Grindarvíkur trip - 23/01/2002
23/01/2002
Hell. Something told me this was gonna be a good show. Grindavík is a very small town. To our best knowledge no “hard hitting” bands have played there for the youth of the town. We were thrilled to be the one´s bringin’ it to them. But honestly we didn´t know what to expect. A small town and all we knew nobody there listens to hardcore. That´s a good feeling. Then you know that you are doing something fresh and hopefully ignite some kid´s intrest in hardcore and punk.
Villi got us a bus. That´s cool cos we could bring some of our friends with us. Árni, Smári, Erna, Eva and the mighty Tinna came along for the ride. We had a blast on our way to Grindavík. Showing our asses(mooning) everybody´s face. All those unlucky drivers who happened to drive along our bus or worse – be right next to our bus on a red light hahahahahaha!!! We ate stuff and sang some cool tunes as we listened to Villi’s brilliant mix tapes.
When we arrived we were greeted by the staff of the towns youthclub(Ţruman) were we were due to play. There were some cool kids there who talked to us. The local band that was to play with us, called Predator was already there putting up amps and the equipment for the show. These guys were young! We did a short soundcheck. It sounded good enough for us. The next thing to do was to screw around and wait for the gig to start. We watched Animal Planet on TV. It was great. We also played table soccer and billiard. Cool!
Predator opened. The played alot of covers (Blink 182, Green Day, Weezer etc.). They were obviously new to this kinda thing. Very young guy´s. They´re only gonna get tighter in time and hopefully we’ll play with them again and that way we can see their progression. They were very shy. Their singer was awesome by the way...
When we came on there were around 50 people in the room. Great. A good turnout in a small town at our first ever gig there. Nice – boy were we ready to rock!
We were rocking out big time and alot of the audience was shy and stood as far away from the band as possible. There was no stage. We were just running around on the floor. As our set reached it´s second half the kids were right in our face dancing with us. It´s an amazing feeling! Just seeing the connection between the band and the crowd coming alive. We felt like we were creating a revolution. Our friends who came along from Reykjavík were dancing and who´s better to “demonstrate the style” than Árni goodguy!? When we played “Of U-turns and Roadkills” the kids started dancing and having fun! At the end of our set we did the crucial “introduce those not in the know to classic hardcore fun” by covering 7 Seconds “Young Until I Die”. We tought them the chorus before we started playing. Birkir took over the drums and Árni took over the mic. Right there everyone was dancing and singing along with us. Even Smári was dancing(when did that last happen?)! This was just beautiful. I think we made a very good lasting impression with those kids and we felt good. We also made some friends along the way.
Oh yeah. There was this one kid who knew all the words to our songs. How fucking cool is that!? You rule dude!!! We forgot his name but we´ll meet again. We just can’t wait to play in Grindavík again. Bring us over there a.s.a.p. We´re ready!!
