The Offical MTAS Gig report
Frankfurt
Sinkkasten
26.06.98
The weekend started for me at 11pm Wednesday when my taxi arrived to pick me up to catch the 11.30 coach to London. I eventually arrived at Frankfurt airport 15 hours, and 45 minutes sleep, later to be met by Andy and Marcus.
Initial hugs over with Marcus ran us to our hotel where I gave him the beer for the boys after keeping a few back for Tori and Jemma, who had arrived a couple of hours earlier, Andy and myself.
He stayed around for a little while then had to dash off to a final rehearsal for the gig.
While Andy and I exchanged gifts Tori and Jemma managed to find Miami Vice in German on the TV which we settled down to watch before showering and changing for a night on the town!
I seem to recall quite a few large glasses of red wine, a very interesting game of darts which seems to involve missing the dart board (and sometimes even the wall!) a great deal but that's about it I'm afraid. I do remember
it being tremendous fun thought!!
We got back to the hotel eventually, (Tori cart wheeling down the streets), and finished of the evening by drinking several bottles of beer before crashing out around 3am.
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Friday morning arrived rather too quickly, particularly for Jemma, Tori and Andy who seemed to developed an aversion to bright lights and loud noises
.......very strange......
After the application of several headache pills each they eventually recovered enough to enjoy a short trip into town and a brief scout around the shops.
For some reason we seemed to cause quite a stir with the locals. Maybe they aren't used to over excited women bouncing down their streets in skimpy tops showing off their tattoos and yelling "SUCK HARDER" at frequent intervals!"
We returned to the hotel where Tori and Andy crawled back to bed for a
couple of hours while Jemma and I sat and relaxed prior to the concert that
evening.
By 8.30 we were all showered, changed, made up, feeling fine and ready to
make our entrance until Sonja, our lift for the evening, arrived in long
slinky red dress, red DM's and long red hair and we all began to feel rather
underdressed (I didn't wear *that* outfit - I'm saving it for Chronicles
We arrived at the club around 9.45, dumped jackets and things and positioned
ourselves in front of the stage just in time to see Marcus on stage with
'his twin brother', Ralph, doing a short acoustic set. Marcus resplendent in
his Royal Stewart kilt, wore specially in my honour! (or so he said
He really does have an amazing voice and the four of us sat on the floor and
let the music and the lyrics wash over us. After half an hour the 'pre-show'
was over and Ralph was replaced by Christian on bass, Frederic on guitar and
Arne on drums. Marcus switched guitars and I stood up better to appreciate
the music
He has a tremendous stage presence and uses a lot of bodily expression to
add to the music. The four of them seem to have a great time on stage and
look like they're having a lot of fun which I suppose is what it's all
about.
Most of the time you can't see poor little Arne, (recently voted Official
MTAS 'Richie' Clone!) hidden behind his drum kit but he certainly makes his
presence felt. That boy sure knows how to beat those skins!
