01-09.09.2023 Kaizers Orchestra (Konserthuset, Stavanger)

September 12th, 2023

OK … I guess I can do one report for the first week of Kaizers concerts. =;-)

I hadn’t planned on writing anything, and to be honest, it felt incredibly good to be at a concert without writing down the setlist and trying to remember everything that happened – and of course, without having to find time the day after to come up with a report.

But then, this WAS the big Kaizers comeback that we all wished and hoped and waited for for the last 10 years, so OF COURSE I have some thoughts about it. And of course I’m gonna write them down. *g*

So, let’s start at the very beginning, with the very first concert, September 1. I had not prepared at all – I hadn’t listened to any of the old albums, I hadn’t re-watched any DVDs, I only had a few plays of the new songs, and I also hadn’t arranged to meet anybody. Because why would I – Kaizers concerts work in the way that you walk in and you see heaps of people you know and want to talk to, right?

Wrong. I walked in, was handed a Kaizers scarf (which could be really nice if I wasn’t so incredibly not interested in football =;-) ), and … didn’t see anybody I knew. When walking into the concert hall I at least ran into one fan I knew (and I’m sure there were more in the front row, of course, but I don’t queue), and then saw a rather poor amount of people in the front and otherwise – emptiness. I’m not sure what I had expected, but that was definitely NOT it. *lol*

Anyway, half a beer and a couple of round trips through the concert place later I had actually found some people I knew, and it started to feel a bit like “old times”. Even though I was totally aware that those old times are in the past, and they won’t come back. But at least, there was a little flare-up of how things used to be. =:-)

And of course, we started to speculate what would happen: Would they start with the Russian Dance? (Common consensus: yes, they really really should!) Which song would they start with? (Full agreement: Dine gamle dager) What would they play? (Common concern: mainly Violeta songs probably …)

((Side note: I just had to look up if it’s spelled Violeta or Violetta. It’s been a while … *lol*))

Right on time at 9 PM, the lights went out and … beware, from here there be spoilers, so don’t read on if you want to be surprised!

No Russian Dance. Instead, we got an intro that reminded me of the DGDEN trailer, with just some sounds, including a helicopter … wait, they aren’t gonna down from the ceiling, are they?! No, they weren’t. Helge came out first, theatrically put on some white gloves, sat down on the pump organ and started with … Ompa til du dør! =:-D

Yay, a perfect start, and completely unexpected! And to be honest, I didn’t get the reference at all until we discussed it a couple of days later. Ompa was the last song they played at Siste Dans, and the first one they came back with. There couldn’t have been a better choice!

I won’t go into the full concert now, just some thoughts. First of all, it REALLY felt like “old times”. So I guess the “dine gamle dager er nå” slogan they have now fits a lot better than the one they had around Siste Dans – “tid kan endre alt”. Because it didn’t feel like any time had passed! It felt like they’d been on stage just yesterday and picked up exactly where they left off.

Of course, the first concert was a little (very little) bit “stiff” and rehearsed. It was clear they had planned everything out in detail, and they did exactly what they had planned. The second show was similar, maybe a little more relaxed. But it wasn’t until the next week that they really loosened up – which I can understand 100%, and the first concerts weren’t bad because of it. They just had to warm up a little to get EVEN better!

Interestingly, there were quite a few wrong notes in the first shows though, which I hadn’t expected. Normally I would think those creep in when the band starts loosening up and maybe concentrating a bit less … but no, that actually got better show by show as well. =:-) Not that it was a problem anyway, it’s not like they were playing badly, and I prefer to have humans on stage rather than robots. =;-)

The setlist was great, with a good mixture of old stuff and Violeta songs. The full Gypsy Finale! =:-D Okay, I don’t really understand why they put Dr. Mowinckel in the middle of it … I mean, I love Dr. Mowinckel, but why not before or after the Gypsy Finale?

At the first show, they played Delikatessen, which was an absolute surprise. They later replaced that with Siste Dans (ok, nice song, but not Delikatessen) and even later with Prosessen (YAY!). Otherwise, no big surprises in my eyes. I’m not the biggest fan of Kvite russer (mainly because it’s really really long and kills your voice …), but the way they’re doing it this time with getting someone up on stage is kinda cute. A bit of a down-time for me at all concerts was the block of Støv & sand (Kaizers’ “Malin” *lol*) and I ett med verden – toilet break, anyone? =;-) And then of course there was Kaleidoskophimmel right before the encore break, which didn’t work at all. People just don’t know the song yet, and … well, it’s a Janove solo song anyway. They played it at the first shows, and people went to get a beer or started talking, and then they took it out of the set. Which is totally fine for me. =;-)

The barrels were of course back, and used for the old songs as usual. Not quite sure why they are now spitting smoke, that’s kinda distracting (and messes up barrel fotos!), but hey – Kaizers up on barrels is what counts! In the intermezzo part in Begravelsespolka, they now get up on the barrels instead of Janove and Helge tap-dancing – not sure why, but it works. What does absolutely NOT work though is the ending of Begravelsespolka where they keep repeating the “bli” over and over again (as usual) but stop before the “bli” in a different key – what the hell?! This is like ending a scale without the last tone, you just DON’T DO THIS!!!1

What else? Oh yeah, there was the scarf stunt at the first two concerts. Everybody had been handed a scarf at the entrance, and then during I ett med verden and later again during Kaleidoskophimmel everyone was supposed to lift them up. Overall, nice idea, and I’m sure it looked good as well, and it reminded me of the “Don’t ever split or quit” sign in Switzerland. =;-) I simply didn’t like the football feel of it all …

The audience was absolutely awesome overall. Pretty much everyone (at least in the front) was singing along with every single song, which isn’t really how it “used to be”. But of course, if it’s that difficult to get tickets, there is a bit of a selection on the audience and the amount of “let’s get drunk and talk through the concert, so I can tell my colleagues tomorrow that I was at a Kaizers concert” people is seriously reduced. Or, actually, I don’t think there were any of those people! Which also meant there were very few drunk people fighting their way to the front (some at the end of the concert maybe, but overall, not too bad).

What amazed me at several of the concerts was the amount of young kids (ok, I’m old by now, so with “kids” I mean like 18-25 =;-) ) that were really really into it. I mean, what other band can play a ballad (Hjerteknuser) and have a bunch of 18-year-old guys get really ecstatic about it?!

And of course, Die Polizei as conclusion to the shows, with the audience singing along and on their own for a really long time after the band went off stage … <3

So overall: Well, that was unexpected. =;-) I did expect to enjoy the concerts, because every time I’ve seen Kaizers after a bit of a break, I didn’t REALLY miss them in between, but once I’ve seen them again I knew what had been missing after all. However, I hadn’t expected the concerts to just feel like before. I’m older, they are older, the audience overall … should have been older but wasn’t really =;-), there’s a lot of things that have happened in the last ten years. But Kaizers live haven’t changed and are still absolutely amazing. =:-D

Looking forward to Oslo, Trondheim and then a bunch of concerts in Europe now!

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20.10.2022 Skambankt (John Dee, Oslo )

October 22nd, 2022

It would be really cool to be able to say that both my very first and my very last Skambankt concert was at John Dee in Oslo, and I thought that was true as well – but no, turns out that my very first Skambankt concert was actually at Garasjen in Oslo … But hey, my second Skambankt concert in Oslo, fourth Skambankt concert overall, was at John Dee, so that’s close enough I guess, right? =;-)

Just some statistics to start this report off in style here. *lol* Since I’m apparently the one who keeps track of everything Skambankt do and say and has a database of every concert and song they ever played. =;-) Which again is probably “close enough” to the truth – I would assume that the concert list on this page is the most complete that exists (even though I’m sure that some of the old concerts are missing, and the dates for all the Covid concerts are certainly not accurate, given how often they were moved around). And for most Skambankt concerts I’ve seen, I put the setlist into the concert report. So yes, I guess I do keep track of everything. =;-)

But let’s get back to John Dee … my very last Skambankt concert ever! =:-( I expected a lot from the concert and had actively decided to go for the John Dee concert rather than the Rockefeller concert – because John Dee is so much smaller, and small club concerts are always awesome! But when we got there kinda late-ish (luckily without too much stress, thanks to Norwegian for not causing the kind of chaos that SAS did last week), only the front row was crowded and otherwise it was quite empty. Which of course changed until Skambankt went on – but still, with the concert being on a week night and without a support band, the show started out kinda slow, I felt … Skambankt were on point right from the start, but the audience wasn’t really into it yet.

Luckily, that changed throughout the concert! The setlist was quite standard for this tour (even though I was kinda surprised about Terje complaining several times that it was too dark on stage to see the setlist – come on, I only saw four concerts on this tour, and I knew that the next songs would be “Vår bør” and “Desertør” *lol*). It had a really nice surprise with “Pansersjokk” though, yay! Haven’t heard that one forever. =:-)

Then before “Me sa nei”, the song Skambankt played at every single concert so far, Terje “complained” about a certain someone (some German living in Trondheim … =;-)) fact-checking that statement. Hey, come on, I concluded with a “close enough” on that one, isn’t that sufficient?! *lol* And they DID NOT play it at Kartfestivalen in 2010. =;-D

Of course, that got back to me later on in the concert, when Terje asked me if they had played “Stormkast #1” at every single concert. And my gut feeling was that yes, they’ve played that one every time, and definitely more often than “Me sa nei”! “But you are gonna fact-check this afterwards, right?” – well, yes, of course I will! And yep, I haven’t found any concerts (unplugged excluded, but that’s the same for “Me sa nei”, of course) where they didn’t play “Stormkast #1” – well, except that … the song was released on “Min eliksir”, so of course they couldn’t play it before 2007. Oooops … I guess “Me sa nei” wins after all. =;-D

Anyway, after all that discussion about song statistics, Skambankt gave a big shout-out to the front row and the girls that “use way too much money” on coming to so many concerts to see them, but who are the ones who “lager stemning” and smile and have a great time at every concert. Oh yes, I couldn’t agree more! By then, the atmosphere had gotten a lot more enthusiastic overall, but nothing beats the front row. =:-) Except maybe the guy from the front-cover of the live album, who was there as well and also got a shout-out. =;-)

And then, Skambankt went off after “Stormkast #1” (which already didn’t bode well for the last song … *g*). As usual, the crowd went mad and shouted for encores, so we got three final songs: “Mantra”, “Slukk meg (for eg brenner)” and … yes, of course. My last ever Skambankt song was … *drumroll* … “Malin”. Yay! Thank you very much. =:-D

(And yes, of course, I get it. People want to hear it. But Skambankt really could have switched out Stormkast and Malin, just for this one show! And I’m starting to wonder what will be their absolute final song in Stavanger … *lol*)

The full setlist:

  1. Dynasti
  2. Skambankt
  3. Satan – det e du
  4. Horisonten brenner
  5. Voodoo
  6. Pansersjokk
  7. Vår bør
  8. 10/10
  9. Balladen om deg
  10. Desertør
  11. Alarm
  12. Tanker som mareritt
  13. Me sa nei
  14. O dessverre
  15. Født på ny
  16. Stormkast #1
    ———
  17. Mantra
  18. Slukk meg (for eg brenner)
  19. Malin

Either way, this was a great concert to finish things off – very sad it’s over, but THANK YOU for all the concerts (to go back to the statistics: a total of 74 concerts over the course of 17 and a half years!), THANK YOU for all the music and THANK YOU for all the good times! Lots of highs (and lows …) from a fansite perspective as well, but overall a lot of experiences I’d never want to miss! <3

Takk for alt! And see you on the comeback tour in a couple of years. =;-)

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14.10.2022 Skambankt (Svømmehallen, Bodø)

October 15th, 2022

Two more concerts to go! The first one up in Bodø – maybe not the most accessible place for most people, but living in Trondheim, Bodø is actually kinda easy to get to. It just takes ten hours on a train …

Or, if you need to use up some bonus points before they expire, only 45 minutes by plane! Well, if the plane actually leaves and isn’t delayed for two hours, that is … So yep, that was a kinda stressful trip, arriving in Bodø half an hour after the doors opened. Luckily, Bodø is small and you can walk from the airport into town, drop your stuff off at the hotel and STILL arrive at the concert place in time for a quick chat with the band at the merch stand before they go on stage. =:-O

I did miss LÜT though, which was a pity. =:-( But hey – fifteen minutes and half a beer after I arrived at the venue, Skambankt went on stage and got the crowd going!

I was positively surprised to see quite a few people there – Svømmehallen is a big-ish venue, but it looked crowded (while at the same time, it didn’t *feel* crowded, if that makes any sense – you could stand and dance and move without bumping into others, and most importantly, without others bumping into you). Afterwards I read that they actually had a party for the volunteers of Parkenfestivalen there before the concert, and most likely, people got to stay for the concert. So it wasn’t actually a Skambankt crowd … but still, people obviously enjoyed the concert, and I actually had some guy come up to me out of nowhere after the concert, with a huge smile on his face, asking how cool that concert was and what an awesome band …! Yep, I kinda agree. =;-) Sorry you’re so late to the party!

Anyway, not too much to report from the concert. The setlist was shorter than in Trondheim & Moss and didn’t have any surprises compared to the other shows of the tour. They did spontaneously add “O dessverre” though which wasn’t on the setlist (or maybe they had just forgotten to write it down there?). And yep, they managed to captivate the audience throughout the set – at first, everyone was kinda reserved, then people got more and more into it, and as always, they did actually get a mosh pit going towards the end during “Me sa nei”. “Look forward to it! Or maybe get scared …” (they know me well … *lol*)

Skambankt are nearing the end of their tour and have been going for a while, and that shows – on the one hand, they are really into it and the concerts are really smooth, well-timed and “choreographed”. On the other hand, Terje’s voice has seen better times. =;-) But it seems to be holding up still, fingers crossed for the next three weeks!

Several trips down memory lane … “Horisonten brenner” felt quite topical when it came out in 2018 – but it’s so much more current nowadays. =:-( “Desertør” has now turned into a song in favor of (Russian) deserters, and Voodoo was released in 2014 on Søvnl… or wait, no, on Sirene! *lol*

Of course, Skambankt had saved up the goodies for last … ok, not ACTUAL goodies, no candy or chocolates … (we got a two-minute monologue about different kinds of chocolates here). Then “Stormkast #1” to finish off the regular set!

Which of course meant that the final song would be “Malin” again … *rolleyes* But hey, I guess I should stop complaining, since Terje really doesn’t have much choice about playing “Malin” anymore since he was held at gunpoint after a concert in Vadsø for not playing it. *rofl*

The full setlist:

  1. Dynasti
  2. Skambankt
  3. Satan – det e du
  4. Horisonten brenner
  5. Voodoo
  6. Vår bør
  7. 10/10
  8. Balladen om deg
  9. Mantra
  10. Desertør
  11. Tanker som mareritt
  12. Me sa nei
  13. Alarm
  14. Født på ny
  15. O dessverre
  16. Stormkast #1
    ———
  17. Slukk meg (for eg brenner)
  18. Malin

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08.10.2022 Skambankt (Byscenen, Trondheim)

October 9th, 2022

A last Skambankt concert in Trondheim – originally, the concert was planned for March (like most shows of this tour), but was then moved to October. And October in Trondheim can be rather … ugly. So no, Trondheim didn’t show its friendly and beautiful side to anybody traveling up here this weekend, with loads of wind and rain (or should I write “Stormkast” and “etter solskinn kommer regnvær”? =;-D).

But hey, what else would you want to do on a night like this than cramming into a sold-out concert place with lots of like-minded people, celebrating an absolutely amazing rock concert?
(While Janove was playing a seated piano concert at a half-empty concert hall on the other side of town – just sayin’. =;-) )

I headed out there alone (since some people don’t bother answering their mails, thank you very much …), but no problem – after such a long time, you get to know your fellow Skambankt fans, both the ones here in Trondheim and the ones traveling from afar that you haven’t seen for a full nine years (so great to catch up!). =:-)

Already during the show of the support band LÜT it became obvious that this would be a special concert – everybody was into it and ready to move and clap and sing and scream! And that’s how it was from the very beginning, already during LÜT’s show and then even more so when it was finally time for Skambankt!

Skambankt made it clear right away what they expected from the audience – since they love Trondheim, and it’s clearly their second home away from home! (OK, slightly confused about this since I always get the weirdest looks when answering to “so you still live in Trondheim?” followed by an implicit “why the hell?!?” *lol*) But Skambankt concerts in Trondheim ARE always absolutely amazing!

And hot! Trondheim’s weather might have shown its worst side yesterday, but inside Byscenen it was warm and humid like in “Syden”. Oh yeah! Add in a huge mosh pit (even WITHOUT Skambankt having to get it started), the “traditional” wall of death during “Me sa nei” and lots and lots of crowdsurfers (uhm, what the hell happened during Covid? Before, anybody even attempting to crowdsurf would have been thrown out right away … but hey, amazing that they just let them have fun this time! I mean, amazing if you watched from a safe distance, of course … =;-) ). And of course “Skambankt” chants even before the concert started, and then again before the encores and at the end – this was a very clear “takk for alt” from Trondheim to Skambankt, simply awesome!

The setlist was also great – it didn’t QUITE live up to the one in Moss, but it was very close. No big surprises this time, except that “Anonyme hatere” made it back as the opener, and that they moved “Stormkast #1” to the last song before the encores and then finished the full set with … “Malin”. OMG. Just don’t. *rofl*

The full setlist:

  1. Anonyme hatere
  2. Skambankt
  3. Satan – det e du
  4. Horisonten brenner
  5. Dynasti
  6. Voodoo
  7. Vår bør
  8. 10/10
  9. Balladen om deg
  10. Desertør
  11. Tanker som mareritt
  12. Me sa nei
  13. Alarm
  14. O dessverre
  15. Født på ny
  16. Stormkast #1
    ———
  17. Mantra
  18. Slukk meg (for eg brenner)
  19. Malin

Two more concerts for me – next week I’ll make my way up to Bodø, and then my final concert will be at John Dee in Oslo. The countdown has started … =:-/
(But what did Terje say on stage yesterday? “Takk for alt!! Men vi kommer sikkert til å ses igjen …” =:-D)

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24.09.2022 Skambankt (Verket Scene, Moss)

September 26th, 2022

The most annoying part of the day after a concert: writing the concert report. The best thing about the day before a concert: reading through old concert reports and reminiscing about old times and awesome experiences!

Like my first Skambankt concert in Moss, in 2009, or the road trip to Fredrikstad and Ås (for Skambankt concerts of course!) with a stopover in Moss a couple of years before that. The conclusion of that trip down memory lane: Moss stinks, and Skambankt concerts in Moss are a lot of fun! And as it turns out, only one of these statements is still true … =;-)

So why Moss?! Well, one simple reason was that the concert was on a Saturday, so perfect for traveling. The other reason was a birthday, so this was the perfect time to get our old Kaizers/Skambankt touring crew back together and celebrate JeJe’s birthday in style with an awesome concert. And so we did! I didn’t have any idea what to expect, since I hadn’t made it to any Skambankt club shows after Covid yet, and we all hear about how badly ticket sales are going at the moment … but hey, no need to worry at all! Verket Scene was crowded (probably not quite sold out, but full), and even though everybody was a little reserved and quiet in the beginning (“Moss! Are you sure it’s a Saturday today or are you all in Sunday mood …?!”), they warmed up over time, and the concert turned out to be really awesome and energetic! And apparently it was also the longest of the tour so far (even though it still felt short, of course =;-)).

But yes, this was a lot of fun! Skambankt built the concert up perfectly, with a setlist with a LOT of hits and old songs. They started out with “Dynasti”, “Skambankt” and then “Satan – det e du”, which fit in surprisingly well and sounded just like the “old” songs. Then a few nice surprises later in the setlist – I haven’t heard “Løgnprofitør” and “Nok et offer” in like forever, and “Desertør” and “Slukk meg” also made their way back into the set, which is awesome! And talking about the good old times – how about “Alarm”? Including the count-in part where they bring someone from the audience up on stage, and this time we went full circle with Anette & Lily counting in – just like they did so many times 12, 13 years ago. Did I say “good old times” already? =;-)

The last Skambankt concert in Moss had been sold out, with 30 people sitting spread apart in Corona times … but not this time. Let’s just replace the meter with a centimeter, and go kiss your neighbor! =;-) (Or … rather not. I’ll keep the meter, thank you. *lol*) In addition to all the high-energy songs, we also got to hear a few power ballads – since no rock band is better than the power ballads they have!

Towards the end, we got a full run-down of Skambankt’s history, from the times of the first demo tape to the “resurrection” at a bachelor’s party to the first REAL demo and it somehow making it to Oslo, and … One hassler didn’t manage to shut up and kept interrupting Terje’s train of thought, so he got a can of beer to shut up (which worked!). But that obviously interrupted my train of thought, since I’m not quite sure how we got from the demo tape to “and the song we’re now going to play was NOT on that record” and … well, to keep it short, we got a 5-minute intro to … “Malin”. =;-D

Either way, an absolutely fantastic concert with a very energetic band that obviously loved playing, and a slightly quiet but in the end really engaged audience! Kinda dangerous for a first concert of the tour … I might need to check my calender and travel plans for the next couple of weeks one more time … =;-)

The full setlist:

  1. Dynasti
  2. Skambankt
  3. Satan – det e du
  4. Løgnprofitør
  5. Horisonten brenner
  6. Nok et offer
  7. Voodoo
  8. Vår bør
  9. Balladen om deg
  10. Desertør
  11. Tanker som mareritt
  12. Me sa nei
  13. Alarm
  14. O dessverre
  15. Født på ny
  16. Slukk meg (for eg brenner)
  17. Malin
    ———
  18. Mantra
  19. Stormkast #1

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06.08.2022 Skambankt (Raumarock, Åndalsnes)

August 8th, 2022

Skambankt are wrapping things up – but luckily, they are still playing a couple of festivals this summer and a last big tour in the fall!

So of course I had to pick one of the festivals. The closest to Trondheim was Raumarock, and since I’d been there 15 years ago already and really liked both the festival and the surroundings, the decision was easy. Road trip time!

Of course, even though we’re talking about “summer” festivals here – “summer” is a rather dubious term in not-Oslo-Norway this year … The weather forecast for Raumarock was 11 degrees and rain all day for Saturday. Yay! Luckily, it didn’t turn out quite as bad – the 11 degrees was about right, but it stopped raining just before the concerts started. Yay! =:-D

It’s been more than a year since my last Skambankt concert – and more than three years since my last “plugged” Skambankt concert! =:-o (That one was as support for Bon Jovi, in 11 degrees and rain, by the way … *lol*) So it was about time again! It felt kinda strange though – in one way, it all felt as if my last “rock Skambankt” concert had been last week, and at the same time, it felt like ages ago. I constantly cursed myself for not having my camera ready because of course I knew that there would be a picture-worthy moment coming up – but then, I didn’t realize until two seconds before. =;-)

Still, it felt really really good to be at a real Skambankt concert again. The setlist was awesome as well – a great mixture of old hits and the stuff that “the kids nowadays” =;-) know. The only downside was that when Skambankt asked for wishes, the first song they chose was “Malin”. Oh come on … if there’s ONE song that nobody needs, it’s clearly that pop schlager – I just can’t keep myself from laughing about the ridiculous “ooh-ooh-ooh” part. Sorry. *lol* Luckily, I could confirm afterwards that my suspicion about the song being on the setlist anyway was correct, which made it a bit less annoying.

The concert happened rather early in the evening, and unfortunately, there weren’t that many people around yet. And of course, there was quite a bit of a “bygdefest” feeling around the festival anyway … which clearly influenced the way the concert was going. I mean, at the very end when they were taking a picture, Skambankt told us to “look as if we were having fun”. =;-D So it was obvious that Skambankt didn’t expect too much from the audience, but of course they kept challenging us! And I have to admit that I was VERY surprised when they asked for a wall of death (without calling it that, since Norwegians don’t know what that is =;-) ) in “Me sa nei” and asked for the festival to “explode” – and people were actually into it, beer glasses were flying and there was an actual mosh pit. For a couple of seconds. But hey, I did NOT expect that at all. =:-D

Not quite sure why Skambankt decided to count down from 19 in that song, given that it was Raumarock’s 20th anniversary. =;-) And I’m also slightly tempted to fact-check the statement that they’ve played “Me sa nei” at every single concert they’ve played – but then, who cares, they played it this time and it was huge fun! One thing I was a little confused about was that they started to put vocal efects on most of the old songs … not sure I’m a fan of that. But then, my guess is that it’s supposed to make them easier to sing, which is a good reason. And the songs are always fun live, so it doesn’t really make much of a difference.

Not a lot of note-worthy talk between the songs, but still a great concert! Only too short – they had 90 minutes and were pretty much the only band that night that didn’t use all their time. But then, they were also the only band that had a full 90 minutes, so this might just have been bad planning from the festival. =;-)

The full setlist:

  1. Dynasti
  2. Skambankt
  3. Voodoo
  4. Horisonten brenner
  5. Mantra
  6. Vår bør
  7. Balladen om deg
  8. Tanker som mareritt
  9. Me sa nei
  10. O dessverre
  11. Malin
  12. Født på ny
  13. Slukk meg (for eg brenner)
  14. Stormkast #1

PS: And the result from the fact check – I just clicked on five random concert reports, and four out of the five concerts had “Me sa nei” in the setlist (the odd one out was Kartfestivalen). So I guess that’s close enough. =;-)

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07.06.2022 Die Ärzte (Wuhlheide, Berlin)

June 18th, 2022
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Sommer 2013, der DÄOF/DÄFC war schon eine Weile Geschichte, die Ärztivals 2012 eine ziemliche Enttäuschung, die Festivals mit DÄ-Beteiligung okay, aber jetzt auch keine Wow-Momente. Damit hatte ich DÄ 98-mal gesehen, und meine Vorhersage war klar: “Ich werde die 100 wohl kaum voll kriegen.”

Fast forward nach 2019 – okay, ich lebe mittlerweile im Ausland, DÄ gehen auf Auslandstour und warum nicht einen kurzen Abstecher nach London, London ist immer toll? Das DÄ-Konzert war nett, nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Camden Rocks direkt im Anschluss war absolut grandios. Fazit: “Ich werde die 100 wohl kaum voll kriegen”.

Dann die Ankündigung für die “In the ä tonight”-Tour. Man kann es ja vielleicht doch mal probieren? Aber absolut keine Chance

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, Tickets zu kriegen. Na gut, dann nicht – “Ich werde die 100 wohl kaum voll kriegen”. Beim x-ten Mal “gibt es vielleicht doch noch Rückläufer?” dann plötzlich ein noch nicht angekündigtes Zusatzkonzert in Stuttgart. Ob das vielleicht doch klappt mit dem 100.?

So weit so gut. Und dann kam Corona. 2020 wollte ich mir System of a Down bei Rock im Park angucken, das Festival wurde verschoben – erst auf 2021, dann auf 2022. Die Berlin-Tour wurde angekündigt, und das Wuhlheide-Konzert sollte direkt nach Rock im Park sein … das passte natürlich. Also auch da mal ein Ticket gesichert, denn man weiß ja nie, was passiert (und RiP war ohne System of a Down eh wenig Anreiz für einen Deutschland-Trip).

Mein potentiell 100. DÄ-Konzert in Stuttgart wurde erst auf 2021 verschoben, dann abgesagt. Damit war die Wuhle der Kandidat für Nummer 100 (was ja schon recht cool ist!) – aber kurz vor meiner Abreise nach Deutschland fingen DÄ an, Konzerte abzusagen … nu ja: “Ich werde die 100 wohl kaum voll kriegen”. Ne? =;-)

Umso überraschter war ich dann, als ich TATSÄCHLICH in der Wuhle stand. Nummer 100, here I come! 25 Jahre nach meinem ersten DÄ-Konzert und neun Jahre nach meinem 98. Konzert … Die Erwartungen waren gemischt. Ich kann beim besten Willen nicht sagen, dass DÄ mich in den letzten Jahren in irgendeiner Art und Weise interessiert hätten. Ich hab mir die neuen Alben gekauft und angehört, aber nicht sonderlich “religiös”. Ein paar Songs waren nett, einige unterirdisch. Alte weiße Männer, die denken, progressiv zu sein. Und klar, so waren sie schon immer, aber die Zeiten ändern sich halt … Andererseits hat der Podcast zur Berlin-Tour und die ganzen Lied-Snippets darin doch ein wenig das alte Fieber geweckt, und da kam doch immer wieder Lust auf das Konzert auf.

Und genau so war es eigentlich auch während des ganzen Konzerts: Furchtbar viel “Füllmaterial” (neue Lieder sowie alte, die mich nie sonderlich interessiert haben), und mittendrin dann immer mal wieder eine Perle. Quatschmäßig war es nett, aber nicht grandios. Keine furchtbaren Cringe-Momente, aber auch keine “Ich kann nicht mehr vor Lachen”-Gags oder Improvisationen. Die Wuhle war und ist toll, das Wetter spielte mit, die Menschenmassen in Corona-Zeiten (und besonders die Schlangen überall) dämpften die Stimmung.

Sprich: Es war nett. Nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Das Ende – zwanzig Minuten nach dem üblichen Curfew! – mit Käfer und Zu spät war toll. Und ich hab die 100 jetzt voll, ein super Zeitpunkt, um aufzuhören (oder sie irgendwann nochmal zu sehen, warum auch nicht – Punk ist, ne …?).

Danke DÄ für 25 Jahre brutto, viele tolle Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen, und die Wuhle war ein schöner Abschluss!

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03.06.2022-05.06.2022 Rock im Park, Nürnberg

June 12th, 2022
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Ein Festivalbericht hier? Einfach so? Ohne Skambankt- oder DÄ-Bezug? Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder … 😉

So ein richtiger Bericht wird es allerdings auch nicht. Aber nach dem ersten Festival seit 2019 hatte ich doch irgendwie das Gefühl, ein bisschen was aufschreiben zu wollen. Nicht mal zur Musik und den verschiedenen Bands, sondern eher so allgemein. Grundsätzlich mag ich ja Festivals eigentlich gar nicht, ich bin mit sehr gemischten Gefühlen hingefahren (denn nein, die Pandemie ist nicht vorbei …) und habe mich durchaus immer wieder unwohl gefühlt bei der ganzen Sache – und trotzdem war es toll, endlich wieder wie normal mit Festivals und Konzerten leben zu können …

Wie gesagt, das hier wird kein richtiger Bericht, sondern eher ein Braindump. Daher doch am besten einfach als Stichpunkte …

  • Mein Ticket hatte ich gekauft, weil ich System of a Down sehen wollte. Bummer … 🙁 Daher bin ich auch ohne allzu großen Enthusiasmus hingefahren, da zwar durchaus einige für mich interessante Bands im Line-Up dabei waren, aber jetzt kein Überflieger … Hundertprozentig gesetzt war für mich einzig Sondaschule, bei allen anderen Bands galt eher “gucke ich, wenn es passt”.
  • Tja, und gepasst hat es dann leider nicht so super … klar, es muss Überschneidungen geben, aber Volbeat und Beatsteaks gleichzeitig? Alligatoah und Schmutzki? Casper und Sondaschule? *grmbl* Und das bei einem doch ingesamt deutlich dünneren Line-Up als in früheren Jahren.
  • Interessant fand ich, dass ich im Endeffekt am Freitag mit wenigen Ausnahmen nur an der Alternastage war, am Samstag fast auschließlich an der Hauptbühne und am Sonntag hauptsächlich an der … “Zeltbühne”. Sorry, aber die komischen Bühnennamen kann und brauche ich mir nicht merken. 😉
  • Ich habe endlich verstanden, warum die Broilers bei mir nicht zünden – das ist doch einfach nur Schlager für Punks, oder?!
  • Organisatorisch fand ich es recht gemischt … grundsätzlich ist es grandios, ein Festival mit so vielen Besuchern und so kurzen Wegen zu haben. Und größtenteils funktionierte das auch gut – dass es abends, wenn ALLE von Green Day zu Scooter wollen, zu Gedrängel kommt, ist ja logisch. Und es fühlte sich nie gefährlich an (zumindest dort, wo ich war – ich bin da schon etwas wählerisch, wann ich welche Wege nehme und wann ich in den Wellenbrecher gehe. Wobei, dass ich vor Offspring nicht aus dem Wellenbrecher RAUS kam war schon etwas happig – aber andererseits auch super, denn von da vorne hat das Konzert sicher mehr Spaß gemacht als von weiter hinten). Aber trotz riesigen Leinwänden und “Besucherleitsystem” etc. mangelte es doch oft an Informationen. Anstatt nur immer wieder darauf hinzuweisen, dass es eventuell regnen könnte (ach, wie schön waren die Zeiten, wo man bei Festivals halt einfach nur klatschnass wurde, statt ständig einen Abbruch befürchten zu müssen …), hätte man ja auch mal schreiben können, dass zurzeit kein Einlass in den Wellenbrecher möglich ist, oder dass der Platz vor der Alternastage voll ist oder so …
  • Außerdem wäre es ganz sinnvoll gewesen, VORAB und KLAR zu kommunizieren, wo man sein Bändchen kriegt. Und vielleicht auch die Ordner zu informieren, wo es welche Bändchen gibt und wie an den einzelnen Stationen die aktuelle Wartezeit ist. Nach Ankunft am Freitag nachmittag war ich sehr positiv überrascht, dass man von der Tram problemlos und ohne viel Betrieb bis fast zum Einlass laufen konnte – wo man dann von der Seite an die was-weiß-ich-wie-lange Schlange zur Bändchen-Ausgabe dran kam. Wartezeit Gerüchten zufolge mindestens drei Stunden … Sowas mache ich nicht, also mal gefragt, wie es an anderen Einlässen aussieht: “Keine Ahnung”. Na gut, dann halt los in Richtung eines der anderen Einlässe, unterwegs nochmal gefragt: “Also, da kommen wohl nicht alle rein, da sind eben welche wieder zurückgekommen.” Wen anders gefragt: “Nee, mit normalem Ticket kommt man da glaub ich nicht rein.” Ob es denn noch andere Einlässe gebe? “Na, den dort hinten.” Also den mit drei Stunden Wartezeit? “Ja, das ist dann wohl so.” Na danke auch. Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn – ich bin dann drauflos zu Einlass A, habe 25 Minuten angestanden und fünf Minuten später einen weiteren Checkpoint komplett ohne jegliche Schlange gesehen. Da hätte man mit einem klitzekleinen bisschen Funkkontakt unter den Securities problemlos die Wartezeit für alle fairer gestalten können. Ziemlich amateurhaft … Aber was soll’s – ich war pünktlich zu Bush vor der Bühne, wie geplant.
  • Aber wo wir schon bei der Informationspolitik sind: Ich hatte ein Hotel in der Stadt und bin – naiv wie ich bin – davon ausgegangen, dass man da sicher nach den Konzerten problemlos mit den Öffentlichen wieder hinkommt. Kurz vorher dann mal gesucht – Konzerte bis um 1, letzte Tram kurz vor 1, letzte S-Bahn um 1:28 und je ein (!) Nachtbus pro Stunde danach. Äh ja … bitte?! Na gut, das mit der letzten S-Bahn könnte ja gerade so passen. Am ersten Abend war ich müde und hatte nicht das Gefühl, in der letzten Viertelstunde von Billy Talent viel zu verpassen, also wollte ich sicherheitshalber doch die vorletzte S-Bahn nehmen. Die hatte allerdings eine halbe Stunde Verspätung, sodass der komplette Bahnsteig total überfüllt war, sich ALLE in die Bahn gedrückt haben, womit dann die BAHN völlig überfüllt war und nicht losfahren konnte. Und die wenigen Vernünftigen, die sich nicht reingequetscht hatten und auf die eigentliche letzte Bahn warteten, mussten natürlich dementsprechend länger warten. Immerhin war die Bahn dann – als sie endlich kam – gähnend leer. Und als mir danach auffiel, dass ich so fast anderthalb Stunden zurück ins Hotel gebraucht hatte (statt einer Stunde Fußmarsch), war mir klar, dass ich mir das nicht nochmal antue. Am Samstagabend bin ich also gelaufen – und wurde dabei immer wieder von Sonder-Nachtbussen überholt. Es gab sie also! Daher bin ich am Sonntag blind einer Gruppe hinterhergelaufen, die von “gut funktionierenden Shuttle-Bussen” redete, und voila – fünf Minuten gewartet, großer Bus, alle haben reingepasst, und zehn Minuten später war ich am Bahnhof. Hätte man ja auch mal bekanntgeben können, ne? *wtf*
  • OK, mein letztes Mal RiP war 2011, seitdem ist sicherlich einiges verbessert worden – aber was bitte war das mit den Klos? Ich hab tatsächlich nur ein einziges Mal anstehen müssen (wobei ich meistens während der Bands im zweiten Wellenbrecher in der Kloecke war
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    , woanders gab es ja schon meist Schlangen). Und es gab KLOPAPIER? Immer? Überall? Liegt das an Corona, oder hat RiP da mittlerweile einfach zwanzig Kilometer Vorsprung vor dem Taubertal?
  • Keine größeren Kommentare von mir zu Cashless – finde ich grundsätzlich sehr praktisch. Ich hatte auch immer vernünftiges Internet zum Aufladen, allerdings hatte eine Bude das offenbar nicht und wollte mir daher nichts verkaufen … (bzw. konnte nicht, da deren Gerät behauptete, ich hätte am Abend vorher nichts aufgeladen). Allerdings wurden manche Käufe erst einen Tag später abgerechnet – da hätte es mich ja doch interessiert, was passiert, wenn zu dem Zeitpunkt dann kein Geld mehr drauf ist.
  • Geschockt haben mich die Preise: 6 Euro für ein Bier? Und noch viel extremer: 6 Euro für ‘ne Cola??? Aber okay, ich kenn das deutsche Preisniveau wohl einfach nicht mehr …

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30.04.2021 Skambankt (Verkstedhallen, Trondheim)

May 1st, 2021

I really shouldn’t be complaining – up here in Trondheim, where we’ve been very lucky in keeping Covid numbers down, concerts were allowed most of the time. Many were postponed since a concert with max 10 or 20 people in the audience just isn’t profitable, but still … there’s a lot happening here compared to other regions or countries. But with all the insecurity around everything, and too many people in one room just not feeling safe, you need to really want to see a band to buy a ticket.

And YES, I really wanted to see Skambankt again! So I got my ticket for March, and now, at the end of April, we were actually allowed to the concert. With strict rules and a seated audience of course, which wouldn’t have worked at all for a “Rock Skambankt” show, but for the toned down version, it was totally fine. Even though there were a few songs where staying in your seat simply felt wrong … At least Terje had chosen to sit down as well, in solidarity with the audience. =;-)

Unlike on the last tour, Skambankt brought the full band this time, plus brass backup, and with the Jærtegn album out they had a lot more songs to choose from. Not a lot of rock’n’roll (even though the audience kept demanding it over and over again, including in the intro to “Født på ny” *lol*), but really nice (and perfectly performed!) music. =:-) The brass section has been getting a lot more work to do lately, and they blend in very well.

Trondheim is Skambankt’s home away from home, and since they first played here in 2004 (“how many years ago was that…?”), they had some of their best concerts here. Not sure if this was one of the very best, with a sitting audience, but it was definitely fun! With quite a bit of talk in between, about festivals, moonshine, messed up guitars, good parties resulting in newly formed (political) parties, and so on. Very entertaining, but only if you’re there, not if I attempt to write it down, so I won’t even try. =;-)

Thanks so much to Skambankt for venturing out on tour in the current conditions and spreading joy and music! Much appreciated, and so worth going a little bit easy on all precautions for once and trying out this “having fun” thing again after such a long time. =:-D

The setlist:

  • Hadde eg bare visst
  • For en evighet
  • 10/10
  • SOS
  • Balladen om deg
  • Gribben
  • Levende legende
  • Én av en million
  • Fritt fall
  • I dette huset
  • Sånne som deg
  • En skjebne som slår
  • Voodoo
  • Kommer snart hjem
  • Horisonten brenner
  • Født på ny
  • Når eg sover

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31.07.2020 Skambankt (Lager 11, Trondheim)

August 1st, 2020

The Skambankt concert in Trondheim in March was my first concert that was cancelled because of Corona – so it made perfect sense that Skambankt playing in Trondheim would also be my first concert after … (Oh well, who am I kidding, there is no “after” – but you know what I mean =;-) )

They were playing at a food court as part of a brewery festival, it was a seated concert, and the show was streamed to loads of other breweries so there weren’t too many people gathered in one place. And of course, it felt kinda weird – just sitting down at a concert is strange, and only parts of the audience were there for the concert instead of the beer. But still: it was a concert, and it was awesome! =:-D

We didn’t get the full band, but the Trio version (because of distancing rules and a stage that was too small for five – yeah sure …), but that works well for the unplugged show. And it meant that Terje had to take over the bass drum and tambourine in addition to the guitar, vocals, and harmonica – and extra challenges always make for a good show, right? Just putting on the foot tambourine so that it actually stayed on, and of course complaining about how uncool and clumsy that looks, made for five minutes of quality entertainment … *lol*

Since it was a brewery festival, Skambankt were served different beers and ciders throughout the concert, which of course lead to some breaks and talking in between songs. Which is something I love, since it’s always fun! Terje was quite concerned though if we actually understood what they were saying, since jærsk and trøndersk can be a bit mutually intelligible. =;-) That’s also why later on, we had to switch over to jærsk, since “Kjem snart heim” just doesn’t have the same ring to it …

Overall, it was a typical sit-down concert of course, with a quiet-ish audience listening to what was happening on stage. But there were a few songs where the audience got really involved. The first one was “Sånne som deg”, with constant clapping throughout the song. And when the main set was finished (and everyone got up for standing ovations, which made the band feel like they’re “in a theater” *g*), we got “Kommer snart hjem” as encore. Without accordion this time, which everyone was of course reeeeeeeaaally sad about, but with a lot of clapping and sing-a-long. A perfect conclusion for the concert!

The setlist:

  • Horisonten brenner
  • Levende legende
  • Gribben
  • Balladen om deg
  • I dette huset
  • O dessverre
  • Fritt fall (“Sorry for all the depressing songs from the west of Norway …”)
  • Sånne som deg
  • Når eg sover
  • Voodoo (“The world is really scary right now!”)
  • Skumring
  • Født på ny
    ——————
  • Kommer snart hjem

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