Nov
21
Thu • 1991
Set 1:
Show Notes
Incomplete setlist
Billie had to use a Gibson Les Paul (owned by Pablo de Ezin Ezan) because "Blue" was in abused condition.
St. Thomas:
In Basel they were playing at Hirscheneck, a venue where Petter had actually played a few years earlier with another band, Schweinhund. When we got there, he only thought he had a feeling of having seen the same things earlier, but as we got downstairs underneath the cafй where the actual venue was, he could confirm that it was the same place. The world is small. A lot of other famous bands had also played there in the past, including Turbonegro, and Petter said that the last time he was there, there had been graffiti in the sleeping area done by Green Day, saying they had played there at the beginning of their career, but this seemed to have been painted over.
Knowing Green Day might have slept there was the only comfort for the idea of having to spend the night there, though. The sleeping area was in the fifth floor of an old building with creaking stairs, with mattresses on the floor. The bathroom, shared with cafe visitors, was down in the first floor. The shower was on the second floor - up a different staircase than the one to the sleeping place, and could only be used when there were people in the nearby kitchen who could let us in. The next morning, I was the only one daring to take a shower, and from the looks of the place I doubt I got much cleaner. But, as mentioned before, good food and nice people can make up for the worst of things, and these were definitely very nice people (and the food turned out to be great, too).
The concert was taking place in the basement, a narrow hall with a sign outside saying they usually turned the volume up A LOT, and that ear plugs were recommended. Saint Thomas had already been playing very loud on the tour so far, and with a volume-eager soundman in Basel it reached new heights. There was a local band doing support, and Saint Thomas played a nice set in front of a pretty packed venue. Afterwards there were a lot of enthusiastic people hanging around. Most of us ended up in bed towards the middle of the night, while one member of the band stayed up until the early morning. But we had a very short trip the day after, with sound check in the evening, so there were no worries.
Billie had to use a Gibson Les Paul (owned by Pablo de Ezin Ezan) because "Blue" was in abused condition.
St. Thomas:
In Basel they were playing at Hirscheneck, a venue where Petter had actually played a few years earlier with another band, Schweinhund. When we got there, he only thought he had a feeling of having seen the same things earlier, but as we got downstairs underneath the cafй where the actual venue was, he could confirm that it was the same place. The world is small. A lot of other famous bands had also played there in the past, including Turbonegro, and Petter said that the last time he was there, there had been graffiti in the sleeping area done by Green Day, saying they had played there at the beginning of their career, but this seemed to have been painted over.
Knowing Green Day might have slept there was the only comfort for the idea of having to spend the night there, though. The sleeping area was in the fifth floor of an old building with creaking stairs, with mattresses on the floor. The bathroom, shared with cafe visitors, was down in the first floor. The shower was on the second floor - up a different staircase than the one to the sleeping place, and could only be used when there were people in the nearby kitchen who could let us in. The next morning, I was the only one daring to take a shower, and from the looks of the place I doubt I got much cleaner. But, as mentioned before, good food and nice people can make up for the worst of things, and these were definitely very nice people (and the food turned out to be great, too).
The concert was taking place in the basement, a narrow hall with a sign outside saying they usually turned the volume up A LOT, and that ear plugs were recommended. Saint Thomas had already been playing very loud on the tour so far, and with a volume-eager soundman in Basel it reached new heights. There was a local band doing support, and Saint Thomas played a nice set in front of a pretty packed venue. Afterwards there were a lot of enthusiastic people hanging around. Most of us ended up in bed towards the middle of the night, while one member of the band stayed up until the early morning. But we had a very short trip the day after, with sound check in the evening, so there were no worries.