Monday 7th December 2009 off home

Flying home. We all left on different flights leaving Pete in Frankfurt sound asleep suppose he needs it.
Monk flew back to LA via San Fransisco and got stuck there, Hog, Kid, Scruff, Shahen and me flew back to Heathrow and Sid the Manager took us all home (Except shahen who dissapeared into London).

We averaged 3.5 hours sleep per night for the last week + whatever time you slept on the bus (in my case zero) We are absolutely shot!
I can't remeber being so tired but we had great fun.

Sunday 6th December 2009 frankfurt

Breakfast was a pain as we walked into the restaurant for it there was not a seat to be had & everyone was pissed off with us for the noise we made so what we did was make more noise. Rain rain & More rain.
We were supposed to leave on time but the blitherers Kid Hoggy Monkey were late for breakies & Mutti was being a wingy git ahh it was all good once we dragged our arses out & into the van. Off we go in the van & the bar was open once again!

Nice venue Nice staff, Good Sound system. Soundcheck was easy & everyone happy.
The show was the best of the tour & the crowd were reserved until halfway through the show then the Adicts let them have it giving them some new songs & some old. Monkey was on form tonight (about time) Pete played his heart out & Kid Rocked in time for a change. Shahen kept falling over which was funny & Scruff had to blow it by mentioning through a microphone Hendrix and getting me to do some Barking, Pete wasn't imprssed but we thought it was funny as fuck!
They Played Calling Calling in the Encore which delighted many fans as they never play it, it's agreat track and the first time I have seen it done live. They have also being playing youth with scruff singing it, again a brilliant song.
it was great night & a great way to finish the Life goes on 2009 leg of the tour
We are all Knackered & could sleep for a week but the saga will carry on. Because the Adicts will be back next year giving it all they got & bringing you all more & more & more.

Saturday 5th December 2009 Stuttgart

Rough is how we all feel. Breakfast was another experience Stuffy nonses frowning upon rock n rollers well fuck me.

we don’t exactly dress for breakfast & Mutti wearing a bathing suite doesn’t go down too well either. He was complaining all fucking day, Pete Upset him & he stormed off having a girly tantrum. Whe asked later what was it about he actually admitted Pete was right giving Pete more ammo to taunt him, but Pete didn’t, getting worried about Pete Now its not like Pete to be quiet.
Only half of us got up for the breakfast & off we went to Stutgart
A Rich City with a certain attitude slightly different to the rest of Germany. Nothing new I suppose we have seen it all.

The lepers did a good gig & we did The Biz as usual Throwing in a couple of goodies to thwart each other from getting stale even Kid got to sing May Whitehouse.

Friday 4th December 2009 Leipzig

Pissing down all day long, Everyone has a cold. Pete is struggling with muliple ailments & is up top asleep, unusual for him, saying that he has been no problem on this stint of gigs he is usually fired up & having a go at everyone, He is mellow & doing what he needs to do.
Scruff was complaining again about the sound, little does he realize is it is his job to communicate with the monitor mixer for his mix, but saying that he & Shahen have been working on this shite doggy track in the hotel called Hendrix, it’s a dance techno load of shite & they are obsessed with it, it's actually quite funny, they sampled Mutti into it too!

?…Scruff went into one & has never stopped rattling on about his new dog which is a sausage dog named Hendrix. We all think he has Mel’s Syndrome. Good Ol’ Mel. Bless his heart.

Arriving at the gig-hotel just a 5 minute walk away, we are all on the same floor for the first time, that spells trouble for anyone else who is on that floor & it was.
Soundcheck was a breeze & the catering was lovely. We played table football & had the room to accommodate plenty of people.
We bumped into a bunch of fans who are staying in the same hotel as us they were really excited.
The cute lepers played a great gig & sounded great.
Hoggy and me sorted out the stage in good time & were good to go ahead of schedule which made less stress to make any mistakes.
The Adicts hit the stage to a full house & they loved it, There’s not much the Adicts can do wrong on stage when they are on fire like this. The end of the night went smooth too, we had time to enjoy the disco a bit & hang out with some old friends & fans. We had to say Goodbye to the Cute Leppers as this was their last gig with us on the tour. You can guarantee we will be playing together again in the Future. We Loved them.
Back at the hotel Scruff & Shahen went into their little world with Mutti tonight recording his voice for what reasons we do not know. The rest of us had a good drink & made a lot of noise.
The fans who stayed in the hotel were a bunch of nice house wives & were hammered. It was an enjoyable evening.

Thursday 3rd December 2009 Berlin

It was nice to get to a show early & set up. Outside the venue was a Christmas fair & the scenery was nice all families enjoying the event.
I had to rush off to the local Music store & get a special cable for Pete’s wireless hoping they had it & to my surprise they did. So I was happy.
The Cute Leppers are joining up with us on the tour tonight, they are a good band & have a good future ahead of them. We were in for a treat. When we got to the venue they were already soundchecking & we just enjoyed listening to them.
All was hectic as usual getting set up, things don’t wanna work & Kid moaning like a old woman, it seems to be his thing these days moan moan fucking moan, he claims he can’t sleep in the van. But every time I look over he is asleep. Maybe if he went to bed to sleep instead of drinking all night long then he wouldn’t moan so much.
Berlin is a Big City & a beautiful one at that. Mutti Bastard tour manager is becoming a bit of a Bastard himself, maybe he needs sleep too. His comments are rather bland which does not go down well first thing in the morning with some of us.
The gig was spot on The Adicts ripped & put in a good shift. Shahen seems to be tired & makes a few bum notes, especially in places that really doesn’t need ‘em. Monkey tends to forget the words of the same songs each night, Mental blocks & Pete he sometimes just flies off into another song trying to keep everyone on their toes
Good gig by everyone. great crowd. Driving back to the hotel we went past the largest piece of surviving wall but Mutti didn't wanna stop for pics.

Tour routing

Mel

Hi Mel, we hope your feeling better mate

Love and Peace from all on the Adicts tour bus.

Any old excuse to dodge the tour mate!

xx

Wednesday 2nd December 2009 Tilberg 013

We walked back to the hotel after the gig





Hoggy can be pretty scary!



This morning there was a bit of a disagreement over a bar tab on room 322. eventually shahen agreed to pay the 320 euro bill.
The weather is worse than ever floods on the news things could get tricky. We had a good sleep in & decent breakfast it was a short drive to Tilberg & what a beautiful venue, Pete slept until 30 minutes before the adicts went on. During soundcheck something happened to the PA & we thought OH NOOO, but they fixed it. Our hotel was 3 minute walk for the venue.
Supporting us were old pals Funeral Dress who did a good performance.
The Gig was the best one of the tour for Adicts individual performances & they were very tight. So the Adicts are back in the groove & when there on it there's not a lot can match the energy of the show. The crowd were on form tonight. After the gig we loaded up & began walking back to hotel where it was bar after bar & then we bumped into a Geezer with a tuba coming out of a church band practice otherwise know as an excuse to touch up alter boys. He played a couple of disco songs hoggy & threatened to ram the Tuba up his arse if he didn’t play a stranglers song & there it was Peaches. Hoggy 10 points me 0.
It was a very stoned night that was had some. Shahen took a little walk to the grass shop where he scored some smoke. We eventually got kicked out of the last bar we were at. The bars here don't like you taking your own booze in. We were asked to leave politely, it was time for bed anyway & we had to be out of town by 8am, 7 hour drive to Berlin tomorrow.

Tuesday 1st December 2009 Dortmund FZW

Kid proving that he can hold a glass without dropping it

Breakfast was a treat best on tour up to date full on English with beans.
We left late & arrived at the perfect time for a quick shower & then sound check.
The gig itself was a good’n but Scruff didn’t think so he had a tantrum on Stage because he broke a string & his back up Guitar wasn’t tuned up. Well that was my fault I didn’t bother and Scruff hadn’t either. So I got loads of shit from Pete as is normal when anyone screws up in or around this band, if you screw up there is no where to hide! Unless you are Pete of course!
The Crowd were very laid back, well it was a Tuesday night & the weather was shit.
Kid had a slaver on that night his drumming was almost shite if it were not for the amounts of Jack he consumed, a fan commented saying he could remember when Kid was tight as fuck. Little do people realise that kid decided to break his toe on his left foot the night before being a idiot, I mean how many people do you know who sit on a chair & crushes their own toe, there was blood everywhere. After the gig we had a few in the bar & kid cheakily put all the drinks on Scruff & Shahens room. Kid spilled a whole tray of large Jack & cokes 6 on a tray, All over Monkey & Pete. & of course Kid blamed Pete for the mishap but as witnesses can vouch it was kids fault 100% but it was funny. As we all trundled off to bed Monkey had locked himself outside of the building & he has no idea how he got back in. I think Pete rescued him in the end. Pete’s health is bad, it’s a worry, he is in so much pain & tries to put a brave face on it. & he is a difficult to deal with.

Monday 30th December Aachen

We got up early dreading the drive from Paris to Aachen especially getting out of Paris fucking hell they drive like a bunch of sardines being devoured by dolphins, So we slept most of the way only stopping to have one last shit in france. The gig tonight will be fun We have TV Smith & Eddie & The Hot Rods on the bill with us.
After making good time we checked in to the hotel where we immediately hit the bar & kicked back. The soundcheck was quick & easy. It was a night to remember The Hot Rods were great Barry still has the voice & the band are awesome, They played a short set best of & it was nice just to have a decent support act for a change. I hope we do more gigs together. TV Smith did an acoustic set with Pescali on rhythm guitar & Monkeys drunken Twin on drum VOM from Die Toten Hosen. For an acoustic gig it was really loud.We played a reasonable set Pete was having a nightmare of an evening, I thought he was going to pass out after the fourth song, he stayed on his feet but had no idea where he was so as the band played a song Pete was playing something else it was quite Psycadelic at times. No one really noticed I don’t think. Once again the Adicts played songs that have never been heard making it interesting. The Crowd Loved it & the end of the show was a celebration. The venue we played in was an old war time bunker & it could house the whole population of Aachen at the time it was a maze of tunnels & weird rooms. At the end of the night Vom was blithered & he resembled Monkey in the same state it had to be seen to believe. Back at the Hotel we hit the bar with some members of the Rods & a good night was had by all.

Sun 29th November 2009 Paris

What a frikking shambles. Another sell out gig but the promoter needs to learn a bit about taking care of a band especially after the 9-hour drive. Asking for a bottle of water was like being in the foreign legion out in a desert full of frogs. So we didn’t sound check or line check we all fucked off to a restaurant where we were delighted to a feast of Mongolian Arab cuisine rounded of a Kebab on a plate. We had a choice of French wine or some other Shite we chose French of course. To Hoggy’s pleasure who is now a connoisseur of wine, so he should be he’s drunk enough.
It’s so fucking cold outside we are decked out in Russian garb all we need are some Klashnikov & we would fit in quite nicely around here.
This gig was a nightmare for the bastards as there was no access to the stage, so when the last support finished we had 20mins to setup and all the gear had to go through the crowd, fun! We got it done but the band went on late as a result, just a 1 hour set.
We only had one bottle of water each on the stage and it was bloody hot, we ran out quite quickly. Kid complained and so Pete changed the words to Chinese takeaway to “I want a bottle of water”, they then bought us some half drunk bottles they had found somewhere, not acceptable! The show was stopped till they finally brought some pint glasses of water with ice.
Later Kid stood on his drum stool (as he does) but fell of it straight into the drum kit, the snare went flying, the hihat went over (he was lucky it didn’t stab him) and the drum mics went all over the place. It was funny as fuck, Hog and I scrambled to get it all back together.
Inspite of all this I really enjoyed the show, great to be back with the guys.

28th Novenber 2009 Bern

This post by Hoggy

Taxi picked kid scruff and me up at 06:00ish and we got to heathrow at bout 08:00 and hit the bar. Glad Dave wasn’t here as the London pride was off! he'd have whinged like fuck!
Flew out at 11:15 uneventful.
Arrived Zurich and two Russians approached us, one with a Geordie accent, it was Monk and Peter dressed for the weather.
1.5 hours to bern and we were greeted by a dome venue. Usual hanging around and sound check I had to do everything as Dave wasn’t here, it was simple dunno what he does really!
After dinner I assumed my position on the merch, as soon as the door opened I was innundated with people keen to part with their not so hard earned swiss francs.
After a 2 hour stint I proceeded to the plush dressing room area.
Showtime was at 00:15 and a sweaty capacity crowd created a great atmosphere.
As it was the first gig of the tour I thought it would be dodgy but ended up being a great show.
The folks in Switzerland were very nice & there was a great atmosphere as the place filled up very quickly, The Gig was sold out as usual but always nice to start on a positive.
An old woman (about Daves age) made an appearance on the stage and scruff got bullied into singing youth and did a fantastic job of it!
By the way it’s rumoured that Scruffs other band (lovejunk) are set for a comeback gig on 14th March 2017 (at the steamboat)
So after an excellent first show we headed back to the hotel at 03:45, we couldn’t open our hotel room door but the manager appeared and did it for us and said keep the noise down.
Quick beer and sleep, 7 hour drive tomorrow to Paris, Bastard dave’s coming in on a train from Narwich (Bacon county) so full strength squad tomorrow and the first training session.

Mon 30th November 2009

Got to the hotel at about 14:00 no prob's
Rooming with Monk who's knackered so I sat in the bar and partook some lovely Bitburger!

Just off to setup for tonights gig, great line up tonight.

Stagetime Support #1: 20.25 – 21.05 Eddie & the Hotrods
Stagetime Support #2: 21.15 – 21.55 TV Smith
Stagetime The Adicts: 22.15 - Curfew: 11.50

Zurich Flights 27th Nov 2009

The following info has been fed to me in my absence

Monk, Pete & Shahen Monk flew LA to heathrow on seperate flights., Pete's plane ended up side ways after nearly crashing on landing at Heathrow, he was a nervous wreck and had a breakfast in the airport before catching his next flight to Zurich.
Mutti arrives the folowing morning to pick the three of them up at the airport, the night before Shahen, Monkey & Pete had a night on the town in Zurich, Shahen getting debouched & passing out, He wanted to puke in the taxi but couldn’t get the window down in time. Pete got into trouble in the pub telling the DJ he was a twat because his music selection was for pedophiles. Monkey however enjoyed the sing along. Shahen just had about 12 drinks too many.& passed out in the street A famous Adicts Landmark.
The gathering at the airport was swift but brutal to Scruff as Hoggy bastard & Kid left Scruff at the carousel to pick up all the luggage by himself. Scruff is a soft fuck at the moment he is in love with his new sausage dog which resembles a sausage that’s why they call them that, He named the fuckng thing Hendrix, the boy has issues.We waited forever for Scruff maybe he ran into that DJ!. Anyway off we went to Bern for the First Gig on our Never Ending life Goes On Tour.

on my way

Enjoyed the blueberry last night, spent the afternoon
drinking in the marquee then the 4 of us went 4
a nice meal
Now sat on the Eurostar headed 4 gay Paris
Tired gonna be a late one tonite too
Looking forward to seeing all the band again

The continuing adventures of the Adicts

Ok so were off into Europe for some more shannigans no doubt, 9 gigs in all so quite a short tour, i'm gonna miss the BERN show as i'm gigging in Norwich and hoteling with Teresa & Rob hah were in for a crack, drinking all day in Norwich then gig at the Blueberry, god knows how much sleep i'm gonna get then catching a train early on Sun morning Norwich to Paris.

Heres the dates
28 Nov 2009 19:00 BERN ~ GASKESSEL ~ CH BERN
29 Nov 2009 19:00 PARIS ~ PENA FESTAYRE ~ F PARIS
30 Nov 2009 19:00 AACHEN ~ MUSIKBUNKER ~ DE AACHEN
1 Dec 2009 20:00 DORTMUND ~ FZW ~ DE DORTMUND
2 Dec 2009 19:00 TILBURG ~ O13 ~ NL TILBURG
3 Dec 2009 19:00 BERLIN ~ KESSELHAUS ~ DE BERLIN
4 Dec 2009 19:00 STUTTGART ~ ZAPATA ~ DE STUTTGART
5 Dec 2009 19:00 LEIPZIG ~ CONNE ISLAND ~ DE LEIPZIG
6 Dec 2009 19:00 FRANKFURT ~ BATSCHKAPP ~ DE FRANKFURT

Sid the manager is picking Hoggy, Scruff and Kid up in the morning for their flight to Bern. Pete, Monk and Shahen are flying LA to Bern, where Bastard Mutti is picking them all up in the bus.

Gotta pack tonight then train to Norwich in the morning.
This blog links to my Facebook so if your reading my facebook and getting this it's actually come's from the Adicts blog at http://www.davesuspect.blogspot.com/
Gonna be posting daily throughout the tour.

Sat 29th August 2009 las Vegas

and here's Jimmy, love ya Jimmy xx



One for the ladies, Hoggy bastard relaxes in the hotel!



Next morning everyone went to breakfast all you can eat. We were pigs. Then up to the pool & relax for a while. Even Scruff went in & he is petrified of water, what a poof.
Around 3pm the bastards headed off to the venue to set up the gear, Pete’s Bogner amp sounds so good then the band sound checked around 4-30pm They didn’t take long to get it done, It was so hot & Kid was drenched. We split back to the hotel for a few hours leaving Pete Jimmy & Luke at the venue with Pete taking a nap in the dressing room.
The show was a showcase for a magazine Vegas Rocks. Sally Steele & Steve who run the Mag put the show on, Lots of bands mainly all with very long hair & hard rock sounds. It was interesting to say the least but a lot of fun. Pete was invited to perform with members of Pantera, Quiet Riot & others to play Led Zeps Rock & Roll. Which Pete murdered ha! ha! The crowd Loved it though. Backstage we were all having a good time getting shit faced. Then the Adicts hit the stage on form & having fun. It was so hot up there Kid was gagging & Pete looked like he was about to collapse. Monkey missed a few lines can’t blame him the air was thin & so hot. After the show we all celebrated it was over with a few more beers & a late night.
Early start in the morning to the next gig. & Last one on this part of the tour.
Lack of pics due to alcohol taking over!

Friday 28th August 2009 Mexicala, Mexico

Say hi to Luke bastard everyone, luke looks after the merch.


Spot us lot amongst the hippes, if you get the lot Scruff will buy you a beer!



Note our last chips stacked on 27 as usual, having lost all our money we had no choice but resort to accusing the Victor (the croupier) of being a cheating bastard!



Outside the front of the hotel.



118 degress through the desert, I never felt heat like it!


We drove all the way to the border of Mexico for the Mexicali gig & the promoter did not have our paperwork done so we could cross the border. Which pissed everyone right off so the gig was off. Gathering our thoughts We headed straight off for the Vegas Show, Eleven hours in total driving through the desert & terrain which was like something out of a Sci Fi movie, It was so incredibly hot & at times surreal. The boys had a game of cards, which lasted about five hours Shahen was skinning everyone who played, Luke bastard lost a fortune, I think after about five hours Kid began to understand the game a bit. Some of us just tried to sleep. Pete was suffering badly with the heat & threw up at a gas station. We had good sounds on all the way except for when a Blast of Tom Petty came on Kid would go off & Shout turn this shit off. Funny he calls him the Albino, but we all Like Good old Tom so kid had to endure it all. How can anything live out here, well People for one thing, No wonder they are always seeing aliens. Five minutes out in the Dessert was torture the temperature was well into the 118-degree mark. Insanity.
We arrived in Vegas around 9pm gasping for a pint & we checked into the Palms in old down town Vegas, right at the end of Freemont Street it was spectacular. First thing we all did was take a shower then go & eat. They would not let kid in the restaurant because he had no sleeves on his shirt so they gave him a Green & Yellow jacket, which he put on back to front & resembled a Phsyco ward patient it was hilarious. Jimmy & randy bastard chose to hit the Hotel room instead. The waiter was funny guy who never wrote down a single order & remembered everyone’s order except for Hoggy’s, I blame that on Pete for being a bugger & confusing the bloke. Then off to the the Roulette table where we all lost & got into a bit of a row with Victor, Pete said the table was rigged & would prove it, We did four bets on 27 & Pete said as soon as we finish Guaranteed 27 would hit. & Guess what it did. So Pete called him a Cheating C*nt & we took a photo of it.

Wednesday 24th August 2009 Visit to Schecter

Day off today so we visited Schecter guitars, they sponsor the Adicts and supply all the guitars to the band.



Hoggy soon made himself at home!




Outside Schecter



Scruff with some of his purchases!



Scruff with Dee Dee's acoustic.



Me having a go with Prince's guitar!




Pete signed some of his signature guitars whilst we were here, Pete has difficulty being serious and sometimes reminds me of Freddy Starr!

Sunday 23rd August 2009 HOME DEPOT CENTRE LOS ANGELES

Scruff n Pete at the Lennon bus.




Nick from the subs stopped by the RV for a jam.



And Charlie ended up eating burgers and dancin' with Pete, (neither could dance!)



Some people have unkindly accused Kid of being dsylexic and unable to read.
To finally dispell these unkind, untrue rumours I thought I'd post this pic of Kid reading his Clash book on the bus.



Best gig of the Warped tour for me and I think for others too, they organisers were operating 2 stages so as one band ended the next started (non stop music) anyway we were preparing the stage for the Adicts and I looked out into a massive sea of heads infront of the Adicts stage, unfortunatley for the band on the other stage their audience was small in comparison and then the fans in front of the Adicts stage started singing "Adicts, Adicts, Adicts" and it was so loud the band on the other stage was getting drowned out! It was a great atmosphere!
The band hit the stage and played really well, no problems and the crowd went wild, they were great!
Straight home and to bed after the gig, I was knackered!
Now have 3 days off before the Mexico, Las Vegas and Ventura!

Saturday 22nd August 2009 CRICKET AMPITHEATRE SAN DIEGO

At the airport for our flight to San Diego.
We were surrounded by noisy kids on the flight and the lad sat behind Pete was quite a character. Pete told them to be quiet or he punch him in the face, perhaps not politically correct but very funny, we got talking to the kids and they were quite friendly, we talked to them and the subject got onto the band and they asked for autographs, Pete agreed to the autographs provided the whole group of them screamed just as the plane lifted off and shouted "were all gonna die". They willingly agreed! their execution was perfect, the whole plane turned round and looked. I laughed so much I thought I was gonna wet myself.
As we left the plane the lad sat behind Pete carried out his final task which was to ask the air hostess what you have to do to join the mile high club!






The band did signings after the warped tour gigs, this would take up to an hour, the queues were huge!








Jim was with us on this one, it's like the missing component from the bastard crew has been installed!




The bastards return with the merch.