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For those who have seen many gigs and heard many different songs: You don't have to count the concerts and songs manually. We have a database:
You need to register with a name. Then you can click on every show which you saw on the "I was not there" button. It changes to "I was there" after you have clicked it.
We have a "my gigs" section. It counts the number of shows and the number of different songs (called "unique" songs) and the total number of songs for you.
The database even counted 183 songs for me, I counted manually less.
Juergen, are you a moderator of the site? I registered some days ago, but never received my password. When I try to register again, my username (The Other Anders) is taken.
Anders: This is just to save the system from a complete meltdown, with your massive list of gigs :twisted:
mefisto: Hahaha! And still you would beat me if you counted yours.
Tomcat and Wulf, both of you must surely have been to 100s of gigs by now?
Anders, I am one of the three persons who typed the setlists into the database (Ingo and Dennis did, too) but I am not the moderator/administrator. I will write you and the moderator a private e-mail and you can try to solve the problem directly.
@Anders, I see that you've already registered yourself to the database website. Can you send me an email so we can fix your login issue? My address is perremans[dot]dennis[at]gmail[dot].com
I was able to verify some 30+ shows, although I'm sure there are quite a few missing. Which is entirely possible since my memories from the time between 2000 and 2010 are… well, a bit blurred. So this is confirmed but not complete:
Shows: 33
Locations: Bremen, Hamburg, Hannover, Bielefeld, Berlin (all multiple times) plus Cologne, Kiel, Oldenburg, Muenster and Deventer (once each)
Different songs played: 171
Songs played most often: Walking on the water (13x), Vortexsurfer (11x)
Songs anticipated most (but never seen): Radiance freq
Specials:
– my very first show at Hurricane `99 where they basically played the entire Roadworks I plus one or two others. Completely blew me away.
– when they opened a show in Hamburg 2002 with The Giftland. The strange sounds/noise from the beginning of the song were played on loop in the venue for an half-hour or so before they entered the stage. Sooner or later, people started recogizing it and realizing what it meant. Big grins everywhere.
– Feedtime 2016
– the 2017 Schlachthof gig that began with Un chien and closed with The Golden Core. Absolutely out of this world.
– each rendition of The Wheel (4x) and The Golden core (3x) I was allowed to witness
My stats:
Concerts visited: 31 since 2006
Locations: 23 x Oslo (Rockefeller, Sentrum Scene, Domkirken, Operaen, Teknisk Museum, Øyafestivalen, Røverstaden, Blitz), various other norwegian cities including a few times in Trondheim.
Different songs played: 173 unique, 431 total
Song played most often: KDH, Walking on the Water, No Evil, Sail On and STG
Song anticipated most: Tough call, but probably K9. These days though, anything pre 2012 would be very welcome..
Specials:
– The first times seeing the band in 2006. Four times that year. The Øya gig I have fond memories of.
– The time an icelandic volcano stopped me from seeing the band in Bergen. Received news of the cancellation on the train halfway between Oslo and Bergen. So I went to Bergen anyway.
– Timothys Monster at Øya 2010.
– Blitz, standing in front of Bents rack. That sound..
– Proto-‘Here Be Monsters’ at Teknisk Museum.
– Sentrum Scene 2019. Absolutely incredible, crystal clear sound in the venue. Especially after seeing them in Hamar the day before where the sound was a woolly wall of noise.
Being norwegian, I have seen my fair share of one-off gigs and rarities, but I am envious of you guys living in Europe proper. Following the band around for a few weeks is a long standing dream of mine, but it cannot be done in Norway. Too few gigs. Every year I half assedly plan doing it next year, but life always finds a way to rockblock me.
Concerts visited : 14 between 2010 and 2022.
Locations : Köln/Cologne (3x Gloria, 3x Bürgerhaus Stollwerck), 3x Düsseldorf Zakk, 2x Burg Herzberg Festival, 2x Krach am Bach Festival, Bielefeld Forum
Different songs played : 110 unique, 203 total.
Songs played most often : Starhammer, Year Zero (6x), Fools Gold, Sail On, Serpentine, The Tower (5x)
Song anticipated most : The Wheel, N.O.X.
Specials :
– First gig, Gloria in Köln, what a special night to experience the full wall of sound 2 metres from center stage with that maniac drummer expected every moment to jump over his set!
– An even better trance-like experience in 2011 Zakk with Überwagner.
– The storm gig at Zakk in 2014: The hall was so steaming hot at first, the band played an acoustic set we enjoyed a lot. Then suddenly the air cooled down by 10 to 15°C when that mean thunderstorm rushed over the west of Germany which we only realized afterwards outside. The boys played louder than every storm! What a slalom to get out of Düsseldorf and finally home.
– They lost me a bit in 2016 an 2017: Last gig with Kenneth which felt strangely unsatisfying (hints of things to come?), the 2017 gig in Stollwerck didn't click with me again though the recordings on Roadwork 5 are favourites now …
– And then being brave at the Herzberg gig in 2018 to stand in front row opposite a phalanx of subwoofers – until the Moog basses kicked in – oh boy, we watched the rest including the Wheel from a save distance.
And hooked again since then!
190 shows since 1993 (Tussler not included).
Most played song: Walking on the water, 62 times!
Most anticipated song: President Block (of course!)
Specials: too many to mention, probably all the fabulous people I have met around Europe!
Unique songs: 275
Total songs: 2960
Thanks everyone for a hell of a ride so far!
190 shows! 8O Fekkin hell. That is… a lot. That is well over 15% of all MP gigs ever played. Respect.
Concerts visited 32 from 1995 to 2022.
1995: Köln – Luxor, Bizarre festival
1996: Zürich, LUV
1997: Biel, Coupole
1997: Geneva, l'Usine
1998: Biel, Coupole
1999: Biel, Coupole
2000: Biel, Coupole
2001: Biel, Coupole
2002: Biel, Coupole
2002: Zürich, Rote Fabrik
2006: Biel, Coupole
2008: Lausanne, Le Romandie
2009: Fribourg, fri-son
2009: Winterthur, Salzhaus
2009: Berlin, Lido
2010: Berlin, Astra
2012: Lausanne, D! Club, TDDU quartett with Stale
2012: Oslo, TDDU at operaen, both shows
2013: München, Backstage
2013: Bern, Reithalle
2014: Zürich, Rote Fabrik
2016: München, Backstage
2016: Fribourg, fri-son
2017: Biel, Coupole
2018: Bern, Reithalle
2018: Luzern, Schüür
2018: Winterthur, Salzhaus
2019: Zürich, Rote Fabrik (finally in the bigger room)
2019: Lausanne, Les Docks
2022: Fribourg, fri-son
2022: Winterthur, Salzhaus
Song played most often: no idea but I feel it might be Heartattac Mac
Songs anticipated most: I'm always giddy for H-Mac, Taifun, STG, Alchemyst, Ship of Fools & TGC
Songs anticipated super most: The Wheel & NOX
Songs never heard live: The Wheel & NOX
Specials:
– going to see them in '95 in Köln for the first time, not recognizing them when they played until almost the end of the show due to mostly new/unreleased material and me being unaware of the line-up running order (4 bands).
– opening for them twice in '97 and sucking at it. But at least there's been a loose connection backstage say hello chat thingy now and then ever since.
– TDDU at the opera, no words
– those 3 shows in 2018 within 4 days and almost walking distance in little switzerland
Concerts visited: 46 (1992-2022), plus a couple of Tusslers and a performance of Begynnelser.
Locations: Bergen (nine different venues), Oslo (three venues), Tønsberg, Molde, Voss (twice), Trondheim (three times), Ås. All of these are in Norway, but I hope to add some foreign cities during a forthcoming tour.
Different songs played: 213
Song played most often: STG (17)
Song anticipated most: Too many to mention, but K9 is always a treasure. As is Feedtime. And The Core.
Specials:
* The first show, at Hulen – a sparsely attended show, where half of those present drifted over to the dance floor before the show was over.
* Timothy's at Øya; Demon Box at Slottsfjell; The Unicorn at the Opera
* K9 at Landmark, Bergen, in September 2017.
* The most special thing is to have been able to follow the band for so many years, to see them grow, and to hop along for such an amazing musical ride. I didn't see a proper MP show between 2002 and 2009 (due to geography and me becoming a father), but I have a hunch that I will keep going to MP shows until they or I call it a day.
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