Interview Uncommonmenfrommars

Uncommon, that is exactly what they are! Not only because of the identical twin Daff and Trint, but because they are the nicest band ever! They proof that you can be ‘sex, drugs and rock’n roll’ without being an arrogant rockstar. You can listen to their music on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/uncommonmenfrommars or buy their new cd ‘longer than an ep shorter than an album’ it’s in stores now! You also have the chance to read everything you always wanted to know about the skate-punk music and rock ‘n roll lifestyle of Uncommonmenfrommars! Lucky you!!

Interview with: Ed Zeppelin (vocals and guitar)
Interviewed by: Pearl


Hi Ed Zeppelin, how are you?

I’m a bit hung-over and I have a sore throat, but that is normal.

Can you still sing with that sore throat?

Yeah, it sounds better when we play. It sounds like shit all afternoon, but after three songs it gets better.

You have performed in the Netherlands a lot! What’s the nicest thing about playing in the Netherlands?

Now we have friends in different places, that’s cool.
People bringing chocolate! And some of us enjoy smoking, so that is also very pleasant.

You are about to perform, are you nervous before you go to perform?

Not really, we get impatient cause we want to play. I don’t think we get nervous, maybe if we play like a big show or if we play with a band we really like. It is just usually a party, it’s party time!

The Undeclinables were supposed to play tonight…

They canceled because one of them is in hospital. We are not sure what happened, but I think he is okay, but he is still in the hospital, we’ll have more information maybe by tonight.

Do you prefer to play for a large audience or a small cozy audience?

We like everything, we love playing in tiny bars, and we love playing huge festivals. It doesn’t really matter, we just love to play!

Do you create the atmosphere on stage or does the audience create the atmosphere?

I guess kind of both. Sometimes you have to create it yourself, because there is no atmosphere. If we play a show and there are not so many people. If you don’t do something to change it, it is not going to change. Those are the harder shows, where we really need to put an effort to get a good vibe. Sometimes the crowd just goes crazy and they create the atmosphere.

What is that like in Holland?

It depends, this is the first show on this tour with Second Shot in Holland, so we will see! It is usually fun, I don’t really see a difference between shows in Germany, France or Holland. I guess it all depends on how many people there are. My best memory was in Holland, at a show with fourteen people, in a two hundred capacity room, but that was like the most fun show of the whole tour.Everybody was smiling and there was a really good vibe. Things happened that usually don’t happen. The crowd went on stage and we went down like you are the band, we are the crowd you know... It is just fun!

I saw that you performed naked...

Sometimes, it can happen...We do that when it gets too hot or when we know that it would be a problem for someone. Like we played in the middle of Paris once, right in the middle of the city on an outdoor stage. It was like old people and kids, families...That is the place where I would get naked.

Are you the typical sex drugs and rock ’n roll?

Not really, I mean I’ve seen worse. But yeah we do like to party. Not all of us,we are all very different. Some of us are not party-freaks, but I am and Jim is. I like sex, I like drugs and I like rock ’n roll, so I guess my answer would be yes! Still looking for sex, gonna find drugs after the interview and the rock ’n roll will be here tonight.

What makes you different from all the other rockstars?

Rockstars? Well I guess we are no rockstars. No, to me being a rockstar is not about how many records you sell, it is about attitude. I know bands that have sold two cd’s in their lives, played three shows and they are the biggest rockstars I’ve ever met! It is just attitude, when a band think they are better than everyone, just because they are on stage and they think they are awesome and some treat people like shit. That to me is being like a rockstar. We don’t do that. We don’t treat people like shit, we only treat each other like shit.

What is the difference between your music on stage and on the cd?

We play better on the cd, probably… A lot of people say that there is a lot more energy on stage.
Daff: Often people don’t get it till they have seen us live. Personally I think that it is important that people that wanna listen to our cd’s see us live first.
Ed: But that is just the drummer’s point of view.

What comes first music or lyrics?

Music, we always write the lyrics at the last moment when we are in the studio. When we have to track vocals we still have no lyrics. We just grab a piece of paper with Trint. That doesn’t mean we neglect the lyrics. We do talk about our lives and experiences, but the music and the vocal melodies come first.

You have recorded an acoustic album called Kill the Fuse, what do you prefer acoustic or electric?

Both, my brother Trint plays a lot of acoustic guitar. He actually just recorded a record with his side project called X-TV. They have just finished the album and it is mastered. It will be free for download on myspace, I can’t remember when, but it is very soon in December, so you should check it out! And the record will be available soon.

You also have a side project called Sons of Buddha, how do you manage to do both?

Uncommonmenfrommars is always the priority, but whenever we don’t tour we book Sons of Buddha tours in between. That is why since September I’ve been home like once or twice. Every time we go home with Uncommonmenfrommars I go on tour with Sons of Buddha and when we get back I go on tour with Uncommonmenfrommars.

Are you coming with Sons of Buddha to Holland?

We want to, maybe in February. We are going to try to hook up with Kevin from the Apers and make something happen.

So you are a skate punk band, do you all skate?

No, my brother Trint skates for a long time, but I don’t do anything that involves hurting myself or breaking bones.

Has he ever thought of being a professional skateboarder?
Daff: No he is not good enough, not crazy enough!

Don’t you think you can be anything you want?

Daff:You can be anything that you want, but I think when you play in a band and you end up being a musician it is not really like you choose to be in a band as like the music kind of chooses you. You just end up doing that and then one day you think: Hey I’ve made it, I’m a musician!Ed: But the difference between being in a punk band and being a pro skater is you have to be really good to be a pro skater, but you don’t have to know how to play music to be in a punk band. That is what punk is all about! Anyone can play in a punk band.

What do you think of the Emo scene?

Well, I’m not really into it, I think there is too much fashion involved…

Too much skinny jeans? Well you don’t have skinny jeans…

Skinny jeans? No they are kind of skinny, they are not slim not super slim, but they are just normal. But they are Johnny Ramone jeans! (Stands up and opens his zipper) Look it says: Hey ho lets go on the inside! So they are kind of slim, but they are still rock ‘n roll cause they are Johnny Ramones!

So you like the Ramones, have you ever seen them live?

No, unfortunately…

Is there any band you would like to see live, but never had the chance to?

Yeah, ACDC never seen them, Metallica, the Descendants, the Real Danger.
Daff: Generally when these bands play, we play also so we can’t see them.

What is the nicest band you’ve ever played with?

A lot of bands, like the Undeclinables we are friends with them. We did a tour with them in France a long time ago. A lot of Dutch bands, like the Heideroosjes, they are cool we’ve played a couple of times with them. They are nice guys. The Apers obviously… NRA from Amsterdam, they are the best Dutch band. One of my favorite bands ever! The Accelerators…The Real Danger, a Dutch band they sound like the Descendents, but we don’t know them I just like the music.

What made you come up with the unusual name Uncommonmenfrommars?

Well, exactly because it is unusual. You know, when we started the band, everyone wanted names like ‘No Effects’ very short names. So we did the exact opposite. Their albums always have names like ‘Dimimisabeble…’ very long names. So that is kind of why we took off the spaces just to make it look long, difficult to read.

Don’t you think it makes it harder to remember the name?

If you say it, but if you read it just once you will remember it forever. Next time you’ll see it you’ll say oo yeah!

So you exist a little more than ten years now, what changed during these years?

We drink more, we sleep less, we tour more, we have a lot more friends. My brothers have wives and kids. We play in different countries and we play a lot more in Germany and Holland.

Isn’t difficult to tour that much?

Sometimes, but I don’t have a wife or kids so I could tour all year, that would be fine for me. But my brothers have wives and kids so after a while they want to see their kids.


When you are on tour, what do you do during the day?

Ed: Drive, loading, soundcheck, put up the merchtabel, change guitarstrings, we try to eat or do interviews and then the show starts

What do you do after you played the show?

Daff: It depends, sometimes we stay up till 10 in the morning. Sometimes we’ll be in bed by three. You can’t go to bed before two, that is the earliest we’ve ever been to bed on tour. Because we don’t have any time, when you’re finished playing, you have to put all your stuff away, you have to get back in the van. When we are all back to where we sleep, it is already two or three. We live like some kind of vampires after a while. We life at night and we sleep during the day.

Do you ever go sightseeing when you are on tour?

We hardly ever have time. I’m gonna go sightseeing after this interview. We’ve played in Vienna like three times, but we have never had the chance to go sightseeing. We play in beautiful cities, but all we see are small rooms.
Daff: We don’t do a lot of sightseeing, but we meet a lot of people and it is just as interesting to hang out with people from the cities that we are touring in. I’d rather hang out with people that live in the city and be in the city like they are. You hang out with some guys and have a drink and talk with them about how their life is, that’s interesting I think about touring.

Is the tour almost finished now?

Yeah, the tour is almost finished.

Are you excited to go home?

Yeah, I mean my brothers are probably more excited than me. When I get home I’m probably just gonna take off and visit some friends. We have friends all over Europe now, so I might go visit the Apers in Rotterdam. We toured with Failsafe, I think I’m going to visit them for New Years Eve in Manchester. And there is Second shot from San Francisco, if I save enough money I’ll go visit them. Sometimes when I’m not on tour I’ll just hop in another band’s van. I have some friends, if I call them: Is there space for me? Yeah I’m coming!

What would you like to achieve in the next ten years?

Daff: Still be around!
Ed: We are totally happy with what we have achieved in ten years. So I think if we just keep on doing the same thing it would be perfect.

Uncommonmenfrommars in Tilburg

The skate-punk sensation from France! They are back in Holland to play an amazing show with Second Shot and the Undeclinables, unfortunately the Undeclinables couldn't make it because one of them is in the hospital. While I'm writing this I listen to the new Uncommonmenfrommars cd 'longer than an ep shorter than an album'.It's on repeat...This show definitely had been one of the best I've ever seen! First the amazing band Second Shot, after that the even more amazing Uncommonmenfrommars. I know that you should always write some positive and some negative things in a review. Je m'exuse...I can't think of anything negative, cause it just had been awesome!It is obviously that they rock your socks off. With their energy on stage nothing really matters anymore. Even if they would play like shit, I would still think that they are the best punk band ever! Both Uncommonmenfrommars and Second Shot are great musicians, but why did Uncommonmenfrommars manage to drive the audience insane? It's because of their phenomenal performance! They really know how to connect with the audience, with their energetic performance. They drink people's beer, stand on the bar, they just love to drive people crazy...It's not a surprise that some people were totally tripping on songs like Pizza man, noise pollution, you can be evil, life time bus stop, dictionary man, Dinosaur and more... These songs sound like punk songs should sound! These guys are crazy, they look like wild animals on stage! At the end they even moved to play in the audience...Haven't seen that one before...If you'll ever have the chance to see this guys live, I'll force you to go there! I can predict you one thing... It will be quite uncommon...

The perfect band

Nobody is perfect, at least that's what they say...

Singers, guitarists and other artists may seem to look like Gods, and actually I start to believe that they really are! Anyway the question is: Does the perfect band excists? We need to wonder what the most important aspects of a band are. The music? The hot singer? The performance? I think it is a combination of these (and other) aspects. If I could build my own superband...
On the mic: Ian Watkins (Lostprophets)
On the bass: Tord Overland Knudsen (The Wombats)
On the lead guitar: Johannes Ylinen (Deep Insight)
On the second guitar: Brian (Vanilla Sky)
On the drums: Luca (Vanilla Sky)
Why would this be my superband? Well, they are all absolutely stunning;) Ian Watkins is the best performer I've ever seen and he and Tord will be able to combine the roughness of the Lostprophets with the cheerfullness of the Wombats. Johannes Ylinen may write the lyrics with the mysterious aspects as we only know from Deep Insight. Brian brings with his smile the happy attitude to the band, while Luca makes the fans crazy with his bad boy Italian attitude. To compensate the bad boy we need an honest nice guy, just like Johannes Ylinen. At last Gerard Way may direct the music videos, cause I think that the My Chemical Romance videos are the most beautiful in the world. Doesn't this sound like the ultimate perfect band? If you disagree, please tell me what you think!What will be the best, ultimate, supergroup in the universe?!

Back in the Picture

They are back! Out of the shadows,'The Rasmus',after staying away for a few years...I start to believe that taking a break is some kind of strange Finnish habit. I haven't seen Deep Insight (the best(Finnish)band ever!)in 2,5 years. I've been to Disco Ensemble two weeks ago, but they too have had a huge break! Anyway, it doesn't matter, cause they do come back harder, stronger and heavier than ever before! I can't wait to buy the new cd 'Black Roses' from 'The Rasmus' and I am very excited about the new single 'living in a world without you'. The song is catchy and heavy at the same time, as we are used from 'The Rasmus'. I haven't heard the album yet, but I think it will be less depressed and goth than 'Hide from the sun'. The melodies will be similair, but the lyrics will be a little bit happier...Not like 'night after night I wake up shaking cause my world is breaking, night after night I wake up crying cause I feel like dying'. But again it is something I quess...I don't think that there is anything wrong with strong emotional songs, I find it very impressive that the Rasmus are able to open up their hearts like this!I also have to admit that they have the most beautiful sad lyrics I've ever heard!'Living in a world without you' sound like an ultimate rockband that has come out of the shadows!

Random stufff

First of all, thank you for the nice comments! I really appriciate that!! I would love to reply, but it is impossible since they are anonymous. But thank you very much and keep telling me what you think of my stories;) I hope you like the interviews as well. I told you that an interview with the punk rock band Uncommmonmenfrommars would come up, don't worry, it will! Just a little bit later than I expected, probably around 5 December. Have you read the interview with My Future Lies? This amazing band is in deep financial trouble and they try to sell as much merch this week to prevent from going under:( So it would be awesome if you can help!http://www.myfuturelies.com/merch.htm As you might know, Ian Watkins is also selling his stuff from "made in hell" on the internet. He has a great new design, you should check it out! Check out the new episode of the lovely Vanillos of Vanilla Sky on Vanilla Sky tv as well! It is about the daily life of my favourite rockstars, (and about the life they would like to have), about Vinx his secret passion for diving into canals for money and more!http://www.myspace.com/vanillasky Don't you just love the picture I've put above this text?! It is Ville Valo, has nothing to do with this blog, but I just love the pic;) As I'm telling you all kinds of random stuff, I might tell you this as well... just won a great price from the magazine Oor. It contains 22 cd's of amazing bands, so you can expect some cd reviews soon!

Interview with Attack! Attack!

Attack! Attack!

A fresh new hot Welsh band! A powerful name makes me wonder… The powerful songs make me want to dance! They have already toured with some famous bands like Underoath and the Blackout and they are about to leave for their next tour with Funeral For A Friend. With a hell lot of tour dates you might be able to catch them!!! Until then, turn up your speakers and listen to their amazing songs… http://www.myspace.com/attackattackband


Interview with Neil Starr from Attack! Attack!
Interviewed by Pearl Vink

You have a lot of gigs till the end of the year! How do you manage to survive that?


plenty of drugs! no just kidding, we are just running off pure adrenalin ! we love playing shows and meeting people, and the buzz it gives us keeps us going


A brand new start with a new amazing band…Does that mean the end of Dopamine?


Dopamine is resting right now, its impossible to do both bands at the same time , the other guys in dopamine are very supportive so its cool to know we can do attack attack with no pressure

What was it like to record and produce your debut album by Stuart and Mike of the Lostprophets?


It was cool to hang out with them everyday, we have been friends for a long time but dont get to see each other very often with them living in the US and us living in the UK . Recording in USA was cool too cos its very different to the UK especially the weather :D


The new album will be released the sixth of October, how would you describe the album?


its rocking, full of slamming drums , loads of melodies and harmonies, pumping bass lines! its very energetic and fun to listen too


What had been the influences for the album?


Musically - bands like Nirvana, Foo fighters, Jimmy eat world, ACDC , Linkin Park
Lyrically - life experiences we have had and seen others go through


A few days ago you have had a gig in Amsterdam, did you act like the typical rockstar does in Amsterdam?


Haha we did rock and roll , but stayed away from the sex and drugs haha we love the city , we had plenty of beer on the square, it was good times


What more can we expect from Attack! Attack! in the near future?


Well come see our live shows, its a different side to our band, we put in as much energy as we can and love to get the crowd involved. We are set to demo new songs at christmas , hopefully make a return trip to Europe mainland in April and play festivals in the summer :D

Vanilla Sky in Amsterdam...

I am already smiling when I think about it... It had been seriously the best concert I´ve ever been to! Panama is such a cosy venue and Vanilla Sky is such an amazing band! I am speechless... I decided not to go to early to this gig. So I arrived at seven ´o clock. Despite that I waited a long time for the band cause they were late. I had the best spot of all! between Brian and Vinx (the singers)... There were not a lot of people, I think maybe 35 or something. That made it even more fun, for me. I can imagine that Vanilla Sky would have liked some more audience. The audience was very silent, I think I was the only one screeming, dancing and singing along...I don't want to talk about the bands that supported Vanilla Sky, cause they suck sooo badly!!!!They were called 'so called celeste'and 'the maple room', well that's the only thing I'm saying about them. I was just shocked when the Vanillos came on stage, not that they did something special. It was just that I have been looking forward to the concert! And they look sooo good! As a joke I told my friends that they were only allowed to flirt with the bassist called Francesco (or cisco) and the drummer called Lucetto (or Luca). These Italian names are sooo beautiful don't you think? Well actually I told you it was a joke, but I was kind of serious about it. I prohibited them to wear skirts, heels or something like that and they were not allowed to make eyecontact or talk to them...I know I am sick, I should find help...It is just that I like Vanilla Sky sooo much! And I am a very jealous person...Vanilla Sky played incredibly well! I could sing along all the songs except for one cover they played of the Cardigans. Songs like Break it out, Devastante,letargo, Cut away and of course umbrella made me feel really good:)He almost kicked me several times, because I was really close to the stage! That was kind of scary, but I rather have a kick from Brian then from any one else;)Unfortunatly Vinx cut his hair, I liked it better before. Vinx does have the most beautiful voice I've ever heard, and that is not a lie! You should listen to the part where he sings in the song 'the fight', incredible;)!After the show I fell in love...with the whole band! I went to Brian first to ask for some autographs and a picture:) We talked about his holiday and Italy and yes, he has had a great holiday on the seaside of Italy! After talking to him I went to Francesco (Cisco) and I said: My sister is in love with you! She is six... No no not a lie, she told me herself, she keeps saying Francesco is sooo romantic!!! He asked how old I am and stupid as I am, I didn't lie... I made a picture with him and he stood on a seat cause he didn't want to look smaller than me... I was a lot taller than him ...Then I talked to Luca, the drummer. Sometimes being tall really sucks, it's usually the first thing people say to me! Luca said that it only had advantages, he said I could be a model and he could only drum. Then he and Cisco almost started kissing, really weird, with their lips like one inch away from each other. I looked at Cisco like what are you doing?? he told me that he and Luca were like brothers...I know that Italian people are close with families and stuff, but this was strange:S Then he and Luca started talking in Italian, the only thing I could say on that was: Italian is a beautiful language... On which he answered 'Do you speak Italian?' No I just know a few words..like Come estai (or something like that), ciao, ciao bello, ciao bella... Then hen said Pizza and something I really didn't understand.. I asked him what he told me, but he said he really couldn't say that to me..Well then you really make me curious! Please tell me? Come on tell me? Cisco said it again in German, but that isn't my best languange either... Finally Cisco told me that Luca said that he has well...a big penis:S That wasn't the kind of information I wanted to know, and I didn't believe it to. So I asked Luca to write it on a paper, he couldn't do that. So he wrote it on my arm: Sei una bella ragazza... I checked it at home, it means you're a beautiful girl, I am very flattered, but I don't believe it is the thing he told me before... Ha but I was soooo happy after and during the concert!!Everything had been perfect. A perfect end to a perfect concert:) Like a fairy tail, we lived happy ever after:)!

Interview with My Future Lies!

They are the most awesome band of Australia. With their breath taking songs and fast growing fanbase they are ready to conquer the world. This isn't just another rockband, this is a band with personality. They really care about their fans and they offer help where needed. With a charity drive for the Parkinson disease and with their open hearts they seem to be the Spidermans and Supermans of rock! Recently they changed their name from 'Acid Eyeliner' to 'My Future Lies',but they are still the same band and they still rock! That is why you should listen to their songs, tell your friends about them and read the interview! You can listen to their songs on their myspace : http://www.myspace.com/myfuturelies

Interview with Lukey Lukess (My Future Lies)
Interviewed by Pearl Vink
Image by Sheerimage

Since January 2006 you have already made a wonderful debut album called Future lies , released a live DVD, performed twice at MTV and drove an adventures charity drive. How has the ride been so far?

We've had an amazing journey. I can't say it has been easy and the financial burden of being full time musicians not signed to a label has been a heavy weight on our shoulders. That said, we're so lucky to have a great fan base that grows daily on myspace and facebook and these people have supported us at our shows and by purchasing all our merch online all over the world.

I noticed that your songs do not only sound amazing, they have got awesome lyrics as well. How does the writing process take place?

I usually just write songs when something comes out. I tend not to sit down and try write too many songs. A hook line will come to me when I'm driving or laying in bed and then I quickly grab a guitar and work out a melody. Songs such as Kissing you in the Driveway came to me while I was driving over the harbour bridge of all places.

Is there a song on the album you prefer yourself?

My favourite song would be Future Lies. It has a very special meaning to me and the lyrics really reflect a part of my life I'll never forget or regret.

On a trampoline these kids would kiss and talk all night
too young to know their future dreams would turn into future lies.
When you were a kid, which of your future dreams turned out to be future lies?

Well I guess things I thought were pretty secure as a kid can change so fast. From girlfriends to my own family and personal walk through life, so much changed and continues to change. I try to not plan my future anymore, but go where life takes me.

You are probably already living the dream, but what would you like to achieve more with your band in the future?

I'd love to achieve a lot more. We're really only just scraping the surface here in Australia and we're currently getting a lot of attention from fans in the USA and UK. Due to the lack of major labels and people that can support us here we may end up spending a lot more time in the USA. That said, listen to the lyrics from the song "here forever" to know how passionate I am about the country we live in and how much I love Australia. Sadly it isn't giving us the breaks we need though.

You did a charity drive to raise money for Parkinson's Australia. How did you experience that?

It was amazing. To see our amazing country side from the window of my Austin Healey was an adventure I'll never forget. It was also really good that we could tie this into a charity and share information on a disease that hardly gets a mention in day to day media.

I know it is like the biggest distance you can travel, but will you ever come to the Europe for a tour?

I'll do everything possible to come to Europe. We have so many amazing people there already supporting us. We have a street team of 4200+ people in Europe and it only takes someone to pay our airfares and we'd be there doing shows.

Lowlands

Certainly the best festival of Europe, Lowlands! This yearly festival in Holland ended yesterday and of course it had been a great party again. I´ve seen bands like the Plain White T´s, HIM, The Wombats, The Hives, The Pigeon Detectives, The Frattelis, We Are Scientists, Editors, Sex Pistols, N*E*R*D and a lot more! Three awesome full of great music.

The Pigeon Detectives

It all started with the Pigeon Detectives. Luckily I was just on time for this concert, cause I love the Pigeon Detectives! It was the sixth time I've seen them, but still every gig of them is different. I have to say that they have grown up since the first times I've seen them and I liked them better before. But who can resist this naughty frontman Matthew Bowman? He really knows how to entertain the audience and makes every gig an awesome party! I think the Pigeons are the second best britpop band on earth... So who might be the best?

The Wombats

That is an easy question, the Wombats! The Wombats play with such an amount of energy, that just incredible! The songs sound cheerful, but do have an deeper meaning. It sounds like the perfect combination. The Bats are absolutely charming!

Sex Pistols

The second day I really looked forward to see the Sex Pistols. Not that I like their music so much, but you have to admit that the Sex Pistols are important history. They are legends! The band where all the punk started! I certainly agree with their statement that Punk isn't dead...But I think the Sex Pistols are. I expected a lot more of this band. Te songs were alright, but the didn't perform the way I thought they would do. I remembered the last gig from Iggy and the Stooges on Lowlands and I hoped it to be that kind of performance. But I am happy that I have seen them, just to be able to say: I've seen the Sex Pistols;)

HIM

I am a big fan of Finnish bands and that's why I really needed to see His Infernal Majesty. I really like the attitude that surounds this band. Ville Valo is the ultimate singer for this band and his mysterious look makes me really enjoy his dark romantic music.

The Hives

Another band with another kind of awesome attitude are the Hives. The singer of this band has such a big attitude, that it is soooo funny! One moment he said: It is sooo hot in here, maybe that is because we are sooo hot! Then he made us blew wind to him with our hands and he said: Well I needed a reason to take of my shirt cause it looks soooo beautiful! Absolutely the most funny singer I've ever seen! The songs were great as well. He dared to compare his band with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones...But I have to say that songs like Two timing touch and broken bones and Hate to say I told you so are absolutely punk rock classics;)

N*E*R*D

They were pronounced as the only real rockstars... I don't really get that, cause it ain't real rock what they are playing. Despite that they do rock! Lowlands was singing along, Pharrel really got the audience ready to party!

Plain White T's

The real rockstars on Lowlands were the Plain White T's!!! I love them sooo much:) They were the best band on Lowlands! Their songs are powerful, energetic, absolutely beautiful and their ballads are just breath taking... You might know the song 'Hey There Delilah', I think that the lyric of this song is just brilliant... One moment he sang it without instruments and that was sooo amazingly beautiful, I can't even describe it... I was blowing bubbles at that concert and at one moment Tom, the singer(third one from the left on the picture) said: There are a lot of girls in the front and that girl over there is blowing bubbles:) So I may sound crazy but that made me so incredeble happy!!!So all excited I tried to blow more bubbles, but I blew to hard and he said: Oooow that one didn't work out that well... After the gig I went to get autographs and the guitarist said: hey you are the girl with the bubbles:) When I came to Tom he said the same and I gave him a heart shaped lollypop. He was really happy with it and held it by his heart like a heartbeating, drew me a heart and made me the happiest girl in the world!:)

Have a little patience....

Dear friends,
I just wanted to say that the interviews are coming as fast as possible. I am very excited about it, cause the bands are great! Acid Eyeliner has recently gone trough a namechange and they are called 'My Future Lies' now. Like the name, but still love the name Acid Eyeliner as well. But I do get their point, cause Acid can be referred to the drugs and Eyeliner puts the band in a box they don't want to fit in. I think that they are a band that doesn't want to be called emo. You know that I have mixed feelings about that, but there is not much I can do about it... If I ever get my own band, in the far far future... I will call it Acid Eyeliner!!

Surprise!!!

I have a great surprise for you! I am about to put some amazing interviews on this site. As you know I write for 3voor12/Amsterdam but since they don't want interviews from international artists I decided to interview these really interesting bands for my own website. Simply because I love to do this, I love to know more about a lot of bands, about their lifestyle, music... I love to write and interview!I will start with the singer of Acid Eyeliner, Lukey Lukess. Acid Eyeliner is really an amazing band with awesome songs! But I'll tell more about them when I've got the interview. The second interview will be with the singer Mötor Ed from Uncommonmenfrommars, again one of my favourite bands! Uncommonmenfrommars is an amzing punkrockband, they play it in the way punk rock was meant to be. I'm sorry about not telling anything more about these bands now...You just have to wait for the interviews!

Made in Hell

Ian Watkins has launched his own clothingline called Made In Hell. He lauches a buch of limited edition teeshirts every month with an awesome design. You should check it out!http://www.myspace.com/wearemadeinhell .I read an interview on punktastic with the famous Ian Watkins and he had the perfect answers to two questions..

Are emos to blame for all of the world's ills? Do you think the mainstream media has got it all wrong and overreacted or are kids nowadays taking things all a little too seriously?

I dont think you can pluralise the word emo. Thats what annoys me the most.

And finally - give us all one reason why we should buy, and not illegally download for free, the forthcoming Lostprophets album...

Nah, if you dont want to buy it for whatever reason then cool. I understand that not everyone has the money to buy albums. I didnt when i was younger, i had to tape them off my friends and then nick the covers from Woolworths. Id much rather people listen to it for free than not at all. But if you steal it and like it, then come to a show and support us, or wear our teeshirts, or find some way of helping us carry on what we are doing. Even if its just telling friends and passing on CD's or mp3s.

you can find the whole interview on http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/222

enjoy

Dear Scenekid...

Dear Scenekid,

I keep wondering about the things that are said about emos on the internet. I just found a website where an American doctor is warning parents for the fenomanen Emo. The site is just ridiculous, it is using every prejudge about emos against their culture. The culture is far not as dangerous as they try to let you believe. Lets start with the prejudges, what are these prejudges? Well the most considerable prejudges are that emos commit suicide and cut themselves. Others are that all emos are gay or at least bi-sexual. That is also the reason that guys wear girl-jeans and eyeliner. All emos have the same haircut and that is the one with the hair before one eye so that they can't see half of the evil world. Emos all listen to My Chemical Romance, or everyone that listens to My Chemical Romance is emo. Not only My Chemical Romance has got that label, also bands like Panic! at the Disco and 30 seconds to mars can't escape the hype. All emos are depressed and the music makes them even more depressed due to the sad lyrics. First I would like to make something clear about the music. The music of bands like My Chemical Romance is not the cause of the suicide and selfdestruction of emos. It may be the consequence of their depression. Children do not become depressed from ´emo´ music, but I can imagine that they go listen to that music if they are depressed. They may find themselves in the lyrics that moment and we all know that rockmusic just gives you a lot of energy and that is the positive thing that depressed people are looking for. Rockmusic can be just like drugs, if you feel good it makes you feel even better. If you feel down it can make you feel downer. That is maybe the reason that depressed emos blame the music for their depression. Although you also hear a lot of people that say ´emomusic´ helped them trough hard times. It is just the way you interpretade the music and the lyrics. The ´doctor´on the site I told you about wrote some of the ´alarming´ lyrics on his page and he underlined the dangerous sentences. We all know Panic! at the disco and I found that a very cheerful rockband, but he doesn´t think so. Do you think that sentences like ´she is not bleeding on the ballroomfloor just for the attention´are shocking? Sure not if you look at the rest of the lyric. If all these pretending doctors and journalists would pay a little more attention then they would see that you don't have to take this lyrics so seriously. Lyrics of Panic! at the disco are called 'there is a good reason these tables are numbered honey, you just haven't thought of it yet', do you seriously think that these lyrics have a deep, dangerous and mysterious meaning? The lyrics of My Chemical Romance aren't that bad as well, you might think of that when you hear titles like 'I'm not okay', but listen to the song, look at the lyric and especially, watch the video. The video is hilarious, not serious at all. These bands do not want emo kids to cut themselves and do horrible things. Bands just want to stand out and sometimes they do that with shocking lyrics, but just to shock people. If you aren't able to shock people it is very hard to climb to the top as a band. You see it in every genre. In hiphop and rap you see a lot of sexual expressions, but do you see fans of that kind of music making love in the middle of the street? No, so if these emobands would tell kids to commit suicide, which they absolutely don't, the kids won't do that! The kids that do that are kids that are in a very difficult period in their life all in the age of 12/13 and they are so depressed that they need to blame something. In this case bands like My Chemical Romance, which is a shame, cause MCR is an awesome band. These kids could have just as easily indentify with an other kind of music. They need a group and unfortunately the media made emos to the kind of group they think they belong to. The media made emo a negative culture, but I think that if you want to know what emo is, you should look at the roots. So you should look at the bands that pretend to be emo, the bands that emos follow. What kind of example do they give the kids? Skinny jeans, all stars, hair before the eye, express your emotions in lyrics... The ani-emos are the ones that put this aspects in a negative sight. Hair for the eye is to see only half of the evil world, I have that to, but just because I think it looks nice and my favourite bands that by the way make me feel really good are wearing it as well. The skinnyjeans according to the ani-emos is too tight for guys, so all emoguys are gay. Media is taking that very seriously and spreads only that news, cause that is shocking, but they are forgeting that that isn't the truth. The thing I want to make clear is that emos aren't that bad. It is to bad that depressed kids identify themselves with this scene and drag each other more and more into a serious depression. The original emo kids though are kids positively obsessed with rockbands, wearing their t-shirts, supporting them in every step, wearing the same clothes like skinnyjeans and all stars, aren't afraid to show their emotions and that is not bad, cause most are just happy cheerful people, they are smiling all day long!


Please comment...

Gigs gigs and more gigs...

Finally! My holiday just started and I am soooo happy about that! Just bought my ticket for Lowlands a great Dutch festival! So, a few months to go and then I am going to see the Kooks, Anouk, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, Amy McDonald, N*E*R*D, the plain white t's, the Pigeon Detectives, the Sex Pistols, We are scientists, The Wombats, HIM, The Ting tings and more of those fantasic bands. There are rumours that Fall Out Boy and Tokio Hotel will come as well:) Well I hope so!

I was thinking about all the concerts I've seen and came to find that I've seen a lot! And I am beginning to forget some of them:O *I think* So I'm going to write all the artists I've seen...

*****
The Lostprophets 4 times
Deep Insight 3 times
Vanilla Sky 1 time

****
The Pigeon Detectives 5 times
30 Seconds To Mars 3 times
The Wombats 3 times
Foo Fighters 1 time
Velvet Revolver 1 time
Look See Proof 1 time
***
Uncommonmenfrommars 1 time
Disco Ensemble 1 time
Kaiser Chiefs 2 times
My Chemical Romance 1 time
The Rasmus 2 times
The Rifles 2 times
Assembly now 1 time
Boy Kill Boy 1 time
Iggy and the Stooges 2 times

**
Arctic Monkeys 2 times
Air Traffic 2 times
Good Charlotte 1 time
Jimmy Eat World 1 time
The Killers 1 time
Muse 2 times
Pink 3 times
Metallica 1 time
Stereophonics 1 time
The View 2 times
We are scientists 1 time
The Kooks 1 time
Razorlight 2 times
Marilyn Manson 1 time
Linkin Park 1 time
Dopamine 1 time
Rooney 1 time
*
Alter Bridge 1 time
Foals 1 time
Panic at the Disco 1 time
The Rakes 2 times
Skip the Rush 1 time
Evanescense 1 time
Beyonce 1 time
Alicia Keys 1 time
Wolfmother 1 time
Dirty Pretty things 1 time
Little man Tate 1 time
Less than Jake 1 time
Anouk 1 time
Bloc Party 1 time
HIM 1 time
Floggin Molly 1 time
Julliete and the Licks 1 time
Amy MacDonald 1 time
The Long Blondes 1 time
We are the physics 1 time
Seether 1 time

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Editors 2 times
Funeral for a friend 1 time
Pete and the Pirates 1 time
The Scissor Sisters 1 time
The Young Knives 2 time
Whithim temptation 1 time
Lagwagon 1 time
The Maccabees 1 time
The Clocks 1 time
The answer 1 time
CSS 1 time
Moke 2 times
Incubus 1 time
The shins 1 time
Gabriel Rios 1 time
Goose 1 time
Alpha Blondie 1 time
Arcade Fire 1 time
Pennywise 1 time
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 1 time
Ziggy Marley 1 time
The Raconteurs 1 time
Placebo 1 time
Massive Attack 1 time
Belle And Sebastian 1 time
Be your own Pet 1 time
The Girls 1 time
Awaiting Seasons 1 time
Ministry 1 time
five 'o clock heroes 1 time
Ilse de Lange 1 time
Jamai 1 time
Daniel Bedingfield 1 time
The Sugarbabes 1 time
The magic numbers 1 time
The Smashing Pumpkins 1 time
Bad Religion 1 time
Sat2d 1 time
Jack Penate 1 time
Scouting for Girls 1 time
The Twang 1 time
The Klaxons 1 time
Cage the Elephant 1 time
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong 1 time
One night only 1 time
The Rascals 1 time
The Better offs 1 time
San Fransisco 1 time
Go Back to the Zoo 1 time
About 1 time
Fullduplex 1 time
Make Believe 1 time
The Looks 1 time

I am shocked!!!! 140 bands in almost two years! That is insane!!! When I looked up the bands I realised that I remember almost nothing from some of these bands.And I am sure that I have forgotten a lot as well! The ones that stand under the row - are bands I hardly remember or bands that I absolutely disliked... The ones with ***** are the best artists and concerts I've ever seen, these ones I remember every detail of....So 140 bands, that means 140 hours of livemusic, that means poor ears,that means 560 rockstars, that means almost 6 days music without breaks, that means 1 band every 5 days! That is not totally fair, cause I've seen a lot on festivals...Lowlands 2 times, Pinkpop 2 times, London Calling 3 times... And still waiting for that one band to come again...Deep Insight

Lostprophets are Heaven!!

I love the Lostprophets....I do I do I do! Especially Ian Watkins, he is really one of the hottest guys alive. But enough of that, lets tell you about last Thursday, the day the Lostprophets came to my town... It was 11 ´o clock in the morning and I was sooo crazy to stand in front of the Melkweg at that time. Appearantly I wasn´t the only crazy one over there cause there had been people that stood there since half past six that morning:S So I went to the Melkweg and at first I was afraid to stand over there cause the faces on the emos there told me something like stupid bimbo get out of here you don't belong here you're just here for the Ian Watkins or the fact that rockmusic is hot in fashion nowadays. After an hour I decided to sit there anyway, instead of walking around doing nothing. I could see that they didn't like me, but after a while I didn't care anymore. I was soooo cheerful and those people looked like they had just seen an environmental disaster. I grabbed my mathematics book, cause I would have a very important test the next day. It looked kinda sully, bit geeky, but I was determinded to get a good grade. At half past 12 my friend Natasha came and that was kind of a relief since I didn't have to be alone with the grumpies anymore. At half past two the bus arrove, I ws soooo thrilled. Stuart, Ilan, Lee, Jamie and Mike came out first, but I didn't pay any attention to them. Although I couldn't keep my eyes of Stu's bare but, it seems to be the latest fashion according to the Lostprophets, to wear the pants half way the but and wear no underpants. After 10 minutes or something Ian arrove, he got out of the bus and my heart missed a beat or two... His hair had grown, he wasn't as tall as I thought he would be and he was a little bit skinnier than I thought. I think that he lost some weight. It may be strange but I liked him more with a little bit more fat and I hoped he would be taller. Actually all with all I was a bit disappoited, I aslo saw some grey hairs! So I checked his age when I was at home, he is almost 31! Still he looked very good!I got an autograph and a picture with Ian Watkins can you believe that!?! Then he got inside with his huge Louis Vuiton bag and styish outfit: White skinnyjeans, shoes, that used to be white (I think), a light coloured shirt with some neklaces over it. So there I sat still waiting for the concert four hours to go... Then we heard that the rest of the Lostprophets went to a terras on the Leidseplein and so we went their for some autographs and pictures. They were really nice, adorable! Unfortunately Ian wasn't there cause he was a bit ill:( Poor Ian... When the doors finally opened we went inside with high speed! I got second row, which was perfect, cause I am like a head taller then all the girls in the front. First the band Seether came, which I also had a picture with some hours ago... The band was quite good, but I really coudn't wait till the Lostprophets! They played a Nirvana song which I found very cool! But enough about Seether! The moment was finally there...Lostprophets!!! When Jamie came on stage I realised that I didn't recognised him before cause his hair grow long and turned blond...I mean blonder than blond! When Ian arrove I screemed my heart out! Although I have seen them already four times, this time felt like it was the first time...The started with the song We still kill the old way, which was a perfect song to start with. Powerfull, perfect...The second song ride was one of my favourite songs, an oldie just like the first one. Ian talked a lot, something I really like, it makes the show special and Ian is sooo funny! I think he has talked about his new haircut for like five minutes... And now the moment were all girls will be soooo jealous at me.... Ian took his shirt off!!! His shirt, out, topless! All my dissapointments dissapeared! Ian is Heaven! More than heaven! I was hard to face the fact that I couldn't touch him, till the moment at the end of the show. They started with the great song Burn Burn the song were I cried the last time, tears of happieness! This time he took his neklace off and I knew that he was going to jump! And of course right in my arms, I didn't let him go! NO! I grabbed and hold, his back on my cheek, his belly in my arms, what a great combination! I touched him everywere! Than he stood right in front of me, thirty red nails rubbing his stomach, a very funny sight... It had been an amazing show, soooo awesome! The audience had been very enthousiast and the Lostprophets to. It had been one of the best concerts ever! Especially when I caught a drumstick with Ilan's name on it <3 I aslo caught Ian's water bottle and a pick! What a lucky bastard;) I can't wait for their new album, they played some of the new songs and those were amazing just like all of their songs! I really hope to see the Lostprophets soon again, not only Ian, they are all amazing! The best superstars in world without a doubt!

Pinkpop!

Pinkpop, one of Hollands biggest festival....It is already a while ago, 30 and 31 Mai, but those were some days I won´t forget soon. Pinkpop is actually three days, but since the weekendtickets were sold out in just half an hour I got two daytickets. So who have I seen, let me think....Metallica, the Foo Fighters, Incubus, Air traffic, Kaiser Chiefs, Sterephonics, Alter Brigde, Bad religion and a lot more that apperantly didn´t make a huge impression on me. The Foo Fighters were definately the best. This old rockers sure know how to play. The performance may be little bit less, but this band doesn´t really need a great performance. The structure of their songs are amazing, you can feel the energy they give to their music. Metallica was also a strong band...I can´t say it is really my type of music, but they do leave a impression on everyone. The show took 2 and a half hours! and was completely with fireworks and all...Kind of spectaculair!Not as spectaculair, but just as fun were the Kaiser Chiefs! Ooo I love them, or actually their music...It makes me smile and that can be also very important in music. I really regret that the Wombats played on the day that I wasn´t there. Their music makes me smile even more and they have the cutest basplayer ever....but whatever, lets stick to the Kaiser Chiefs. They connected with the audience and had a great performance. The singer jumped from left to right, went into the audience and turned the not crowdsurfing board up side down (it was actually kind of funny, but you should have seen it). Incubus kind of upset me, cause I expected a lot from them. I almost fell asleep, cause they were soooo boring! There was no power at all in the music so they were like the opposit of the Foo Fighters. Bands like Stereophonics and Alter Brigde were okay, I don't have to see them again, but it was nice to see them. I can't wait till the next festival, probably Lowlands. Maybe the festival in Lierop with Vanilla Sky ( my lovely Italians ). Lowlands has a great line up this year, with the Pigeon Detectives, the Wombats, The Sex Pistols, We are Scientists and N*E*R*D. I hope that I can buy a ticket before it is sold out! I have aslo been to the Lostprophets las week I will write a huge review about that later, cause that had been sooooooo AWESOME! Ian Ian Ian I love him, my cheek his sweaty back, perfect combination;)Can't wait to tell you about that! But you'll just have to wait...Thursday I will go to the Pigeon Detectives, which will also be very nice...

Bullets and bodybags!

Hello... I am soo sorry, it had been a long time since I wrote. But I have to admit that I have been veryyyy busy! Next week I have a lot of tests, but after that I promise you I will write more! So, three days till Pinkpop! A Dutch festival, with a lot of good bands! Metallica, Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Stereophonics, Air Traffic are a few of the bands I will see:) But to be honest...I am even more excited about the concert of the Lostprophets next week! I am going to see Ian Watkins again WHOOOOOHOOO!!! So after my tests...I go directly to the Melkweg, to wait wait there for 9 hours till the doors open...How crazy am I??? I also wanted to tell you that Deep Insight has a new single!! It is called Bullets and bodybags and as usuall it sounds amazing.You can find it on their myspace, my supportsite or their site: www.deepinsight.net And....I have got a job! I am a writer for 3voor12/amsterdam. So that means that I can write reviews and interviews! I found it a little bit disappointing that they prefer local bands and don't do interviews with international bands. But whatever, it is a good start!

Vanilla Sky...

You probably know the song ´Umbrella´.... Vanilla Sky is the super fantastic band that gave a new rocking dimension to this song! It is rocking like never before en the video is sooooo funny! They are making fun of little popprincess Rihanna, but I am sure that even she could laugh about it!I mean, face it, everybody would like to see the guys from Vanilla Sky in miniskirts and high heels?! Dancing trough tins of water, so that you can see their thongs! Okay...I can imagine that you might get strange ideas of this band, if you have never heard of them before... But as you might know, I kinda like crazy bands;) So reasons enouph for me to go to the concert! Finally it was Saturdaynight, the day that I had been waiting for the whole week! I had been confident that it wouldn't be very busy, but that had been a wrong suggestion... There I stood in the huge row in front of the Melkweg, next to the tourbus. Words were written into the dust of the tourbus. Things like:Bella Brian... I coundn't agree more...When I looked next to me I saw...You wouldn't believe this... Vincenzo, or Vinx how he is liked to be called. My friend also arrived that moment and she immidiately went to him with the question: Can she have a picture with you? So I went on a picture with Vinx next to all the fans. I found it very stange that I was the only one paying attention to him. My English also lowered to a level of 0, so I couldn't even chat with him a little! I could only say 'thank you', wait, did I even say that??? Shortly after that, the doors opened. We took a look at the merchandise and there I made a huge blooper! I listened to the supportband on myspace and I did not like that a lot...So at the merchandise I screamed to my friend pointing to a teeshirt of them: That band really really sucks!! The 'Better Offs 'are really awfull!!! That moment the guy in front me said: This band is really good actually...I am the manager! Ooops...I quicky went into the hall. At eight thirty the band the Better Offs started and I have to say that with my eyes closed it wasn't even that bad! It actually sounded kinda good! The songs contained a lot of energy and the singer had a really good punk rock sound. But the moment I opened my eyes I could see again that it was a beginning Dutch band. If I had been their manager I would at least give them some skinny jeans! they would take an example of the good looking Italian guys of Vanilla Sky. Vanilla Sky looked great, amazing! They played all my favourite songs like: On and On, break it out, letargo, get away and the beautiful Devastante. Also a few oldies like Umbrella, beat it, a thousand miles and during the time that the drums failed, Vinx imprivised a part of Oasis' Wonderwall. During 'a housand miles', Brian was convinced that we could sing a lot better than he does, so he invited 2 girls on stage to sing a song of Blink 182. The girls sucked...But I guess I would have done it even worse. Despite that their only Dutch words had been: Neuken in de keuken...(which means fucking in the kitchen) It had been one of the best concerts I have ever been to! The music had been great!They looked awesome and they had been very good connected to the audience, they made eyecontact and communicate a lot! And of course the constant laugh of Brian.... Heavenly;) Proud with a caught pick and a drumstick I waited for the artists to come. After a while I saw Brian! He had been very nice. I got a photo and a autograph from him. And groupie likely as I am, I wanted to get more attention;)So I bought him a beer, he had been very surprised and thought in first instance that he could only have a sip. At that moment my friends started shouting that I should kiss him...Yeah, right, like I dare to do that! So a friend of mine went to him and asked if he wanted to give me a kiss! And he did, for like 20 seconds!But after that I saw Vinx standing, so I quicky gave him a kiss on the cheek and went of to Vinx;)I asked Vinx an autograph and he wrote beneath it: Most beautiful eyes I've met in all Holland!!! Maybe you can imagine that I felt very very very happy that moment! After that he didn't mind going on a picture with me again. Due to his enormous sidebeards I didn't dare to kiss him on the cheek... I could talk about this concert forever on and on.... But I think you get the picture;) Vinx, Brian, Francesco and Luca are real rockstars and I just can't get enouph of them!

Geeky freaky London Calling...

Alright I am not going to say a lot about the London Calling gig I've been last saturday. I used to LOVE London Calling! But this time I was actually very disappointed...I looked like everything had changed, the music the style, the clothes..Is everybody fed up with the nice cheerful britpop nowadays? I undersatnd that there has been an overdosis of new britpop bands, but that is something to be proud of! I love britpop as it uses to be. The britpop from the Wombats, the Pigeon detectives, the Rifles, Look See Proof, The View.....whatever, even the Arctic Monkeys! But I don't like things such as the Klaxons, Cage the elephant, broken records and other stuff that appeared this time on London Calling! Especially the Rascals were horrible...I almost fel asleep while watching them! This new sound is a mix of some kind of rock with electro and dance. It has no remarkable conrous and it contains strange instruments. You won't believe me but I have seen a chello and a violin on stage!!! Not that I didn't have any fun, cause it was fun, but I was also sooo tired cause I just returned from my snowboardholiday that same day...And when the music is terrible I also love to watch the artist..At least when they look good. In seems to be 'hot'to look as a nerd...I am sorry but trust me that is not 'hot'or 'attactive'at all. They all looked like geeks, some made like geeks, some real old fashioned geeks, that should have never been in a band if it wasn't 'hot'nowadays.But well...trends come and go..You will see, just like the skinny jeans that 'should'dissapear according to the fashion desingers...We will strike back...And we will come back harder and faster than ever before!!!

The weirdest dream....

I had the weirdest dream a few days ago.... And I know that this site is beginning to look like an Ian Watkins fansite...But it isn't:P Although he is in my head a lot!Cause I already start to dream about him...That isn't healthy, isn't it? But it was a very weird, funny dream, so don't stop reading! I'll tell you my interesting adventures with Ian;)

One day I won a meet and greet with Ian Watkins (Lostprophets), it was on the same day as the concert they would be given that night. It was not on the same spot, somewhere in a place on the other side of town. I went there with my friend Lisa and it was nice. Not extremely special, but nice. Ian seemed to be a very normal person, which I didn't expect...Cause in my mind he is some kind of God or something....After the meet and greet we went to the concerthall. This hall was huge!! And it was decorated on a strange way...My mother and I went immidiately to the front, surprised that we were the first. Lisa sat down on a fat boy (a very big pillow) and decided to watch the concert from there. At that moment all kind of small children came into the hall and none of them came to the front. They sat down at chairs in the back...Finally the Lostprophets came up!!!(and we were still the only ones in the front) After a few song they stopped, cause there had been no more electricity. My mother and I were the only ones who cared about that...After the show I went to Ian Watkins and told him that I forgot my shoes at the meet and greet, cause I was wearing heals over there and that wouldn't be smart to wear at the concert...Ian decided to give my friend and I a ride to pick up the shoes. We walked to the car and suddenly I realised that I was walking hand in hand with Ian Watkins!!! Although it felt like I was walking with my dad or something:P While walking I asked Ian: Why didn't you crowdsurf? And he told me:That is part of the rehad I am taking to get off the alcohol... So I said: But i thought you were straight edge???! I am straight edge because you are... And then he almost cried! He was sooo dissapointed in himself! After that we went into his car and I wanted to sit in the front next to him, but someway I did not fit in that chair, cause it was made on Ivy's (his supermodel ex)size. So I sat on the backsead next to Lisa. There had been a huge trafficrow...So it took hours to reach the place and then....

I woke up...

I have no idea if this dream has a meaning or something, if you know the meaning please tell me...Well maybe I am just retarded...

Lostprophets

My favourite song from the Lostprophets!Everyday combat! DMZ, it means de-militaired-zone, in case you didn't know that! So....the lyric of the month, here it is:


Bar Fight, week night
You don't look right, poor mite, no bite
Wake up, first light
This is what we live and what we see...
Dance club, strip light
Get drunk, no sight, watch it ignite
Live it up tonight
Nobody really cares, but it's not for me...

So raise your glass my son
We're telling everyone

Living in everyday combat
Day to day commuter riot
Shot down, Dancing in the DMZ
(And we)
Walk on, streets on fire
Caged in with razor wire
Shot down, living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ

Times up, let's go, all that we know
Release tension, you're my hero
After dark, terror in the town high street
And I know you can't stop full throttle
Get involved mate, broken bottle
(Invasion) Panic on the cold concrete

So raise your glass my son
We're telling everyone...

Living in everyday combat
Day to day, commuter riot
Shot down, shot down, dancing in the DMZ
(And we)
Walk on, streets on fire
Caged in with razor wire
Shot down, living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ
Living in the DMZ

Those are a few of my favourite things....

Just a list of my favourite things;)

Best band ever: Lostprophets & Deep Insight

Best song ever: Hurricane season, Everyday combat and The mission

Most cheerful song ever: Lets dance to joy division

Nicest guitarsolo ever: The one in November rain

Best guitarist: Slash

Best singer: Jared Leto

Best performer: Ian Watkins

Best old band: Nirvana

Nicest concert: Deep Insight

Best concert: Lostprophets

Kindest band: Deep Insight

Hottest band: Lostprophets

Best video: Famous last words (by My Chemical Romance)

Best style: Ian Watkins (definately;))

Best Cd: A liberation transmision

Just another list just for my favourite bands:

Lostprophets:
Best song: Everyday Combat
Best concert: 27 april 2007 at the Melkweg Amsterdam
Nicest bandmate: Ian Watkins <3
Best video: can't catch tomorrow
Best Cd: A liberation transmision
Strongest in: Performance
Rate: Absolutely 10+/A

Deep Insight:
Best song: Hurricane Season
Best concert: 18 april 2006 at Meanders Amsterdam
Nicest bandmate: Johannes Ylinen
Best video: New Day
Best Cd: One minute too late
Strongest in: beautiful lyrics
Rate: Absolutely 10+/A

Velvet revolver the last fight.....ever:(

I am totally shocked!!!! When I googled to get some information for this review about Velvet revolver in Amsterdam, I came to find that they are breaking up!!! I've just seen their last concert ever:( It is really a shame, cause I hoped to see this great band more often, but obviously that is not going to happen:( Scott Weiland, singer of the band announced at the gig in Glasgow that they were watching a very special show....A show of the last tour of Velvet Revolver. The band had been shocked that moment, but things weren't going very well between the guys. This had been also very obvious on stage. They were a great awesome spectaculair band, one like I've never seen before....but something was missing, and now I know what! They weren't enjoying it!! They didn't smile or looked happy and now I understand why! You should read what these guys have been saying about their bandmates, it's right here in this article: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583956/20080324/velvet_revolver.jhtml?rsspartner=rssColdFusion Plus, Scott and (I guess some of (or all) of the other bandmates) have serious drugs problems! Scott has just been out of rehad just before this tour! So I guess I should be happy that they didn't cancelled this tour... I think that the biggest problem in their band is....They all have a huge huge HUGE ego!!! And that just doesn't work...If you see them perform, you get the point... Slash is an amazing guitarist, really the best guitarist of the world!!! But the problem is that he knows that makes him stand more in the middle than the Scott does...And that makes him play at least one or two guitarsolos in one song....And that makes him always want to end the song!!....And (I have to say I was in for that) that makes him play a (at least) five minute guitarsolo, which was awesome (btw).....He totally blew the other bandmates away and that is very ego! The question though is....Is it okay what Slash is doing? I mean he is the best guitar player there is, so is he allowed to be have a huge ego?! Tell me what you think! But of course it is not only Slash' fault...Because they are all bandmates from huge former bands:Guns n' Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, they are frustrated that they are not as succesfull as they used to be...I mean they didn't even sold out the show in Amsterdam...Their last ever show! And it is not even a very big hall!!! A lot of people might think that these guys are old farts now, but that is totally not true! They play real rock and roll, I even think that they are better than Guns n' Roses, they are more underground:)They played almost all their best songs, exept for Spectacles:( They even played some of the Guns n' Roses songs like 'Have al little patience'. Slash played on a lot of different guitars, one of them of course the Gibson Les Paul! The start had been weird..After waiting an hour after a strange band called Sons of Aboil (or something like that) they finally arrove on a hip hop song:P Well they set it straight after that point...They are a selection of the best bandplayers of the world, so sure they make technical awesome music!The sound in the beginning wasn't very good, but that wasn't their fault. The crowd had been very boring and old...(I'm sorry..) The band seems not to attract the youth a lot...But I think that has not to do with their music, their music is ageless, original and energetic...I think it has to do with their attitude, Velvet Revolver is the kind of band, you expect trouble of! They have huge ego's, do not smile a lot, and seem to have not a lot of interest in what they are doing...The youth seems to chose performances above music these days and I think bands just have to go with that! We like to see hot young Ian Watkinskindofmen with nice clothes, movements, smiles and especially pleasure on stage. But I am really going to miss Velvet revolver and I will play their record again and again and again and again and..... Well...It did surprised me that yesterday they didn't say anything about that this would be their last show, should we still have a little hope? I hope so...

This is a part of the awesome solo Slash played, I've never heard such a great guitarsolo in my life before....

The Wombats in Amsterdam!!!

I LOVE the Wombats!!! What an amazing band! Two days ago I saw them in concert. I went early cause I wanted to be in the front. So right after school I went to the 'Melkweg', it was 4 o'clock but their were only six people in front of the door..So I thaught I might get to eat something first. I ate a pizza and at six o' clock we went back to the concerthall. We walked and suddenly I saw a guy with funny hair and red sun glasses (it was snowing..). Then I realised it was Murph!!!The singer!!! So I directly looked for the rest of the band, and yes, they were walking after him:) I was shocked, sooo long have I waited for this concert and sooo long I had been lokking forward to it. This moment.... I whispered to my friend: They are the band! That is TORD!!! And she directly went like: Is that TORD?! On a very loud tone... So, I know it's bad, but we went stalking them...My friend wasn't that much experienced as I am, so she walked like three meters behind them, taking pictures with het mobile, and I was 20 meters behind them on the other side of the road...They went to a place were they got a photoshoot with a chessboard, in the snow;) After that they went back to the concerthall, were they got in and we had to wait before it in the snow:( After waiting one and a half hour, we finally got in...but still had to wait for an hour inside, although there the temperature had been more likely....The first band started, a Dutch band called the Hype. The Hype had been okay. The singer was a great performer (for Dutch terms). They have really catchy nice songs that perfectly fit the audience. The guy that played the keyboard was really really weird, he looked and acted like he was totally wasted. Sometimes that just makes an artist funny, but this time it was just horrible to see, cause you see that it is just a beginning band. Beginning bands first need to prove themselves, before going nuts! Exept for the keyboarder and the bassist, was the band fine. They played a cover of the Beatles, which the audience dearly appriciated. The played for half an hour and at half past nine the Wombats came finally!!! Although I had seen them just a few hours ago, it felt like I haven't seen them in decades!!! I screemed my hart out! They started with 'Lost in the post', a very good cheerful song! A great starter:) During the show they played all of their best songs, like 'School uniforms', ' Moving to New York,' Backfire at the disco', ' My first wedding','Little miss pipedream', 'Here comes the anxiety,'Patricia the stripper', 'Kill the director', 'Party in a forest' and of course 'Lets dance to joy division'!!!! Tord also performed his Postman Pat in Norwegian, wich was very cute!!The Wombats are just sooo original! You might think that this is the next of a thousand crappy Britpop bands, but that is totally not true! The funny thing about the Wombats is that the lyrics are actually a little depressing , but due to the melody and the o o o's from Tord it sounds sooo cheerful!!! That is also what they are trying to tell with the song 'Lets dance to joy division', they are trying to say, that although joy division is a depressing band, you should make a joke out of it and dance on it! Which I think is a wonderful thought, look at the bright side of life, whatever happens, keep smiling;) Not all their songs are as brilliant as 'Lets dance to joy division', but the important thing is, that they grew a lot compared to a few years ago! The Wombats make a joke out of everything, but I believe that especially the singer has also a darker side, wich brings a great performance and great lyrics;) And that is probably why this concert had been sold out really early!!! I don't know if they were totally wasted, stoned or just themselves, one thing is for certain, they totally rocked the stage. Everthing was perfect! At the end Tord and Dan jumped into the stage. I caught Tord and he almost fell, but I managed to get him up;) After that Murph kicked the keyboard into the audience, people were really fighting for it! I did not, cause I already had a lot trouble keeping Tords waterbottle for myself;) The big rockout ended with some crazy jelling from Murph and Dan. And then I knew.... This had been one of my best concerts ever! (After Deep Insight and the Lostprophets). Althought it is not the heaviest rock ever, the Wombats rock harder then enyone else;)!! After the show my friend wanted to leave right away...But I had other plans... If you bought a single or a cd you woud get a afterparty bracelet, which alowes you to have a meet and greet!!! And even though my friend didn't want to go, I got two bracelets for the price of one;) I begged her to come with me and finally she agreed to go for ten minutes...The problem was, the band came after an half an hour:O She was not happy with me at all.... I know..I should think a little more about my friends at a concert and a little less about the band...But NO I am not willing to change myself:P I got a photo and authographes, but not from Tord, cause he wasn't there:( And I got a really special authograph, cause Murph wrote under it 'But to the lizard of my own hell!!!' What the hell does that mean???!!! Please if you know, tell me what it means!!! And I was the only one with that:) In the army a Wombat means a waste of money brains and time, but that is definitely not what they are!! They had been worth all my money, brains and time!!! They are my favourite marsupials ever, and if that means I have to be the lizard of his own hell....Well I'll go for it;)

Marsupial love







XO

Alicia Keys in concert

It is already three days ago since I have seen this beautiful soul princess in concert. After travelling 1,5 hours, we arrived just on time at Ahoy. At first we had to watch a terribly long movie, about how she had been told in church that she was going to be famous. It did not interest me....but well maybe that is because I am not a very big Alicia Keys fan. Finally she arrove, together with her piano, which she plays very good.... It was a huge stage, with dansers and all, but still Alicia managed to get all of the attention. She is a diva, a superstar, a fenomanen...And that kind of annoyed me, especially when the screen behind her started showing magazine covers and pictures of the ooo so famous diva:P But I won't get all negative now, because there is a reason why this huge hall Ahoy had been sold out and why she is able to be such a diva.... Her voice is sooooo beautiful!!! She sings with all of her hart and with lots of passion. She isn't such a dancer as Beyonce or a stage animal as Ian Watkins...but still she manages to get all the attention! It was a big shame that the acoustic of Ahoy had been really really bad. But well....that wasn't her fault, but it made her performance less good. It wasn't one of the best concerts I have ever been to, but she gave everything of herself during two whole hours she rocked the stage and one thing is for certain

Alicia Keys keeps the soul alive!!!!

Slashhhh.....

The best guitarist of the world if you'd ask me.... The sound, the technic, the guitar..He is brilliant!!Next week I will see him in concert together with Velvet Revolver. I think that this is one of his best guitarsolos, the one in the end. You should check it out yourself....

Here it is: NOVEMBER RAIN from Guns and Roses

A guide to love loss and desperation...

A guide to love loss and desperation is the name of the latest album of the Wombats. You might not have this awesome cd, so then let me give you a guide to love loss and desperation....

Love....

There is so much of this nice thing in the world, still it's the hardest thing to find...Everybody is looking for it, cause no one seems to get enouph of it.... You have three kinds of love: family love, friendly love and LOVE love;) The first is also the most important and the one that feels most normal. The second is also the second most important, the contradiction between this one and option three is that you can have a lot of it, but it is less intense than the LOVE love. LOVE love is the most betrayal, most fun, most intense and most difficult to find. This one can make you, but can also break you....

Loss....

When you finally found your LOVE love...You might lose it again.That is the danger of the LOVE love....It might hurt you a lot. But remember, after a while you'll find a new one!

Desperation....

Everybody loses a LOVE love at least once in their life. And you have to realise that that is completely normal and that you will find another one. Just don't become desperate!! If he/she doesn't mail you back, you can wait one day, after that the chances that he/she will wirte back are 50%, after day two it is 30%, after day three it is 10% and after a week it is less then one percent.... Unless he/she lives in a village with no computers:P This example gives no need to get desperate, just stop writing! Don't go offend the guy/girl! And just try to forget about it:) YOU can do it!

Bad Charlotte...

It's one of the most popular punk rock bands of the new generation.... Good Charlotte. Songs like 'The anthem', 'riot girl' and ' lifestyles of the rich and famous' are absolutely awesome!!! If they continued making songs like that...well, they would probably been my favourite band ever!!! With their powerful performances, catchy gitarrifs and rough attitude, they have had everything a young teenage girl would have ever wished for! Their cd ' the young and the hopeless' is honestly one of the best of my collection. But....what a shame, what a shame...After that it all went worse:( 'The cronicles of live and death' had been okay, not bad... I actually love the song ' I just wanna live'. The video of 'predictable' is really beautiful and I love their contradictions between good and bad. It is just to bad that they don't realise that they get worse and worse. Their last album had been a disaster. 'Good morning revival' is not the worst cd of my collection, but it is such a difference between that album and 'the young and the hopeless'! Shouldn't it be the 'old and the hopeless'??Are they too old now to make perfect punk rock music? Sometimes I feel like they should listen to their own song 'lifestyles of the rich and the famous' again...Are they singing a this song for themselves? It is not only their music that have made a terrible change, it's actually their whole attitude....Especially their attitude is annoying me! I hope that I am not offending any Good Charlotte fans here... But you have to be honest, Good Charlotte is not the same anymore...They have become the red carpet superstars with big limousines and famous girlfriends with P.Diddy friends with the attitude that comes with that... Bad bad Charlotte, what have become of you???

Good times, good times....

Holiday music!

Wooow, I am really sorry that it took such a long time that I wrote something:( It's really a shame...So apologize to all of you! It's just that I've had a lot of crazy weeks lately and a lot of things happend...But I'm not here to talk to you about that, I'm here to tell you about rockmusic:) Last week I went snowboarding in France:) A place called La plagne, you should really go there! It is the most awesome place on the planet (yes even better than Finland;))! I've just had the best week of my life over there!!! If you go, you should go to club med...This is the best hotel in the world, believe me!!! Anyway, at night you could go to the night club at club med...And that was really really awesome! Exept for one thing...The music...The dj played the worst music in the world, things like "video killed the radio star", you get the point?! Actually, I have to be honest, I did like the music, but that was because it was so terrible, that it became funny! The question is...What would you think is the best music to play on a holiday? And I do not only meen, what the dj should play? but also what would you listen on your ipod? There is a totally different ambiance when your in a different country, and I tend to listen to a different kind of music over there...It is really a shame, but I even listened to Madonna and Alicia Keys over there...But I am curious! Tell me, what kind of music do you prefer on your holiday?

30 seconds to mars in Amsterdam...

After waiting 5 and a half hour, I decided not to wait for my friend anymore and walk to the concert hall, called Heineken music hall. And I asure you that is a long walk!!! I walked for one hour and almost there I arrove at the side of the Heineken music hall. I was about to cross the street when a big and very expensive car crossed my side I looked in it and the first thing I saw was a man with a black lok and a woman sitting next to him... he looked like Tomo Milicevic (the guitarist) and above that he was driving to the back of the Heineken Music Hall... I was not completely sure that he was it, or actually I was pretty sure, but I was completely in shock... And guess what..He waved at me!!! I was totally dressed into the dresscode, with red clothes and all and I was looking so shocked that he might have recognised me as a 30 seconds to mars fan;) I cannot blame him... But stupid as I am, totally shocked, I completely forgot to wave back...Okay after my surprising meeting I went on to what I didn't expect a immense big row... I planned to be there at 3 'o clock, but after some misunderstandings, it became 6 'o clock when I arrived. My friends immidiately got some fries for me cause I couldn't walk any much farther. I quickly went to the bathroom in the cinema next to it and I suprisely saw another row on that side of the building as well, this row was even bigger! After half an hour the doors opened, people were running, like they were running for a bullet, to the inside! So what did I do? Yes gave my coat to my friend and ran for my life! I went together with one of my friends and the rest went to the garderobe, we were supposed to reserve a nice spot, where we had a great view at Jared leto. We did found a great spot, but the other friends became unable to reach for us...I really think that they could have tried harder, but well we went a litlle bit to the back... The fist support act started, a stupid Dutch band called make believe, the singer had a very strange way of moving and they had some good songs, but as you might know, you don´t have to expect a lot of a Dutch band... I mean lets be honest, I don´t want to disrespect my own country, but we only have shit bands over here. Name one good Dutch band...maybe Anouk, but we will not come any furter and above that...I don´t really like bands with women...Sorry! I just like to hear a mans voice and they are more tougher as well...I am a woman and as a woman I just like to see a man perform;) But I don't think that that is just a womans issue, Ian(Lostprophets) also once said it!But I am getting off the subject...O I remember, the supportbands! The next supportband was well....very embarassing, I don't know the name...And I am not willing to look it up for you now as well. It was something German, a kind of electric sort of thing, bit strange but kinda funny! Mostly funny because they were totally tripping!!! At least the singer was, or he must have been a brilliant performer... It wasn't really my kind of music, but I could appreciate it, mostly because of the show they gave. When they finished, I of course screemed my heart out, to prepare my longs for 30 seconds to mars;) But a lot of people were jelling this band out! I never have seen this happen, and I felt very sorry for the band... The waiting became deadly, it became hot and I needed to drink something, but I was unable to leave the audience, cause I would lose my spot... Then my friend fainted, I didn't see it happening, but certain was that she needed to go out of this pushing and sweating mass. Luckily she didn't mind me staying in the front and two of my other friends went to the tribune with her. My other friend who was still with me was having her doubts as well to be standing in the front of a rockconcert, it had been her first rockconcert and she is quite claustrofobic. Finally the concert started! They have had the most impessive start I've ever seen! I don't really know how to explain it, there was like a white curtain before the stage and when they came up you could see all there shadows. They came up with that song, I don't know what it is called, but boxers also use it a lot. After 4 minutes of shadows, a green light appeared and you couldn't even see the cutain fall, but suddenly the band was in front of you! Wow that was a nice special effect! I thought that the started with one of their untitled tracks "Battle of One", but I am not sure... It was just a great opening! But then....my other and last friend that was still with me freaked out, she jelled Pearl please help me, please go with me to the back, I can't go out of here alone, I won't manage! And well, I was like please, please let me stand here, I waited too long for this concert, you can't do this to me! yes, I know, I should have gone with her, it was very mean of me to stay, you can't do that to a friend, she was sooo scared! I still doubted and a few seconds later I couldn't see her anymore I looked everywhere, but she was gone...I send her a sms to say that I was really sorry, but she already found the rest and said that it was no big deal. Jared looked even better than normal! His beard was finally shaved, his hair was nice cut and he had a nice leather jacket on, which he kept on the whole show! He must have had something to hide, cause it was bloody hot over there. They played all the great songs, songs like the kill, from yesterday, attack, was it a dream?, battle of one and some others...then they just left. I was like: If this is it, I never go to one of their concerts again...But of course they came back, first only Jared leto and he played an acoustic sesion, that was soo incredibly beautiful! he played capricorn, the story and a modern myth acoustic. When he started to sing a modern myth everybody was singing along, but not like they usually do, no really beautiful! It sounded like some kind of choir! Luckily they were still not finished after the acoustic session. The played some other songs and Jared and Tomo started wearing bunny ears, looked pretty cute;) And finally they were playing the mission! One of my favourite songs I had not hear yet. They ended with the fantasy, a great song, from which the lyrics were also on my back...I made a shirt with on the back: Do you live, do you die, do you bleed, for the fantasy. This concert was definately worth the money! And it is a shame that it is over already:( Jared had not been as crazy as he was in Utrecht last year, he didn't crowdsurf often (only once a little bit) and because it had been in the big heineken music hall, it wasn't a really personal concert, but I can't blame them for being soooo famous. It does have to do something with the quality. They have been amazing! An all star band!!!!!!