The
Stranglers in Iceland and at The Shepherds
Bush Empire, London December 2004
ICELAND 04/12/04
WELL HAVING BEEN AROUND THE WORLD WE SEEM TO
HAVE FORGOTTEN ICELAND -SO WHY NOT GO AND DO
A GIG THERE, AFTER ALL IT WAS NEARLY 30
YEARS AGO THAT THE BAND OPENED UP THE PLACE
TO TOURING BANDS ;I WAS TOLD THERE ARE A
HUGE AMOUNT OF BASS PLAYERS THERE-LIKE
10,000 OR MORE (I REALLY CANNOT REMEMBER TOO
WELL) AND OUT OF A POPULATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 300,000 THAT MEANS THERE IS A
JJ FOR EVERY 30 PEOPLE....TURN THAT BASS
DOWN...HAHA.....THIS STARTED VERY BLEAKLY -
AS WE ALL KNOW THEY DON'T GET THE AMOUNT OF
SUN WE FOLK DO. WHAT A GREAT GIG WHAT, A
GREAT AUDIENCE AND HOW KIND THOSE WONDERFUL
VIKINGS ARE !!! JJ REMINDED THEM THEY NEED A
FEW EXTRA ADDITIONS TO THE GENE BANK AND
THEY ACTUALLY AGREED - SO ALL YOU HEALTHY
HETRO'S GET YOUR TICKETS NOW....ERM AFTER
THE SHOW IT WAS DOWN TO THE ICEBAR..A ROOM
AT -20 DEGREES(TOURIST TRAP REALLY)WE PAID
OOO ERM 86 POUNDS FOR A BOTTLE OF VODKA........LEFT
AND WENT UP THE ROAD TO ANOTHER BAR WHERE I
SPOTTED THE SPARE BACK-LINE EQUIPMENT FOR
OUR SHOW - EH? WELL WE WERE GIVEN A FEW
TASTES OF LOCAL BREWS AND POTIONS WHICH LED
TO MY GETTING ONSTAGE WITH THE BAND WHO WERE
A/EXCELLENT MUSICIANS AND B/ A COVERS
BAND....NOT MY THING NORMALLY AT ALL BUT WE
DID A VERSION OF NICE AND SLEAZY CLOSELY
FOLLOWED BY WHITE CHRISTMAS IN FIRSTLY A
BING CROSBY STYLEY AND THEN A PUNK VERSION
...NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS VERY DRUNK AT THE
TIME MMM WELL THEN I WAS BUNDLED INTO A CAB
AND APPARENTLY CRAWLED TO MY HOTEL ROOM ONLY
TO WAKE UP THREE HOURS LATER AT 9.30 AM FOR
OUR TRIP TO THE LOCAL SULPHUR POOL ....WOW
AWESOME THE BLUE LAGOON I THINK IT WAS
CALLED.....ME AND THE CREW MANAGED TO GET
BAZ TO COME WITH US ....A FANTASTIC TRIP BUT
A CERTAIN SINGER WAS SO DRUNK HE LEFT ALL
HIS STUFF ...CLOTHES AND TECHNOLOGY .IN HIS
ROOM AND HAD TO HAVE THEM SHIPPED TO HIM IN
NEW YEAR....
LONDON 10/12/04
WELL WHAT CAN I SAY - A BRILLIANT END TO A
BRILLIANT YEAR THANK-YOU ALL FOR YOUR
FANTASTIC SUPPORT AND LETS HAVE ANOTHER -
EVEN BETTER - ONE IN 2005.....RECORD BEING
PUT TOGETHER AS WE SPEAK..............
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