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@ boomer former helm: Sadly I dind’t make it to Aschaffenburg as planned and thus couldn’t look for the tour single. Which was not here in Düsseldorf as you know.
As you’re certainly visiting the Dresden (& Berlin?) shows – could you look for me if there’s still one left at the stall?
I’d be very grateful – even mor so as the singles are sold out at the british mailorder store. Would be extremely kind ;-)“We’re going in the studio in November with Reine and Olaf”. Clearly Olaf. Then Bent adds that a later recording date with Ingvald is planned.
I don’t see the cover thing as essential to MP, but yet it seems to be great fun – for them and part of the audience as well. I enyoyed Inside Looking Out very much this week.
And then – Motorpsycho kind of take up elements of other bands, predecessors, in many of their own tunes and sounds. And on the other hand give the motorpsychedelic treatment to the songs they cover. Let them have fun!Wow! Great rocking tonight! Grand Funk 2.0 again. And lots of space as well. A real motorpsychedelic gig. The sound a little muddy in the louder parts – Snah’s guitar a little low in the mix – but I was standing in the Bent zone anyway. After ASFE I expected Rock Bottom, but no – they were out for another space travel with Arne Hassle. And what a trip! After extended flying high and low Bent started the riff to get back to the last verse, but Snah wasn’t finished and pushed on for yet another feedback/space part. Fantastic!
And it was really great fun watching Ingvald tonight – front of stage and obviously enjoying every beat and roll. I never hat so much fun watching a drummer throughout most of the gig. In the end he drowned a little in the noise mayhem and had to concentrate on cymbals to be heard. Bent pushed him hard during Sail On, but Ingvald got even in ASFE.Yes, lovely indeed! Reminds me of the story of Eric Burdon’s mother visiting the Grateful Dead gig in Newcastle in 1972 asking if anyone of the band & entourage knew her son…
And of course Motorhead’s “Birthday Party” gig in 1985 with “three generations of Lemmy” involved (as Mr. Kilmister announced on stage).
Überpilgrim? Reine still on board for a last Scandinavian gig – or Snah duelling with his other guitar neck?
Still the core setlist of the Norwegian shows, with a few welcome stalwarts slipping in. Another chariot – hooray! The Tower is back, as is the Lurker. Starhammer, yay!
I guess Ueberpilgrim and probably Rock Bottom will vanish as the tour winds on without Reine. We’ll see – I’m positively curious…
Another Chariot! That makes me hope for the October gigs.
Btw: It’s Charlie Bob Bent, not Billy Bent Talbot on bass – so there might be some problems there ;-)@ Thor: Excellent fotos, as usual…
btw.: Olaf’s physiognomy always reminds me of Daevid Allen. Even so when he had longer hair last year at the Berlin gig.
So – Let it be said – I love Olaf!I regard Motorpsycho as an organic entity that oscillates between the poles of well-written alternative pop songs, heavy grooves and psychedelic to almost freeform-jazzy excursions into space. No need to nail them to just one element. I have found joy in almost any MP phase, although it took me quite a while to digest the “screamy vocals” period at the beginning. But then before that was “Maiden Voyage” – and here you go. Enjoy the moment if you can. Albumwise I find musical gems from 1991 on, though my favourite live concerts probably were in 2013 (Darmstadt), 2017 (Cologne!) and 2019 (Wiesbaden). But for nothing in the world wouldt I have missed the gigs beween.
Btw: would be a great title for an extensive live documentation or a self-reflective retrospective lyric: “There were gigs, there were gigs, and there were gigs between…”I share the conscience’s view on the 2006 tour with Jacco. And let’s not put too much weight on Olaf’s shoulders – good, that he stepped in, otherwise there woulnd’t be a Norwegian leg of the tour – or just a folky duo, which, for a fan, might still be of some interest ;-).
@ suntripper: Also looking forward to Bent-Snah-Ingvald. Reine is not part of the line-up in Europe (south of Norway) – or am I wrong? Would be great anyway…
Funny – I just watched the Tromsø show on Youtube yesterday and was positively surprised – again. The setlist didn’t sound too promising, but the sound was great and the band delivered.
Admittedly there’s less musical adventure in this year’s concerts so far, no wonder given the drummer situation. But I think it is o.k. sometimes to just lean back and follow a more tradiditional path, just to prepare for further explorations in the future.
I do have some hope for the European leg of the tour. Probably with Ingvald they should solve the new/sit-in drummer situation the other way round: explore, improvise on a few musical monsters instead of just repeating a limited set of shorter songs, which is quite un-motorpsychedelic anyway. Blow up the tunes, not the set. Even when it’s a Yay! tour, and not Monster Crucible Chariots Towering at Azrael’s Sonata.
But throwing in the odd “Chariot” now and then instead of playing “Gullible” too often…Given the past few gigs a rather unsurprising setlist this time. Motorpsycho never cease to surprise me ;-)
If this tour develops the way it has begun, it looks more like an overall retrospective – with elements from all MP phases in almost equal representation, probably one or two calmer (Semi-)acoustic songs and only the odd latter days prog monster from time to time, but four times as long nevertheless…
This all is Motorpsycho? Yay!Still I could do with a little more jamming adventure – an unlikely expectation given the drummer circumstances, but probably possible with Ingvald after several “learning” gigs. On the other hand I would gladly enjoy an (almost) acoustic version of Chien d’Espace for a change ;-)
