by The Duke of Ingmar Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:46 am
I´ve sen them live three times back in the mid 90ies, once in Bremen, twice in Hannover. Must have been 1994 and 1996, I guess. I remember those shows very fondly. At the ´96 show they had substituted the accordion player with a keyboard player which was a bit disappointing. But hey, they had so many standout songs and I still listen to them regularly. Great band, well worth checking out.
After the Bremen show, I went backstage and as soon as I´d opened the door The Legendary Len Liggins (
) invited me in and before I could do anything he put a beer in my hand (which of course was very welcome). I chatted with the band and had their second CD signed - some of them with personal greetings like "Ingmar - Love and best wishes, Paul Dino Briggs" or "Best wishes Ingmar, Love Dave". On a personal level, they actually were one of the nicest bands I´ve met.
I´d recommend their first two CDs, the self titled debut album and its successor, "Vorony". And a part from that Sex Pistols cover, they did nice versions of a few Smiths songs (my favourite track is "Bigmouth strikes again", called "Batyar"), and of Velvet Underground´s "Venus in furs".
I´ve sen them live three times back in the mid 90ies, once in Bremen, twice in Hannover. Must have been 1994 and 1996, I guess. I remember those shows very fondly. At the ´96 show they had substituted the accordion player with a keyboard player which was a bit disappointing. But hey, they had so many standout songs and I still listen to them regularly. Great band, well worth checking out.
After the Bremen show, I went backstage and as soon as I´d opened the door The Legendary Len Liggins ( :wink: ) invited me in and before I could do anything he put a beer in my hand (which of course was very welcome). I chatted with the band and had their second CD signed - some of them with personal greetings like "Ingmar - Love and best wishes, Paul Dino Briggs" or "Best wishes Ingmar, Love Dave". On a personal level, they actually were one of the nicest bands I´ve met.
I´d recommend their first two CDs, the self titled debut album and its successor, "Vorony". And a part from that Sex Pistols cover, they did nice versions of a few Smiths songs (my favourite track is "Bigmouth strikes again", called "Batyar"), and of Velvet Underground´s "Venus in furs".
