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Psychorizon 2019 – Zwischen Millenium Madness & Neunziger Nostalgie

21 Tuesday Jan 2020

Posted by psychorizon in Internal

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1994, 2019, 25 Years Later, Alternative, Angelo Kelly, Backstreet Boys, Bad Boys, Berlin, Billy Corgan, Bonn, Boybands, Brian Harvey, Caught In The Act, Chicago, CITA, Courtney Love, Crossover, D’arcy Wretzky, Die 90er live, Dortmund, Duisburg, East 17, Fire, Florida, Grunge, Hole, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, John Hendy, Kurt Cobain, Melissa Auf der Maur, Millenium, Neunziger Jahre, Nevermind, New Kids On The Block, Nirvana, NKOTB, Nostalgie, Over The Hump, Punk, Rheinaue Bonn, Seattle, Steam, Take That, Terry Coldwell, The Kelly Family, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Mortimer, Westfalenhalle

Wahnsinn, was für eine wilde Reise hinter mir liegt. Dieses Mal habe ich mir bewusst mehr Zeit mit dem Rückblick gelassen, denn 2019 haben wir nicht nur ein weiteres Jahr verabschiedet, sondern auch ein ganzes Jahrzehnt und zugleich die zweite Dekade des gefühlt noch immer sehr jungen neuen Jahrtausends. Unglaublich wie rasant die vergangenen 12 Monate teilweise an mir vorbei galoppierten und auch wenn das Ende der Neunziger nun schon ganze 20 und der Beginn dieser Ära sogar schon 30 Lenze zurückliegt, bin ich dem mitunter schrillsten und schnellsten aller Jahrzehnte näher denn je.

Zum Rock Hard Festival bin ich dieses Mal gewandert!

Kein Wunder, denn 2019 war erfüllt von ganz persönlichen Jubiläen und im Zuge meiner fast grenzenlosen Nostalgie habe ich mir einige langersehnte Wünsche erfüllt. Angefangen hat dieser kleine Trip auf der Straße der Erinnerung während meines zweiten Berlin-Aufenthalts ’19 und der einzigen Deutschland-Show der Smashing Pumpkins! Die Truppe aus Chicago hat schon seit weit über 25 Jahren einen ganz besonderen Platz in meinem Fangirl-Herzen. Wenngleich alternative Klänge sogar noch länger Teil meines ganz eigenen Musikuniversums ist. Es war Ende 1992, als ich in den Weihnachtsferien in Florida erstmals mit dieser düsteren Seite des Rocks in Berührung kam. Nirvana’s Kultalbum „Nevermind“ erhielt damals Einzug und ich war somit schon infiziert noch bevor die Hype-Welle über den Großen Teich nach Europa bzw. Deutschland so richtig rüber schwappte. Endgültig erliegen bin ich seit dem so kurzen wie gewaltigen Höhepunkt-Jahr 1994. Denn der 5. April läutete bekanntermaßen den Abgesang des Seattle-Sounds ein. Für mich starb Grunge zum Glück nicht mit seinem bedeutendsten Vertreter Kurt Cobain, aber sein Suizid hat mich damals mit 11 Jahren heftig erwischt und es flossen nicht nur einmal bittere Tränen. Zurück in der Gegenwart hat Courtney Love nicht nur ihren Gatten und diverse Besetzungswechsel ihrer Band Hole überlebt, sondern auch die sehr spezielle Freundschaft mit Oberkürbiskopf Billy Corgan. Von dessen Bühnenqualitäten konnte ich mich am 5. Juni voll und ganz überzeugen. Das lange Warten auf das fast komplette Original-Lineup hat sich gelohnt, aber neben Mastermind WPC, Gitarrist James Iha und Schlagzeuger Jimmy Chamberlin hätte ich mir wirklich sehr D’arcy Wretzky am Bass gewünscht, oder Melissa Auf der Maur.

Full Frontal Fotograben: Party in der Bonner Rheinaue

Ebenfalls 1994 entdeckte ich auch eine Boyband für mich – von diesem Phänomen kann ich mich als Kind der 90s nicht nur nicht freisprechen, ich stehe voll und ganz dazu. Doch während die meisten Mädels bei Take That oder den Backstreet Boys hängen blieben, führte mich mein Weg von NKOTB (New Kids On The Block für alle, Nichtkenner) über TT und BSB zu den absoluten Bad Boys aus Großbritannien: East 17. Die waren anders, rauer, wirkten gefährlicher und verströmten etwas Animalisches. Album und Single „Steam“ machten mich ein für alle Mal zum Fan und die Liebe ist bis dato ungebrochen. Wie der Zufall es so wollte oder nennen wir es einfach Schicksal, waren East 17 oder vielmehr die singenden, rappenden und tanzenden Überreste der ursprünglichen Formation (Tony Mortimer, John Hendy & Brian Harvey haben sich leider nacheinander verabschieded) vertreten durch Terry Coldwell und zwei Neuzugänge als Teil der Festival-Tour „Die 90er Live“ Anfang August auch in Bonn zu Gast. Unzählige imaginäre Ohnmachtsanfälle, E-Mails, Abwesenheitsnotizen, Weiterleitungen und Antworten später war ich um eine Akkreditierung reicher und konnte endlich auch dieses Kapitel nachholen. Und was soll ich sagen, ein viertel Jahrhundert später, war ich auf Knopfdruck wieder 12 und freute mich wie irre. Ach ja, und CITA (Caught in the Act)-Fan bin ich jetzt übrigens auch. So schnell kann es gehen, denn auch wenn meine prä-pubertäre Vor-Teeniezeit längst vorbei ist, haben die Boybands nichts an Wirkung verloren.

Kelly-Mania in Köln: Ich wollte schon immer blaue Haare haben!

Und Schwupps, war 2019 schon fast wieder vorbei, doch eine Sache gab es dann doch noch zu erledigen, um ein ganz besonderes Ereignis noch einmal aufleben zu lassen. Ebenfalls 1994 habe ich nämlich das erste Konzert meines Lebens erlebt. Wer jetzt mit einer der diversen Acts aus Alternative, Crossover, Grunge oder Punk rechnet, die ich damals schon hörte und heute immer noch abfeier, der irrt. Denn es war die Kelly Family, die mich aus dem Kinderzimmer vor die Bühne brachte und zwar in einem Zirkuszelt. Die Leihgabe des Zirkus Roncalli stand praktischer Weise im Sportpark Wedau in Duisburg, der Stadt in der ich damals wohnte. Auch wenn es nicht DER legendäre Auftritt in der Dortmunder Westfalenhalle war, die für die irische Großfamilie den Durchbruch bedeutete, so war es in diesem bahnbrechenden Jahr. Genauer gesagt am 23.12.1994 und somit an Angelos 13. Geburtstag! Ich selber war erst zwei Monate und 20 Tage zuvor 12 geworden. Als hätten die Kellys es geahnt, brachten sie pünktlich zu meinem Jubiläum ihr neues Album mit dem Titel „25 Years Later“ raus und gingen dann auch mal so eben auf große Jubiläums-Tour zu „25 Years Over The Hump“. Bereits einige Wochen zuvor, habe ich es mir nicht nehmen lassen, beim Videodreh zur Single „Fire“ mitzuwirken und natürlich auch Bilder mit der Familie geschossen. So habe ich es nun also geschafft, exakt 25 Jahre und drei Tage später, die Kelly Family ein zweites Mal zu sehen und dann noch zwei Mal innerhalb von vier Tagen. Diese drei Shows gehören zu den schönsten überhaupt und Vergleichsmöglichkeiten habe ich mehr als genug. Hoffentlich dauert bis zum nächsten Wiedersehen nicht ganz so lange Bis es so weit ist, werden vielleicht noch weitere 90er-Urgesteine ihren Weg zurückfinden in die Eventhallen dieses Landes. Es bleibt spannend, 2020: Ich bin bereit für dich!

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The Kelly Family – 25 Years Later

01 Friday Nov 2019

Posted by psychorizon in Current

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1994, 25 Years Later, 80s, 90s, ABBA, Angelo Kelly, Boybands, Chris Rea, Circus Roncalli, Comeback, Courtney Love, Eighties, Genesis, Germany, Girlgroups, Grunge, Hole, Jimmy Kelly, Joey Kelly, John Kelly, Kathy Kelly, Kurt Cobain, Live Through This, Nineties, Nirvana, One-Hit-Wonder, Over The Hump, Patricia Kelly, Paul Kelly, Phil Collins, Punk, Queen, Radio, Roxette, The Kelly Family, Tourdates, Trash

Growing up as a girl in Germany, I have been exposed to music from very early on. First through my parents listening to songs on the radio, many bands I still love to this day, including Abba, Roxette, Genesis and their former drummer, turned singer with his solo-stuff, Phil Collins, Queen, Chris Rea and all the pupular eighties tunes you can imagine. But it wasn’t untill the 90s that my very own taste in music started to shape. And this famously infamous decade held a ton of trashy acts and one-hit-wonders next to those timeless pieces of pure gold that would stuck in my head and heart forever, at least they are still very much present some 20 to 30 years later. One year in particular turned out to be the most influencial for large parts of music history and my personal biography as well: 1994. Grunge was peaking and imploding almost simultanously with the suicide of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and a few days later the release of his widow Courtney Love and her bands’ Hole most successful record “Live Through This”.

Girlgroups and Boybands aside, there was another band that was the talk of the town and you could either hate or love or both back and forth, as I did or actually do, the Kelly Family. They started off as street musicians and had a respecable run of albums at hand when in 1994 “Over The Hump” marked the turning point of their career and saw me attending the first concert ever, just about three months after my 12th birthday. Fast forward to the present day and “25 Years Later” I am about to finally see them again 25 years and three days after my first time, when they played in a tent owned by the Circus Roncalli.

The band & the bus: Cover of the new album!

Since the comeback of the Kelly Family in 2017, I admited to myself something that I kept private for so long, because when you are 12 and really love and live the whole Grunge and Punk thing with a badass attitude, listening to the Kelly Family wasn’t exactly cool enough to stick to. But when you are 35 cool isn’t that important anymore and beeing true to yourself the only thing that matters. Long story short: I missed out more than I can possibly comprehend and now it’s time to make up for the past 25 years. So, will one single show really do? I guess not, so let’s see how many show I will be able to see after sharing this personal manifesto with the world. The ultimate tour starts 21 days from today and there will be a special warmup show in Emden prior to the full run of dates through Germany. So, see you on the road and onto the next 25 years!

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Obscure Sisterhood – Ashtar

11 Friday Jan 2019

Posted by psychorizon in Obscure Sisterhood

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Antiq, Ashtar, Basel, Black Sludge Doom, Celestial, Celtic Frost, Chaos Ritval, Collide, Courtney Love, Czar of Bullets, Deaf Forever, Death Metal, Des siècles qui éternellement séparent le corps mortel de mon âme, Far beyond driven, Feminism, Frederyk Rotter, Gothic Metal, Grunge, Hannes Reitze, Hole, Ilmasaari, Jennifer Finch, L7, Maltrér, Marko Lehtinen, Matthias Edel, Moons, Nadine Lehtinen, Oasis, Obscure Sisterhood, Pantera, Phased, She Was A Witch, shEver, Switzerland, These Nights Will Shine On, Throne Records, Tom Gabriel Fischer, Verheerer, What’s the story morning glory, Witch N

Anyone who loves music as much as I do, knows that feeling when a new song or record or even band gets to you right away. And then there are those tracks and artists you totally fall for at an instant. And this has been the case for me about three years ago with Ashtar and their debut album. A first public declaration of my affection was released on January 3rd 2016. Fast forward to the future and present as it is, I had the honour of interviewing founding member and front woman Witch N. Our virtual dialogue is also the first part to be published for my new series “Obscure Sisterhood”. Reading her answers, I finally found out why the art of Asthar is music to my ears – literally speaking, having had the same female rolemodel/idol as a teen: Courtney Love. 

Ashtar

Nadine, it’s been quite a while since ‘Ilmasaari‘ was released and the new album is finally on the horizon. What can you tell us about the second coming of Ashtar?
We’re working on new songs and plan to enter the studio again in 2019. But at this moment we can’t say anything about a release date. We’re playing some of the new songs live already – so if you want to get a hint how the new album is going to be you need to see us live on stage soon!

Following pretty much all the news regarding Ashtar I know that a lot has changed for Marko and yourself – how much impact does your personal life have on the band?
I suppose you mean our two little kids. Yes, as we are the core of Ashtar, our personal life has of course a big impact. We’ve learned how it is to have a band while having no time at all. We’ve learned a lot about organizing and being creative on command as well. For me personally, having kids make me feel more comfortable with myself. I know better who I am and what is really important in my life. And music is definitely one very important thing in my and Markos life, so we give our best to keep Ashtar going.

You have been a member of Swiss Death/Doom band shEver before the birth of Ashtar – was there any difference in working with just female musicians compared to your current environment?
This is a very delicate question. Yes, I think there is a difference between working with women or men. Though in Ashtar, where I work with my husband, the comparison is not that significant. I played in some other bands with male members too, but I was hardly involved in the songwriting process – I just can say that women seem much more focused and efficient to me, they don’t just sit around and drink beer instead of rehearsing or writing new songs. And I think shEver would never have sounded like we did if there would have been some male members around. By the way, they still exist and have two male members nowadays. Beside that I generally think that women just write different songs with different attitudes and atmospheres.

At what age did you get into heavy music and why (if there is any particular reason at all)?
It depends on the definition of heavy, but I would say when I was about 16 or 17. When I first heard “Far beyond driven” from Pantera I was blown away and curious about more stuff like that. A bit later I got more into Gothic Metal and then into Black and Death Metal. The reason? I was fascinated by the heaviness, the brutality and the beauty at the same time in this kind of music.

MMXIV

You play the bass, guitars, the violin and sing – but what was your first love when it comes to a creative/musical outlet and how old where you?
My first instrument was, like pretty much every child’s, the recorder. Beside playing the children songs I sometimes created my own “songs”. I was 5 or 6 years old. But really creative I got when I learned to play the violin with 8 years. For some years I mainly played classical music until me and my girlfriend decided to start a band when we were 16 – I began to take bass lessons and wrote my own Grunge songs on my guitar.

Have you ever felt like there is anything you couldn’t (or shouldn’t) do because you are a woman?
When I was a little girl I was not allowed to play soccer in a club, because my parents told me that this is not a girl’s sport. And later, with Ashtar, I played a concert while being pregnant in the 7th month. There were men who came to me and told me that this is no good for my child. (BTW: This child is now 3 years old and very healthy. And he loves music!)

Would you consider yourself a feminist and what are your thoughts on feminism?                                                                                                      I would not consider myself a feminist but still many of my opinions are feministic. As long as women don’t have the same rights (or salary) as men I think feminism is very much-needed here. The really extreme forms of feminism I do not appreciate though. Biologically, women and men are not the same and I am really happy that there are differences. 😊 So women and men do not need to be equal in every part of their lives.

What was the first and the most recent record you bought?
The first record I bought from my own money was probably “What’s the story morning glory” by Oasis – when I was 12. The last record? Hmm, I think that was the album “Maltrér” from the German Black Metal band Verheerer.

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What is more fun: Playing or watching a concert?
I love to see bands live, but nothing compares to the feeling when I am on stage myself.

Do you have a musical rolemodel/idol, maybe even a female one?
I had many idols when I was a teenager, especially Courtney Love of Hole or Jennifer Finch of L7. Nowadays my idols are not musicians anymore.

What advice would you give young girls when it comes to picking up an instrument/starting to sing and joining a band?
First you need to master your instrument or voice, like everybody who wants to join a serious band. Then just do what you feel you want to do! Never pretend to be something you aren’t. People will notice sooner or later. And you can only be good when you are true to yourself.

Nowadays it seems like no band/musician will have a chance without Fcebook, Instagram etc. – what is your personal take on social media?
I grew up without social media and I am really grateful for that because I know the “other side” too. I learned to use social media for promoting my bands, so I think they can be really useful. But I think it’s important that we don’t take the number of “likes” as indicator for our success.

And finally: Will you be touring to promote the upcoming new album? Yes, this is our plan: We will give everything to get on the road for at least one or two weeks in Europe. But this will take a while, the album has to be recorded first.

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Psychorizon – Featured on Rock’n’Vintage

18 Friday May 2012

Posted by psychorizon in Internal

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Almost Famous, Alunah, Apocalypse Now, Blood Ceremony, Clerical architecture, Courtney Love, Crucified Barbara, Elvis Presley, Essen, Full Metal Jacket, Gallons Of Mud, Grand Magus, Groan, Grunge, Harasai, Hole, Interview, Jefferson Airplane, Jex Thoth, L7, Motorjesus, Northrhine-Westfalia, Orchid, Pop Art, Psychorizon, Rock'n'Vintage, Romanticism, Sigiriya, Soph Alunah Day, Surrealism, The B52s, The Byrds, The Cement Garden, The Devil's Blood, The Donnas, The Mamas And The Papas, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

Well I might not have done so much for the page during the last few days, but check out this really cool Interview I did with the fabulous Rock’n’Vintage Blog.

It was great fun to be on “the other side” for a change and it might answer some of your questions as well.

 

Thanks to Soph and enjoy it!

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