Post by brandnewface on Dec 2, 2006 22:25:13 GMT 1
here's more info about the date:
10/10/88 "Berlin Independence Days Music Festival". Ecstasy. Berlin, Germany (45 min)
Also on Bill: NOFX
Set: No One Has, Sweet Young Thing..., Need, Chain That Door, If I Think, Mudride, Here Comes Sickness, Touch Me I'm Sick, In 'N' Out of Grace
Notes: This festival was sponsored by the former government of East Germany, which also featured a performance by Les Thugs. Mark opens with, "Hi! Hi! It's great to be here! Hi! We're from America! Howdy!" Before Need, Mark instructs the crowd to, "pull down your pants if you like us." After no one complies, Mark remarks, "no one likes us." In a 2/00 Spin Online interview, Steve remembered about the show: "We were flown over to Berlin by their government for the Berlin Independence days, just one show. It was unbelieveable. It's this big music festival with independent artists of all different types. European countries fund their arts so much better. They actually view art as importnant somehow. So we were flown over there and Bruce and Jonathan from Sub Pop went with us and we couldn't believe that somebody would do that. It was absolutely ridiculous. We fucked the place up, acted like fools." This was originally going to be the first show of a European tour that ran through October 26, but that fell through, so they toured America on their own before they joined up with Sonic Youth instead.
Actually a few songs from this show were released on VHS ( Best of Berlin Independance Days Volume 2 ("Need", "If I Think", "In 'N' Out of Grace", compilation including Young Gods, Buzzcocks F.O.C.) Studio k7 1990. MTV probably broadcasted that song after the 1991 grunge storm.
10/10/88 "Berlin Independence Days Music Festival". Ecstasy. Berlin, Germany (45 min)
Also on Bill: NOFX
Set: No One Has, Sweet Young Thing..., Need, Chain That Door, If I Think, Mudride, Here Comes Sickness, Touch Me I'm Sick, In 'N' Out of Grace
Notes: This festival was sponsored by the former government of East Germany, which also featured a performance by Les Thugs. Mark opens with, "Hi! Hi! It's great to be here! Hi! We're from America! Howdy!" Before Need, Mark instructs the crowd to, "pull down your pants if you like us." After no one complies, Mark remarks, "no one likes us." In a 2/00 Spin Online interview, Steve remembered about the show: "We were flown over to Berlin by their government for the Berlin Independence days, just one show. It was unbelieveable. It's this big music festival with independent artists of all different types. European countries fund their arts so much better. They actually view art as importnant somehow. So we were flown over there and Bruce and Jonathan from Sub Pop went with us and we couldn't believe that somebody would do that. It was absolutely ridiculous. We fucked the place up, acted like fools." This was originally going to be the first show of a European tour that ran through October 26, but that fell through, so they toured America on their own before they joined up with Sonic Youth instead.
Actually a few songs from this show were released on VHS ( Best of Berlin Independance Days Volume 2 ("Need", "If I Think", "In 'N' Out of Grace", compilation including Young Gods, Buzzcocks F.O.C.) Studio k7 1990. MTV probably broadcasted that song after the 1991 grunge storm.
