It has to be said also that the guys from Gojira are some of the most down-to-earth cool guys we’ve ever met. And amazing musicians. We stood in the crowd, mouths wide open while we heard the drummer hitting the kick at warp speed with military precision. Dre mentioned that in one show, Gojira’s drummer plays more kick hits than he does on the whole tour!
One show that we were really looking forward to was the gig on the 4th of may at Le Nef with one of our favourite bands, Triggerfinger. We got introduced to the music of these Belgian rockers by our friend in Berlin and have since got all of their albums. Live these guys were awesome! You can really tell that they have honed their live show, and their performance, showmanship and sound were fucking incredible! And yet again, we were surprised at how great the guys in the band were. We had a really great chat to their drummer Mario about their latest recording at the now closed Sound City in LA. For music geeks out there you know how much of a big deal this is! Nirvana’s Nevermind, Rage Against the Machine’s self titled album and Kyuss were all recorded there. And these guys were one of the last bands to record there!
After the second show with Gojira (another tits set!) we also meet up with the Headcharger lads and hit the town to celebrate the end of the French leg of the tour!
Thanks to all the fans that came out to the shows and thanks especially to the awesome cooks that made France one of the most hospitable places to play. The food was great and muso’s play better with a stomach full of good grub!
Another blog will be done (I promise) very soon taking in Germany and our fun time recording with Royal Republic’s Tour Manager/Sound Engineer, the one and only Ole or Rumpe Skumpe! Oh yeah…and the awesome news may also be revealed mwahahaha!
Cheers and beers ya’ll